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^u}im\e$k  (Canliana. 


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NAUFBAGn;  CDM,  DEFICIENTE  BT  FBBE  SUBMKBSA  BEBUM  MEMOBIA, 
NIHILOHINUB  HOMINES  INDUSTBII  BT  8AGACE8,  PBBTINACI  QUADAM  KT 
8CBUPDL08A  DILIOENTIA,  EX  OENEALOOIIB,  FABTIB,  TITULIB,  HONUMENTIS, 
MnMIBMATIBOS,  N0MINIBU8  PBOPBIIB  ET  BTTLIS,  VEBBOBUH  ETYHOLOOIIS, 
PBOVBBBIIB,  TBADITION'IBUB,  ABCHIVIS,  ET  INSTBnMENTIB,  TAM  PUBLICI8 
QUAH  PBIVATIB,  HISTOBIABUM  FBAOHBN'TIB,  LTBBOBUM  NEUTIQUAM  HISTOBI- 
COBUH  LOOIS  DI8PEB8I8,— EX  HIS,  INQUAM,  OMNIBUS  TEL  ALIQUIBUS, 
NONNULLA  A  TBHPOBIS  DILUVIO  EBIPIUNT  ET  CONSBBVANT.  BBS  SANE 
OPEBOSA,  BED  UOBTALIBUB  OBATA  BT  CUM  BETEBENTIA  QUADAH  CON- 
JUNCT A." 

"  ANTIQUITIES,  OB  BEMNANT8  OF  HI8T0BT,  ABE,  AS  WAS  SAID,  TANQUAM 
TABUUS  NADFBAail;  WHEN  IN'DCSTBIOUB  PEBBONS,  BY  AN  EXACT  AND 
8CBUPULOU8  UILIOENCB  AND  OBSEBVATION,  OUT  OF  MONUMENTS,  NAMES, 
WOBDS,  PE0VBBB8.  TBADITIONB,  PBIVATE  BECOBDS  AND  EVIDENCES,  FBAO- 
MBNTS  OF  STOBIES,  PAB8A0EB  OF  BOOKS  THAT  CONCBBN  NOT  STOEY,  AND 
THE    LIKK,    DO    SATE    AND    BECOVBB    SOMEWHAT    FBOM     THE    DELUDE    OF 

TIME." — Advancement  of  Learning,  ii. 


§i,itli;e«l0j9ia   (l|antiana ; 


BKIKO 


TRANSACTIONS 


or  TBI 


KENT   ARCHAEOLOGICAL    SOCIETY. 


VOLUME  XVllI. 


1889 
G3n   R    942.23  A669  v.  18 


ILonUon : 
PRINTED     FOR    THE     SOCIETY 


MITCnELL  *  HDOHKS.  1*0  WARDO0B  8TREET,  OXFORD  8TREKT. 

1889. 


.  The  Council  of  the  Kent  Arehmological  Society  i*  not  antwerable 
for  any  opiniont  put  forward  in  thit  Work.  Each  Contributor  i»  alone 
retpontible  for  hit  own  remarks. 


MonARiei 
MAR  -2 


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CONTENTS. 


Lists  of  Officers,  x — xiii ;  Bules,  xiv ;  List  of  Members,  xTi — xxxii 

Illustration  Fund xxxiii 

Cash  Accounts,  1887, 1888,  and  1889    xxxiv-xixix 

Proceedings  and  Eeports  1888-9     xli 

1.  A  Bbitish  VttiiAQE  AT  Eahsgatb.     By  the  late  James 

T.  Sillier    1 

2.  Note  on  Excavations  at  Bichboboitoh.     By  C.  Boaeh 

Smith,  F.S.A 5 

3.  ExcATATiONB    AT   BiOHBOBOTrGH   IN   1887.      By   George 

Dowker,  F.Q.8.     6 

4.  Reittish    Administhatiohs,    a.d.  1559    to    1603.     By 

Leland  L.  Duncan 15 

5.  EoMAN  Casthitm  at  Ltmne.    By  C.  Boach  Smith,  F.S.A.    41 

6.  Eemains    ov  Basilica   at   Ltminoe.     By  Eev.   Canon 

B.  0.  Jenkins,  M.A 46 

7.  The   Chutes   op   Bethebsden,  Appledobe,  and  Hinx- 

HiLii.     By  B^v.  A.  J.  Fearman,  M.A 55 

8.  BouAN   Coins   found  at  Bichboeough.    By  0.  Roach 

Smith,  F.S.A 72 

9.  PoBDWicH  MuNiCEPAi.  BscoBDS.     By  BeT.    C.  E.  Wood- 

ruff,M.A 78 

10.  Gk)ODs    AND    Obnaments    at    Fatebshah    Chubch   in 

A.D.  1512.     By  F.  F.  CHraud  {Town  Clerk)  103 

11.  ExPENSx-BooE  OP  Jaues  Masteb,  Esq.     Part  IV.,  a.d. 

1663-1676.     Edited  by  Mrs.  Max.  Dalison  and  Canon 
Scott  Bobertson 114 

12.  Jaues  Mastbb'b  Life  1647-1655.     By  Canon  Scott  Bo- 

hertson     157 

13.  St.   Anselm's    Chapel,    Cantbbbubt    Cathedbal.     By 

Canon  Scott  Bobertson 169 

14.  On  Discotebies  in  St.  Anselm's  Chapel,  Cantebbubt 

Cathedbal.     Bj  J.  Briffstocke  Sheppard,  LL.D 174 

15.  The  Boman  Station  op  VAGNiACis  at  Spbinghead.     By 

Chorge  M.  Arnold,  J.P.,  Oounty  Alderman  177 

16.  On  Bouan  Beuains  pound  at  Fbindsbubt.    Bj  A.  A. 

Arnold,  Ghapter  Olerk  of  Rochester  Cathedral  189 

17.  On  Bouan  Beuains   discoyebed  at  Boouesteb.    By 

A.  A.  Arnold... 193 

18.  Mkdlstal  Beuains  at  Boohesteb.    By  A.  A.  Arnold, 

Chapter  Clerk  ofBochester  Cathedral     196 

19.  Ok  a  Bouan  Statue  and  otheb  Beuains  in  Dotxb 

MuBEUU.     Bj  Oeorge  Payne,  F.S.A.,  F.L.8. 202 


VI  CONTENTS. 

TASa 

20.  Ov  A  Bbokze  Ligula.  tovtstd  at  Dastfobd.    By  George 

Payne,  F.S.A.,  F.L.S.  206 

21.  On   a    Bouait    Sikg    tound    at    Muton-bt-Sittihg- 

BOUBNB.    Bj  &eofye  Payne,  F.8.A.,  F.L.8. 207 

22.  FEDieBBB  OF  THX   ]^KTi8H  Fauilt   OF  Stubbs.     By 

Henry  Stttbbt,  M.A.,  J.P 209 

23.  Thb  Kektish  Pamixt  of  Stubbs — ^Wills,  and  Eitbactb 

FBOK  Recohds.     Bj  Henry  Stubbt,  M.A.,  J.P 213 

24.  Abchdeacon  Philip  Stubbs,  a.d.  1665-1738.     By  Canon 

Scott  Bobertson  235 

25.  On  a  Monukental  Slab  in  Bouqhton-Blean  Chuboh. 

Bj  Sir  Henry  Dryden,  Bart 241 

26.  The   Vicaes  of  THOENHAM-ci«n-AxDiNGTON.     By  Eev. 

Jno.  Gave-Broume,  M.A 248 

27.  KosKs  Farm  in  Beoomfikld.     By  J.  Bobree  Norwood ...  251 

28.  Eepoet  (1888)  on  Discoveries  in  the  Cbtpt  of  Can- 

tebbcbt  Cathedbal.     By  Canons  Boutledye  and  Scott 
Bobertion,  and  Dr.  Sheppard    253 

29.  Surgical  Report  on  a  Skeleton  found  in  the  Crtpt 

of  Canteebuht   Cathedbal   (1888).     By  W.  Puyin 
Thornton     257 

30.  Foundations   of   the   Saxon   Cathedbal   Chuboh   at 

EocH  ester.      By  the   Eev.  Qrevile  M.  Livett  {Minor 
Canon  and  Precentor)    261 

31.  St.  Paul's  Cray  Church.  By  M&jqt  Alfred  Healet,F.S.A.  279 

32.  Sheldwich  Church.     Bj  Cslqoii  Scott  Bobertson 288 

33.  Dartfobd  Antiquities  (British,  Eohan,   and  Saxon). 

Bj  F.  0.  J.  Spurrell     304 

34.  Ceatfobd  Chuech.     Bj  Majot  Alfred  Healet,  F.S.A....  319 

35.  On  Human  Eemains  in  the  Crypt  of  Hythe  Chubch. 

By  the  Bev.  T.  Chippy  Hall,  M.A 333 

36.  Abstbacts  of   the   Feet   of    Fines    fob  Kent,   temp. 

Edwahd  III.     Parti.     By  James  Greenstreet 337 

37.  Chebiton  Chuech.     By  Canon  iS'co^^  .fioW/fon 353 

38.  Bexley  :  The  Chubch,  Hall  Place,  and  Blendon.    By 

Canon  Scott  Bobertson  369 

39.  Dartfobd  Chubch  (Holy  Tbinity).     By  Canon  Scott 

Bobertson    383 

40.  HoESHAM  Manob  in  Upchubch.     By  Canon  Seott  Bo- 

bertson   399 

41.  Hythe   Chubch   (St.  Leonabd).    By  Canon  Seott  Bo- 

bertson       403 

42.  Saltwood  Chubch.     By  Ca.noii  Scott  Bobertson 421 

43.  Joseph    Hatch,    the   Bellfounder,  and  Eosgs  Farm. 

By  C&noa  Seott  Robertson    433 

44.  Lymne  Castle  and  Church.     By  Canon  Scott  Bobertson  436 

45.  CoBHAM  College.     By  C&non  Scott  Bobertson 447 

46.  Notices  of  Books.     By  Canon  Scott  Robertson 451 


ILLUSTRATIONS. 


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1.  Plan  of  Richborough  Farms  (shewing  oxcavatioiis  made  in 

1887) toface       7 

2.  Roman  Relics  of  Bronze,  found  at  Eichborough  in  1887 

toface       8 

3.  Roman  Fictile  Vessels  and   Fragments,    found  at  Rich- 

borough    in   1887,    during    the  Society's    excavations 

toface     11 

4.  Coin  of  Constantinus  III.,  found  at  RichhorouKh  76 

5.  Early  Fresco  of  the  twelfth  century,  in  St.  Anselm's  Chapel, 

Canterbury  Cathi-dral    toface  172 

C.  Two  Views  of  a  Roman  Statuette  of  Bronze,  found   at 

Friiidsbury ,..  toface  189 

7.  Roman    Relics  found    near   Quarry    House,   Frindsburv 

toface  190 

8.  Roman  Bowl  of  Samian  Ware,  found  at  Rochester. ..toyJiee  193 

9.  Arches  in  the  old  Moat  of  Rochester  Ciiatle    toface  197 

10.  Per»pective  View  of  Arches    iu   Rochester   Castle    Moat 

toface  198 

11.  Plot,  or  Plan,  of  Rochester  A. u.  1717    toface  200 

12.  Two  Views  of  Reuiaiusof  a  Roin.nti  iSt.itue.  found  at  Dover 

toface  202 

13.  Roman  Vessels,  found  at  Dover  ..toface  203 

14.  Roman  Vessels,  found  at  Buckland  (near  Dover)  ...toface  204 

15.  Bronze  Li gii la,  found  at  Darlford    on  page  206 

16.  Roman  lutnglio  Ring,  found  at   Milton  by  Sittiugbouriie 

on  page  207 

17.  Portrait  of  Archdeacon  Philip  Stubba toface  235 

18.  Three   Book    Plates   of   the    Stubbs   Family   (a.d.  1700; 

1762;  1882)    toface  238 

19.  Monumental  Slab  in  the  Church  at  Boughtoii-Blean  toface  242 

20.  Skeleton  formed  from  Bones  in  a  Stone  Coffin  in  the  Crypt 

of  Cnnterburv  Cathedral    toface  257 

21.  Five  Views  of  the  Skull,  found  in  the  Crypt  of  Canterbury 

Cii'liedral  (by  some  supposed  to  be  that  of  Archbishop 
rihiMifts  Becltet;  by  otlicrB  to  be  that  of  Archbishop 
Anhelm)   toface  259 

22.  Roche<*ter  Cathedral  Church,  Plate  I.;  Ground  Plan   of 

the  West  Front,  shewing  Foundations  of  the  Saxon 

Church  toface  261 

28.  Rochester  Cathedral,  Plato  II. ;  Details  of  Discoveries  at 

the  west  end  of  the  Nave  in  1889 toface  264 


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1     Tr-?-fri     i^i  N;    2  ■,caitem'>.  in  St. 

.  :  --  ;  " to  face  281 

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;.i.?:  .-tr  r  ."f  "if  y.\~f   :f  Sheldwich 

....     to /.ice  2S9 
-U--      -   i.  .  •.:_-:  &-.-■:  lc*r     .:.  ISiU  "and 
.     -  r..  fice  290 

-:.--    •:   :■-.  Mi~Ti       :    1431    ar\:  .>f 
•     .-.J-     ..     '.Sir     ':.i^.ii  .•.:/::.•(■  291 

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-  _  .•./:.■.•?  322 

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•  .     .-  .    ::\':ce  351 

-;^~  -      -    .;_?-.':  ,-./:fe  356 

■^  ..:.?•■:  .';_?.■':  ?./':»•»  357 

■     >  -      •  :>:  ::\':cf  360 

^^-      1     .-     >  V.:<T  rir.-  ..-."-'; i-f  369 

-^  -:  ■i>;i:7  :^— .i.     :.;-:w373 

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Hkmt  artfjaeoloijical  Society* 


OFFICEES,  RULES,  AOT)  MEMBERS. 
1889. 


VIU  ILLUSTRATIOKS. 

24.  Perspectire  View  of  St.  Paul's  Cray  Church  from  the 

Bead    to  face  279 

25.  Plan  of  St.  Paul's  Cray  Church    to  face  280 

26.  Besponds  No.  1  (westeru)  and  No.  2  (eastern),  in  St. 

Paul's  Cray  Church   to  face  281 

27.  Crossed  CofEn  Slab  and  Sections  of   Mouldings,  in  St. 

Paul's  Cray  Church    to  face  282 

28.  Exterior  of  Sheldwich  Church  from  the  Bast to  face  288 

29.  Bose  Window  in  East  G^able  of  the  Nave  of  Sheldwich 

Church to  face  289 

30.  Monumental  Brass  of  Eichard  atte  Lese  (ob.  1394)  and 

Dionisia  his  wife     to  face  290 

31.  Monumental  Brjwses  of  Joane  Mareys  (ob.  1431)  and  of 

John  Cely  (ob.  1426)  and  Isabella  his  wife    to  face  291 

32.  Map  of    Country  around  Dartford,    with  ancient  sites 

marked  by  P.  C.  J.  Spurrell to  face  307 

33.  Works  at  Lesnes,  Kent     310 

34.  Plan  of  Tide-walls  at  Littlebrook     311 

35.  Cup-shaped  Brooch,  found  at  Darenth    315 

36.  Plan  of  Crayford  Church   to  face  320 

37.  Sections  of  Mouldings  of  Nave  Arcade,  Crayford  Church  322 

38.  Interior  of  Crayford  Church to  face  322 

39.  Cheriton  Church— East  Wall  of   Tower   (Pre-Norman) 

to  face  353 

40.  Interior  of  Cheriton  Church to  face  354 

41.  Monumental  Brasses  in  Cheriton  Church    to  face  366 

42.  Three  Effigies  of  Stone  in  Cheriton  Church    to  face  357 

43.  Cheriton  Church  from  the  South-west to  face  360 

44.  Bexley  Church  (in  1889:  after  its  Eestoration) to  face  369 

45.  Monumental  Brass  (with  Horn)  in  Bexley  Church... to ybce  373 

46.  Bexley  Church,  in  1882,  before  its  Eestoration  to  face  377 

47.  Two  views  of  the  Exterior  of  Dartford  Church to  face  383 

48.  Interior  of  Dartford  Church toface  384 

49.  Monumental  Brass  for  Eichard  Martyn  (ob.  1402)  and 

wife  toface  387 

50.  Inscription  on  Monumental  Brass  of  Katryn  Burlton  (ob. 

1496)    toface  389 

51.  Two  Views  of  Hythe  Church  (St.  Leonard)    toface  405 

52.  Vaulted  Processional  Way,  with  Human  Bones,  at  Hythe 

Church      to  face  ^1 

53.  Interior  of  Hythe  Church,  dedicated  to  St.  Leonard  toface  408 

54.  Ancient  Chest  and  Font  in  Saltwood  Church toface  421 

55.  Monumental  Brass  of  Thomas  Brockhill  (ob.  1437)  toface  422 

56.  Monumental  Brasses  in  Saltwood  Church  of  John  Verieu 

(ob.  1370)  and  Dame  Anne  Muston  (ob.  1496)  ...toface  423 

57.  Lymne,  Kent.    South  side  of  the  Castle-farm,  and  of  the 

Church toface  436 

58.  Lymne  Church  and  Castle,  North  side toface  438 

69.  Cobham  College;  Ancient  Fireplace  in  the  Hall    ...toface  447 


3ktnt  arcfjaeologtcal  g>octetp. 


OFFICERS,  STILES,  AM)  MEMBERS. 
1889. 


Hent  ^rcjaeolosital  ^otiet^* 


jpvmOimt 

THE  KARL  SYDNEY,  O.C.B.,  LOED  Libutkkast  OF  Kent. 

HIS  GBACE  THE  ARCHBISHOP  OP  CANTERBURY, 

THE  MARQUESS  CONYNGHAM. 

THE  EARL  AMHERST. 

THE  EARL  OF  DARNLEY. 

THE  EARL  OF  DARTMOUTH. 

THE  EARL  OF  DERBY. 

THE  EARL  ORANVILLE. 

THE  EARL  OF  ROMNEY. 

THE  EARL  SONDES. 

THE  EARL  STANHOPE. 

THE  VISCOUNT  CRANBBOOK. 

THE  VISCOUNT  HARDINGE. 

THE  RIGHT  REV.  THE  LORD  BISHOP  OF  ROCHESTER. 

THE  LORD  BRABOURNE. 

THE  LORD  DE  L'ISLE  AND  DUDLEY. 

THE  LORD  HARRIS. 

THE  LORD  HOTHFIELD. 

THE  LORD  HILLINGDON. 

THE  LORD  NORTHBOUBNE. 

THE  RIGHT  REV.  THE  LORD  BISHOP  OF  DOVER. 

THE  HONOURABLE  J.  M.  O.  BYNG. 

SIR  E.  C.  DERINQ,  BART. 

SIR  WYNDHAM  KNATCHBULL,  BART. 

SIR  JOHN  LUBBOCK,  BART.,  M.P. 

SIR  DAVID  LIONEL  SALOMONS,  BART. 

SIR   SYDNEY  H.  WATERLOW,  BART. 

THE  VERY  REV.  THE  DEAN  OF  CANTERBURY. 

THE  BIGHT  HON.  GEORGE  CUBITT,  M.P. 

A.  AKERS-DOUOLAS,  ESQ.,  M.P. 

GAIN8FORD  BRUCE,  ESQ.,  Q.C.,  M.P. 

EDWARD  HARDCASTLE,  ESQ.,  M.P. 

COLONEL   EDWIN   HUGHES,  M.P. 

COLONEL  R.  P.  LAURIE,  C.B.,  M.P. 

JOHN  GILBERT  TALBOT,  ESQ.,  M.P. 

THE  ARCHDEACON  OF  MAIDSTONE. 

THE  ARCHDEACON  OF  ROCHESTER. 

THE  BKV,  CANON  W.  A.  SCOTT  ROBERTSON  {Honorary  Editor). 

THE    REV.    CANON    SCOTT   ROBERTSON,    M.A.,   Throwley    Vicarage, 

JbvertAam. 

I^onorars  Sbtattaxja. 

GEORGE  PAYNE,  ESQ.,  F.S.A.,  F.L.S.,  Xlke  Preeinett,  Seahetter. 
(ALL  THXU  OKNTLBXKH  ABS  EX-OmOIO  UMMBKM  OW  THE  OODITOIL.) 


LIST  OF   OFPICBBS.  XI 

eUtten  mtmbnu  of  ffi$  eomud 

AUGIT8T0B  A.  Arnold,  Esq Smhetter. 

Q.  M.  Arnold,  Esq.,  J.f. 0ravuend. 

B.  F.  ABTLKT,  Esq.,  M.D.,  J.P Dover. 

Bet.  J.  A.  Boodle,  h.a BoHghUm  BUan. 

WlLVBED  J.  Cbxpfs,  ESQ.,  C.B.,  M.A.,  F.B.A.,  J.P.    .    .    .  Sandgate, 

OsoBOE  DowKEB,  Esq.,  f.o.b StowmtmtK 

Bey.  T.  S.  Fbampton,  k.a.,  r.8.A ■%.  Mary  Piatt. 

F.  F.  OlBAUD,  Esq Favertham. 

O.  E.  Hannah,  Esq.,  j.p. Bavugate. 

3.  3.  BowABD,  Esq.,  ll.d.,  r.8.A.  (Maltravert  Herald)    .  Blaekkeath. 

Bet.  Canon  B.  C.  Jenkins,  m.a Lyminge. 

Bet.  E.  H.  Lee,  b.a Ohiddingttoiu. 

Orantillb  Letebon-Qoweb,  Esq.,  F.S.A.,  j.p Tittey. 

H.  B.  Mackeson,  Esq.,  F.a.8.,  j.p. Bythe. 

Samdbl  Mebceh,  Esq Jtaidttone. 

W.  T.  Nete,  Esq Oranbrook. 

3.  D.  Xobwood,  Esq Athford. 

Bet.  a.  J.  PSASMAN,  1I.A Merttham. 

C.  B.  C.  PeTLET,  Esq.,  H.A.,  j.p Riverhend. 

Flazm AN  C.  J.  SPUBSELLr  ESQ.,  F.0.8 Belvedere. 

Captain  Ttlden-Pattbnson,  j.p Biddenden. 

3.  F.  Wadmobb,  Esq.,  F.b.i.b.A Tunbridge. 

Henbt  Bachsleb  Waleeb,  Esq.,  j.p iVetv  Romney. 

Geosoe  Wilkb,  Esq Bythe. 

The  Eabl  Aubebst. 
The  Lobd  Bbabouune. 
J.  O.  Talbot,  Esq.,  m.p. 
Matthew  Bell,  Esq. 

SttSitors. 

Hbbbebt  Hobdebn,  Esq. 
Captain  Chas.  F.  Hoofbb,  j.p. 

d(ef  Curator. 

aEOBOE  PATNB,    Esq.,    F.S.A. 

3fU»aintt  eXttb,  taCa  Curator  at  ^aiDstone. 

Hb.  Edwabd  Babtlbtt,  The  Muteum,  MaidtUnu. 

iSanttrrs. 

Mbssbs.  Wig  an,  Mbboebb,  and  Co.,  Jtbtidetime. 

(London  Correspondents,  Messrs.  ijmith,  Payne,  and  Smiths.) 

ME8BB&  Hamxond  AND  Co.,  Canterbury. 

(London  Corre^nndents,  Messrs.  Glyn  and  Co.) 


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HONORARY  LOCAL   SECRETARIES. 


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9»tftn;1>  Bistcict 
J.  D.  NoBWOOD,  Esq Athfori. 

Mb.  W.  BSBINOTON  HnaHBS     ......    140  IKorifottr  5it»w«,  W. 

BromUs  Bistritt. 
COOIL  Bbekt,  Esq.,  WSJl Palaet  Brove,  Bromley. 

tCantrrburfi  BtstricL 
B-.H.G.Eox,T {"tSan^J^n..^-^*^ 

Cranbrook  Btitritt. 
W.  T.  Nkvk,  Esq Cranbrook. 

Bartfbtli  BistrM.   . 
B.  W.  Cbasock,  Esq Belvedere,  Kent. 

Bral  anlt  aSalnet  Bdtritt. 

BBV.  J.  BBANFILL  HAEBI80N ^Or^^M^^ehom    Beetcry, 

Bobrr  BCitrM. 
Edwabd  Febbakd  Astlky,  Esq.,  h.d.     .    .    JUarine  Birade,  Dover. 

;^abrn|iam  Butrttt. 
F.  F.  OlBAUD,  Esq JFtaverthAm, 

^^oltMtonc  Biitrict. 
Wm.  WiaHTWIOK,  Esq IblhettoHe. 

€itatimnli  Butriit. 

O.  M.  ABNOLD,  Esq Milton  HaU,  Oravetend. 

Pistte  Btftritt. 
H.  B.  Maokbsom,  Esq JUythe. 

Ub.  W.  EssuraTON  Hdohes     ......    140  Wardowr  Street,  W. 

^SaOiitone  Biftrtct 
Ub.  Fbeokbiok  BUKTABD 29  Week  Street,  Maidttone. 

SA&Wmi  Btitritt. 
Miss  Dudlow Wett  UaUing. 

HUrgatt  Bi«tr<(L 
Wm.  Jmo.  Mbboeb,  Esq 12  Marine  Terrace,  Margate. 

Kamigatt  BittruL 
Kenton  W.  WUiUS,  Esq MUngUm,  Bamtgate. 

itsttMttr  Bisttict 
A.  A.  ABNOLU,  Esq. The  Precinett,  Boehetter. 


SOCIETIES    IN    UNION. 


Xlll 


^snbtDitl)  SCstritt. 
Ksv.  W.  F.  Shaw Etutry. 

£(btnoa6«   BistricL 
Gboboe  F.  CAaSELL,  EBg Snenoalu. 

JOHD  COPI.ASD,  £b() Shevrneu. 

Sittingboumr  Bistrirt. 
O.  E.  Eluott,  Bbq SittinghournP. 

CtnlrrDrn   Bistritt. 
J.  Ellis  Mace,  Es<i T^itterdm. 

Canbri&gr  Btstcitt 

J.  F.  Wabmohk,  Esq Tunhridge. 

Cunbriligr  iHaStlU  Sittrirt. 

__             ,„             ^                T-  f  •ipeldhurtt,    Tunbridge 

Chablkb  Watson  Powell,  Esq <      WelU. 

tSBtittrftam  BiEttict. 

J,  BoABD,  Esq Wettfrham. 


SOCIETIES    IN    UNION. 

Fbr  JnUfTChangt  q/  PubiicationM,  ete. 


The  Society  of  Antiquaries,  Burlinyton  Ifoiuu!,  Piccadilly,  W. 

The  Royal  Archaological  Institute  of  Ureal  Brilaiu,  17  Otfvrd  Maruiont,  Oxford 

ifrrert,  IK. 
The  British  Archseologicttl  Association,  32  Sarkpille  Street,  PiecadUly,  W. 
The  Kociety  of  Antiijunriea  of  Scotland,  Edinhurgh. 
The  Aixihitecturiil  Museum,  18  Tuflun  Street,  iVi'iit inimter,  a.W. 
The  Numismatic  Society,  22  AlbemarU  Street,  W. 

The  Ix>ndou  and  Middlesex  Archaeolopcal  Society,  8  Danet  Inn,  Strand,  W.C. 
The  Historic  Society  of  Cheshire  and  Lttncaahire  (R.  D.  Hadcliffe,  M.A.,  See., 

Itoi/al  Iiiftitutifln,  Cvltjuitt  Street,  Lirerpwl). 
The  Uoyal    Historic  and   Archoiologicnl  Associatioa  of   Ireland  {Rev.  Jaoiet 

6rarei,  Hon.  .See.,  Stoniiford,  Ireltind). 
The  Lincoln  Diocesan  Architectural  Society. 
The  Norfolk  and  Norwich  Archawlogical  Society,  Norwich. 
The  Siiilollc  Institute  of  Archsology  {Rev.  F.  Htulervood,  lion.  Sec,  St,  Mat- 

thew't  Rectory,  Iprteich). 
The  Surrey  ArchBological  Society,  8  Danes  Inn,  Strand,  W.C. 
Til"  v„.:-,.-r  \rcbieologicBl  Society,  Lewrt  C-aftle. 

V.'.'  Archnological  and  Natural  History  Society,  Mmium,  Derhet. 

Tip  '.shire  Archeological  and  Natural  History  Society,  Taunton  Cattle. 

The  Bt'iaUjl  and  Qloncestershire   Archseological  Society  {Rev.   W.  Baselay, 

Matton  Rectory,  Glounetter). 
The  Cambridge  Antiquarian  Society  (/Jpr.  S.  S.  Leiriji,  Corjiut  ChriKti  College). 
The  Derbyshire  Archjuological  Society  {Arthur  ('ox,  Btq.,  Mill  Hill,  Derby). 
The  I'owysland  Club  {Morrit  C.  June*,  Etq.,  (rHHijroy,  near  WeUhpuol). 
The  Cumberland  and  Westmoreland  Arctiosological  Society  {R.  8.  Fergvton, 

/>^.,  FJSU.,  Carlith). 
The  leicestcrBhire  Archieological  Society,  5  OalUnrtree  Oate,  Leicetter  {Rev, 

tK  O.  Oimvrk  fVftrhrr.  fit.  Mieh-ael't  Vitaraye.  Shrrntbury). 
Tl^   "  '  leupon-l'yne{R.  Blair,  aq.,  South  Shield*). 

&■'  ,c. 

K,  i,^ ...  i-....,.,,..  ,1,  ,,.„...,  i  „...,i,  Bihliateca  Vallieelliana,  Roma. 


^iiles  of  %  Pent  ^v(||;eolapal  Societg. 


1.  The  Society  shall  consist  of  Ordinary  Members  and  Honorary 
Members. 

2.  The  affairs  of  the  Society  shall  be  conducted  by  a  Council  consist* 
ing  of  the  President  of  the  Society,  the  Vice-Presidents,  the  Honorary 
Secretary,  and  twenty-four  Members  elected  out  of  the  general  body  of 
the  Subscribers  :  one-fourth  of  the  latter  shall  go  out  annually  in  rotation, 
but  shall  nevertheless  be  rc-eligiblc;  and  such  retiring  and  the  new  elec- 
tion shall  take  place  at  the  Annual  General  Meeting :  but  any  intermediate 
vncaney.  by  death  or  retirement,  among  the  elected  Council,  shall  he  filled 
up  cither  nt  the  Genend  Meeting  or  at  the  next  Council  Meeting,  which- 
ever shall  first  happen.  Five  Members  of  the  Council  to  constitute  a 
quorum. 

3.  The  Council  shall  meet  to  transact  the  business  of  the  Society  oa 
the  second  Thursday  in  the  months  of  March,  June,  September,  and 
December,  and  nt  any  other  time  that  the  Secretary  may  deem  it  expe- 
dient to  call  them  together.  The  June  "Meeting  shall  always  be  held  in 
London  ;  those  of  March,  September,  and  December  at  Canterbury  and 
Maidstone  nltemntcly.  But  the  Council  shall  have  power,  if  it  shall 
deem  it  advisable,  at  the  instance  of  the  President,  to  hold  its  Meetings 
at  other  places  within  the  county  ;  and  to  alter  the  days  of  Meeting,  or  to 
omit  n  Quarterly  Meeting  if  it  shall  he  found  convenient. 

4.  At  every  Meeting  of  the  Society  or  Council,  the  President,  or,  in 
his  absence,  the  Chairman,  shall  have  a  casting  vote,  independently  of  his 
vote  as  a  Member. 

5.  A  General  Meeting  of  the  Society  shall  be  held  annually,  in  July, 
August,  or  September,  at  some  place  rendered  interesting  by  its  antiquities 
or  historical  associations,  in  the  eastern  and  western  divisions  of  the 
county  alternately,  unless  the  Council,  for  some  cause  to  be  by  them 
assigned,  agree  to  vary  this  arrangement ;  the  day  and  place  of  meeting 
to  be  appointed  by  the  Council,  who  shall  have  the  power,  at  the  instance  of 
the  President,  to  elect  some  Member  of  the  Society  connected  with  the 
district  in  which  the  meeting  shall  be  held,  to  act  as  Chairman  of  such 
Meeting.  At  the  said  Geuernl  Meeting,  antiquities  shall  be  exhibited, 
and  papers  read  on  subjects  of  archaiologicnl  interest.  The  accounts  of 
the  Society,  having  been  previously  allowed  by  the  Auditors,  shall  be 
presented;  the  Council,  through  the  Secretary,  shall  make  a  Report  on 
the  state  of  the  Society ;  and  the  Auditors  and  the  six  new  Members  of 
the  Council  for  the  ensuing  year  shall  be  elected. 

6.  The  Annual  General  Meeting  shall  have  power  to  make  such 
altcrntious  in  the  Rules  as  the  majority  of  Members  present  may  approve  : 
provided  that  notice  of  any  contemplated  alterations  be  given,  in  writing, 
to  the  Honorary  Secretary,  before  June  the  1st  in  the  then  current  year, 
to  be  laid  liy  him  before  the  Couucil  at  their  next  Meeting ;  provided, 
also,  that  the  said  cotiteroplnted  alterations  be  specifically  set  out  in  the 
notices  summoning  the  Meeting,  at  least  one  month  before  the  day 
appointed  for  it. 

7.  A  Special  General  Meeting  may  be  summoned,  on  the  written 
requisition  of  seven  Members,  or  of  the  President,  or  two  Vice-Presidents, 
which  must  specify  the  subject  intended  to  be  brought  forward  at  such 
Meeting;  and  such  subject  alone  can  then  be  considered. 


4 


RULES   AND   REGULATIONS. 


XT 


S.  Candidates  for  admission  must  he  proposed  by  one  Member  of  the 
Society,  and  seconded  by  another,  and  be  balloted  for,  if  required,  at  any 
Meeting  of  the  Council,  or  at  a  General  Meetiug,  one  black  boll  in  five  to 
exclude. 

9.  Each  Ordinary  Member  shall  pay  an  Annual  Subscription  of  Ten 
Shillings,  due  in  advance  on  the  1st  of  January  in  each  year;  or  £6  may 
at  any  time  be  paid  in  lieu  of  future  subscriptions,  as  a  composition  for 
life.  Any  Ordinary  Member  shall  pay,  on  election,  an  entrance  fee  of  Ten 
Shillings,  in  addition  to  his  Subscription,  whether  Annual  or  Life.  Every 
Member  shall  be  entitled  to  a  copy  of  the  Society's  Publications ;  but 
none  will  be  issued  to  any  Member  whose  Subscription  is  in  orrear.  The 
Council  may  remove  from  the  List  of  Subscribers  the  name  of  any  Mem- 
ber whose  Subscription  is  two  years  in  arrear,  if  it  be  certified  to  them 
that  a  written  application  for  payment  has  been  made  by  one  of  the 
Secretaries,  and  not  attended  to  within  a  month  from  the  time  of  applica- 
tion. 

10.  All  Subscriptions  and  Donations  are  to  be  paid  to  the  Bankers  of 
the  Society,  or  to  one  of  the  Secretaries. 

11.  All  Life  Compositions  shall  be  vested  in  Government  Securities, 
in  the  names  of  four  Trustees,  to  be  elected  by  the  Council.  The  interest 
only  of  such  funds  to  be  used  for  the  ordinary  purposes  of  the  Society. 

12.  No  cheque  shall  be  drawn  except  by  order  of  the  Council,  and 
every  cheque  shall  be  signed  by  two  Members  of  the  Council  and  the 
Honorary  Secretary. 

13.  Tiie  President  and  Secretary,  on  any  vacancy,  shall  be  elected  by 
a  General  Meeting  of  the  Subscribers. 

14.  Members  of  either  House  of  Parliament,  who  are  landed  pro- 
prietors of  the  county  or  residents  therein,  shall,  on  becoming  Members 
of  the  Society,  be  placed  on  the  list  of  Vice-Presidents,  and  with  them 
such  other  persons  as  the  Society  may  elect  to  that  office. 

15.  The  Council  shall  have  power  to  elect,  without  ballot,  on  the 
nomination  of  two  Members,  any  lady  who  may  be  desirous  of  becoming 
a  Member  of  the  Society. 

16.  The  Council  shall  have  power  to  appoint  as  Honorary  Members 
any  person  likely  to  promote  the  interests  of  the  Society,  Such  Honorary 
Member  not  to  pay  any  subscription,  and  not  to  have  the  right  of  voting  at 
any  Meetings  of  the  Society;  but  to  have  all  the  other  privileges  of 
Members. 

17.  The  Council  shall  have  power  to  appoint  any  Member  Honorary 
Local  Secretary  for  the  town  or  district  wherein  he  may  reside,  in  order 
to  facilitate  the  collection  of  accurate  information  as  to  objects  and  dis- 
coveries of  local  interest,  and  for  the  receipt  of  subscriptions. 

1 8.  Meetings  for  the  purpose  of  reading  papers,  the  exhibition  of 
antiquities,  or  the  discussion  of  subjects  connected  therewith,  shall  be 
held  at  such  times  and  places  as  the  Council  may  appoint. 

19.  The  Society  shall  avoid  all  subjects  of  religious  or  political  con- 
troversy. 

SO.  The  Secretary  shall  keep  a  record  of  the  proceedings  of  the 
Society,  to  be  communicated  to  the  Members  at  the  General  Meeting*. 


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HONORARY  MEMBERS. 


Augustus  W.  Franks,  Esq.,  F.S.A.,  Britith  Muteum,  W.O. 

H.  le  Grande  Beulandt,  )f  embre  Honoraire  de  la  Bociit^  d'Histoire  de  la  Flandre 
Maritime  de  France,  Uembie  Correspondant  de  la  Soci^td  Impiriale  dea 
Sciences  de  Lille,  Contrdleur  dans  1' Administration  des  Finances  de 
Belgiqae,  etc. 

J.  B.  Bheppard,  Esq.,  ll.d.,  Canterhwry. 

Ber.  W.  W.  Skeat,  11.A.  (Professor  of  Anglo- Saxon  in  the  Unirersity  of  Cam- 
bridge),  Salithwry  Villa*,  Cambridge. 

0.  Boach  Smith,  Esq.,  F.&A.,  Hon.  Uembcr  of  the  Societies  of  Antiquaries  of 
Kewcastle-upon-Tyne,  Scotland,  France,  Normandy,  the  Morini,  Abbeville, 
Picardy,  Copenhagen,  and  Spain,  Tbmple  Plaoe,  Strood,  Soehetter. 

The  Bight  Ber.  Edward  Trollope,  D.D.,  V.S.A.,  Bishop  SoSragan  of  Nottingham, 
Zeaiingham,  SUafori,  Lvneolmthire. 


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MEMBERS. 


CORRECTED    TO    NOVEMBER,    1889. 


THX  *   DKKOTEB   UPE  OOMPOUNDEBI. 


I 


Aberncthy,  James,  Esq.,  cjf.,  ■Whitcnpse,  Margate. 

"Acworth,  E.  "William  JIarrieon,  Em,,  EUom,  Rochester. 

Adam,  James,  Esq.,  West  Mailing  Pia<x;,  Maidstone. 

Adcock,  W.,  Esq.,  St.  Jamef  Street,  Dover. 

Akerg-Dougiaa,  Aret&:,  E«q.,  MP.,  Chilnton  Park,  Maidstone. 

Alcock,  Bev.  Canon  John  Price,  Ha.,  Eardmont,  Crayford,  Kent. 

Alcock,  R«T.  John  Price,  Jun  ,  M.A.,  Vicarage,  Crayford,  Kent. 

Alexander,  Horace  A.,  Bmj.,  North  Park,  Eltham. 

'Alexander,  B.  H.,  Esq.,  GifTord  Uouse,  Rochampton,  S.W. 

Allen,  John  L.,  Esq.,  Clover  Street  House,  Chatham. 

'Amherst,  The  Earl,  Montreal,  Sevenoaks. 

•Amherst,  William  Amhurst  Tvssen,  Esq.,  M.P.,  Didlington  Hall,  Brandon, 

Norfolk. 
Andenon,  William  Charles,  Hill  House,  Eeston,  Beckenham. 
Arnold,  AuDrustui  A.,  Esq.,  The  Precinot«,  Rochester. 
Arnold,  G.  M.,  Esq.,  Milton  Hall,  Gravesend. 

Ajih,  Rev.  Jarvis  Holland,  D.C.L.,  10  Huiigershall  Park,  Tunbridge  Wells. 
Astlcy.  Edward  Fcrraud,  Esq.,  M.D.,  29  Marine  Parade,  Dover. 
Athempum  Wub,  The,  107  Pall  Mall,  s.w. 

Athill,  CharlM  H.,  E.ifi.  (Richmond  Herald),  Heralds'  College,  London,  B,c. 
•All"        '"        is,  Esq.,  CaiK!]  Manor,  Horsmouden,  Stoploburst. 
Auii'  George,  Esfj.,  p.b.i.b.a..  The  Precincts,  Canterbury. 

Avtliu^,  oUjiit^n,  Esq.,  Restoration  Uoiisc,  Boohostor. 


Bailey,  0.  H.,  Esq.,  9  Cavendish  Place,  w. 

Bailey,  Bev.  Canon  Henry,  D.D.,  West  Tarring  Vicarage,  Worthing. 

Baker,  Arthur,  Efiq.,  21  Lower  Phillimore  Place,  Kensington,  w. 

Baker,  Herbert,  Esq^  The  Owletts,  Cobham,  Gravesend. 

Baker.  T.  H.,  Esg.,  The  Owlefts,  Cobham,  Gravesend. 

Baldock,  Bev.  William,  B.A.,  Brooklaud,  Folkestone. 

•Ball,  William,  E*).,  Strood,  Rochester. 

BalstoD,  Ven.  Archdeacon  E.,  D.D.,  Bakewell  Vioaruge,  Derbyshire. 

Baliion,  B.  J.,  Esq.,  Springfield,  Maidstone. 

Banning,  Bev.  C.  H.,  m.a.,  Strood  Vicarage,  Boohester. 

Barrett,  J.  P.,  Esq.,  8  St.  John's  Villas,  llargate, 

'Barron,  Edward  Jackson,  Esq.,  f.s.a.,  10  Endsleigh  Street, Tavistock  Squar«,  w.  c 

Barrow,  John  J.,  Esq.,  Holmwood,  Speldhurat,  "TuMbridge  Wells. 

Bartleet,  H.  Stuart,  Esq.,  Soverndroog,  Shooter's  Hill. 

Bartlett,  Edward,  Esq.,  "The  Museum,  Maidstone. 

Bartlvtt,  W.  J.,  Esq.,  Manston,  Bamsgate. 

•Bartram,  Bev.  H.,  m.a.,  Vicarage,  Bamsgat«. 

•Bortram,  Capt.  (Royal  Engineers),  Tunbridge  Wells. 


XTIU  KENT  ABCU^OLOOICAIi   SOCIETT. 

BateDum,  "William,  Esq.,  32  Albion  Terrace,  Sandgate  Boad,  Folkestone. 

Batten,  James,  Esq.,  Highfield,  Bickley,  Bromley,  Kent. 

Battye,  Eev.  W.  W.,  Hever  Bectory,  Edenbridge. 

•Baxter,  Wynne  E.,  Esq.,  35  High  Street,  Lewes. 

Bayley,  His  Honour  Judge,  60  Cambridge  Terrace,  Hyde  Park,  W. 

Bayley,  Miss  Elizabeth,  The  Hermitage,  St.  Peter's,  Thanet. 

Beach,  Fletcher,  Esq.,  H.B.,  Metropolitan  Asylum,  Darenth,  Dartford. 

Beale,  Mrs.,  Eestgate,  Tenterden. 

*Bean,  Alfred  William,  Esq.,  Danson  Park,  Welling,  Kent. 

•Beaumont,  Charles,  ^^.,  Tunbridge  Boad,  Maidstone.' 

Bedbrook,  J.  A.,  Esq.,  H.M.  Dockyard,  Chatham. 

Beeby,  W.  T.,  Esq.,  m.d.,  Bromley,  Kent. 

Beeoning,  Arthur  T.,  Esq.,  Ferox  Hall,  Tunbridge. 

Belcher,  H.  T.,  Esq.,  Glenwood,  Edgar  Boad,  Cliftonyille,  Margate. 

Belcher,  W.  D.,  Esq.,  28  Harold  Street,  Camberwell,  8.B. 

Bell,  Major,  Thor,  Birchington,  Margate. 

Bell,  Matthew,  Esq.,  F.o.s.,  Bourne  Park,  Canterbury. 

Benham,  Bev.  Canon,  b.d.,  32  Finsbury  Square,  e.c. 

•Bennooh,  Francis,  Esq.,  t.b.jl.,  m.e.s.l.,  5  Tavistock  Square,  w.c. 

Bensted,  Henry  Thomas,  Esq.,  Court  Lodge,  Teynham,  Sittingboume. 

Bensted,  Hubert,  Esq.,  Bockstow,  Maidstone. 

*Berridge,  Bobert,  Esq.,  181  Bishopsgate  Street  Without,  B.C. 

Betts,  Mrs.,  East  HUl,  Ashford,  Kent. 

•Bevan,  Arthur  T,,  Esq.,  Bessels  Green,  Sevenoaks. 

*Bicknell,  A.  S.,  Esq.  (Goudhurst),  23  Onslow  Gardens,  s.w. 

Bingley,  Eev.  J.  G.,  m.a.,  Snodland  Vicarage,  Bochester. 

Birch,  Bev.  C.  G.  E.,  ll.m.,  Brancastor  Bectory,  King's  Lynn,  Norfolk. 

Birmingham  Central  Free  Library,  Mr.  J.  D.  Mullins  (per  Librarian),  Badoliff 

Place. 
'Bishop,  William,  Esq.,  8  Prince  of  Wales  Terrace,  Kensington,  w. 
'Blakiston,  Bev.  B.  Milbum,  f.s.a.,  2  Dean's  Yard,  Westminster,  s.w. 
Bligh,  The  Lady  Isabel,  Fathorwell  House,  West  Mailing,  Maidstone. 
Blias,  Bev.  Canon,  h..^.,  Betteshanger  Bectory,  Sandwich. 
Blogg,  B«v.  F.  Babington,  H.A.,  Vicarage,  Walmer. 
Blomfield,  Bev.  G.  J.,  ]i.a..  Aldington  Bectory,  Hythe. 
Blore,  Eev.  Canon  G.  J.,  D.D.,  St.  Stephen's,  Canterbury. 
Bloxam,  Biohard,  Esq.,  Eltham  Court,  Kent. 
Board,  John,  Esq.,  Springflelds,  Westorham,  Edenbridge. 
Bodleian  Library,  The,  Oxford. 
Body^  W.,  Esq.,  Dunstall,  Bhoreham,  Sevenoaks. 
Boisner,  B.  Allnutt,  Esq.,  The  Grove,  Penshurst. 
Bolton,  Mr.  Joseph,  King  Street,  Dover. 

*Boodle,  Bev.  John  Adolphus,  m.a.,  Boughton  Blean  Vicarage,  Faversham. 
Booth,  William,  Esq.,  Borstall  Court,  Rochester. 
Boston   Public  Library,    Boston,    United  States   (Messrs.  Trfibner,  Ludgato 

HiU.  B.C.). 
Boswell,  Dr.  Irvine,  East  Street,  Faversham. 
Bottle,  Mr.  Alexander,  Dover. 
Bottle,  Edward,  Esq.,  St.  Martin's  HiU,  Dover. 

Bowjear,  Bev.  Thomas  Kyrwood,  hji.,  Harbledown  Bectory,  Canterbury. 
*BoyB,  Bev.  H.  J.,  m.a..  Layer  Marney  Bectory,  Kelvedon,  Essex. 
Braboume,  The  Lord,  The  Paddock,  Smeeth,  Ashford,  Kent. 
Brabrook,  Edward,  W.,  Esq.,  t.b.a.,  m.b.S.L.,  28  Abingdon  Street,  s.w. 
Bramah,  Mrs.,  Davington  Priory,  Faversham. 
Bramston,  Bev,  William,  K.A.,  Vicar  of  Minster,  Sheppey. 
Brenan,  Bev.  James  Eustace,  m.a.,  Christehuroh  Vicarage,  Bamsgato. 
•Brent,  Algernon,  Esq.,  f.b.o.s.,  19  Oxford  Mansions,  Oxford  Street,  w. 
*Brent,  Cecil,  Esq.,  f.b.a.,  87  Palace  Grove,  Bromley,  Kent. 
Brent,  Francis,  Esq.,  6  Tothill  Avenue,  St.  Jude's,  Plymouth. 
Bridge,  J.  H.,  Esq.,  6  Brewer  Street,  Maidstone. 
Bridges,  Bev.  Sir  Brook  G.,  Bart.,  Goodnestone  Furic,  Winghun. 


LIST  OF   MEMBERS. 


XIX 


Brigfatman,  Edwiird  W.,  Esq.,  She«>rDes$. 

Brindle,  Tbomae,  Nortb  Bank,  Tunbriiige  Welln. 

Brinlow,  William,  Rsq.,  The  Woodbnids,  Westiiorabe  Park,  Blaokheiith,  s.K. 

Brood,  Mr  John,  5  Bank  Slroot,  Ash/orxl,  Kent. 

Biwk,  E.  P.  Lottiw,  Esq.,  3G  Great  Russell  Street,  W.C. 

Brooke,  Edward,  Esq.,  Ufford  Plnoe,  Woodbridge,  Suffolk. 

Brooke,  Jobu,  Esq.,  Folkestone. 

Bfoe,  Mr.  W.  h..  Foots  Cray,  Kent. 

Brothers,  Mr,  John,  Ashford,  Kent. 

BroweU,  William  Faulkner,  Esq.,  Claytons,  Tiinbridge  Well*. 

Browo,  Alex.,  Esq.,  Hothficid,  Ashford,  Kent. 

•Brown,  Charles  George,  Esq.,  F.B.O.8.,  Pine  Bidge,  Orpingtoa. 

'Brtinu,  James  Boberte,  Esq.,  f.B.o.s.,  14  Hilldrop  Bead,  Camden  Bond,  K.w. 

•Brown,  Robert  Ross,  Esq.,  Strood,  Rochester. 

Brown,  Wm.,  Esq.,  Quarry  Hill  Hoiuie,  Tunbridge. 

Browne,  Eev.  Alfred  T.,  M.i.,  Berulver,  Heme  I^. 

Browning,  Arthur  Giraud,  Esq.,  Spencer  Ixjdge,  Wandsworth  Common,  Surrey. 

•Bruoe,  Gaiusford,  Esq.,  q.c,  M.P.,  Tewhurst,  Bromley,  Kent. 

Bugler,  John  U.,  Esq.,  Stoko  House,  Anhford,  Kent. 

BulUrd,  Charlet,  Esq.,  196  High  Street,  Rocliesler. 

Bullard,  Thomas,  Esq.,  168  Burnt  Ash  Hill,  Lee,  Kent. 

Bunyard,  Mr.  F.,  29  Week  Street,  Maidstone. 

'Burgew,  Major  C.  J.,  94  King's  Boad,  Brighton. 

Buna,  James  S.,  Esq.,  Ashford,  Kent. 

Buna,  B«T.  T.  F.,  m.a.,  Linton  Vicarage,  Maidjtone. 

Burrow*,  Bct.  Canon,  b.d..  The  Precincts,  Boohetter. 

Bushell,  Thomas  Tomlin,  Esq.,  -17  Caotle  Street,  Dover. 

•Buttanshaw,  Rev.  John,  M.A.,  22  St.  James'*  Square,  Bath. 

Byng,  The  Honourable  James  M.  O.,  Great  Culverden,  Tunbridge  Wells. 

•BywBtor,  Witham  M.,  Esq.,  u.b.imst.,  6  Hanover  Square,  w. 

Calvert,  Rev.  Thomas,  m.a.,  16  Albany  Villas,  Hove,  Brighton. 

Campbell,  Bev.  B.  J.,  M.A.,  King's  School,  Canterbury. 

•Canterbury,  His  Grace  the  Archbishop  of,  D.D.,  Ijambeth  Palace,  s.B. 

Canterbury,  The  Very  Rev.  the  Dean  of,  The  Precincts,  Canterbury. 

Canterbury  Municipal  Library,  The  Museum,  Canterbury. 

Cape,  G.  A.,  Esq.,  8  Old  Jewry,  b.c. 

CaroeU,  George  F.,  Esq.,  Sevenoaks. 

Carpenter,  Dr.  Alfred,  Duppaa  House,  Croydon. 

Oarr,  Rev.  J.  Haslewoiod,  K.Jl.,  Adisham  Rectory,  Winghom. 

Oarr,  Rev.  T.  A.,  u.k..,  Vicarage,  Marden,  Staplehurst. 

Can*,  E«v.  T.  W.,  u.k.,  Barming  Eectory,  Maidstone. 

CMWall,  Walter  B.  Le  Hardy,  E»q..  Wilmington  Brewery,  Dartford. 

Cataa,  Arthur,  Esq.,  12  York  Terrace,  Regent's  Park,  w.w. 

Okv«,  Amoe,  Esq.,  r.B.o.*.,  Grove  House,  Cornwall  Road,  Brixton  Hill,  8.w. 

Cat*-Browne,  Rev.  J.,  ma.,  Detling  Vicarage,  Maidstone. 

•Cwalet.  W.  M  ,  E-x].,  Pairlawn,  Shipbome,  Tunbridge. 

•Chalmerj,  David,  liq.,  F.B.S.B.,  F.8.A.  scwT.,  Redhall,  SUteford,  Midlothian. 

•Chapman,  H.  Mapleton,  Esq.,  St.  Martin's  Priory,  Canterbury. 

Chapman,  Ebenezer,  Esq.,  The  Limes,  Ashford,  Kent. 

Charleeworth,  F.,  Esq.,  East  Hill,  Bickley,  Bromley,  Kent. 

Cbeetlwm,  The  Venerable  Archdeacon,  d.d..  The  Precinots,  Rochester. 

Chi^mcH,  R ,  Esq.,  Castle  Mount,  Dover. 

Kwan,  Em.,  Ecclesiastical  Commission  Office,  Whitehall  Place,  s.w. 
;  .inmond,  Esq.,  Home  Lee,  Bickley,  Bromley,  Kent. 
<  liulc.  U  m.  Macready,  Esq.,  8  BurUngton  Gardens,  Chismok,  w. 
Clabon,  J.  Moxon,  Esq.,  Clare  Bank,  Sevenoaks. 
n  -' -    '  hM.  Harwood,  Esq.,  v.ejL.,  Westfield,  Bromley,  Kent. 
I L  T.,  Esq.,  London  aud  County  Bank,  Sittingbouroe. 
'  .,  J  vmes,  Esq.,  Maidstone. 

CUnoh,  George,  Bxj.,  22  Nicholson  Boad,  Addisoombe. 

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XX 


KENT    A.RCH-EOLOGICAL   SOCIETY. 


*Clout,  BioUard,  Esq.,  Brome  House,  West  Mailing,  Maidstone. 

Coatos,  Mrs.  Ann,  7  Park  Crescent,  Oiford. 

Cobb,  Bobert  Lake,  Esi).,  Htgham,  Rochester. 

Cobham,  G.  B.,,  Esq.,  1  Edwin  Street,  Grave.soDd. 

•Cobbaui,  Cliarle.«,  Esq.,  The  Shrublwrr,  Gravescnd. 

•Cock,  Edwin,  Esq.,  The  Courti  Lo<l(fe,  Appledoro,  Ashford,  Kent. 

Cookoroft,  Thomas  H.,  Ecq.,  m.d..  Manor  Lodge,  Chislelinrst. 

Cockburn,  Edward,  Esq.,  The  Croft,  Ellington  Road,  Bamsi^te. 

Cockerton,  Richard,  Esq.,  Uarndeii  House,  Easlry,  Sandwich. 

Cockle,  Major  G.,  Truro  Ij)dge,  Bamsjpite. 

•Cokayne.G.  E.,Esq.,  m.i.,f.8.a.,  Norroy  King  of  Amu,  College  of  Arms,  Quoen 

Victoria  Street,  B.C. 
Coleman,  William,  Esq.,  The  Shrubbery,  Buckland,  Dover. 
Collard,  Ed*.  Maynard,  Esq.,  1  St.  George's  Terrace,  Heme  Bay. 
CoUelt,  Bev.  Anthony,  V.A.,  HastinglciKli  Beotory,  Ashford,  Kent. 
•Collins,  Brenton  H.,  Esq.,  Dunorlan,  Tnnbridge "Wells. 
Collis,  llev.  Henry,  m.a.,  St.  Philip's  Vicarape,  Maidstone. 
Coli>oy8,  A.  A.  G.,  Esq.,  32  Kenilworth  Road,  St.  Loonard's-on-Sea. 
ColsoD,  Bev.  Canon  Charles,  M.A.,  Cuxtoa  Beotory,  Rochester. 
OoDgress  Library,  Washington,  U.S.A.  {■per  Mr.  Alien,  23  nonrietta  Street, ' 

Covent  Garden,  w.c). 
Oonjnglum,  The  Marquess,  Bifnms  Park,  Canterbury. 
Cook,  Bev.  John  Busscll,  b.a.,  Preston,  Faversbam. 
Cooke,  Biohard,  Esq.,  The  Croft,  Petling,  Maidstone, 
Cooke,  Henry,  Esq.,  Thong,  near  Gravesend. 

Cooper,  Rev.  W.  H.  Windle,  m.a.,  Warrior  House,  Dalby  S<iuare,  Margate. 
Copland,  John,  Esq.,  Sbeerness. 
Copland,  Wm.  Wallace,  Esq.,  Sheerness. 
•Corner,  Mr.  John,  18  Albert  Road,  Begent's  Park,  N.w. 
Comfoot,  David,  Esq.,  Dry  Hill  House,  Tunbridgc. 
Cothmm,  Bev.  Geo.  'Toulson,  K.X.,  St.  John's  Vicarage,  Larcom  Street,  Walworth  ^ 

Boad,  8.R. 
'Cotton,  Dr.  Charles,  40  S|>enoer  Square,  Bamsgate. 
Cotton,  Horace,  Esq.,  Quex  Park,  Birchington,  Margate. 
Couohman,  Mr.  J.  B.,  High  Street,  Bamsgate. 
Court,  Percy,  Esq.,  Dover. 

Courthopo,  George,  Esfj.,  Whiligh,  Hurst  Green,  Sussex. 
•Cowell,  George,  Esq.,  f.b.c.b.,  3  Cavendish  PUoe,  Cavendish  Square,  w. 
Cow,  John,  Esq.,  Monhedon,  Arkwright  Boad,  Hampsl«ad,  N.w. 
•Cox,  Frederick  John,  Esq^  7  Osberton  Road,  Leo,  Kent. 
Cox,  His  Honour  Judge,  Marl  Field  House,  'Tnnbridge. 
Cradock,  R.  W.,  Esq.,  Slyrtle  Villa,  Belvedere,  Kent. 
Crafor,  T.  N.,  Esq.,  UUlsido,  Ravonsbourne  Boad,  Bromley,  Kent. 
Cramp,  Mr.  Clement,  Cranbrook. 
Cranbrook,  The  Visoount,  Hemsted,  Cranbrook. 
Cranbrook  Literary  Institute,  Cranbrook. 
Croawell,  Saokville,  Esq.,  New  House,  Mersham,  Ashford,  Kent. 
Cripps,  WiUred  Joaeph,  Esq.,  C.B.,  m.a.,  t.b.a.,  Cirencester. 
•Ctoft,  Goo.  C,  Esq.,  6  Stanhope  Street,  Hyde  Park  Gardena,  w. 
Cronk,  Mr.  H.  H.,  Drott  Houae,  Tunbridge  Wells. 
•Cubitt,  The  Right  Hon.  George,  M.P.,  Denbies,  Dorking. 
Culleton,  Leo,  Esq..  Bathville  House,  Hampetead,  H.W. 
Curling,  Honrv,  Esq.,  Augusts  Lodge,  Bamsgate, 
Curteis,  Bov.  t.  8.,  m.a..  The  Bector)',  Sovenoaks. 
Curtis,  Charles,  Esq.,  2N  Baker  Street,  Portman  Square,  w. 
Cust,  The  Lady  Elizabeth,  18  Eccleaton  Square,  aw. 

Dalison,  Max.  H.,  Esq.,  Hamptons,  Tuubridge. 
Darbishirc,  H.  A.,  Esq.,  Oakdeue,  Edonbridga. 
Darnley,  The  Earl  of,  Cobham  Hall,  Gravesend. 
Dartmouth,  The  Earl  of,  40  Oroarenor  Square,  w. 


LIST  OF   MEMBEK8. 


XXI 


I 


I^tii,  Arthur  Bandall,  Esq.,  Hythe,  Kent. 

Dtnm,  Mr.  F.  J.,  Koohestcr. 

l>e«<l«,EeT.  Cecil,  Wiokham  St.  Paul  Rectory,  HabteMl,  BMex. 

fc  L'ltle  and  Dudley,  The  Lord,  Peushurst. 

»^  Ml)-,  Mrs.,  care  of  Mr.  Bowen,  7  Wharton  Bo«d,  Wert  Kenfiugtoo,  w. 

I^WMtt,  Mr.  J.  T.,  Cranbrook. 

*D«rbj,  The  Earl  of,  33  St.  James's  Sqiuire,  s.w. 

«nng,8ir  E.  C,  Bart.,  Pluckley,  Ashford,  Kent. 

Dnu,  Chorlcc  F.,  Esq.,  Pifkhurst  Green,  Hayea,  Bockenham. 

P"*.™*,  ilLitt,  Updown  House,  Margate. 

Deirid,  ReT.  E.  S.,  26  Oxford  Square,  Hyde  Park,  W. 
Kfkfson,  Sir  Richard,  Market  Lane,  Dover. 
KduoiL  Rev.  R.  H.,  m.a.,  Eastchurch  Rectorj',  Sheemess. 
Ksmorr,  J.  S.,  Esij.,  Stewart  Hou.se,  Wrothaui  Road,  Gravesond. 
^wn,  Lieut-Gen.,  Wood's  Gate,  Pciubury,  Tunbrid>,'o  Wells, 
"^bsirn,  Charles,  Esq.,  Broome  Park,  Bctchworlh,  Roigate. 
•uodgMo,  W.  H.,  Esq.,  Hayes  Ford,  Bromley,  Kent. 
jWpon,  W.  O.,  Esq.,  Manor  House,  Scvenoato. 
^^  B«T.  Charlec  Edward,  m.a..  The  Vicarage,  Favcrsluim, 
™[a«n,  Thomas,  Esq.,  Sandwich. 
^,  J.,  Esq.,  lA  Cannon  Street,  B.C. 
^''w.  The  Lord  Bishop  of,  The  Prccinoto,  Canterbury. 
*""»  Proprietary  Library,  Castlo  Street,  Dover. 
z^v,  Creorgo,  Esq.,  F.O.S.,  Stourmouth  House,  Wingham. 
^Ij,  Mrs.,  87  St.  George's  Road,  Ecoleston  Square,  8.W. 
«»i»,  Mr.  John,  Hit'h  Street,  Rochester. 
"|[*«w,  .Misx,  West  MalUup,  Maidstone. 

^^tn,  Leland  L.,  Es<j.,  Rosslair,  Lingard's  Eoad,  Le^risham,  s.b. 
'^'>bu,  Mi»,  The  Caitons,  Dartford. 

^"nt,  Kev.  John,  u.k.,  Thornham  Yiuarage,  Maidstone. 
%k»,SeT.  John  Diion,  u.x.,  81  Holland  Road,  Brixton,  s.w. 

**•,  Jame«  S.,  Esq.,  Fairlawn,  A^hford,  Kent. 
JWple,  Bev.  C.  E.,  m.a.,  31  Augusta  Road,  Ramsgate. 
f*'»»rih,  Rev.  J.  W.,  m.a.,  f.8.a.,  Motosb  Vicarage,  Ashford,  Kent. 
wen.  Rev.  Arthur,  m.a.,  Tioehuret  Vicai«ge,  Havrkhurst. 
"g,  B«v.  W.  J.,  M_i.,  Upper  Tooting,  s.w. 
^i*ns,  Frederick  J.,  Em.,  Hawkswood,  Chislehurst. 
SJ"*il«^  Major-Oeneral,  Nurstead  Court,  Gravesend. 
^*>'<>^  Mr.  Thotk,  Saraoeu's  H8ad  Hotel,  Ashford,  Kent. 
JS^  W,  8.,  Esq.,  7  Dorset  Square,  London,  w. 
JSg',  J.  F.,  Esq.,  Wingham  Lod^re,  Rochester. 
S^J*.  Frank,  Bsq^  New  Hall,  Dymchurch,  Folkestone. 
Sf*».  G.  E.,  Esq.,  13  Station  Street,  Sittingboumo. 
**.  Mr,  BolK>rf ,  Little  Uothfield,  Ashford,  Kent. 

Ser.  J.  H.,  u.A.,  '19  (;ullin);ham  Gardens,  South  Kensington,  s.w. 

R^illiam  Smith,  Esq.,  6  Hnltbam  Rood,  St.  John's  Wood,  ir.w. 

Her.  C.  R.  S.,  m.a  ,  Waluier. 
jj^i  V»lentino  E.  H.  Cary,  Ersj.,  P.8.A.,  Billing  Hall,  Nortlinmpton. 
""JOiBev.  Canon  Ricliard,  Ma.,  Master  of  the  Charterhouse,  Charterhouse 
»     Sqaare,  B.C. 

S*^  Geo.,  E.«q.,  St.  Peter's,  Thanet. 

J^T""'  '  M  -'   't.  Eixi.,  Holmwood,  South  Norwood  Park,  s.B. 
1?}^  -,  St.  John's  Lfxige,  St.  Peter's,  Ramsgate. 

■hley,  Esq.,  The  Precincts,  B,ochester. 
'  'fody,  £:><).,  Ramsgate. 
l-,  D.C.L.,  F.B.8.,  F.8.A.,  Nash  Mills,  Hemel  Hempstead. 

•  JsMs,  Esq.,  71  Lower  Addisoombe  Road,  Croydon, 
■tooth,  The  VisoouQtoM  (Baroness  Le  Despeoser),  2  St.  James's  Square, 
•.w. 


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KENT   ARCHJBOLOGICAL   SOCIETY. 


Fnronll,  H.,  E«q.,  Wingfield  House,  Manor  Lane,  Lee,  Kent. 

•Faiintiiorpe,  Rev.  Jim.  P.,  Bolin^broke  Grove,  Wandaworth  Comin(fl 

Follows,  Frank  P.,  &<i..  H  The  Green,  Hampetoad,  K.w. 

'Fergiuisoii,  Sir  Joniea  Kanken,  Bart.,  F.8.A.  scot.,  Hever  Court,  Gral 

•Fpr;,'ii.'sson,  Tho».  Colyer,  Esq.,  Womhwcll  Hall,  Gravesend. 

Field,  George  Haiibury,  Esq.,  Ashurst  Park,  Tuiibridgo  Well*. 

Finn,  Arthur,  Esq.,  Westbrook,  Lydd,  Folkestone. 

Finn,  Edwin,  Esq.,  Ljdd,  Folkestone. 

Firth,  Charles,  Ewj.,  M.D.,  Gravesend. 

Fletcher,  The  Lady  Frances,  Kenward,  Talding. 

Fletcher,  William,  Es(i.,  Bycliffe,  Gravesend. 

♦Flower,  Rev.  Walker,  M.A.,  Worth  Vicarage,  Sandwich. 

•Foljambe,  Cecil  G.  Savile,  Esq.,  M.P.,  2  Carlton  House  Terrac*!,  B.w. 

Fooks,  E.  J.,  Esq.,  Hillside,  Milton,  Gravesend. 

Fooks,  Ootavius  E.,  Esq.,  Westcroft,  Gravesend. 

Fooks,  W.  Craoroft,  Esq.,  Q.C.,  Bowman's  Ptaoe,  Dartford. 

Foord,  Joo.  Jas.,  E.^q.,  Satis  House,  Eooheeter. 

Foord,  Wm.  Wildash,  Esq.,  Aoom  House,  Boohestor. 

Foreman,  Owen,  Esq.,  Hunton,  Maidstone. 

Forster,  W.  Samuel,  Esq.,  8  Lower  Berkeley  Street,  Portman  Square,  w. 

Foulsham,  Chester,  Es<i.,  9  Caversliam  Bond,  Kentish  Town,  R.W. 

•Foyster,  Rev.  G.  Alfred,  m.a.,  All  Saints'  Rectory,  Hastinpi. 

Frampton,  Rev.  T.  Shipden,  B.C.L.,  M.A.,  F.B.A.,  St.  Mary's  PUtt,  Sevenoakf 

Franklyn,  Capt.  Thos.  P.,  Maidstone. 

Fraser,  Rev.  Wm.  Fmsncis,  u.a.,  Westbere  Rectory,  Canterbury. 

Fremaatle,  Rev.  (.'anon  the  Uouourable  William  Henry,  U.A.,  The  Preoi| 

Canterbury. 
Fromlin,  B,  J.,  Esq.,  Heathflcld,  Maidstone. 
French,  Colonel,  Tunbridge. 

French,  Rev.  H.  D.,  m.a.,  St.  George's  Rectory,  Canterbury. 
Frend,  Mr.  G.  R.,  St.  George's,  Canterbury. 
•Friend,  Frederick,  Esq.,  Woollett  Hall,  North  Cray,  Bexlej. 
Friend,  James  Taddy,  Esq.,  Northdown,  near  Margate. 
Fry,  Edward  Wickens,  Esq.,  St.  Martin's  House,  Dover. 
•Fuller,  Bev.  John  Mee,  m.a.,  Bexloy  Vicarage,  Ueiley,  Kent. 
Fuller,  Mr.  Samuel,  38  Queen  Street,  Ramsgate. 
Furley,  Edward,  Esq.,  H.D.,  43  Church  Road,  St.  Leonard's-on^teft.- 
Furley,  George,  Esiq.,  Canterbury. 
Parley,  John,  Esq,,  Ashford,  Kent. 
Fuiley,  Walter,  Esq.,  Canterbury.  * 

Fynmore,  R.  J.,  Esq.,  Wykehom  House,  Sandgate. 

Gardner,  Alfred  Henry,  Esq.,  Folkestone. 

Gardner- Waterman,  Rev.  W.,  m.a.,  Bicknor  Rectory,  Maidstone. 

Garling,  Henry  B.,  Esq.,  Folkestone. 

Gibbons,  Bev.  W,  H.,  b.a.,  Canterbury. 

Gibson,  F.  G.,  Esq.,  Sitlingbourne. 

Gibson,  Geo.,  Esq.,  North  Street,  Ashford. 

Gilder.  Rev.  Edward,  u.a.,  Icktiam  Rectory,  Sandwich. 

Gilling,  Rev.  J.  C,  m.a.,  St.  Mark's  Vicarage,  Bosborville,  Gravesend. 

Giraud,  F.  F.,  Esq.,  Town  Clerk,  Faversham. 

(I'lxldard,  Rev.  Cauon  G.  F.,  m.a.,  Southlleet  Rectory,  Gravesend. 

•Godfroy-Fnussott,  Edmund  G.,  Esq.,  -17  Baker  Street,  Portman  Square,  w, 

•Godfroy-Pauisett,  John  Toko,  Esq.,  The  Friary,  Lichfield. 

Godfrey-Faunett-Osborne,  H.  B.  G.,  Esq.,  Harilip  Place,  Siltiugboume. 

Goodhart,  F.  E.,  Esq. 

Goodman,  Thomas  Warner,  Esq.,  155  Haverstock  Hill,  N.w. 

Goodwin,  Rev.  Leslie  B.,  m.a.,  St.  Martin's,  Canterbury. 

G<mld,  John,  Eiiq.,  Gravesend. 

Gow-Slonnrt,  Herbert,  Esq.,  Buckstup  Manor,  Hailshom. 

""  ^yril  F.,  M.A.,  Aylesford  Vicarage,  Maidstone. 


LIST   OF   MEMBERS. 


XXUl 


Gnot,  Thomas,  Esq.,  Shirlej  Hoa«e,  Maidstone. 

OnujTille,  The  Earl,  "Walmer  CaMle. 

•OriTes,  Edmund  Robert,  Esq.,  B.A.,  British  Miueum,  W.c. 

GnvM,  W.  T.,  Esq.,  Wwtfield,  Canterbury. 

Gray,  Mr«.,  Birohint^on  lUU,  Margate. 

Grayling,  Francis,  Esq.,  Park  Road,  Sitliiifrbourne. 

(iraVling,  Johu,  Es<j.,  M.D.,  Ui).'li  Slreot,  Sittingboume. 

Grealhead,  J.  Arthur  W.,  Esq.,  St.  Margaret's  Bank,  Rochester. 

Qreeo,  Honry  H.,  Esq.,  Ashford,  Kent. 

Gf«ea,  Walter,  Esq.,  Margate. 

Greig,  Mrs.,  Clare  House,  Timbridge. 

Gribbon,  W.  G.,  Esq.,  Coralx;  I>oa,  Kingston  Hill,  Kingston-on-Tbame*. 

Griffin,  Eev.  Canon  W.  N.,  B.U.,  Ospringc  Vicarage,  Favershnm. 

Grimahaw,  R.  Atkinson,  Ekj.,  Piemioiit  Park,  Bruadstairs. 

Ground,  £.,  Bnq.,  B.i.,  u.b.,  Gabriel's  liill,  Maidstone. 

•Gwynne,  Rev.  Gorges  F.  J.  0.  E.,  M.A.,  Eastwell  Rectory,  Ashford,  Kent. 

Hague,  Jenken,  Esq.,  Biddenden,  Staplohunt, 

•Hale,  C.  G.,  Esq.,  Ivy  Hali'h,  Sevenouka. 

'Hales,  ReT.  H.  Cox,  m.a.,  Woodmancote  Rectory,  Hurstiiierpoint. 

*Hales,  Mrs.  Ada  Young,  Woodmancote  Rectory,  Hurstpierjioint. 

Hall,  Josiah,  Esq.,  Quecnborough. 

Hall,  ReT.  T.  G.,  m.a.,  Hvthe  Vicarage,  Hj-the. 

Hallward,  E«t.  T.  W.  O.,  m.a.,  Frittenden  Rectory,  SUplehunt. 

Hambrook,  J.,  Esq.,  Dover. 

Hammond,  Rev.  H.,  Fernleigh,  Laton  Road,  Chatham. 

Hammond,  William  Oxoudon,  Esq.,  St.  Alban's  Court,  Wingham. 

•Hannam,  C«>or^re  Emilius,  Esq.,  Bromstoue  House,  St.  Peter's,  Thanet. 

Hardcastle,  Edward,  Esq.,  M.P.,  New  Lodge,  Havrkhurst. 

Hardinge,  Sir  Eklmund  Strsccy,  Bart.,  Fowler's  Park,  Hawkhurst. 

Hardinge,  The  Visoount,  South  Park,  Penshurst. 

Hardy,  W.  H.,  Esq.,  5  Great  Winchester  Street,  B.C. 

Harnett,  Edward,  Esq.,  Ivy  C-ottage,  Mill  Hill,  Minster,  Thanet. 

•Harris.  The  Lord,  Belmont,  Fivorsham. 

Harris,  Ih-.,  Minster,  Rarasgate. 

Harris,  John,  Esq.,  Gk-iidore,  Twoo<ly  Boad,  Bromley,  Kent. 

Harris,  Mrs.  6.  T.,  114  .South  Hill  Park,  Hampstead,  k.w. 

Harris,  Thomas  Noel,  Esq.,  3  Gloucester  Place,  Hyde  Park,  w. 

Harrison,  Rev.  Alban  Henry,  m.a.,  CranbrooV  Vicarage,  Cranbrook. 

Harrison,  Rev.  Henry,  m.a.,  Kilndown,  Goudhurst,  Staplehurst. 

•Harrison,  James,  Esq.,  Dornden,  Tunbridge  Wells. 

Harrison,  Rev.  J.  B.,  m.a.,  Groat  Mongeham  Rectory,  Deal. 

Harrison,  W.  G.  8.,  Esq.,  Town  Clerk,  Folkestone. 

Hartley,  Colonel  Joseph,  The  Old  Downs,  Hartley,  Dartford. 

Harvey,  James,  Esq.,  Belgmvo  Villa,  49  "Tufuell  Park  Koad,  N. 

Harvey,  W.  J.,  Esq.,  113  Melbourne  Grove,  Champion  Hill,  8.«. 

•Haalewood,  Rev.  F.  G.,  ll.d.,  D.C.L.,  Chislet  Vicairage,  Canterbury. 

•Haclewood,  Rev.  Francis,  a.e.c,  r.8.A.,  St.  Matthevrs  Reotoiy,  Ipawiob. 

Haasell,  Lewis,  Esq.,  Clock  House,  Darentb,  Dartford. 

•Hatfield,  Capt.  Charles,  Hartsdown,  Margate. 

Hawkins,  Mrs.,  Rochester. 

Hawloy,  Rev.  C.  C,  m.a.,  Leyboume  Rectory,  Maidstone. 

Hayward,  William  Webb,  foq.,  Rochester. 

Haslitt,  M'm.,  E*].,  33  Lincoln's  Inn  Fields,  w.c. 

Head.  Walter  Geo.,  Esq.,  Ingress  Cliff,  Greenhithe,  Dartford. 

Heal«>,  Rot.  J.  N.,  m.a.,  Orpington  Vitarage,  Kent. 

Bales,  Major  A.,  F.B.A.,  Leesons,  Chislchunt. 

Hciscb.  Charies,  Esq.,  F.c.s.,  93  Buckingham  Rood,  Brighton. 

Hellicar,  Rev.  A.  G.,  M.A.,  Bromley  Vioarage,  Kent. 

Uendonon,  Jno.,  Esq.,  24  The  Beach,  Walmer. 

H«irlett,  U.  G.,  Esq.,  Shaw  Hill,  Addington,  Maidstone. 


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KENT   AROH^OLOGICAL   SOCIETY. 


HickB,  Robert,  Esq.,  RarasKntc. 

Hill,  Miss,  Afiby  Lodge,  Ciirlton  Rood,  Putney  Hill,  s.w. 

Hill,  Samuel,  Esq.,  10  EuMell  Squnre,  w.c. 

HiU,  Bev.  W.  S.,  m.a.,  St.  Nicbolsw  Viuonge,  £ocheater. 

Hillingdon,  The  Lord,  Wilderncsse  Park,  Seveooaks- 

•Hills,  F.  C,  Esq.,  Eedloaf,  Peiuhurst. 

UilLs,  W.  H.,  42  King  Street,  Raowgate. 

Hilton,  S.  O.,  E«i.,  Ciwtle  Street,  Canterbury. 

Hilton,  T.,  Esq.,  M.D.,  Deal. 

Hindi,  Henry,  Esq.,  Quoea  Street,  Ranuigut«. 

Hingestone,  Charles  Hilton,  E-scj.,  30  Wood  Street,  K.c. 

Hirat,  Rev.  Thomns,  m.a.,  Bi.shopi'kourue  Rectory,  Canterbury. 

Hoar,  Edward,  E9<i.,  Kiii^,'  Strwt,  Mnidstone. 

Hobbes,  Robert  George,  Em.].,  LiviiigMloric  House,  Wandsworth  Road,  8.W 

Hoblyc,  Richard  A.,  E.s<i,,  79  Priory  Road,  West  HampiOead,  H.w. 

HodsoU,  Charles  M.,  Ewj.,  Loose  Court,  Maidstone. 

Holland,  Bernard,  Ew).,  Hsirbledown  Lodge,  Cantcrburj'. 

Holmes,  E.  G.  A,,  Esq.,  Uighworlh,  Ashtord,  Kent. 

Holmes,  Rev.  J.  E.,  m.a.,  E»stry  House,  near  Sandwich. 

Homewood,  Chas.  £.,  Esq.,  Tunstall,  SittinKbourno. 

Homewood,  Mr.  William  Joseph,  13  Hiirmcr  Street,  Gravesond. 

Hooker,  Ayers,  Esq.,  Lewines."  UeiiLh.  Kent. 

Hooper,  Captain  Charles  F.,  IlnretvcU  House,  Sheldnrich,  Faversfaam. 

Horan,  Matthew,  Esq.,  The  Mount,  Laiuberhurst,  Sussex. 

•Hordern,  Herbert,  Esq.,  Throvvloy  House,  Faversham. 

•Horner,  Edward,  E.sq.,  llay  Place.  Cniyford. 

Horrocks,  Major,  Miuicjils,  Brenohloy,  .Staplohurst. 

nnrsnuill,  A.  B.,  Esq.,  Striiod,  llocbester. 

Hiirlon,  B.,  Ewj.,  Soabrook  House,  Sandgute,  Kent. 

Hoskyiis,  Miss  Dora,  The  Hermitage,  St.  Peter's,  Thanot. 

Holhficid,  The  Lord,  HotbHeld,  Ashford,  Kent. 

•Huvenden,  Robert,  Esq,,  Heathcote,  Park  Hill  Road,  Croydon.  

Howard,  Jo.<»eph  Jackson,  Esq.,  LL.O.,  F.8.A..,  3  Dartmouth  Bow,  Blackheatb,  8.S. 

Howe,  Alfred  W.,  Sbeemess. 

Howell,  G.  O.,  Esq.,  3  Ri[)on  Villrw,  Ripon  Rnad.  PIuui.?teiid. 

Hughes,  Colonel  Edn-in,  .u.p.,  Oaklnuds,  Plurastead  Comiudn. 

Hughes,  Geo.,  Esq.,  care  of  Mr.  W.  J.  Uomuwood,  13  Harmer  Street,  Gravesond. 

Uui^'hes,  W.  Essitigton,  Esq.,  89  Alexandra  Road,  South  Uampstead,  N.w. 

nu>,'hos-Hallett,  Eev.  James,  Higham  House,  Canterbury. 

Hulburd,  Mr.  James,  High  Street,  Sittingboume. 

Humphery,  John,  Esq.,  New  Romney,  Folkestone. 

Hunt,  Rev.  Robert  Sha|)land,  M.A.,  Mark  Beooh,  Edetibridge. 

Hussey,  Edttard,  Esq.,  Scotney  Castle,  Laraberhurst,  Sussex. 

•Hussey,  Edward  Law,  Esq.,  f.b.c.8.,  24  Wiuohe.Hter  Road,  Oxford. 

Hussey,  Henry  Law,  Esq.,  10  New  Square,  Liiicola's  Inn,  w.c. 

Hussey,  Rev.  Canon  William  Law,  m.a.,  RiuKslead  Rectory,  Lynn,  Norfolk. 

Hu.xley,  Rev.  Thomas  Scott,  u.a.,  Dagmar  House,  ]>.mo  John,  Canterbury. 

Jackson,  Captoin,  High  Bank,  Tuiibridge. 

Jackson,  John  Flower,  Esq,,  Bnunic  Plaoo,  Boxley. 

Jaoolette,  M.  J.,  Esq.,  Priory  Hill,  Dover. 

James,  Francis,  Escr,  190  Cromwell  Road,  b.w. 

James,  J.  B.,  Esq.,  London  and  Cuunty  Bank,  21  Lomliard  Street,  B.C. 

Jauson,  E.,  Esq.,  Etheringtou,  S|«l(lhurst,  Tuubridgo  Wells. 

Jardine,  John  Leo,  Esq.,  Capol,  Surrey. 

Jasper,  Henry  Wm.,  Esq.,  Uigli  Street,  Chatham. 

Jeaffresoti,  W.  J.,  Eiiq.,  15  Clifton  Gardens,  Folkestone. 

Jeffcdck,  J.  Henry.  Esq.,  m.d.,  Duputy-Surgeon-General,  Newlands,  Rochester. 

•Joffery,  Counsell,  Esq.,  30  Tredegar  Square,  Bow,  B. 

♦Jeffreys,  Rev.  Canon  H.  A.,  ii.A.,  The  Vicarage,  Hawk  hurst 

Jemmett,  George  El  wick,  Esq.,  Tuubridge. 


LIST   OF    MEMBERS. 


Jenliiiif.  Kev.  Canon  B.  C,  u^.,  Lyimnge  Bectory,  Hjrthe. 
F.  J.  H.,  EiMj.,  M.A.,  10  Brooksidp,  Cnmbridge. 
:.  \V.  W'.,  Eoq.,  KoiiliD,  Boiipell  Park,  s.w. 

Jeuijur,  Mr.  W.  M.,  Saudgate,  Folkeiiloae. 

•Johnson,  W   M-.  Esq.,  Clarid(<c  House,  Sevenoakg. 

Jdhnsloti,  P.  MaitiWTiring,  V.f\.,  27  Lorab»rd  Street,  B.C. 

Johu<ton,  Thoiiiiui.  Es<(.,  Broomsleigh,  Seal,  Sevenoaks. 

•Joii«,  Arthur  Goddard,  Esq.,  3  Talbot  Place,  Blackheatb,  8.E. 

Jonos,  CapUin  Edward.  Tbe  Harbour  Houses  Ramsgatc. 

•Jones,  Herljert,  Es^.,  15  Moutpelier  Bow,  Blackheatb,  8.B. 

June*,  Bijlwrt  Heskoth,  Esq.,  St.  Augustine's,  Hayne  Boad,  Beokenham. 

Jon(«,  Rev.  Wm.  Taylor,  m.a  ,  Heme  House,  CUhonville,  Mar;^t«. 
L  Joyce,  Thomas  Henth,  Esq.,  Frcsliforfl,  .South  Hill  Park,  Bromley,  Kent. 
I  Jape,  O.,  E«i.,  Ihichy  of  Cornwall  Oflioe,  1  Buckingham  Gate,  s.W. 

[Keith,  Rev.  William  A.,  m.a.,  Burhnm,  Bochester. 
>;<••".  ir.i    David,  Esq.,  AVestcr  Hill,  Linton,  Maidstone. 
luhn,  Esq.,  Nether  Court  Farm,  Banugate. 
I  harles  E.,  Esq.,  Merry  Hill  House,  Boshey,  Watford. 
1  Kibble,  Thomas,  Esq.,  Green  Trees,  Tunbridgo. 
^&idilel1,  John  I)swgon,  Esq.,  48  Mark  Laue,  b.c, 
|,  S.  H.,  Esq.,  Hilden  Grange,  TunbridRe. 
ford,  Kenneth,  Esq.,  63  West  bourne  Terrace,  W. 
[ford,  Montagu,  Eiiq.,  Littlebourne,  Sandwich, 
atrick,  M^jor  John,  Hnrton  Park,  Hythe. 
bhbull.  Sir  Wyndham,  Bart.,  Mersham  Hatch,  Axhford,  Kent, 
■hi,  I).,  E5<i.,  1  Old  Serjeants'  Inn,  Chancery  Lane,  w.o. 
II,  John,  Ewj.,  South  Valo  Hwisc,  Blackheatb,  8.B. 
Cnill,  Stuart,  Es(|.,  The  Crosslets  in  the  Grove,  Blackheatb,  BJI. 
Knocker,  Colonel  E.  W.,  Castle  Hill  House,  Dover. 
•KnjTett,  FelLx,  Esq.,  Aahwellthorpe,  Watford,  Herts,and  St.Stepben'i  Club.s.w. 

•liOce,  Major  Benjamin  G.,  The  Priory,  Orpington,  Kent. 
Lake,  James,  Esq.,  Monkton,  Bamsgate. 
Lambard,  Multon,  Esq.,  Beechmoiit,  Sevenoaks. 
•I^mbert,  George,  Es(j.,  p.s.a.,  11  Coventry  Street,  w. 
Lambert,  Thomas  J.,  Esq.,  loKlewood,  Sevenoaks. 
Langhome,  Bev.  John,  m.a.,  "JPho  Grammar  School,  Rochester. 
l«ngston,  John,  Esq.,  Strood,  Rochester. 
Larking,  John  Wingfleld,  Esq.,  The  Firs,  Lee,  Kent, 
Larking,  Miss,  The  Firs,  Lee,  Kent. 
Latham,  Albert,  Esq^  Canterbury  Boad,  Margate. 
Laurcnoe,  William,  Esq.,  Maidstone. 

Laurie,  Colonel  B.  P.,  c.b.,  m.p.,  Hardres  Court,  Canterbury. 
•Larers,  Nathaniel  Wood,  Eeq.,  Endell  Street,  Bloomsbury,  w.c. 
Law,  Miss,  Osborne  House,  Cltltonvillc,  Margate. 
•Latton,  W.  F.,  Esq.,  r.B.A..,  F.B.o.g.,  i  Essex  Court,  Temple,  B.C. 
L>yt<in.  CnT'tnin,  Folkestone. 

•li-  Esq.,  22  Kew  Bridge  Boad,  Kow  Bridge,  w. 

•Lc.  Stanley,  D.D.,  Rector  of  Much  Hadham,  Herts. 

'  rd  Henry,  B.A.,  Chiddiagstonc  Rectory,  Edeubridge. 

:1mm,  Esq.,  M.D.,  47  Green  Street,  Park  Lane,  w. 
I  ,  M.A.,  Hawkingc  Rectory,  Folkestone. 

•1  Sir  John  Farnaby,  Bart ,  West  Wickham  Court,  Beokenham. 
r,  Granville,  Esq.,  P.B.A.,  Titsey  Place,  Limpsfield,  Surrey. 
•Ltiv/,  Linis,  Esq.,  Nasheod'^n,  Rochester. 
lA\mt»,  Sir  .Samiiol,  l(i3  Lovrislinm  High  Road,  s.B. 

'    M.A  ,  St.  Paul'?  Vicarage,  CliftoQville,  Margate, 
.nd  Chaptt-r,  Canterbury. 
i.i,  I   >  I'liiiing,  Esq.,  Walton,  Eaatry,  Sandwich. 
Litlk),  Rev.  J.  R.,  m.a.,  Park  House,  Tunbridgo. 


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KENT   ARCHiEOLOGICAl.   SOCIETY. 


Liverpool  Free  Public  Library,  Liverpool. 

Livett,  Rov.  Grevile  M.,  u.a..,  The  Precinct,  Bochofiter. 

Llojrd,  Bev.  lorwcrth  Grey,  M.A.,  F.8.A.,  Bosherslon  Rectory,  Pembroke. 

Loch^,  Alfred,  Esq.,  m.d.,  CRiitorbury. 

Lottie,  Rev.  W.  J.,  b.a.,  3a  Sbetlield  Terrace,  Campdon  Hill,  Kensington, 4 

London,  The  Librarian  {pro  tern.)  of  the  Corporation  of  the  City  of,  Gnildh"" 

Liintliiii  Library,  The,  12  St.  Jkmes'a  Square,  g.w. 

'LiiwikIcx,  G.  Alan,  Esq.,  Barrin^n  Hall,  Hatfield  Bruad  Oak,  Essex. 

•Loyii,  JMnard,  Es<i.,  Lilleadcn.  Hawkbiirst,  Kent. 

•Lulibock,  Sir  John,  Bart.,  M.P.,  High  Elms,  Famborough,  Kent. 

Lucas,  Rev.  Arthur,  M.k.,  Parksidc,  Tunbridge. 

Lurey,  Rev.  E.  C,  m.a.,  Mcrsham  Rectory,  Ashford. 

Luck,  Lieut.-Colonel  E.  T.,  Tbo  Herniitaije  TV  est  Mailing,  Maidstone. 

•Luck,  F.  G..  E»<i.,  The  Olives,  Wadhiirst,  Sussex. 

Maoe,  J.  Ellis,  Esq.,  Tenterden. 

Mice,  W.  G.,  Ewj.,  Town  Clerk,  Tenterden. 

Haokesou,  H.  B.,  Esq.,  F.O.B.,  Hillside  House,  Hythe. 

MoLellan,  VVm.  J  no.,  Esq.,  Rochester. 

•Malcolm,  John,  Esq.,  7  Great  Stanhope  Street,  Mayfair,  w. 

Mallani,  H.  B.,  Esq.,  Hytbe.  Kent. 

Mann,  Rev.  W.  U.  G.,  m.a..  Holy  Trinity  Vicarage,  Sheerness. 

Marks,  A.  W.,  Esuh,  Sheerness. 

Marshall,  I)r.,  13  Liverpool  Street,  Dover. 

Marsh.im,  Rev.  J.  Jucob.  m.a.,  Sliorne  Vicarage,  Gravesend. 

•Martin,  Richard  Biddulph,  Esq.,  The  Common,  Cbislohurst. 

Mason,  Eev.  M.  P.,  m.a.,  West  Mailing. 

Master,  Bev.  6.  S.,  m.a.,  Bourton  Grange,  Flax  Bourton,  Bristol. 

May,  William,  Esq.,  NorthBeld,  St.  Mary  Cray,  Kent. 

Meadway,  Mr.  George. 

Meaaom,  George  Samuel,  Esq.,  St.  Margaret's,  Tn-ickenbam. 

Mercer,  Richard,  R-K).,  Sundling,  Maidstone. 

Mercer,  Snmiiol,  Escj.,  Sandling  Place,  Maidstone. 

Mercer,  W.  F.,  Entj.,  Detling,  Mnidstono. 

Mercer,  W.  J,,  Esq.,  lit  Marino  Terrace,  Margate. 

Mesham,  Colonel  Arthur,  Poutrjffyd,  Trefnont,  R.S.O.,  North  Wales. 

Metcalfe,  Rev.  F.,  m.a.,  Upper  Uardrea  Rectory,  Canterbury. 

Mills,  George,  Esq.,  3  Old  Jewry,  e.c. 

Milne,  Alexander,  Esq.,  The  Courtyard,  Eltham. 

Mitchell,  W.  J.,  Esq.,  Surrey  Lodge,  Dulwicb,  8.B. 

•Molony,  Rev.  C.  A.,  m.a.,  Wintou  House,  Canterbury. 

MoDckton,  Herbert,  Esq.,  Ton-n  Clerk,  Norlhgato,  Maidstoue. 

Moncklon,  Walter,  £.<«).,  Basted,  near  Scvenoaks. 

Monins,  John,  Esq.,  Ring«ould  House,  Dover. 

•Moore,  Rev.  Edward,  M.A.,  Btmghtou  Malherbe,  Maidstone. 

Moore,  Joseph,  Jun.,  Esq.,  The  Mount,  Seveuonks.  

Morgan,  Thomas,  Esq.,  HiJI  Side  House,  Pnlnce  Road,  Streatham  Hill,  a.% 

Morgan,  W.  F,,  Esq.,  Westwood,  Honor  Oak  Road,  Forest  Hill,  s.E. 

Mostyn,  The  Lady  Augusta,  Leybourne  Grange,  Mailing,  Maidstone. 

Mowll,  Martin,  Ei"!.,  Dover. 

Mullens,  Robert  Gordon,  Esq.,  Fair  View,  Bromloy,  Kent. 

•Murdoch,  Honry  Hunter,  Esq.,  Calvcrlcy  Lodge,  Tuubridge  Wells. 

Muriel,  Rev.  Edward  Morlev,  M.A.,  Ruckuige  Rectory,  Ashford,  Kent. 

Murray,  Rev.  F.  H.,  m.a.,  'the  Rectory,  Ghislehurst. 

Murray,  George  J.,  Esq.,  Constitutional  Club,  Charing  Croas,  B.ff. 

Murton,  Walter,  Esq.,  Meadov  Croft,  Chislehurst. 

Nathan,  B.,  Esq.,  Lorano,  Atkins'  Road,  Clapham  Park,  8.W. 

National  Portrait  Gallery,  per  Messrs.  Eyre  and  Spottiswoode,  New  Streo^ 

Neame,  Mrs.  Edwin,  Harfleld,  Soiling,  Faversham. 

*Neame,  £.  Baytou,  Esq.,  Selling  Court,  Faversham. 


U8T  OF  MEMBERS. 


XXTU 


f  *NMin«,  Proderick,  Esq.,  Luton,  Selliog,  FaTereham. 
N««ve,  W.  T.,  Esq.,  Cranbroolt. 

Npvill,  The  Hnnourable  Enlph,  Birling  Haoor,  Wert  Mailing,  Maidstooe. 
•Newiugton,  Aleiaoder  Thurlow,  Esq.,  The  Hiphlnnds,  Ticehurst,  Hunt  Or««n. 
NewTuan,  F.  T.,  Esq.,  13  Guildhall  Street,  Folkestoue. 
•Nichols,  Win.  J.,  Esq.,  Sfjuth  Hill,  Broinley,  Kent. 
Nioknlls,  Fatt«9oii,  Esq.,  C'hislchursi  Common,  Kent. 
Niabet.  ftev.  M.  A.,  m.a.,  Rinpvould  Bectory,  Dover. 
•No«ke»,  J.  T.,  Es-i.,  Brocklcv  Hall,  Brookley,  8.B. 
Noel,  Fred.  A.  D.,  Esq.,  3  York  Terrace,  Ee^nt'i  Park,  N.W. 
*Norman,  Philip,  Esq.,  Bromley  Common,  Kent. 
*Nannao,  Gerard,  Esq.,  Oakley,  Bromley  Common,  Kent. 
Northbourne,  The  Lord,  Betteshanger,  Sandwich. 
Norwood,  Charles  Morgan,  Esq^.,  21  Billiter  Street,  B.C. 
•Norwood,  Edward,  Esq.,  Charing,  Afhford,  Kent. 
Norwood,  John  Dobree,  Esq.,  Ashford,  Kent. 
•Noltidge.  Albert  James,  Esq.,  Drv  Hill  Park,  Tunbridgo. 
•Nottidge,  Misi  Katherine,  Dry  ^ill  Park,  Tunbridge. 

Oakley,  Christopher,  Esq.,  10  Waterloo  Place,  8.W. 

Oakley,  Frank  P.,  liq.,  The  Deanery,  Broughton  Park,  Manchester. 

Opdcn.  Rev.  F.  E.,  Fordoomb,  Tunbridge  Wells. 

(rtdfielil,  Captain  ALncartncy  Hume  (late  53rd  Rtigt.),  Tunbridge  Wells. 

•Oliver,  Edin.  Ward,  Esij.,  1  Corbet  Court,  Graccohurch  Street,  B.C. 

Or^er,  R«v.  E.  B..  m.a.,  Hougham  Vicarage,  Dover. 

ch,  Bev.  E.  Von,  Mottingham  House,  near  Eltliam,  Kent. 
Eev.  J.  A,,  Handen  Road,  Lee,  Kent. 
br,  T.  H.,  Esq.,  Ladd's  Court,  Chart  Sutton,  Staplehurst. 

Pkokman,  A.  T.  V.,  Esq.,  Surgeon,  Strood,  Rochester. 

Pago,  W.  Gray,  Esq.,  2  Queen  Street,  Bamsgato, 

Paine,  Mrs.  Dunkley,  Cockshot  Hill,  Reigate. 

Palmer,  G.  T.,  Eai.,  3  Victoria  Crescent,  Bamsgate. 

Palmer,  M'm.,  Esq.,  Elmstcad,  Chislehurst. 

Park,  Charles,  Esq.,  Monkton  Boad,  Minster,  Thanet. 

•Parker,  Major  Fras.  Geo.  Shireclifle,  F.o.s.,  f,b,o.8.,  aj.cb.,  Westbere  House, 

neor  Canterbury. 
Parkes,  Mr.  George  T.,  Church  Street,  Dover. 

•Pasley,  Major-Gen.,  c.B.,  b.b.,  7  Queen  Anne's  Grove,  Bedford  Park,  Chiswiok. 
Patterson,  Bev.  Robert,  M.A.,  The  Vicarage,  Selhurst,  8.B. 
Paion,  .\rthur,  Esj.,  Wood  Haw,  Parkland,  Surbiton,  Surrey, 
Payue,  George,  Jun.,  Esq.,  r.L,8.,  F.s.a.,  Honorary  Secretary,   The    Precinct, 

Rochester. 
Payne,  Rev.  Dr.  Bruoe,  St.  George's  Vicarage,  Deal. 
Payue,  Mrs.  George,  The  Precinct,  Rochester. 
Peacock,  T.  F.,  Esq.,  Ferulea,  Main  liood,  Sidoup,  Kent. 
Poaka,  H.,  Esq.,  Dover. 

Pearman,  Rev.  A.  J.,  m.a.,  Merstham  B«otory,  Surrey. 
Pearue,  Thomas,  Esq.,  Camiel  Cottage,  Loose,  Maidstone. 
Pearae,  B«v.  J.  T.,  u.a.,  Brabourne  Vicarage,  Ashlord,  Kent. 
Pearson,  Bev.  Canon  G.  C,  m.a.,  Cant«rlmry. 

Pi'ckliatci,  Thomas  Uillxirt,  Esq.,  Hall  Place,  Harblodown,  C.-vntcrbury. 
•Pembroke,  G.  P.  Amos,  Esq.,  3  King's  Bench  Walk,  Inner  Temple,  B.C. 
jPenfold,  Henry,  Ewi.,  M.D.,  Rainhara,  Sittingboumo. 
•PeiiT'l't   HuL;h.  Y»\.,  M.A.,  Rustington,  Worthing. 
Pot!  louul.  The  Green  Court,  New  Eomiiey.  Folkeetone. 

Pej'i  w,  Ew).,  47  High  Street,  Dover. 

Perk.i,  K    \^  .,  Esq.,  Clnverley,  Chislehuri't. 
Perry,  J.  Tavonor,  Esq.,  9  John  Street,  Adelphi,  w.C. 
Pateraon,  Edward,  Esq.,  2€a  Bury  Street,  St.  James's,  B.w. 
Potley,  C.  B.  C,  Esq.,  m.a.,  Biverhead,  Sevenoaks. 


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XXVIU 


KENT   ARCn^OLOGICAJi   SOCIETY. 


*Phelp»,  Eev.  L.  E.,  m.a.,  Oriel  College,  Oxford. 

Phplps,  I>r.  Philip,  Groon  Street,  no»r  Sittingbourne. 

Philpott,  Bcv.  John,  M.*.,  Hinxhill  Rectory,  iV^hford,  Kent. 

Philpott,  G.  W.,  Esq.,  H.M.  Office  of  Works,  12  Whitehall  PIbco,  s.w. 

PiersoD,  Mrs.,  The  Haven,  Saltwood,  Hyllie,  Kent. 

PiRott,  R.  Turtle,  Esq.,  D.c.i..,  F.B.a.s.,  Manor  Park,  Leo,  Kent. 

Pittman,  J.  B.,  £^q.,  15  Corona  Road,  Burnt  Ash  Hill,  Lee,  Kent. 

Pittock,  Dr.,  Margate. 

Piatt,  Captain,  Dene  Park,  Shipbome,  Tunbridge. 

Plowdeu,  Mins,  The  Collage,  Chislehurst. 

•Plowos,  John  Hcnn-,  Esq.,  39  York  Terrace,  Regent's  Park,  N.w. 

Polhill,  Rev.  Henry  V.  O.,  M.A.,  Ashurst  Rectory,  Tunbridge  Wells. 

Pollock,  Dr.,  The  Postern,  Tunbridge. 

Poole,  Mr.  Henry,  Sandgate  Road,  Folkestone. 

Pope,  P.  M.,  Esq.,  M.D.,  West  dialling,  Maidstone. 

•Porter,  Frederick  W.,  Esq.,  Movie  Tower,  Ilvthe,  Kent. 

•Powell,  C.  Watson,  Esq.,  Spcldliurst,  Tunbridge  Well*. 

Prill,  Richard,  Esq.,  Town  Clerk,  Rochester. 

Pratt,  The  Lady  Frances,  The  Grove,  Seal,  Sevenoaks. 

Prcntis,  Captain,  Maidstone. 

Prentis,  Walter,  Esq.,  Bainbam.  Sittingbourne. 

'Price,  Dr.  David  S.,  Hooper's  Hill  House,  Margate. 

Price,  Miss,  Hooper's  Hill  House,  Margate. 

Prosser,  Mr.  D.,  Sheemess. 

Pucklo,  Rev.  Canon  John,  M.A.,  Victoria  Park,  Dover. 

Punnett,  Mr.  George,  Tunbridge. 

Bammell,  Bev.  W.  H.,  M.A.,  South  liodgo,  Busthall,  Tunbridge  Wells. 

Raiusdea,  A.  C,  Es<i.,  Stonenees,  Ashuist,  Tunbridge  Wells. 

Bnudolpb,  Rev.  C,  m.a,,  L'hartbiuu,  Canterbury. 

Rowes,  Mrs.,  Bougliton  Lodge,  Prant  Boad,  Tunbridge  Wells. 

•Eayden,  Arthur  R.,  Ewj.,  Birchington. 

'BedpaUi,  Peter,  Esij.,  The  Manor  House,  Cbislehurst. 

Beed,  P.  H.,  Bm.,  9  John  Street,  Adclphi,  w.c. 

Beeves,  James  Bowles,  £s<i.,  Dancmore  Park,  Speldburst,  Tunbridge  WoUs. 

Beid,  Captain  Francis,  Buzford,  Grmt  Chart,  Ashford,  Kent. 

Beid,  James,  Esq^  St.  George's,  Canterbury. 

Beyner,  Bev.  0.  F.,  D.D.,  The  Beotonr,  Staplehurit. 

Boynolds,  Rev.  O.  W.,  m.a  ,  St.  Mark's  Beotory,  Cheetham  Hill,  Manoheeter. 

Richards,  Bev.  F.  J.,  m.a.,  Boiley  Vicarage,  Maidstone. 

Biohardson,  Walter,  Esq.,  Rookwood,  Etthnm. 

Biobardson,  The  Venerable  Archdeacon,  161)  The  Grove,  Camberwell,  8.B. 

Riddell,  Sir  W.  B.,  Bart.,  m.a.,  Hcpple,  Rolhbury,  Morpeth. 

Bobert«,  Charles,  Esq.,  Stanwick,  C'roydon  Unad,  Beckenham. 

Roberts,  Major  Howland,  31  Argyll  Boad,  KetiMiigton,  w. 

Robertson,  John  C,  Esq..  Prior's,  Kestou,  Beckeuhuni. 

Itoberteon,  Rev.  Canon  W.  A.  Soott,  M.A.,  Honorary  Editor,  Tlirowley  Vlo 

Faversham. 
Robins,  Rev.  W.  H.,  m.a.,  Gillinghain  Vicarage,  Cluithain. 
Bobinson,  Geo.,  Esq.,  Solicitor,  .Slro^Kl,  Rcjchostcr. 
Robinson,  Rev.  Thomas,  m.a..  Chart  Sutton  Vicarage,  Maidstone. 
♦Rochester,  The  Right  Rov.  The  Lord  Bishop  of,  Selsdon,  8urr«y. 
Rogers,  John  Thornton,  Esq.,  Riverhill.  Sevenoaks. 
•R<igct,  John  L.,  Es(i.,  5  Randolph  Crcsoenf,  Mnida  Hill,  w. 
Bolt,  Riov.  H   G.,  M.A.,  Sacombe  Lodgi.-,  Harliledown,  Canterbury. 
Bomney,  The  Earl  of,  4  Upjier  Bel(,'r8ve  iSlrcet,  Ucl;;mve  .Square,  8.W. 
Roofe,  Wni.,  Esq.,  Craven  Cott.^gp,  Mertou  Road,  Wandsworth,  s.w. 
•Kosher,  W   H.  Burch,  Esq.,  The  I         '     "'  '      r .  Kent, 
•Boaher,  Alfred,  Esq.,  The  Orangiv  ivesend. 

Uots,  Henry,  Esq.,  rs.A.,  Chesthnu „ ..,,1,  Sussex. 

Soutledge,  B«t.  Canon  C.  F.,  m.a,,  tit.  Mortio't,  Canterbury, 


LIST   OF   MEMBERS. 


XXIX 


Howe,  Ber.  Theo.  B.,  M.A.,  Tunbridge  School. 

Rowe,  Tliomas  Smith,  Esq.,  M  D.,  Union  Crescent,  titagate. 

Rojral  Institution  of  Great  Britaio,  The  Library  of,  Albemurle  Street,  w. 

Ruck,  F.  W.,  Esq.,  County  Surveyor,  Maidstone. 

Bunvll,  Franoig,  Esq.,  Gaddosdon  House,  M'ateringbury,  Maidstone. 

Buxton,  Captain,  Chief  Constable  of  Kent,  Broad  Oak,  Brenchley,  Slaplehurst. 

Bye,  W.  Brenchley,  Esq.,  Femie  Knowo,  Lancaster  Boad,  Lower  Nonrood,  s.B. 

•Salisbury,  Tlie  Lord  Bishop  of,  The  Palace,  Salisbury. 

•Salomons,  Sir  David  Lionel,  Bart.,  Broom  Hill,  Tunbridge  WeUs. 

Sankey,  Percy.  Eu[.,  Lvndliurst,  St.  Peter's,  Banu^^te. 

Saunders,  Sibert,  Esq.,  The  Bank,  Whitstable. 

Sayer,  John,  Esq,  Pett  Place,  Charing. 

Soott,  Benj.  J.,  Esq.,  Addiscombe.  Croydon. 

Soott,  Bev.  F.  T.,  v.*.,  Uartlip  Vicarage,  Sittingboume. 

Soratton,  John,  Esq.,  Shorne.  Gravesond. 

*8ebae-Mont«fiore,  J.,  E.aq.,  East  Cliff  hod^e,  Bamsgate. 

Senior,  Bev.  Walter,  m.a..  Trinity  Vicarajfo,  Margate. 

Sbarland,  George  Edward,  Eni,  The  Laurels,  Wliito  Hill,  Gravesend. 

Shaw,  John,  Esq.,  34  Arundel  Square,  Barnsbury,  N. 

Shaw,  Bev.  "W.  F.,  b.d.,  Easlry  Vicarage,  Samlwioh. 

Shepherd,  Bev.  C.  W.,  m.a.,  Trottesolifle  Bectory.  Maidstone. 

Shirley,  W.  P.,  Esq.,  West  Bank,  Sutton  Valence,  Maidstone. 

Sbriveli,  F.  AV.,  Esq.,  F.L.8.,  Hadlow,  Tunbridge. 

Sibbald,  J.  G.  E.,  Esq.,  Admiralty,  Whitehall,  s.w. 

Sikes,  Bev.  Tliomas  Burr,  m.a.,  Burstow  Ecctory,  Horley,  Surrey. 

Simmons,  G.,  Jun.,  Eaq.,  Boydon  Lodge,  Wobum  Hill,  Weybridge. 

•Simms,  Frederick,  Esq.,  M.i>.,  0  Mandevillo  Place,  Manchester  Square,  w. 

SimpKin,  Bev.  A.  O.  K.,  m,a.,  Sbipboume  Vicarage,  Tunbridge. 

Simpson,  Mrs.  Wm.,  Milton  Court,  near  Gmvesend. 

Slater,  PVoderick,  Esq.,  Grays,  Chislet,  Canterbury. 

Smallwood,  B«v.  W.  J.,  Stourmoutli  Rflotory,  Wingham. 

Smith,  The  Venerable  Arcbdea4X)n  B.  F.,  The  Precincts,  Canterbury. 

Smith,  G.  3.  Foroday,  Esq.,  Grorehurst,  Tunbridge  Wells, 

Smith,  Haskett,  Esq.,  Trowswell,  Goudhurst,  Stoplehunt. 

Smith,  H.  W.,  Esq.,  The  Cottage,  Belvedere,  Kent. 

Smith,  John  William,  Esq.,  Tunstall  House,  Worcester  Park,  Surrey. 

Smith-Marriott,  Bev.  Hugh,  Horsmonden  Rectory,  Stapleburst. 

Smith,  Bev.  Bobort  Coi,  M.A.,  Portland  House,  42"Canonbury  Boad,  Islington,  if. 

Smith,  B.  H.  Sodcn,  Esq,,  Museum  of  Science  and  Art,  South  Kensington,  s.w. 

Smith,  William  E  ,  Esq. 

Smytho,  John,  Esq.,  Fairview,  Maidstone. 

•Sdanea,  Temple,  £»q.,  Crosby  House,  Bishopsgate  Street,  B.C. 

Sondes,  The  Earl,  Leira  Court,  Faversham. 

South,  Bev.  B.  M.,  m.a..  New  Boniney  Vicarage,  Folkestone. 

Soutbee,  A.  P.,  Esq.,  West  Cliff  School,  Bamsgate. 

Sjiwke,  C.  £.,  Esq.,  Dover  College,  Dover. 

Sperling,  C.  F.  D.,  Esq.,  Dyne's  Hall,  Holstead,  Essex. 

Springett,  Mrs.,  Ashfield,  Uawkhurst,  Kent. 

Springoll,  Bev,  Dr.  AV.  D.,  HDmhill  Vicarage,  Faversham. 

Spnrrell,  F.  C.  J.,  Esq.,  Belvedere,  Kent, 

Stamford,  Dr.,  CoUingwood  House,  Tunbridge  Wells. 

•Stanhope,  The  Earl,  Chevening  Place,  Scvenoaks. 

Stephens,  A.  J.  W.,  Esq.,  Chatham. 

Bterens,  W.  B.,  Eeo.,  6  St.  Thomas's  Street,  Southwark,  s.B. 

Slilwell,  Jameo  B.,  Esq.,  Dover. 

SlilH-ell,  James,  Esq.,  Killinghurst,  Haslemere,  Surrey. 

Stock,  Henry,  Esq.,  Folkestone. 

BtokM,  Mr.  Thomas  Stanger,  Cranbrook. 

Stone,  Frank  W.,  Esq.,  Tunbridge  Wells. 

BtnAtfeild,  Mrs.  Champion,  Chart's  Edge,  Edenbridge. 


H^^Hyll 


zxx 


KBNT   A.K0H^OLOOI0AX   SOCIETY. 


•Streeter,  E.  W.,  Esq.,  F.B.O.8.,  18  New  Bond  Street,  w. 

Strecter,  Rev.  G,  T.  P.,  B.A.,  Derwent  Houee,  Levland  Road,  Lee,  Kent. 

Stricklrtnd,  U.  A.,  Eaq.,  Hutingii  Villa,  Bexloy  Road,  Erith. 

*8tride,  Edward  Eraeot,  Esq.,  Brituh  Museum,  w.o. 

Stringer,  Henry,  Esq.,  New  Bomn«y,  Folkestone. 

•Stroud,  Hov.  J.,  U.K.,  South  Porrott  Keotorv,  Grewkeme. 

Strutt,  Alfred  W.,  Esq.,  r.u.a.s.,  19  Cromwetl  Grove,  West  Kensington  Pirk,w. 

*Stubbs,  Henry,  Esq.,  Dunby,  BallyshuinoD,  Donegal. 

Stubbe,  Samuel,  Esq.,  f.b.o.8.,  f.l.s.,  f.z.s.,  868  Hainpatead  Road,  M.w. 

Stunt,  Walter  C.,  Eisq.,  Lorronden,  Faversham. 

*StTan,  Miss  Anne. 

Style,  Albert  F.,  Esq..  Boxlcy  House,  Maidstone. 

Sutton,  John,  Esq.,  Holly  House,  Hatherley  Boad,  Sidcup. 

Swanzy,  Frank,  Esq.,  HeatbGcId,  Sevenoaks. 

Sydney,  The  Earl,  o.c.b.,  Lord  Lieutenant,  Fro^matl,  Chisleburst. 

Sydney,  Free  Public  Library  at  (Triibner  aud  Co.,  Ludgate  Hill,  B.C.). 

Sylvester,  C.  F.,  Esq.,  Tunbridge. 

Syms,  Mr.  William,  Kocbester. 

Tabor,  Rev.  E.  S.,  m.a.,  Ponibury,  Tunbrid^'e  Wolls. 

Talbot,  John  Gilbert,  Esq.,  u.F.,  Falcotihurst,  Edeubridge. 

Tarbutt,  Mr.  W.,  Craubrook. 

Tusker,  Henry,  Esq.,  Maidstone. 

•Tayler,  W.  H.,  Esq.,  M.D.,  Tudor  House,  Anerley,  8.K. 

•Taylor,  R.   Wright,  Esq.,   M.A.,   ll.b.,  f.s.a.,  8  Stone  Buildings,  Linoololj 

Inn,  w.c. 
•Terry,  John,  Esq.,  The  Grange,  Piatt,  Borough  Green,  Sevenoaki. 
Torson,  T.  A.,  Eso.,  Caatle  Street,  Dover. 
Thomas,  Mrs.,  Eyhorne  House,  Holtingbourne,  Maidstone. 
Thompson,  Mr,  George,  Cranbrook. 
Thomson,  Riohard  Edward,  Esq.,  KenSeld,  Canterbury. 
•Tiarks,  H.  F„  E-sq.,  Foxbury,  Chisleburst. 
Timins,  Rev.  J.  H.,  M.a.,  West  Mailing,  Maidstone. 
Tingey,  Wm.,  Jun.,  Esq.,  Caistle  Moat,  Rochester. 
Toke,  Major,  Heathoote,  CambridKO  Town,  Surrey. 
TonbridKo  Book  Society  (Rev.  J.  Tl.  Little,  Secretary). 
Tooth,  Fred.,  Esq.,  Park  Farm,  Sevenoaka. 
Trist,  John  W.,  Esq.,  62  Old  Broad  Street,  B.C. 
Trollope,  W.  T.,  Esq.,  High  Street,  Tunbridge  Wells. 
Tutfill,  W.  G.,  Esq.,  Rochester. 

Tuke,  Rev.  Francis  E.,  m.a.,  Borden  Vicarage,  Sittingbourne. 
Tunbridge  Wells  Literary  Society  (Mr.  H.  H.  Cronk). 
Turner,  J.  H.,  Esq.,  Kentish  Bank,  Maidstone. 
Turner  W.  H.,  Esq.,  Maidstone. 
Twigg,  Was,  The  Palace,  Crediton,  Devon. 
Twopeny,  E.  M.,  Esq.,  Woodstock  Park,  Sittingbourne. 
Tye,  Mr.  James,  Cranbrook. 
Tylden-Pattenson,  Captain,  Biddenden,  Staplehurst. 

Tyrwhitt,  Rev.  Beauchamp  St.  Johci,  u.a.,  Wispington  Yicarage,  Hornoastle. 
*Tyssen,  Amherst  Daniel,  Esq.,  40  Chancery  Lane,  E.c. 

Upton,  Bev.  Archer,  ujl.,  Stowting  Beotoiy,  Hythe,  Kent. 

Vallanoe,  Rev.  W.  H.  Aymer,  Aymers,  Lynstod,  Sittingbourne. 

Veasey,  Mn.,  Soulhborough,  Tunbridge  Wells. 

Vlan,  W.  J.,  Esq.,  Fairview,  The  Knoll,  Beckenham. 

Viokeni,  Rev.  V.  S.,  RolU  Court,  Whitfield,  Dover. 

Vincent,  Thos.  Wm.,  Esq.,  189  Burpage  Road,  Plumstead. 

Vine,  Rev.  P.  T.,  m.a.,  Eastiugton  Rectory,  Stonebouse,  Glouoestershire. 

Vinten,  Henrv  i;f,^r„o,  Esq.,  Clarendon  Gardens,  Barnggste. 

Vinten,  Isaac  sgato. 


LIST   OF   MEMBERS. 


XZXI 


Widmore,  Jkmes  Po«ter,  E«q.,  Dry  Ilill,  Tiinbridge. 
•Wagner,  Uenry,  Enq.,  F.s.i.,  13  Half  Moon  Street.  Piooadilljr,  w. 
WakeTord,  George,  Ewi.,  Knightridcr  Street,  Maidstone. 
W&lker,  Edward  Bacbeler,  Esq.,  New  Romiie.r,  Polkestooe. 
Wnlker,  Henry  Bacbeler,  Esq.,  New  Komney,  Folkestone. 
Wktkor,  James  Edward,  E»].,  S>t.  Calberine't),  Uulwood  Hood,  Bromley,  Kent. 
"Walker,  Rev.  T.,  M.A.,  Park  Side,  TunbridKe. 
WiUer,  H-  W.,  E«i.,  St.  James's  Road,  Tunbridge  "Wells. 
"Walter,  Rev.  John  A.,  m.a.,  Berenerave,  Rainbam,  Sittingbourne. 
"Ward,  Mr.  Horatio,  FIciir-de-Lis  llotcl,  Canterbury. 
•"Warde,  Colonel  C.  M,,  Sijucrrye.s  Court,  'We.-terbam. 
•Warner,  Edmond,  Esq.,  Southend  House,  Ellham. 
W(t«rlow,  Sir  Sydney  H.,  Bart.,  29  Chesham  Place,  Belgrave  Square,  B.w. 
"Watte,  Key.  A.  H.,  The  Vicarage,  Dartford. 
W»lt4,  Rev.  J.,  M.A.,  Orlingbury  Rectory,  Wellingborough. 
WautuD,  Charles  J.  M.,  Esq.,  Tonbridgo  Castle,  Kent. 
Webb,  George,  Esq.,  Tungtall  House,  Sittiogboumo. 
•Webb,  Henry,  Esq.,  18  Campden  Hill  Boad,  Kunaington,  w. 
Weekeg,  Dr.,  Mansion  House,  Brompton,  Chatham. 

Welldon,  B«v.  Canon  James  I.,  o.b.,  Kennin.^ton  "N^ioarage,  Aahford,  Kent. 
*Wells,  Edward  J.,  Emj.,  Saudown  House,  Mallinsoa  Road,  Wandiwortb  Com- 
mon, 8.W. 
Wells,  U.,  Esq.,  Randolphs,  Biddeuden,  Staplehurst. 
Wect,  Samuel  J.,  Em}.,  Medway  Road,  Gillingham, 
Wwton,  Lambert,  Esq.,  Waterloo  Crescent,  Dover. 
"Wheelwright,  J.,  Esq.,  7  Nevill  Park,  Tunbridge  Wells. 
WhittoD,  R«v.  Robert,  M.A.,  The  Palace,  Roobester. 
•White,  Frederick,  Esq.,  Q.C.,  4  Paper  Buildings,  Temple,  B.C. 
White,  J.  B.,  Esq.,  Street  End  House,  Canterbury. 
*White,  James  G.,  Esq.,  St.  Monica,  Micheldever  Road,  Lee,  B.I. 
•White,  Mrs.  Thomas,  53  Portland  Place,  w. 
Whitehead,  Rev.  A.,  M.A.,  St.  Peter's  Vicarage,  Bamsgate. 
•"Whitehead,  Charles,  Esq.,  f.s.a.,  f.b.o.S.,  Barming  House,  Maidstone. 
"Whitehead,  Thomas  Miller,  Esq.,  8  Duke  Street,  St.  James's,  b.w. 
Wbitelock,  Bev.  B.,  M.i..,  Groombridge,  Tunbridge  Wells. 
WhiUle,  Miss,  SUr  Hill,  Boofaester. 
Wiokham,  Humphry,  Esq.,  Strood,  Rochester. 
Wickins,  H.  W.,  Esq.,  Philpots,  Hildonborough,  Tunbridge. 
Wigao,  Frederick,  Esq.,  IS  Southwork  Street,  s.s. 
*Wigan,  James,  Esq.,  Cromwell  House,  Mortlake,  Surrey,  B.w. 
Wightwiok,  Mrs.,  Dane  John  lloune,  Canterbury. 
Wigbtwick,  William,  Esq.,  Hilden,  Folkestone. 
Wightwick,  W.  N.,  Esq.,  Barton  Fields,  Canterbury. 
WUdasb.  H.  C,  Esq.,  M.D.,  Lulou  Houae,  Hj  the. 
Wildiah,  Mr.  William  Thomas,  St.  Margaret's  Bank,  Rochester. 
Wilkie,  Rev.  Christopher  Hales,  ii.i.,  Kingston  Rectory,  Canterbury, 
"n'ilkie,  Kenyon  Woods,  Esq.,  Ellington,  Bamsgate. 
Wilkini,  Henry,  Esq.,  Beaconsfield,  Birchington,  Margate, 
•Wilkinson,  F.  Eaohus,  Esq.,  m.d.,  Dasgett  Magna  Vicarage,  Leamington. 
WUks,  G.,  Esq.,  Town  Clerk,  Hythe. 

WiUtanuoa,  Greorge  Charles,  Esq.,  Dunataubeorb,  Guildford. 
WUliamaoo,  Bev.  Joeeph,  m.a.,  Stanford  Rectory,  Hythe. 
Willis,  Charles,  Esq.,  Borstal  Road,  Rochester. 
•Wilmott,  Edward  W.,  Esq.,  39  Stnuia  Beale,  Valletta,  Malta. 
Wilson,  Archibald,  Esq.,  Last  Lane,  Dover. 
•Wilson,  Cornelius  Lea,  E^.,  The  Cedars,  Beokenhnm. 
WiUon.  Thomas,  Esq.,  Rivers  Lodge,  Harpeuden,  St.  Alban's. 

'     "  Jun.,  Esq.,  Oak  Lodge,  Ham  Common,  Richmond. 

,  Esq.,  Elm  House,  Chatham. 

..  ..„ i-v ..  Daniel,  m.a..  Western  House,  Brighton. 

Winton,  Edvrin  W.,  Esq.,  Elherton  HiU,  Speldhurst,  Tunbridge  Wells. 


jmtm 


XXXa  KENT  ABOH^OLOOICAL   80CIETT. 

Wodehoiue,  Sot.  TTiUcer,  U.K.,  mham  Vioange,  Cuiterbii]7. 

WoiOej,  BoT.  H.  ¥.,  um,  Shortlands  Vioarage,  Bromley,  Kent. 

Wood,  Humphrey,  Esq.,  Chatham. 

Wood,  John,  Esq.,  Hampton  House,  Chatham. 

Wood,  J.  Lunbert,  Esq.,  Bury  Place  House,  near  Goeport,  Hants. 

Wooder,  W.  W.,  Esq.,  Southgate  Place,  New  Southgate,  N. 

Woodford,  Mrs.  H.  P.,  The  Grove,  Gravesend. 

♦Woodruff,  Bev.  C.  E.,  M.A.,  Preston,  Faversham. 

Woodruff,  C.  H.,  Esq.,  r.B.A..,  5  Stone  Buildings,  Linooln's  lun,  W.O. 

Woods,  Sir  Albert,  Garter  King  at  Arms,  College  of  Arms,  Queen 

Street,  B.C. 
Woollett,  C^t.  W.  C,  Eoyal  Doolcyard,  Woolwioh. 
Worger,  Min  Louisa,  North  Street,  Ashford. 
Wonfold,  C,  Esq.,  Dover. 
Wright,  B.  MoMurdo,  Esq.,  F.O.B.,  r.B.H.8.,  Hesket  House,  Guildford 

Busiell  Square,  w.c. 
Wright,  Charles  £.  L.,  Esq.,  Manor  House,  Dringhouses,  York. 
Wright,  Bev.  Charles  H.,  li.A..,  Keston  Beotory,  Hayes,  Kent. 
Wybrow,  Wm.,  Esq.,  Higholiff,  Sawlish,  Devon. 


*«*  Should  any  errors,  omissions  of  honorary  distinctions,  eto.,  b< 
in  this  List,  it  is  requested  that  notice  thereof  may  be  given  to  the  S< 
GxoBait  F^TKB,  Esq.,  The  Freeinot,  Boehester. 


ELLTISTRATION  FUND.  XXXiii 

CONTRIBUTIONS 

TO  THI 

ILLUSTRATION    FUND. 


ANNUAL  SUBSCEIPTIONS. 

&  ».  d. 

Akers-Donglas,  A.,  Esq.,  M.P 1  10  0 

Clifford,  Jas.,  Esq 0  11  0 

Cnobiook,  Vwcount 0  10  0 

Fremantle,  Eev.  Canon  the  Hon.  W.  H 0  10  0 

Hughes,  W.  E.,  Boq 0  10  0 

Huamy,  H.  Law,  Esq 0  11  0 

Meroer,  Samuel,  Esq 0  10  0 

Morgan,  Thos.,  Esq 0  10  0 

Northbonme,  liori 0  10  0 


DONATIONS  FOE  ILLUSTRATIONS  OP 
VOL.  XVIII. 

Stubbs,  Henry,  Esq 300 

Two  blocks  for  Woodcuts  in  thi.s  Eighteenth  Volume  were  given  by  Major 
A.  Heales,  and  other  two  by  Mr.  F.  0.  J.  Spurrell. 

iJrawings  have  been  kindly  made  for  this  volume  by  Herbert  Baker,  Esq., 
George  Dowker,  Esq.,  H.  Taswell  Belcher,  Esq.,  the  late  Barnard  Rook,  Esq., 
C.  T.  Touens,  Esq.,  Bev.  G.  M.  Livett,  and  Miss  S.  Bowles.  The  Rev.  B.  H. 
Blyth  kindly  procured  and  lent  to  us  an  oil-painting  of  the  Font  and  Chest  at 
Saltwood ;  photographs  were  given,  for  reproduction,  by  the  Rev.  B.  8.  Maiden, 
Major  A.  Heales,  A.  A.  Arnold,  Esq.,  and  the  Bev.  W.  B.  Buckwell ;  prints 
and  bookplates,  for  reproduction,  were  also  lent  by  Henry  Stubbs,  Esq. 


NEW  MEMBERS  sincb  the  List  was  printed. 

Mrs.  Wynne  Eyton,  Waldershare,  Dover. 
Rev.  E.  Travers  Clark,  B.A.,  Chislehurst. 


TOL.  rvm. 


XZzii  KBST  ABCHAOIOOICAI.  aOCISTT. 


,  Bev.  Wdkar.  kj^  Sba  Vxmnce.  OMiWitaui. 
fToOer.  B«t.  H.  F,  Hi,  Sbartludi  Tion^  Bnaifr.  Kolt 
Wood,  HnaflucT,  E*i,  Cbitfaam. 
Wood.  John,  E»]^  HasjioB  Hc4b».  Cbiham. 
Wood,  J.  LuDbert,  b) .  Burr  Face  B.-.'oat,  amr  Goipcit,  Hute. 
Wooder,  W.  W,  Em,  &Q:L^t«  Face.  N*w  ScoihsUe,  I. 
ffoaUot^  Mn.  EL  P^  Tbe  Gron.  GnTCMod. 
•Woodrna,  B«t.  C.  E,  »^ ,  Preact,  r»T««iaci. 
Woodivfl;  C.  TL,  Bkj-,  fj^,  5  Svine  Boiliinjt.  Lcaooln'f  Inn,  w.c. 
Woodi,  Sir  AQmI.  Giner  King  u  Arms,  toG«s«  o£  Araa,  Queen  VWom 

Street,  K.C. 
WaoDett,  Capt.  W.  C,  BonI  Dodjard,  Wooivieh. 
Wof^er,  Mia  Lotcn,  North  Street,  Aslifoid. 
Wortfoid,  C,  Esq.,  DoTcr. 
Wright,  B.  HeMwdo,  Ek),  f.gj^  fmw»,  Heita  Hooie,  GnOdford  Staeet, 

Bna»n  Sqoue,  w.c. 
Wright,  Charica  E.  L.,  ^.,  ICaaor  Hoaw,  DriszhooMa,  Tork. 
Wright,  Ber.  Charie*  EL,  k.^^  Keclon  Beetorr,  Harea,  Kent. 
Wybnw,  Whu,  Eiq.,  HigbeHi^  Skwlah,  SeTon. 


*«*  Shoold  any  emns,  omiKionf  of  hooonir  ^MiDctioaa,  ete,  be  foO* 
in  thia  Lift,  it  ij  leqoeated  that  notice  thereof  mar  be  giren  to  the  SeatMTi 
GlOBaK  Fatxi,  Eiq.,  The  Ptceinet,  Boehtater. 


ILLUSTRATION  FUND.  XTinii 

CONTRIBUTIONS 

TO  THE 

ILLUSTRATION    FUND. 


ANNUAL  SUBSCRIPTIONS. 

£  ».  d. 

Aken-Dougbs,  A,  Esq.,  M.P 1  10  0 

Clifford,  J»B.,  Esq 0  11  0 

Cianbrook,  Viacount 0  10  0 

Vnmantle,  Bev.  Canon  the  Hon.  W.  H 0  10  0 

Hngfaes.  W.  E.,  Esq 0  10  0 

HoaMy,  H.  Law,  Esq 0  11  0 

Meroer,  Suunel,  Esq 0  10  0 

Morgan,  Thoe.,  Esq. 0  10  0 

NOTthboome,  Lord      0  10  0 


DONATIONS  FOE  ILLUSTRATIONS  OP 

VOL.  XVIII. 

Mnbba,  Hanry,  Esq 300 

Two  bkxdcs  for  Woodcuts  in  this  Eighteenth  Volume  were  given  by  Major 
,  and  other  two  by  Mr.  F.  C.  J.  Spurrell. 


DfMriagi  have  been  Idndly  made  for  this  volume  by  Herbert  Baker,  Esq., 
OauiK»  Dowkar,  Esq.,  H.  Taswell  Belcher,  Esq.,  the  late  Barnard  Rook,  Exq., 
CHT«Mni,bq.,  B«t.  O.  M.  Livett,  and  Miss  S.  Bowleg.  The  Rev.  K.  H. 
praenred  and  lent  to  us  an  oil-painting  of  the  Font  and  Chesit  at 
;.fhotagl^Iis  were  given,  for  reproduction,  by  the  Rev.  B.  S.  Maiden, 
A,  IImImi.  a  a.  Arnold,  Esq.,  and  the  Rev.  W.  B.  Buckwell ;  prints 
far  leproduction,  were  also  lent  by  Henry  Stubbs,  Esq. 


\s 


NPW  MEMBERS  sincb  the  List  was  feinted. 

Mrs.  Wynne  Eyton,  Waldershare,  Dover. 
Bar.  E.  Travers  Clark,  b.a.,  Chislehurst. 


KENT   AEOHiBOLOGIC 

9t,  Oath  Account  fiom  the 


1887.  £    ,. 

Jan.  1.    Balance  at  the  Bankers  : — 

Wigan  and  Co £362    6  10 

Hammond  and  Co.    345    9    3 

697  16 

DiTidends  npon  the  Society's  Three  per  Cent.  Stock 26  11 

Sale  of  the  Society's  Publications  by  Mitchell  and  Hnghes 6    1 

Sum  paid  in  error  twice  over  by  the  BeT.  J.  A.  Boodle  (to  be 

refunded  to  him  in  1888)    4    7 

Subscriptions,  etc.,  remitted  through  the  following  Local  Secretaries 
and  Bankers : — 

Wigan,  Mercer,  and  Co £47  16  0 

Hammond  and  Co 41     1  6 

Mr.  W.  K.  Hughes  (i<mAm)  40    8  0 

a.  E.  Hannam,  Esq.  {Thanef)  36  10  0 

A.  A.  Arnold,  Esq.  {Rochftter)  32    0  0 

J.  F.  Wadmore,  Esq.  (Tunbridge)     21  10  0 

W.  Wightwick,  Esq.  (^Folkettone) 17  10  0 

O.  F.  Oarnell,  Esq.  (iS^tienoai^) 17    0  0 

Mr.  F.  Bnnyard  (iUawirioiU!)  16  17  0 

J.  D.  Norwood,  Esq.  {At^ord)  16  16  0 

G.  M.  Arnold,  Esq.  (ffravetend)  12  16  0 

J.  W.  Ilott,  Esq.  (^Bromley')    12    6  0 

G.  E.  Elliott,  Esq.  (^SUtinghowrne)  10    0  0 

J.  Copland,  Esq.  {Sheppey)    6  13  0 

Rev.  J.  A.  Boodle  (.Matting)  4  17  0 

F.  P.  Giraud,  Esq.  (i^licer***™)     3  10  0 

Bev.  W.  A.  Scott  Bobertson    3  10  6 

J.  Ellis  Mace,  Esq.  (7Wt«0n2«n)    2    0  0 

C.  W.  Powell,  Esq.  (TVijiJrufye  WeZ/*) 1  10  0 

K.  C.  J.  Spurrell,  Esq.  (Belvedere)    1    0  0 

843    8 


£1078    2 


SOCIETY. 

Jmuary  to  the  81«<  ofBecemher,  1887. 


ex. 


1887.  £    I. 

loTested  in  CionBols,  16  Life  CompoBitiong 80    0 

ExpeDses  of  transferring  the  Society's  Stock,  conseqaent  upon  the 
death  of  two  Xrnstees  (the  late  Lord  Amherst  and  Mr.  What- 
man)           2    1 

Cort  of  Archeeologia  Cantiana,  Vol.  XVII.:— 

Mitchell  and  Hughes,  for  Printing  and  Binding 

985  copies £311    8    0 

C.  F.  Eell,  for  Lithographs  86    6    0 

Spiagae   and    Co.,  for   Lithographs    and    Ink 

Photos    35  18    0 

W.  D.  Belcher,  for  Lithographs    12    7    6 

J.  D.  Cooper,  for  Wood  Engravings 65    2    0 

H.  Halhed,  for  Drawings  2  10    0 

Index    6    5    0 

608  16 

Bent  of  the  Society's  Booms  at  Maidstone  Museum  for  one  year, 

to  May  1st,  1887   20    0 

Cantor  at  Maidstone,  one  year's  Salary  £30,  to  October  1st,  1887, 

and  small  Bills  £1  Os.  2d 31    0 

Annual  Meeting  at  Bochester,  in  1886,  additional  cost,  for  Cathe- 
dral Vergers,  and  Postage  0  14 

Annual  Meeting  at  Tunbridge  in  1887  : — 

910  Stamped  Envelopes  for  the  Programmes    £3  19    8 

B.  Lancefield,  printing  Programmes,  Perambula- 
tion, Toast  Lists,  etc 2  16    6 

Bev.  T.  B.  Bowe,  cost  of  making  Museum  Cases  ...    3  10    0 
Mitchell  and  Hughes,  printing  the  Tickets  3    5    6 

13   11 

Mitchell  and   Hughes,  for  stock   of  Circulars,    Beceipt    Books, 

Envelopes,  etc 3  19 

Cos*  of  Excavations  outside  the  Boman  Castrum  at  Bichborough ...      26    0 
Books  purchased : — 

IHpe  Roll  Publications  (Annual  Subscription)......    110 

Index  Library's  Fablication  (Annual  Subscription)    110 

SUHimibnadXs  Chureh  JBeUt  of  Kent 15    0 

Beaittert  (if  St.  Jhmttan't  Chwroh,  CatUerlmiy    ...    1    1    0 

4    8 

Petty  Ctah 18  12 

Dec.  31.    Balance  at  the  Bankers  :— 

Wigan,  Mercer,  and  Co.    £214  14    7 

Hammond  and  Co. 164    6    7 


0    2 


£1078    2    7 


IzaniiBed  and  ^>proTed, 
Jme  8, 1888. 


BDWABD  MOOBB. 
HKBBBBT  HOBDBBN, 


KENT    ARCH^OIiOGK 

JDt.  Oash  Juceountfrom  ik 


1888.  is 

Jan.  1.    Balance  at  the  Bankers,  viz. : — 

Hammond  and  Co £16-1     5     7 

WiganandCo 2U  H    7 

369 

Dividends  upon  the  Society's  CousoU  38 

Sale  of  the  Society's  back  Volumes,  and  I'ublications.* 16 

Jialaucu  (surplus)  received  from  Sale  of  Visitors'  Tickets  at  Hythe 

Meeting 3 

Subscriptions  remitt^-d  through  Local  Secretaries  and  Bankers: — 

Mr.  W.  K.  Hughes  (/rf»nA(«)    £136    6    0 

U.  K.  Hannau),  Ksci.  {Tlutut)  36  10    0* 

Ur.  AKtley  (Z>orer) 29  10    0 

C.  W.  Powell,  Esq.  (TKnftWrf^e  lfV/i«)    27    5    0 

J.  W.  Ilott,  Esq.  (.»;wn%)    25     3    0 

A.  A.  Arnold,  Esq.  (i/<v/i«ter) 25    6    0 

J.  D.  Norwoo<l,  Esq.  (4#///<'rrf) 18    0    0 

G.  M.  Arnold,  Esq.  (6'rar<vr««<i)    16  10    0 

J.  F.  Wadmore,  Esci- (7'tf»i!'ri<^0 13  10    0 

F.  C.  J.  Spurrcll.  E8<i.  (i)arf/»/vZ) 12    0    0 

W.  Wightwick,  Esq.  (/W*c*/o«e) 8  15    0 

G.  E.  Elliott.  Esq.  {Sittinghmme)    8  10    0 

W.  T.  Neve,  Esq.  (CVrtnJivw*)   8    0    0 

Mr.  Hunyard  {Maidttom)  6  10    0 

H.  B.  Mackeson,  Esq.  (/7yM«)  6    0    0 

J.  Copland,  Esq.  (A'A/v»/>ry)    4  17    6 

F.  F.  Giraud,  Esq.  (Farertliam)    4    9    0 

Mian  Uudlow  (JI/aMiny)  4    0    6 

J.  E.  Mace,  Esq.  {Tunterden) 2    0    0 

Canon  Scott  Bobertson    2    0    0 

Hammond  and  Co 68     1    0 

Wigan,  Mercer,  and  Co 56  13    0 

609 


•   Included  in  tha  total  is  a  mm  vf  £3  which  Mr.  ITannam  paid  in 
Blink  ticicc  iirrr. 


ISOCIETT. 

'  to  the  81tt  ofBeeemher,  1888.  Cr. 


1888.  £    «.   d. 

Inrested  in  CSoiiBoIs  (8  Life  Compositions) 40    0    0 

Befnnded  to  the  Bev.  J.  A.  Boodle  an  amount  twice  paid  to  the 

Bankers  by  bim,  in  error,  in  1887 4    7    0 

Further  ooet  of  Tol.  XVII.  of  Archaeologia  Cantiana : — 

C.  F.  Kell  (Lithographer) £17  17    0 

Mitchell  and  Hughes  (Printera)    22  17    0 

40  14    0 

Part  ooHt  of  Vol.  XVIII.  of  Archaolcgia  Cantiana : — 

Mitchell  and  Hughes  (Printers),  on  account    100    0    0 

Bent  of  the  Society's  Rooms  at  Maidstone  Museum  for  one  year, 

to  May  1st,  1888 20    0    0 

Cantor  at  Maidstone  (Mr.  E.  Bartlctt),  one  year's  Salary  to  Both 
September  1888,  £30 ;  and  small  Bills  for  carriage,  postage, 

etc.,  £13s.  6d 31     3    6 

Expenses  of  Annual  Meeting,  1888  : — 

Mitchell  and  Hughes,  for  Tickets   £2     7    0 

Lancefield,  printing  Programmes,  etc 1  19    0 

900  Postage  Envelopes  for  Programmes '.    3  18    9 

Printing  Toast  Lists  0    5    6 

Mrs.  Stonham,  of  Lymne  Castle,  for  cleaning  the 

house  after  our  Society's  visit  on  a  wet  day  ...    110 

9  11     3 

Books  purchased  for  the  Library  : — 

iS;;?  ioiZ  Publications  (Subscription)  £1     1    0 

Cowpm'a  HegMert  of  St.  Petfr't,  CaiUerbury 110 

Belcher's  .Kfn/uA  .SroMfjt,  vol.  i. 110 

3    3    0 

Mitchell  and  Hoghes  for  Note  Paper,  with  printed  beading  1  10    0 

Petty  Cash  for  the  year  14    6    3 

Dec.  31.    Balance  at  Bankers,  viz.  : — 

Hammond  and  Co £269  16    7 

WiganandCio.    412    2    6 

671  18    1 


13    1 


Bxamined  and  ^yproved, 

Auftut  8, 1889.  CHA8.  F.  HOOPEB. 

HBKBBBT  HOBDEBN. 


KENT    AROKEOLOG: 

JBr.  Oath  Account  from  th 

1888.  £ 

Jan.  1.    Balance  at  the  Bankers,  riz. : — 

Hammond  and  Co £269  15    7 

Wigan,  Mercer,  and  Co 412    2    6 

671 

Diridends  upon  the  Society's  Consols 28 

Sale  of  the  Society's  back  Volumes  and  Publications,  yiz. : — 
Three  copies  of  Vol.  I.  sold  to  Earl  Sondes, 
Mr.    B.   J.   iFremlin,    and    Canon     Scott 

Bobertson     £3  16    0 

By  Mitchell  and  Hughes  in  London     6    3    0 

Through  Secretaries  and  Bankers     6  110 

Subscriptions  and  Life  Compositions  remitted  through  Local  Secre- 
taries and  Bankers  : — 

Hammond  and  Co £51     1  6 

Wigan,  Mercer,  and  Co 41  11  6 

Mr.  W.  E.  Hughes  (Zondon) 40    1  6 

A,  A.  Arnold,  Esq.  (iJfloAerter) 32    0  0 

Dr.  Astley  (2)orer)    26  10  0 

G.  E.  Hannam,  Esq.  (Thanet),  including  £11 

overpaid  in  error   20    0  0 

O.  M.  Arnold,  Esq.  (Grauewsiki)   18    0  0 

O.  F.  Camell,  Esq.  {SevemaU) 16  13  6 

J.  F.  Wadmore,Esq.  (7W«Jri4?e) 16    0  0 

W.T.  Neve,  Esq.  (OanJrow*)   15  10  0 

C.  Brent,  Esq.  (j&ronUey)    16  10  0 

H.  B.  Mackeson,  Esq.  (iTyt**)  13    0  0 

J.  D.  Norwood,  Esq.  {Aihfork) 12  16  0 

O.  E.  Elliott,  Esq.  iSittinghimme)  9    0  0 

J.  Copland,  Esq.  {Sheemett)  6  17  6 

Canon  Scott  Robertson   6  10  6 

Mr.  F.  Bunyard  {MaidHone) 4  10  0 

J.  W.  Ilott,  Esq.  (i?roOTfcy)    4    8  6 

Miss  Dudlow  {UMing)  4    0  6 

F.  C.  J.  Spuirell,  Esq.  (,Dart/ord) 2  10  0 

J.  E.  Mace,  Esq.  (2b»(<7iieA) 2    0    0 

355 


£1070 


Examined,  and  compared  with  Vouchert  and  Sunken'  JBeoki,  and  found 
aorrtet,  _  _ 

H.  HOBDKBN,  I   ^     .... 

nth  Jamtarg,  1890.  Chab.  F.  Hoopbb,  /  ■*"*** 


SOCIETY. 

Jamtury  to  the  Zlit  qf  December,  1889. 


ex. 


1889.  «    ».    d. 

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J.  D.  Cooper  (Gngrarer)  110 


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Deeemher  1889,  had  not  been  cashed  when  the  year  ended. 


lent 


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PEOCEEDmGS  1887. 

Thk  Council  met,  on  the  28th  of  December  1887,  in  the  Society's 
Booms  at  Maidstone  Museum.  Five  members  were  present,  of 
whom  George  M.  Arnold,  Esq.,  was  asked  to  preside. 

The  first  copy  of  Archmologia  Cantiann,  Vol.  XVII.,  was  laid 
upon  the  table  by  its  Editor,  Canon  Scott  Robertson.  This  volume 
contained  474  pages  of  printed  matter,  55  Illustrations,  and  27 
Papers  upon  various  branches  of  Archajology.  Its  total  cost  was 
£527,  for  985  copies.  Of  this  cost,  no  less  tnan  £210  was  expended 
upon  the  55  Illustrations. 

It  was  resolved  :  "  That  the  Council  congratulates  Canon  Scott 
Bobertaon  (the  Honorary  Secretary  and  Editor)  upon  the  issue  of 
the  17th  Volume  of  Archoeologia  Cantiana,  and  desires  to  express 
the  Society's  warmest  thanks  for  the  great  labour  and  attention  he 
haa  bestowed  on  the  preparation,  revision,  and  editing  of  that  work ; 
of  which  this  is  the  ninth  Volume  that  he  has  himself  edited  and 
issued." 

Mr.  Oeorge  Dowker  submitted  a  Report  of  the  excavations  at 
fiicbborough*  outside  the  Roman  Caatrum. 

The  Secretary  read  a  letter  from  Mr.  Samuel  Mercer  which 
stated  that  when  the  names  of  two  new  Trustees  (the  present  Earl 
Anihernt  and  J.  G.  Talbot,  Efiq.)  were  inserted  in  the  books  of  the 
Bank  of  England,  our  bankers,  Messrs.  Wigan,  Mercer,  and  Co., 
CAUBcd  aU  the  Society's  Stock  to  be  transferred  into  Consols.  Mr. 
Mercer  adds  that  the  total  amount  of  the  Society's  Consols  is 
£085  •-  1  :  5. 

Thanks  were  voted  to  Mr.  I^ambert  Weston  of  Dover  (a  member 
of  the  Society)  for  gratuitously  photographing  on  an  enlarged 
scale,  for  the  Society's  Rooms  at  Maidstone,  a  portrait  of  the  Mar- 
queas  Camden  (the  first  President  of  the  Society),  kindly  lent  to 
Canon  Scott  Robertson  for  this  purpose,  by  his  Lordship's  daughter, 
[  l4kdy  Francos  Pratt. 

Six  new  members  were  elected. 


■  Printed  in  this  volume,  vid*  pagei  6 — 14. 


vol,   JTIU. 


Zlii  BEFOBT,  1888. 

1888. 

On  the  24!tli  of  March,  the  CouncU  met  in  the  Society's  Booms 
at  Maidstone  Museum.  Eight  members  were  present,  and  Captain 
l^lden-Pattenson  was  voted  into  the  Chair. 

Upon  the  applicatiou  of  several  members  it  was  resolved  to 
recommend  that  a  General  Index  to  Archmologia  Oantiana  should 
be  prepared. 

It  was  agreed  to  accept  the  Ghovemment  Scheme  for  Convertiiig 
8  Per  Cent.  Consols  into  2i  Stock. 

Eighteen  new  members  were  elected. 


The  Council  met  in  London,  on  the  2Ist  of  June  1888,  at  the 
house  of  the  Noble  President,  Earl  Sydney,  in  Cleveland  Square, 
St.  James's. 

Fourteen  members  were  present,  and  the  Earl  Sydney  presided. 

The  Programme  of  the  Annual  Meeting,  to  be  held  at  Hythe, 
was  discussed  and  settled. 

It  was  resolved  to  recommend  to  the  Annual  Meeting  that,  as 
Consols  now  produce  only  £2  :  15  :  0  per  cent,  per  annum,  and  will 
soon  yield  only  £2  :  10  :  0  per  cent.,  the  composition  for  Life 
membership  shall  be  increased  (from  £6)  to  £6. 

EleTen  candidates  were  elected  members  of  the  Society. 


The  Annual  Meeting  commenced  at  Hythe  on  Wednesday, 
August  1st,  1888. 

In  Hythe  Town  Hall,  the  Lord  Bishop  of  Dover  presided  at  ike 
business  meeting. 

The  Beport  was  read  by  Canon  Scott  Bobertson  as  follows : — 

EEPOET. 

In  presenting  the  Slat  Annual  Beport  of  the  Kent  Archnologio&l  Society, 
the  Ciouncil  cannot  enter  upon  ita  details  until  expression  hag  been  given  to  their 
profound  sense  of  the  loss,  sustained  by  the  Society,  in  the  death  of  Mr.  Bobert 
Furley,  of  Aahford. 

His  History  of  the  Weald  of  Kent  remains  to  us  a  mine  of  information  for 
Kentish  Antiquaries  of  future  generations,  and  a  monument  of  Mr.  Furley's 
painstaking  research.  Nevertheless  the  members  of  this  Society  will  sadly  miss 
his  genial  presence  and  his  hearty  voice,  which  had  become  so  familiar  to  them  at 
their  Annual  Meetings.  With  satisfaction  we  may  now  recall  the  fact,  that  at 
Mr.  Furley's  last  appearance  amongst  us,  he  occupied  the  place  of  highest 
honour ;  he  presided  over  every  portion  of  our  Meeting  at  Tunbridge  last  year. 
All  will  unite  in  regret  for  his  loss. 

Since  our  last  Meeting,  excavations  have  been  made  outside  the  walls  of  the 
Boman  Castrum  at  Eichborough,  at  th6  Sooietv's  expense.  Mr.  George  Bowker 
ably  directed  the  work,  and  Mr.  Mmrell  kindly  acted  as  overseer  of  the  work- 
men.   Many  matters  of  interest  were  found,  but  no  important  discovery  was 


I 


REPORT,  1888.  xUii 

of  December  1887,  the  ear1ie5t  copies  of  the  17th  Volume  of 
_  Omtiama  were  pre«euted  to  the  Council  nt  their  Meeting.  The 
of  eopies  amoDg  all  the  members  immediately  followed.  Containiiig 
'^i^ei  td  printed  matter,  and  63  Illustrstionii,  this  volume  hiu  been  oon- 
*tad  to  be  not  unworthy  of  its  predecessors.  985  copies  of  it  were  printed  and 
iwiil,  It  a  co«t  of  £537,  and  nearly  the  whole  of  that  cost  wu  defrmyod  during 
*»jwrl887. 

Three  afaeeU  of  matter  for  the  18th  Volume  are  already  in  type,  but  it  is  not 
Moed  to  issue  that  Volume  until  ncit  summer. 

Ike  Sodetj  began  the  year  1887  with  £697  :  16  : 1  at  its  Bankers.  The 
aane  of  that  year  wu  £380:  7  :  6. 

During  1887  we  expended  X509  upon  our  17th  Volume  ;  wo  invested  £80  in 
Qmob;  we  fipcnt  £26  upon  excavations  at  Bichborough:  our  Maidstone 
itaat  and  their  Curator  cost  us  £60  per  annum ;  and  all  the  other  working 
BfOMM  of  the  year  amounted  to  £44.  8o  that  on  the  31st  of  December  1887 
(USoeisty  had  £369  at  ite  Bankers. 

At  Ihal  time  the  Society's  invested  Capital  derived  from  Life  Compositions 
■MttfiS;  but  since  the  lat  of  January  1888  an  additional  sum  of  £86  has  been 
imvtel,  so  that  at  the  time  of  this  Annual  Meeting  the  Society  possesses 
flOlO  invested  in  Consols.  Under  the  old  syst«m  of  the  3  per  cents,  the 
neoM  fioa  this  sum  would  be  £30  :  6  :  0  per  nuiium  ;  but  the  entire  roduotion 
■Wtiened  bj  Parliament  will  cause  our  Capital  to  produce  only  £25  :  S  :  0. 
The  Council  has  detonnined,  therefore,  to  ask  this  meeting  to  sanction  the 
of  the  amount  of  Composition  for  Life  Membership  to  £6.  That  sum 
in  Consols  will  eventually,  at  2)  per  cent.,  yield  to  the  Society  Ss.  per 
7—..  which  if  the  exact  sum  hitherto  derived  by  the  Society  flrom  £6 
"WW  tt  3  per  cent. 

Dm  CoTUcil  desires  also  to  obtain  the  opinion  of  this  Annual  Meeting  with 
'*^WI  lo  ■  General  Index  to  the  Volumes  of  Archaologia  Canliaita.  Probably 
Mk  will  deny  that  such  on  Index  is  necessary.  The  difficulty  arises  when  we 
(tttidtf  bow  many  copies  of  it  shall  bo  printed. 

Iknmiiber  of  pages  to  be  indexed  will  be  about  7000.  Experts  tell  us  that 
*7  bdtx  ought  therefore  to  occupy  between  -100  and  600  pages  of  matter 
fnM  in  double  columns.    The  similar  Index  of  the  Sussex  Society  occupies 

u  only  60  or  100  copies  were  printed  the  cost  of  each  would  be  as  much  aa 
**^J«ua'  subscription  to  the  Society. 

0«  the  other  hand,  if  the  Index  were  printed  for  every  Member,  like  an 
■'■VHn  Volume  of  the  Society's  Transactions,  each  member  would  obtain  a 
"Wv  it  without  any  extra  nubsoription. 

Ow  Printers  estimate  the  tot.tl  cost  of  compiling,  printing,  and  binding  such 
••♦lition  of  the  Index  at  about  £380. 

^r  their  3Ut  Annual  Meeting  the  members  of  our  Society  have  assembled 
"lit  incient  Cinque  Port  of  Hythe,  where  they  were  cordially  received  20 
'•Wign,  on  the  10th  of  July  1S62.  The  members  of  the  Council  rejoice  to 
^  Am  after  the  lapse  of  so  many  years,  the  Society  has  again  the  advantage 
'lug  welcomed  and  assisted  by  the  same  elBciont  colleague,  Mr.  Maokeson, 
*"■)  turtioos  made  the  former  Meeting  at  Uylhe  so  successful. 
.  Bi«y  know  that  he  has  done  much  for  the  preservation  of  the  various 
r^i*  that  elucidate  the  History  of  this  ancient  town,  and  they  congratulate 
■■  1^0  finding  in  the  worthy  Town  Clerk,  Mr.  Wilks,  a  colleague  who  is 
••faoing  Mr.  Maokcson's  work  of  elucidating  the  local  Histoir,  and  of  pro- 
^^oor  Society's  welfare.  We  thank  them  both  for  their  effective  efforts 
"Mk*  Uds  Meeting  a  socoeao. 


On  the  motion  of  the  Very  fieverend  the  Dean  of  Canterbury, 
luled  by  the  Rev.  Canon  the  Honorable  W.  H.  Fremautle,  it 
reaolTed  :  "  That  the  Report  at  read  be  adopted." 


xliv 


PE0CEEDING8,   1888. 


It  was  moved  by  H.  B.  Mackeson,  Esq.,  J.P.,  seconded  by 
Frederick  W.  Porter,  Esq.,  J. P.,  and  carried: — 

"  TlMt  Oeorge  Wilkt,  Esq.,  Toicn  Clerk  of  Uythe,  be  elected  a 
member  of  the  Council,  and  tXat  the  retiring  members  of  Council  and 
the  Auditors  he  re-elected." 

It  wan  moved  by  G.  E.  Haniiam,  Esq.,  J. P.,  seconded  by  the 
Venerable  B.  F.  Smith,  Archdeacon  of  Maidstone,  and  carried  .- — 

"  That  the  amoitnt  of  Composition  for  Life  Membership  shall 
henceforth  be  £6 ;  and  that  in  Rule  9  this  sum  be  substituted  for  £5." 

It  was  moved  by  the  Lord  Bishop  of  Dover,  seconded  by  the 
Kev.  Canon  Scott  Robertson,  and  carried: — 

"  That  a  Qeneral  Index  to  the  Volumes  of  Abcu£Olooia 
Caktiana  shall  be  prepared  ;  and  that  this  shall  be  issued  (during 
the  year  1890,  if  possible)  to  all  members  of  the  Society,  like  an 
ordinary  volume  of  Arch<Bologia  Cantinna." 

Seventeen  candidates  were  elected  meuibers  of  the  Society. 

This  concluded  the  business  of  the  Meeting,  and  the  Members 
then  proceeded  to  the  Church  of  St.  Leonard,  Hythe,  where  they 
were  received  by  the  Rev.  T.  Guppy  Hall,  the  vicar,  who  described 
the  works  of  restoration  carried  out  by  Mr.  Gr.  E.  Street,  and  lately 
by  Mr.  Pearson.  The  Vicar  also  kindly  led  the  way  to  the  vault43d. 
"  Processional  Way "  beneath  the  East  end  of  the  chancel,  and 
commented  upon  the  collection  of  bones  stored  therein. 

A  paper  written  by  Mr.  A.  Randall  Davis,  descriptive  of  the 
architecture  of  Hythe  Church,  and  printed  by  the  kindneBs  of  Mr. 
G.  WOks,  was  placed  in  the  hands  of  all  members  before  they 
visited  the  Churcn. 

Hired  carriages,  seating  132  persons,  together  with  private 
carriages  of  members  and  their  friends,  then  conveyed  the  assembly 
to  Lymne  Chuecu  of  St.  Stephen,  where  the  Kev.  H.  B.  Biron 
welcomed  the  Society,  and  the  Rev,  Canon  Scott  Robertson 
described  the  Church.* 

The  Ahchdeacok's  House,  or  "  Lymne  Castle,"  now  a  farm- 
house, was  next  visited. 

Assembling  on  the  hill  top,  south  west  of  Lymne  Cajstle,  the 
company  looked  down  upon  the  relies  of  the  ruins  of  the  Roman 
Castrum,  known  as  "  STtrDFALi,  Castle,"  of  which  a  descriptive 
history  was  given  by  Mr.  Charles  Roach  Smith,  F.S.A.t  The 
recent  heavy  showers  rendered  it  undesirable  to  descend  the  grassy 
slope  to  the  Ruins  of  the  Castrum;  but  the  Secretary  had,  with  the 
assistance  of  Mr.  George  Dowker  and  Mr.  Biron,  caused  coloured 
flags  to  he  placed  upon  the  sites  of  the  Decuman  and  Postern  Gates, 
which  could  therefore  he  discerned  from  above. 

At  ALDrNOTON  CHTJKcn,  dedicated  to  St.  Martin,  the  members 
were  received  by  the  rector,  the  Rev.  G.  J.  Blomfield,  who  described 
his  restoration  of  the  fabric,  and  drew  attention  to  the  Saxon 
remains  at  the  south-west  comer  of  the  nave's  south  aisle,  and  in 
the  north  wall  of  the  nave. 

*  HIb  Puper  is  printed  in  this  volume, 
t  This  is  printed  on  pages  41-46. 


PEOCEEDINGS,   1888. 


xlv 


ALDnfOTOX  Makoe  farmhouse  was  also  visitoA,  and  its  ancient 
dintng-huU  was  traced  and  shewn  by  the  Honorary  Secretary,  who 
led  the  memberB  into  the  upper  rooms  now  formed  in  its  roof. 

The  .(ViTNUAii  DiNSEB  was  served,  in  the  Town  Hall  at  Hythe, 
at  5  p.m.  Seventy-seven  sat  down,  and  Canon  Scott  Robertson 
presided.  The  other  speakers,  for  the  several  toasts,  were  Eev. 
T.  G.  Hall,  Rev.  F.  T.  Scott,  Lewis  Levy,  Esq.  (Ex-Mayor  of 
Rochester),  C.  Roach  Smith,  Esq,,  H.  B.  Mackeson,  Esq.,  J.  F. 
Wadmore,  Esq.,  and  George  Wilks,  Esq. 

The  Etemko   Meeting  was  held   in  the   Sesiiotu   Howe  at 

Hrthe,  H.  B.  Mackeson,  Esq.,  .T.P.,  presiding.     Papers  wore  read 

on  Hythe:  itt  Records  and  Church  (oy  George  Wilks,  Esq.,  Town 

[Clerk),  and  on  The  River  Limen  (by  George  Dowker,  Esq.).     The 

I  latter  elicited  opposing  criticism  from  C.  Roach  Smith,  Esq.,  Major 

]  George  Lambert,  F.S.A.,  and  Canon  Scott  Robertson. 

After  the  Meeting,  several  members  availed  theuiHelves  of  Mr. 
If.  W.  Porter's  invitation  to  visit  his  house,  Moyle  Tower,  into 
I  which  he  has  built  interesting  carvings  from  old  Clothworkers'  Hall 
(by  Grinling  Gibbons  probably),  haiidsonit'  iloorca.«ieH  and  doors 
from  the  Duke  of  Northumberlamrs  old  House,  at  Charing  Cross, 
recently  demolished,  and  a  billiard- room,  40  feet  by  liO  by  2-5,  fitted 
with  a  carved  wood  ceiling,  mantelpiece,  and  paintings  from  an  old 
house  at  Amsterdam. 


I 


On  Thursd.vy,  August  2nd,  18.SS,  the  members  left  Hj'the 
Station  at  10.30  a.m.  (in  hired  carriages  seating  146  persons,  and 
in  private  carriages),  .lud  proceeded  to  CiiEniTON  Chuhcu,  where 
the  Rev.  A.  Hall-Hall  (rector)  welcomed  them,  and  Ciiiiou  Scott 
Bobertson  described  the  building.* 

At  Nkwtsoton  CHUBcn,  the  Rev.  L.  Buckwell  (vicar)  welcomed 
the  Society,  and  Canon  Scott  Robertson  acted  as  cicerone. 

At  LTMrsoK  Church,  the  rector,  the  Rev.  Canon  H.  C. 
Jenkins,  from  the  western  tower  arch,  read  a  paperf  descriptive  of 
the  Roman  Basilica  which  was  hero  used  as  a  Saxon  Church,  of 
which  the  foundations  arc  preserved  and  are  visible,  under  iron 
gratings  in  some  places,  in  the  churchyard.  A  large  number  of 
rubbings  from  Kentish  Monumental  Brasses  were  displayed  in  the 
north  aisle  of  the  church. 

Caoon  Jenkins  and  his  daughters  most  hospitably  entertained 
more  than  150  of  the  comnany  at  Luncheon  in  the  Rectory.  In 
the  Library  Canon  Jenkins  had  aiTangcd  many  objects,  of  interest 
to  antiquaries,  and  there  the  Society's  thanks  were  gratefully 
tendered  to  the  Canon  by  Mr.  C.  Roach  Smith. 

At  Saltwood  Castle  the  members  were  received  by  Mrs. 
Deedcs  (widow  of  the  late  William  Deedes,  Esq.,  M.P.,  who  restored 
the  Gtatehouse  as  a  residence),  who  was  accompanied  by  Wilfred 
Cripp»,  Esq.,  C.B.,  J. P.,  and  his  brother-in-law  Count  Bismarck. 

*  His  Pi4>er  is  printed  in  this  volume. 

t  Canoo  Jenkins's  Paper  will  b«  found  in  this  volume  at  pages  40-54. 


xlvi 


PEOCEEDINGS,    1888. 


The  HjBtory  and  Plan  of  the  Castle  were  elucidated  by  Canonl 
Scott  Robertson,  who  pointed  out  the  two  Norman  towers,  and 
drew  att«ntion,  for  the  first  time,  to  the  site  of  the  Archbishop'ftj 
Banqueting  Hall,  running  en«t  and  west,  with  its  porch,  and  ita 
hearth,  both  on  the  north  side,  and  the  staircases  (at  the  west,  o^ 
dais,  end)  which  led  down  to  the  cellar  and  up  to  the  Lord's  With- 
drawing room,  both  of  which  run  north  and  south  (one  above  th 
other).     The  cellar  has  windows  in  its  west  and  north  walls. 

Saltwoou  CncBcn,  the  last  place  Tisited,  waa   described 
Canon  Scott  Bobcrtson.* 


i 


The  Council  mot  on  the  27th  of  September  1888  at  Deal  Castl* 
by  invitation  from  the  Earl  Sydney.  Twelve  members  were  p~' 
Bent,  the  Earl  Sydney  presiding. 

The  Secretary  reported  that  through  the  great  kindness  of  tl 
Corporation  of  Hythc  and  of  Mr.  George  Wilks,  the  actual  local 
expcHMPM  of  the  Annual  Meeting  in   Hythe  had  been  almost  nil.- 
From  the  proceeds  of  4.5  Visitors'  tickets  sold  there  was  a  surplufl 
of  £'.l  in   hand   which  had  been  paid  in  to  the   Bankers  to  the* 
Society's  credit.    Seldom,  if  ever,  has  the  Society  been  so  generously 
assisted  by  the  local  authorities  and  friends,  at  an  Annual  Meeting. 

Thanks  were  voted  to  Mr.  George  Wilks  and  Mr.  H.  B. 
Mackoson  for  their  valuable  asHistance  at  that  Annual  Meeting. 
To  their  kindly  help  the  Society's  being  saved  from  expense  was 
mainly  duo. 

Thanks  were  also  voted  to  George  Payne,  Esq.,  and  the  BeTi 
W.  Gardner  Wnleniian,  for  superintending  carriage  arrangements 
to  Canon  Jenkins  for  great  hospitality  at  Lyminge  Rectory,  to  Mrff] 
Doedes  for  admission  to  Saltwood  Castle,  and  to  Messrs.  Davis, 
T.  G.  Hall;  H.  B.  Biron;  G.  J.  Blomfield;  F.  W.  Porter; 
A.  Hall-Hall ;  and  L.  Buckwell  for  help  or  welcome  at  the  places 
visited. 

Dartford  was  suggested  as  the  place  of  Meeting  for  1883.         J 

Canon  Scott  liobertaou  was  elected  a  Trustee  (to  be  nominated^ 
by  our  Society)  under  the  Charity  Commissioners'  new  scheme  for 
the  raanagemout  of  the  property  of  the  dissolved  Corporation  otm 
Fordwich.  m 

Canon   Scott  Robertson,  and   Mr.  A.  A.  Arnold  of  Rochester, 
were  chosen  as  the  Society's  delegates  to  a  Coofereuce  of  Archaeo- 
logical Societies  to  be  held  at  Burlington  House,  under  the  auspiceaj 
of  the  Society  of  Antiquaries. 

Deliberation  was  held  respecting  the  compilation  of  the  Gener 
Index. 

The  question  of  reprinting  Volume  I.  of  Arch<eologiit  Oantiana\ 
was  discussed,  and  the  Council  declined  to  undertake  that  work. 

With  thanks  to  Lord  and  Lady  Sydney  for  their  kindly  hospiJ 
tality  the  meeting  ended. 


*  His  Paper  will  be  found  commenoing  on  p.  42L 


PROCEEDINGS,    1888   AND   1889. 


xlvii 


I 


The  Council  met  on  the  29th  December  1888  at  the  Society's 
Booms  in  Maidstone  Museum.  Nine  members  of  Council  attended, 
and  G.  M.  Arnold,  Esq.,  was  voted  into  the  Chair. 

Mr.  George  Payne  attended  on  behalf  of  the  Honorary  Secretary 
with  the  Minute-book  and  necessary  papers,  and  explained  that 
Canon  Scott  Robertson  was  suffering  from  the  effects  of  a  slight 
stroke  of  paralysis,  which  came  upon  him  ten  days  before,  and  that 
he  would  be  confined  to  his  bod  for  many  weeks  to  come. 

The  Council  received  this  intelligence  with  much  sorrow,  and 
requested  Mr.  Payne  to  act  temporarily  as  Secretary,  and  to  convey 
to  C&non  Scott  Bobertson  the  assurance  of  the  deep  sympathy  of 
every  member. 

A  vote  of  condolence  with  Lady  Caroline  Stirling,  on  the  death 
of  her  husband  Sir  Walter  Stirling,  one  of  the  Society's  oldest  and 
most  active  Vice-Presidents,  was  passed. 

Thanks  were  voted  to  Mr.  Samuel  Mercer  for  his  good  ofBces  in 
procuring  the  repair  and  painting  of  the  rooms  hired  by  the  Society 
troro  the  Maidstone  Museum  Committee. 

Consideration  of  the  compilation  of  the  General  Index  was 
postponed  on  account  of  the  illness  of  the  Honorary  Secret-ary. 

Three  gentlemen  were  elected  members  of  the  Society. 

Mention  waa  made  of  the  Cruciform  mass  of  masonry  within 
the  Boman  Castrum  at  Richborough,  and  it  was  suggested  that  the 
Public  might  be  invited  to  assist  in  once  for  all  exploring  it. 


I  poll 
♦ho 


The  Council  met  in  London  on  the  2l8t  of  Juno  1889  at  the 
3uae  of  the  noble  President.     Fourteen  members  attended,  and 
''the  Earl  Sydney  presided. 

The  Programme  of  the  Annual  Meeting,  to  be  held  at  Dartford, 
waa  discussed,  and  finally  settled. 

It  was  resolved  that  this  Society  shall  be  enrolled  among  the 
ucieties  in   Union,  under  the  Scheme  for  the  closer  Uuion  of  all 
iritiah  ArchjBological  Societies,  settled  at  a  Conference  of  Delegates 
beld  at  Burlington  House. 

The  Council  addressed  to  the  Dean  and  Chapter  of  Rochester  a 

protest  against  Mr.   Pearson's  proposal   to  demolish  the   ancient 

western  screen  of  the  choir,  and  to  replace  it  by  a  new  screen  of 

open   ironwork.     [TAe  IJean  and  Chapter  rejected  Mr.  Pearson's 

^mtheme  in  thit  particular.'] 

^H_  It  was  resolved  that  Mr.  William  Brigg  (B.A.  of  Magdalen 
^K^ollege,  Cambridge)  should  be  employed  to  cuuipilo  the  General 
^Hnilex  to  Arehceologia  Cantiana. 

^H^    Cauon  Scott  Robertson  stated  to  the  Council  that  as  his  health 
^Bl  now  precarious,  and  his  physical  powers  arc  still  feeble,  he  would 
^^«ire  to  be  relieved  from  the  duties  of  Honorary  Secretary,  al- 
though he  will  endeavour  to  continue  his  work  as  Honorary  Editor. 
The  Council,  upon  his  suggestion,  resolved  to  recommend  to  the 
leucrul  Meeting  tliat  Mr.  George  Payne,  F.S.A.,  F.L.S.,  a  member 


xlyiii 


REPORT,  1889. 


of  the  Council  of  the  Society  of  Antiquaries,  shall  be  requested  to 
become  Honorary  Secretary  of  the  Society,  and  that  Canon  Scott 
Robertson  should  be  permanently  retained  upon  the  Council  by 
being  elected  a  Yice-President  of  the  Society. 

Fourteen  gentlemen  were  elected  members  of  the  Society. 

With  a  vote  of  thanks  to  the  noble  President  for  his  kindness 
in  receiving  the  Council  and  for  his  hospitality  the  meeting  ended. 


The  Ajtndal  Meeting  was  commenced,  at  Dartford,  on  "Wednes- 
day, July  31.  1889. 

At  the  BusiKESs  Mketdto,  held  at  10  a.m.  in  the  Hall  of  the 
Dartford  Conservative  Club,  Colonel  Edwin  Hughes,  M.P.  for 
Woolwich,  presided. 

Canon  Scott  Kobebtbok  read  the  Annual  Heport  as  follows : — 

EEPOET. 

The  82nd  Annual  Report  of  the  Kent  ArchieoloRiL'al  Society  is  presented  in 
the  anrient  town  of  Dartford,  which  wus  Tisited  bv  the  Society  20  years  ago. 

A§  tho  Society  (frows  in  years  it  is  inovitftble  thut  the  older  members  and 
familiar  heli)cni  pass  owny.  As  btxt  year  we  mi.ised  the  genial  presence  of  Mr. 
Kobert  Furley,  the  Historian  of  the  "VVeald  of  Kent,  so  this  year  we  mourn  the 
loss  of  one  of  our  oldest  Vice-Presidenl.s,  Sir  Walter  Stirling. 

Ajs  he  was  always  ready  with  some  quaint  speech,  or  goainl  witticism,  his 
kbienoe  will  be  generally  felt,  and  reKrettcd. 

The  Society's  position  is  flourishing  as  ever;  and  at  the  present  moment 
there  is  a  Urge  balance  to  its  credit  in  its  Bankers'  books,  slightly  exceeding 
£700. 

This  sum  would  enable  the  18th  Volume  of  Archaologia  Cantiana  to  bo 
issued  in  the  autumn  of  the  present  year,  and  would  justify  the  determination 
to  bring  out  a  General  Index  to  all  the  Volumes  issued,  to  which  the  Society 
agreed  at  our  lust  nnnunl  mooting. 

Tho  18th  Volume  mil  (it  is  hoped)  be  is.sued  this  autumn,  and  a  competent 
compiler,  a  graduate  of  Cambridge  University,  had  hwn  found  for  the  Index. 
The  set  of  Volumes  was  in  his  hands,  and  he  was  commencing  the  work,  wheu 
his  health  broke  down ;  and  within  the  lasit  few  days  notice  has  been  received 
that  he  must  return  to  the  Society  the  set  of  books.  Thus,  although  tho  money 
is  dulv  i>repared,  the  worker  lias  again  to  be  sought  for.  This  unfortimate 
delay  is  much  fo  be  regretted,  but  immediate  steps  will  be  taken  for  obtaining 
another  comi«>tont  c<inipilor. 

During  tlie  year  1S88  the  Societr's  income  amounted  to  £567  :  12  :  11  ;  its 
expenditure  durine  1888  wa-o  only  £224  :  15  :  0  in  addition  to  £40  invested 
in  Consols.  Of  thi;  £221  :  IS  :  0,  the  sum  of  £50  is  the  fued  annual  payment 
for  our  Rooms  at  Maiditono  Museum,  and  for  our  Curator  there  ;  £'10  :  14  :  0 
defrayed  the  remaining  co?t  of  Volume  XVII. ;  £100  wont  to  the  printers  on 
sount  of  the  cost  of  Volume  XVIII.,  which  is  now  in  preparation. 

During  the  post  12  months  34  members  have  joined  tho  Society,  and  several 
■ttit  election  at  your  hands  to-day. 

A  movement  for  tho  closer  union  of  all  Arohoological  Societies  has  boon 
ado]>t«<l  and  fost<'red  by  the  Society  of  Antiquaries  of  London,  and  your 
Council  has  given  in  the  adhesion  of  this  Society.  A  Congress  was  hold  at 
Burlington  House,  to  which  your  Society  sent  delegates.  It  is  hoped  that 
good  results  may  How  from  this  movement. 

One  thing  greatly  sjioken  of  at  the  Congress,  and  held  up  by  the  Society  of 
Anticiuanes  as  a  model  Ut  he  imitated  in  vver>-  county,  was  a  map  of  KootJ 
marked  with  signs  of  discoveries  of  British,  Itoman.aod  Saxon  remains,  and  tbit] 
map  was  made  by  our  ootive  colloa(fuv  Mr.  George  Payne,  F.S.A. 


■^      ' 


PROCEEDINGS,    1889. 


xlix 


^H  Boring  the  year  interesting  dinoorencs  IisTe  been  mnde  in  thp  Cathpdnilii  at 
Hbnterbury  and  at  R<H;lie!<U'r.  descriptions  o(  wliiuli  may  b<>  looked  for  in  the 
KUth  Volume  of  our  ArekctoloffUt. 

The  Council  rejoice  to  know  that  through  the  active  exertions  of  the  Arch- 
deacon (A  6<ocheater,  who  invoked  and  received  our  Counril's  aid  and  support, 
duis  for  the  dastruction  of  the  Pulpitum,  or  Western  Screen,  of  the  choir  of 
Boohester  Cathednl  have  been  frustrated,  and  the  Screen  lias  been  preaerved. 

The  Council  being  requested  to  relieve  the  Honorary  Secretory  of  the 
Secretarial  duties  which  he  hu  discharged  for  the  pa«t  17  years,  rejoice  to  be 
able  to  recommend  to  the  Society  one  so  able,  bo  active,  and  so  woU  known  m 
Mr.  George  Payne. 

G.  E.  HixifAM,  Esq.,  J. P.,  moved,  and  the  Eev.  J.  A.  Boodle 
(Vicar  of  Boughton  Blean)  Hcconded  the  first  resolution,  which 
was  carried  unanimouBly,  "  That  the  Report  as  read  he  adopted." 

It  waa  moved  by  Canon  Scott  Robkhtson,  seconded  by  F.  F. 
GtaACT),  Esq.,  Town  Clerk  of  Faversham,  and  carried  unani- 
moualj: — "  TAof  Oeorge  Payne,  Esq.,  r.s.A.,  F.L.8.,  he  appointed 
Homorory  Secretary  {the  duties  of  Honorary  Editor  heing  separated 
from  thai  ojffiee)." 

It  wa«  moved  by  Geokge  Payne,  Esq.,  F.8.A. ;  seconded  by 
FLAXiLiJi  C.  J.  Spurrell.  Esq.,  and  carried  unanimously  : — "  That 
i\e  Archdeacon  of  Maidtfone  (Ven.  B.  F.  Smith),  the  Archdeacon  of 
Boehgfter  (Vrn.  H.  Cheetham) ,  and  the  Ret.  Canon  W.  A.  Scott 
Robertson,  be  elected  Vice-Prejiidents  of  the  Society." 

It  was  moved  by  the  Eev.  C.  H.  Baiwtino  (Vicar  of  Strood), 
•ecooded  by  Johjc  Wood,  Esq.,  of  Hampton  House,  Chatham,  and 
curied  unanimously,  "  That  Herbert  Hordern,  Esq.,  and  Captain 
Chat.  F.  Hooper,  J. P.,  he  elected  Auditors.  That  Cecil  Brent,  Esq., 
he  elected  Honorary  Secretary  for  Bromley  district.  That  R.  W. 
Oradoek,  Esq.,  be  elected  Honorary  Secretary  for  Dartford  and 
Bithedere  district.  That  the  thanks  of  the  Society  be  given  to  J.  W. 
Hut,  Esq.,  and  to  F.  C.  J.  Spurrell,  Esq.,  for  their  long-continued 
ttrviee*  as  Local  Secretaries  for  Bromley  and  Dartford  respectively." 

G.  E.  Hajtn.vm,  Esq.,  J. P.,  moved,  and  the  Rev.  C.  H.  Bajtnikg 
MCOndod  an  additional  Resolution,  "  That  the  Society's  hearty 
thmmkt  be  conveyed  to  Canon  Scott  Robertson  for  his  able  services 
imrimg  the  pott  17  years,  and  that  the  Council  he  asked  to  consider 
what  special  form  of  acknowledgment  should  he  offered  to  him." 

Nine  persons  were  elected  members  of  the  Society. 

With  thanks  to  Colonel  Edwin  Hughes,  M.P.,  for  presiding, 
thia  Businese  l^Ieeting  terminated. 

At  Dabtford  Chttbch  the  Members  were  welcomed  by  the 
Ticar,  Bev.  Alan  H.  Watts,  and  the  building  was  described  by 
Ctaoo  Scott  Robertson. 

(.     €?XA.TTOKD  Chtboh  WAS  described  by  Major  Alfred   Heales, 
rsjL 
At  Mat  Place  in    Crayford  Mr.   and  Mrs.  Edward   Homer 
hoapitably  entertained  the  members  at  Luncheon.     The  house  was 
dcMnbed  by  Flaxman  C.  J.   Spurrell,  Esq.,    who  also  described 
j_^Ebitb  Chttech,  which  was  the  last  place  visited  this  day. 
Ih     The  AssvAh  DnmiB  was  hela  at  the  Bull  Hotel,  Dartford, 

^H       roh.  xriii.  / 


1 


PROCEEDINGS,    1889. 


at  5.15.  The  Ahchdkacon  op  Maidstone  presided,  and  iii  ad- 
dition to  him,  the  speakers  to  various  toasts  were  Colonel  E, 
Hughes,  M.P.,  Rev.  A.  II.  Watts,  Canon  Scott  RobertHou,  Lewis 
Levy,  Esq.,  W.  Cracroft  Fooks,  Esq.,  Q.C. ;  G.  E.  llannani, 
Esq.,  J. P.,  and  Flaxman  C.  J.  Spurrcll,  Esq. 

The  EvKNiifG  Meeting  was  held  in  the  Hall  of  Dartford  Con- 
servative Club,  at  7.30  p.m.,  G.  E.  Ilannain,  Esq.,  J. P.  presiding. 

Papers  were  read  upon  Roman  and  Saxon  Remaim,  and  Dene- 
holes,  discovered  in  Dartford  District,  by  Flaiinan  C  J.  Spurrell, 
Esq.,  who  illustrated  his  lectures  with  a  multitude  of  coloured 
drawings  and  plans. 

On  Thursday,  August  1st,  1889,  the  members  started  at  10  a.m. 
from  Dartford  railway  station,  and  at  Beilet  Citukch  were 
received  by  the  curate,  the  Rev.  C.  G.  M.  Shaw  (Professor  Fuller, 
the  Vicar,  oeing  in  Switzerland  for  his  holiday),  and  the  edifice  aiid 
its  memorial  monuments  and  hatchments  were  described  by  Canon 
Scott  Robertson. 

At  Hall  Place,  in  Bcxley,  which  was  kindly  opened  to  the 
Society  by  William  Radford,  Esq.,  the  tenant.  Canon  Scott  Robertson 
drew  attention  to  the  cliief  points  of  interest. 

Luncheon  was  served  as  12.45  in  Bexley  National  Schools,  by 
kind  permission  of  the  School  Managers. 

At  Foot's  Cray  Church,  the  rector,  the  Rev.  C.  Birch,  welcomed 
the  members  and  described  the  edifice. 

At  St.  PArL[iNU8]'s  Cbav  Cuubch  the  members  were  wel- 
comed by  the  Rev.  G.  L.  Langdon,  and  the  building  was  described 
by  Major  Alfred  Healos,  F.S.A.,  who  subsequently  led  the  assembly 
to  his  residence,  "  Leesous,"  where  he  and  Mrs.  Heales  hospitably 
entertained  the  members  with  tea,  fruit,  etc.  The  Tyrolese  Singers 
had  been  engaged  to  enliven  the  pToceedings,  and  Major  Heales] 
also  exhibited  m  his  Library  a  large  number  of  ecclesiastical  orna- 
ments and  vessels  (chiefly  Continental)  of  antiquity.  Thanks  were 
cordially  given  to  Major  and  Mrs.  Heales  for  their  kindly  hos- 
pitality. 

St.  Maby  Ceat  Chubch  was  the  last  place  visited.  It  was 
briefly  described  by  Canon  Scott  Robertson. 


The  Council  met,  at  Deal  Castle,  on  September  28th,  1889,  the 
Earl  Sydney  presiding.     Eight  members  of  Council  were  present. 

It  was  unanimously  resolved  to  ask  Mr.  George  Payne  to  act  oe 
Chief  Curator  of  the  Society's  collection  at  Maidstone  Museum,  and 
to  assign  to  him  £50  per  annum  for  so  doing.  Mr.  Pajme  agreed 
to  attend  at  the  Society's  rooms  every  Thursday  from  12  o'clock 
until  5.  It  was  also  resolved  that  a  monthly  meeting  of  members 
should  bo  held  at  the  Society's  rooms  (in  Maidstone  Museum)  on 
the  last  Thursdav  in  each  month,  at  4  p.m. 

The  Rev.  T.  S.  Frampton  was  elected  to  a  seat  on  the  Coundl, 
vacated  by  Mr.  Payne's  accession  to  office,  as  Hon.  Secretary. 


wm 


PEOCBBDINGS,   1889.  li 

The  Council  met  at  Maidstone  on  ThorsdOT,  the  26th  of 
December.  Seven  members  attended,  and  Canon  Scott  Bobertson 
presided. 

It  was  resolved  that  the  next  Annual  Meeting  should  be  held  at 
Canterbury. 

Thanks  were  given  to  Mr.  Payne  for  the  successful  labour 
bestowed  by  him  upon  the  Society's  collection  at  Maidstone,  which 
he  has  displayed  to  great  advantage. 

Mr.  Payne  reported  that  he  had  deposited  in  Dartford  Church 
the  stone  coffin  at  Dartford,  ascribed  to  the  Boman  period  by  the 
late  Mr.  Dunkin  and  by  Mr.  F.  C.  J.  Spurrell. 


girrliji?0l0j9ia  djantiana* 


A  BRITISH   VILLAGE   AT  RAMSGATE. 


BY   JAMES   T.    HILLIER. 


Within  the  last  twelve  years  there  has  been  excavated 
at  the  top  of  High  Street,  between  it  and  the  station 
of  the  South-Eastern  Railway,  a  large  chalk-pit  of 
more  than  an  acre  in  extent,  and  during  the  work 
several  pits  of  varying  size  and  depth  have  been  dis- 
closed, containing  evidence  of  human  occupation  in 
the  form  of  potti'ry  of  several  kinds,  and  bones  and 
shells  of  animals  used  as  food. 

The  pit  fii*st  noticed,  which  we  will  call  No.  1,  was 
about  7  feet  deep  and  8  feet  in  diameter,  nearly 
circular,  with  upright  sides,  and  with  a  recess  in  the 
chalk  at  one  side,  about  2  feet  from  the  floor ; 
ashes  remaining  in  the  recess  shewed  that  it  had  been 
used  as  a  fire-place.  There  were  also  in  the  earth  of 
the  pit  broken  pieces  of  pottery,  bones  of  animals, 

kand  mussel-shells. 

No.  2  was  a  circle  of  large  boulder- flints,  brought, 
it  is  believed,  from  the  shore  at  Pegwell,  a  mile  away. 
These  were  about  18  inches  below  the  surface  of  the 
ground,  but  scarcely  below  the  level  of  the  top  of  the 
chalk.  Within  this  circle  were  broken  pieces  of 
pottery,  and  two  pieces  of  metal,  viz.,  a  hoop-like 

^piece  of  thin  bronze,  and  a  piece  of  iron  like  the 

vol..    XYllI.  B 


A   BRITISH   VILLAGE   AT   RAMS6ATE. 


guard  of  a  rapier,  or  a  handle  of  some  kind  ;  neither  of 
these  were  preserved.  In  the  immediate  neighbour- 
hood of  these,  at  a  later  date,  were  found  some 
Roman  pottery  in  fragments,  and  a  small  silver  coin 
of  M.  Aur.  Antoninus,  and  not  far  from  this  another 
silver  coin  of  Nero  Ctesar  Augustus. 

No.  3  was  a  large  pit  with  sloping  sides,  about 
8  feet  deep,  nearly  circular,  and  15  or  16  feet  in 
diameter,  having  within  it  numerous  bones  of  animals 
(no  human  bones),  many  large  boulder-flints  like 
those  mentioned  above,  a  disc  of  fine-grained  granite 
3^  inches  in  diameter  and  f  inch  thick,  which  might 
have  been  used  for  bruising  corn,  and  broken  pottery, 
some  Roman,  some  British. 

No.  4,  a  pit  not  quite  so  Large  as  the  last,  but 
similar  in  form  and  depth ;  in  it  were  the  usual  large 
boulder-flints  and  some  broken  pottery. 

No.  5,  a  pit  with  upright  sides  like  No.  1,  but  not 
quite  so  large,  about  6  feet  in  diameter  and  of  a  like 
depth  ;  in  it  were  only  a  few  pieces  of  broken  pottery. 

No.  6,  a  trench  3  feet  long  by  18  inches  broad  and 
deep,  containing  many  pieces  of  unbiimt  clay  vessels. 

No.  7,  a  small  pit  containing  pieces  of  rough 
pottery. 

Running  across  the  ground  between  these  pits 
was  a  straight  ditch,  in  section  like  a  wide  W,  which 
could  be  traced  for  nearly  80  yards;  while  in  the 
midst  of  all  these  was  a  well  of  unusual  form  and 
construction,  which  was  not  noticed  until  it  had  been 
excavated  several  feet.  This  has  just  been  fully 
explored,  the  whole  depth  from  the  surface  of  the 
ground  to  water  was  115  feet ;  it  is  of  square  section, 
the  sides  varying  from  2  feet  6  inches  to  2  feet  10 
inches.     On  two  opposite  sides,  every  15  to  18  inches. 


A   BRITISH   VILLAGE    AT   RAM8GATE. 


foot-holes,  and  also  smaller  recesses  for  the  fingers, 
wlu'le  another  side  is  worn  smooth  as  if  by  the  frequent 
passage  of  something  up  and  down  it.  The  shaft  was 
filled  nearly  to  the  top  with  large  boulder-flints,  while 
the  lowest  30  feet  had  alternate  layers  of  earth,  bones, 
and  flints,  and  among  them  a  skvdl  of  Bos  longifrona 
(a  breed  of  cattle  now  extinct),  a  horse's  skull,  a 
roebuck's  antler,  and  a  dog's  jaw,  a  few  pieces  of 
Boman  pottery,  a  small  piece  of  iron  like  a  large  nail 
bent  at  a  right  angle,  and  a  bronze  vessel  of  about 
three  gallons  capacity,  in  form  like  a  deep  bason,  but 

,  much  broken  and  corroded ;  it  had  ears  on  opposite 

I  sides  for  a  handle,  and  had  been  mended  in  fovir  places 
by  patches  being  rivetted  upon  it.  At  the  bottom  of 
the  well  were  some  slabs  of  indurated  Thanet  sands, 
such  as  one  now  finds  at  Pegwell,  the  largest,  2  feet  6 

pinches  in  diameter  and  nearly  circular,  having  a  hole 
through  the  centre,  which  was  worn  as  if  by  the  passage 
of  a  rope  or  thong  through  it ;  this  may  have  been 
originally  at  the  top.  The  well  was  evidently  made  by 
right-handed  people,  as  the  shaft  had  a  gradual  twist 
to  the  right,  so  that  the  east  corner  at  the  top  became 
8.E.  at  bottom.  The  pottery  found  in  these  pits  was 
of  many  kinds,  but  seldom  anything  approaching  to 
an  entire  vessel.  Several  pieces  of  Samian  ware,  one 
piece  beautifully  embossed,  the  lower  part  of  a  vessel 
of  Durobrivian  ware,  Upchurch,  and  smothered  ware, 
and  from  the  woU  several  fragments  of  a  red-clay 
vessel  (Samian  ?),  with  small  quartz  gravel  embedded 
in  the  bottom  on  the  inside  for  grinding  in,  and  a 
thick  piece  of  tile  which  was  probably  the  pestle. 
Much  of  the  pottery  was  of  very  rude  construction, 
not   made  upon  a  wheel,  and  some  not  even  kiln- 

ibaked.      Of  the  animal  remains  there  were  several 

B  2 


■■■ 


4  ▲  BEITISH  TILLAGE  AT  EAM8GATE. 

antlers  of  red-deer,  cores  of  the  horns  of  oxen,  goats, 
and  sheep,  jaws  of  swine,  teeth  of  several  animals, 
and  bones  of  many  small  animals,  with  shells  of 
oysters,  mussels,  and  cockles  in  abundance.  No 
human  bones  were  at  any  time  found.  Before  the 
ground  was  disturbed  none  of  these  pits  were  visible, 
being  all  filled  to  a  general  level  with  the  surface. 

^ken  together,  these  remains  indicate  that  here 
was  a  British  village  at  the  tune  of  the  Boman  occu- 
pation. Its  occurrence  at  the  hamlet  of  "  Ellington," 
on  the  other  side  of  which  similar  pits,  containing 
flints,  shells,  and  pottery,  have  also  been  found,  would 
lead  us  to  infer  that  traces  of  this  village  remained 
until  Saxon  times,  giving  rise  to  the  characteristic 
Saxon  affix  "ton";  the  prefix  "Elling"  has  also  a 
Saxon  sound.  From  the  manner  in  which  the  well  was 
filled  up,  it  was  evidently  done  with  the  intention  of 
spoiling  it  for  future  use.  The  "  gate,"  or  way  to  the 
sea,  from  which  Bamsgate  takes  its  name,  was  a  natural 
outlet  of  three  shallow  valleys,  which  join  here  to 
run  to  the  shore ;  it  was  not  made  artificially.  The 
Bomans  had  stations  of  considerable  size  at  the  head 
of  the  two  valleys,  which  run  nearly  parallel  to  the 
shore ;  while  the  British  village  was  near  the  top  of  the 
third  valley,  between  the  other  two. 


(     8     ) 
NOTE  ON  EXCAVATIONS  AT  RICHBOROUGH. 

BY    C.    BOAOH   SMITH,    F.8.A. 

It  is  very  remarkable  that  no  lapidary  inscription 
has  hitherto  been  discovered  at  Richborougb.  From 
the  importance  of  the  place,  during  the  entire  tenure 
of  Britain  by  the  Romans,  such  records  might  have 
^n  expected.  Even  now  they  are  to  be  looked  for ; 
especially  on  the  site  of  the  main  cemetery,  which, 
^iere  is  reason  to  expect,  was  at  some  little  distance 
^m  the  Castrwn,  on  both  sides  of  the  chief  road 
heading  to  it. 

In  the  spring  of  the  present  year  (1888)  I  com- 
menced cataloguing  a  collection  of  coins  from  Rich- 
'^rough,  in  the  possession  of  Mr.  Gent  of  Sandwich, 
■^^ong  them  is  an  aureus  of  Gratianus  a.d.  37B-383, 
^  fresh  as  if  just  issued  from  the  Mint.    It  was  found 
*>*  an  urn  on  the  right-hand  side  of  the  road,  opposite 
■Mr.  Solly's  house.    There,  from  records  preserved  by 
^r.  Boys,  I  have  ever  considered   was   one  of  the 
^Utupian  biuial-places,  probably  the  chief.     This  dis- 
*^very  goes  far  to  confirm  my  opinion  ;  for  there  can 
"6  no  doubt  that  this  valuable  coin,  buried  in  an  urn, 
'oTmed  part  of  the  funereal  deposit  of  a  person  of 
Consequence,  at  a  late  period  of  the  Roman  occupation. 
When  I  have  completed  my  examination  of  Mr. 
Kent's  coins,  I  shall  present  the  list  to   the   Kent 
Archffiological  Society,  together  with  a  notice  of  a 
coin  found  at  Richborougb  long  since,   which   Mr. 
Arthur  Evans,  F.S.A.,  in  The  Numismatic  Chronicle, 
attributes  to  a  second  Carausius. 

C.  Roach  Smith. 

Strood,  July  9th,  1888. 


(     6     ) 


EXCAVATIONS  AT  RICHBOROUGH  IN   1887. 


BY   GEORGE   DOWKER,    F.Q.8. 

In  accordance  with  a  resolution  of  the  Council  of  the  Kent 
Archaeological  Society  {voting  £26  towards  excavating  the 
ground  outside  the  walls  of  Richborough  Castrum),  a  com- 
mittee, consisting  of  Messrs.  C.  Roach  Smith,  F.S.A.,  George 
Payne,  F.S. A.,  George  Hannam,  J.P.,  George  Dowker,  F.G.S., 
Thomas  Dorman,  J. P.,  and  the  Honorary  Secretary,  met  on 
the  first  day  of  September  1887.  The  committee  determined 
that  the  excavations  should  be  directed,  in  the  first  instance, 
towards  ascertaining  the  nature  of  the  trackways  shewn  in 
the  corn  by  dry  seasons,  and  indicated  on  a  plan  of  Mr. 
Boys's,  in  Mr.  floach  Smith's  Antiquities  of  Richborough, 
Recuher,  and  Lymne,  p.  44  j  and  the  work  was  immediately 
commenced. 

It  was  found  that  the  trackway  M  (see  Plan)  was  distant 
428  feet  from  the  Castrum  wall,  and  consisted  of  a  roadway, 
at  right  angles  to  the  road  to  the  Castrum,  composed  of 
pebbles  laid  upon  the  earth,  and  cemented  together  with  soil 
without  mortar,  about  23  feet  wide,  and  about  12  inches 
below  the  surface  of  the  field.  It  led  towards  the  amphi- 
theatre, and  was  traced  a  distance  of  4  chains  40  links  by 
trenching  across  it.  Trenches  were  also  made  on  either  side  of 
this  road,  reaching  the  maiden  soil  at  a  depth  of  about  3  feet 
towards  the  north,  and  of  rather  more  to  the  south.  A  con- 
siderable quantity  of  dark  earth  was  met  with,  containing 
numerous  ox  and  other  bones,  broken  Roman  pottery,  and 
Samian  ware.  As  indicated  by  the  com,  this  road  extends 
nearly  to  the  highway  that  crosses  from  Sandwich  to  Rich- 
borough. Other  trenches  were  made  at  right  angles  to  this 
road  or  street,  to  ascertain  if  any  remains  of  walls  or  indicii- 
tious  of  buildings  might  be  found.  These  trenches  extended 
only  a  very  short  way  from  the  road,  as  the  ground  was  very 


PLAN     01 

Shewing  the  exuaviitiomi  executed  \v  * 
1889. 


EXCAVATIONS   AT   ttlCHBOEOUGH   IN    1887-  7 

icult  to  excavate,  and  the  pick  was  constantly  required  to 
break  up  the  subsoil. 

Search  was  then  made  for  a  track,  marked  N  in  Mr. 
Boach  Smith's  Plan.  Trench  No.  6  (see  Plan)  was  opened 
at  the  reported  distances  at  which  this  street  should  be  met 
with  ;  but  it  was  not  found. 

Meantime  an  examination  was  made,  ou  the  other  side  of 
the  roadway  to  the  Castrum,  for  the  trackway  L  (see  Plan). 
This  is  1  chain  71  links,  or  112  feet,  west  of  the  Castrum 
wall.  It  was  cut  down  to,  at  a  distance  of  62  links  from  the 
road,  and  was  found  to  consist  of  a  bed  of  pebbles  laid  at 
right  angles  to  the  road,  and  exactly  similar  in  composition 
to  the  trackway  on  the  other  side  of  the  road,  to  the  south. 
It  was  traced  about  1.58  feet,  towards  the  north,  and  termi- 
nated rather  abruptly,  nearly  opposite  the  north  wall  of  the 
Castrum. 

Digging  down  on  the  east  side  of  this  track,  16  paces 
from  the  road  to  the  Castrum,  a  rubbish  pit  was  met  with 
extending  1  chain  45  links  from  the  west  wall  of  the 
Castrom,  and  containing  an  immense  quantity  of  broken 
pottery,  nearly  all  of  which  was  white  ware.  It  appears, 
from  Mr.  Boys's  description,  to  have  been  what  he  had 
mistaken  for  the  foundations  of  the  road  (L) .  He  says : 
''At  a  distance  of  37  yards  from  the  west  wall,  when  the 
com  is  growing,  is  constantly  to  be  observed  a  track  (L) 
leading  from  the  cartway  (B)  to  the  north,  towards  the 
miarshes.  /  have  dug  across  it,  and  fov,nd  about  2  feet  under 
l/te  evurface  a  great  quantity  of  fragmente  of  broken  vesseU,  some 
of  fine  ornamental  pottery  and  others  of  a  coarser  kind,  flint- 

\»tone,  and  pieces  of  tiles."  Hence  Mr.  Boys  concluded  it 
could  not  have  been  the  foundation  of  a  road.  We  have 
now  proved,  1  think,  that  Mr.  Boys  had  missed  the  road,  and 

I  had  dug  into  this  heap  to  the  eaat  of  it. 

Several  pits  were  opened,  at  distances  apart,  in  a  line 
with  this  street  (L),  right  across  the  field  towards  the  north, 
without  finding  any  trace  of  foundations. 

Two  trenches  at  right  angles  to  the  street  (L),  towards 

jthe  west,  were  extended  respectively  132  feet  and  199  feet. 

iTkc  maiden  soil  was  reached  in  these  trenches  at  the  depth 


\m 


8 


EXCAVATIONS   AT    EICHBOROUGH   IN   1887. 


of  about  3  feet  from  the  surface.  Over  it  a  large  quantity 
of  burnt  earth,  like  the  remains  of  a  brick-kiln,  was  found 
in  both  trenches,  with  a  layer  of  soil  above,  containing  frag- 
ments of  Roman  pottery  and  other  debris.  In  the  most 
noi-therly  trench,  remains  of  a  cross  wall  were  found,  at  44 
links  west  of  the  street,  but  these  remains  were  not  con- 
tinuous, they  consisted  of  tufa  and  large  flints  laid  on  the 
earth.  In  the  same  trench,  in  the  substratum  of  burnt 
earth  and  charcoal,  fragments  of  a  large  amphora  were  dis- 
covered, and  a  layer  of  burnt  wheat  was  found  within  the 
vessel.  Both  these  trenches  shew  traces  of  buildings  de- 
stroyed by  fire,  the  debris  of  which  had  been  extensively 
strewn  in  the  neighbourhood.  Fragments  of  Samian  ware 
in  the  debris  had  evidently  been  subjected  to  the  fire,  and 
blackened  by  it. 

Mr.  Solly,  the  tenant  of  the  farm,  being  anxious  that 
we  should  fill  in  the  trenches  towards  the  south,  we  did  so 
to  enable  him  to  plough  the  field,  and  we  commenced  another 
trench  {No.  7  on  the  Plan)  parallel  with  the  road  to  the 
Castrum  and  half  a  chain  south  of  it.  In  this  trench  rude 
foundations  of  walls  were  met  with,  crossing  the  first  trench 
at  right  angles,  and  lying  north  and  south ;  a  cross  trench 
was  afterwards  made  to  trace  these.  The  walls  or  founda- 
tions of  them  consisted  of  a  bottom  stratum  of  large  flint 
stones,  with  occasional  masses  of  white  or  rag-stone,  2  or 
3  feet  wide,  laid  on  the  soil  without  any  cement  of  mortar, 
and  3  feet  from  the  surface  of  the  field.  At  the  intersection 
of  these  trenches  an  interesting  relic  was  met  with  ;  it  was 
a  hollow  bronze  thumb,  supposed  by  Mr.  Roach  Smith  to  be 
a.  Roman  votive  offering.  Near  the  south  end  of  this  cross 
treuch,  the  wall  turned  at  right  angles  towards  the  east, 
then  all  traces  of  it  were  lost ;  its  total  extent  was  38  feet. 
In  the  western  end  of  this  trench  burnt  earth  was  again  met 
with,  and  a  few  building  materials  and  portions  of  glass 
vessels.  These  trenches  having  been  filled  in,  we  recom- 
menced work  in  the  other  field  to  the  north. 

Trenches  Nos.  9  and  1 2  were  extended  eastward  towards 
the  Castrum.  A  small  wall  foundation  had  been  met  with  in 
the  side  of  the  street,  in  trench  No.  9,  and  this  was  now 


A 


n/nnaii  robes  of  Bronze  found  at  Richborou^ 

k.lli  Hollo*  Thiunb,  2, Spoom, 3, Hairpin.  44.4*, pans  iT  ^n^ts 
b.HaaiSe  at  ^nni.  i.  nog  Needlr.  1.h.3  Viaffnmu 


■dHi 


BXCAVATI0N8   AT   EICHBOROUGH   IN   1887. 


9 


traced  eastward,  resulting  in  the  discoveiy  of  a  floor  of  Roman 
tile-tesserae,  laid  in  mortar  on  a  pebble  bed,  and  having  a 
projecting  cornice  of  mortar  mixed  with  pounded  tile ;  the 
whole  rested  on  pebbles  over  flint  stones.  The  surface  of  this 
floor  was  broken  up  at  places,  and,  generally,  was  in  a  frag- 
mentary state.  The  position  of  the  floor  is  1  chain  27  links 
north  of  the  road  to  the  Castrum,  and  1  chain  west  of  the 
Castrum  wall.  It  was  traced  over  an  area  about  12  feet 
square,  and  was  only  9  inches  from  the  surface,  though  it 
does  not  appear  to  have  been  traced  by  discoloration  of  the 
growing  corn. 

In  the  next  trench,  north  of  the  last,  a  great  quantity  of 
mortar  and  burnt  earth  was  met  with  ;  the  mortar  was  in  a 
friable  state,  and  had  a  facing  of  red  paint,  as  if  it  had 
formed  part  of  a  wall,  covered  with  stucco  or  plaster. 

All  these  trenches  had  to  be  filled  in  hastily,  to  make 
ly  for  the  tenant's  plough  ;  and  we  therefore  commenced 
Mne  trenches  on  the  adjoining  property,  in  the  occupation 
of  Mr.  Elgar,  and  north  of  the  Castrum. 

Our  new  trenches  were  begun  in  a  line  parallel  with  the 
bank  skirting  the  arable  field  of  Mr.  Elgar's  farm,  com- 
mencing from  the  rear  of  the  cottages,  and  termiaating 
6  chains  82  links,  or  450  feet,  to  the  north,  next  the  bank. 
It  was  near  this  bank  that  Mr.  Boys  had  met  vnth  founda- 
tious  which  he  supposed  to  be  a  landing-place  (see  hia 
History  of  Sandwich,  p.  868).  Mr.  Elgar,  the  tenant  of  the 
farm,  informed  me  that  the  corn  was  often  dried  up  in 
places  towards  the  brow  of  the  hill  in  this  direction,  and 
the  shepherd  had  struck  some  hard  foundation  in  setting 
a  sheepfold  close  to  the  hedge.  Trial  holes,  made  in  the 
direction  indicated,  failed  to  find  anything  but  the  natiiraJ 
soil  of  the  field.  A  set  of  trenches  were  then  commenced 
(see  Plan,  No.  1)  at  the  back  of  the  cottage  garden,  and  the 
maiden  soil  was  not  met  with  after  cutting  down  5  feet  deep, 
but  here  a  pebble  stratum  in  mortar  was  found  resting  on 
sand  (this  pebble  stratum  may  be  seen,  in  section,  in  the  bank 
in  the  cottage  garden).  In  the  next  cutting  (No.  2),  at  a 
similar  depth,  much  dark  earth  was  found,  resting  on  a 
stratum  of  burnt  clay  and  charcoal,  and  beneath  this,  rest- 


lAi 


gmi 


^j^^^gtisusmM 


10         EXCAVATIONS   AT   EICHBOROUGH   IN   1887. 

ing  on  a  flat  bed  of  sand,  was  a  stratum  of  carbonized  wheaS 

■  eitendiug  for  a  considerable  distance.  This  has  the  appear- 
ance of  having  been  a  very  good  sample  of  cleaned  wheat, 
exactly  similar  to  that  growu  at  the  present  day.  In  the 
next  cutting  (No.  3)  the  maiden  soil  was  met  with  at  a  less 
depth,  and  overlaid  by  earth,  much  disturbed,  in  which 
was  found  a  millstone  of  the  ordinary  pattern,  having  a 
diameter  of  about  20  inches,  a  thickness  of  2  inches,  and  a 
central  hole  in  it.  It  was  composed  of  Kentish  rag-stone, 
and  was  about  3  feet  from  the  surface  of  the  soil. 

Treuches  were  opened  at  right  angles  to  Nos.  2  and  3. 

Into  the  second  trench,  the  burnt  earth  was  found  to  extend, 

■  fts  well  as  the  wheat  stratum,  and  a  piece  of  burnt  rope  was 

with  the  wheat.     At  the  depth  of  3  feet,  several  large  stones 

I  were  met  with,  as  if  they  had  formed  portions  of  some  wall; 
a  piece  of  lead  was  found  also. 
In  the  trench  at  right  angles  to  No.  1,  the  same  sort  of 
pebble  floor  was  found,  at  5  feet  deep,  but  it  was  soon  broken 
up,  and  more  to  the  west  was  replaced  by  burnt  earth.  In 
the  latter,  was  found  a  small  terra-cotta  mask  of  a  female 
head,  about  3  inches  in  length,  having  apparently  orna- 
mented the  handle  of  some  vessel;  it  had  been  covered  with 
white  paint  or  cement,  part  of  which  had  been  scraped  off 
and  the  face  distorted,  but  this  was  not  done  by  our  work- 
men, for  I  was  there  when  it  was  found. 
B  Several  trial  holes  were  now  made,  in  different  parts  of 
this  field,  as  indicated  on  the  Plan,  They  shewed  that  the 
maiden  earth  was  in  most  cases  overlaid  by  less  than  3  feet 
of  soil  containing  Roman  remains,  and  we  found  Roman 
fragments  less  frequently  than  in  the  other  fields.  The  soil 
was  evidently  less  rich  in  animal  matter,  and  I  should 
think  the  plough  had  gradually  accumulated  the  soil  to- 
wards the  point  down  the  hill  where  our  other  trenches 
•  were  opened. 
Our  funds  were  now  exhausted,  the  season  was  getting 
late,  and  agricultural  operations  interfered  with  further 
research ;  so  we  paid  off  the  men  and  discontinued  the 
work. 

In  proof  of  the  richness  of  the  site  about  the  Castrum  in 


1  in     j 


■^ 


'§ 


BXCAVAT10N8   AT   BICHBOROTIGU    IN    1887.         11 


Roman  remaius,  I  may  mention  that  large  quantities  of 
potterj,  and  debris  of  Bomau  manufacture,  have  been  met 
with  in  all  these  excarations.  I  have  made  drawings  in  my 
note-book  of  73  of  the  best  fragments.*     We  presei-ved  384 

*  DUCBtPTION  OF  FBAOiiSNTS  OF  F1CTII.B  VB88KL8,  found  at  BlCHBOBOXTOH 

during  the  excavatioDs  nude  in  1887,  and  shewn  on  the  aoueied  Plate. 
Fig.  Samun  Waus. 

1.  Bed  Samian  of  the  ordinary  type,  with  the  figure  of  a  dog  (?). 

2.  Light-coloured  thick  i>ottery,  with  dmgooi. 

3.  Thick ;  dark  red  ;  with  st<ig  iu  strong  relief. 

4.  Thick  ;  dark  red ;  with  fawn. 

6.  Fra^mi>Dl«^  with  human  luind  and  legs  ;  badly  impressed. 

6.  Fragment  of  ununually  dark  ware  (the  surface  rubbed),  with  au  imprestrion 

on  it  of  a  gkdiator. 

7.  Faintly  impressed  fragment  of  Diana  with  a  bow,  and  some  animal  held  by 

the  leg. 

8.  Probably  a  piece  of  the  same  vessel,  with  Orphous ;  the  face  'a  smudged. 

9.  Fragment,  with  female  figure  ;  badly  iuipremed. 

10.  Fragment,  with  female  figure,  partly  draped,  playing  with  a  timbrel. 

11.  Fiugment,  with  a  female:  a  bnd  inipreasion. 
18.  Fragment,  with  leopard  or  dog. 

13.  Fragment. 

14.  Fragment,  with  figure. 
16.  Fragment,  with  a  dog. 

16.  Fragment,  with  human  legs. 

17.  Fragment  of  superior  ware,  rather  light  coloured  and  clearly  impreaasd, 

being  part  of  the  bottom  of  a  vessel  with  potter's  mark  twice  impressed 
On  the  reverse  side  is  a  figure  of  a  boar,  of  the  same  design  as  is  repre- 
sented in  Mr.  Boocb  Smith's  Antiquiiiet  0/  Richhorough,  p.  66. 

18.  Fragment,  with  badly  impressed  figure  ;  perhaps  intended  for  a  woman  and 

abird(?). 

19.  Fragment,  with  a  dog. 

20.  Ft«gment,  with  impression  of  a  hare. 

81.  Thin  Samian  ware  of  superior  make  and  pattern. 
22.  Thin  ware  ornamented  with  scroll  and  tassel  pattern. 

Ware  not  Samiam. 
88.  Thick,  red  (Salopian  P)  vessel  like  a  pan,  perforated  near  the  bottom,  having 

siliceout  particles  imbedded  in  it  like  the  morlaria. 
24,  25.  Imitatiou  of  red  Samian  ware,  probably  of  British  manufacture  (these 

were  the  only  specimens  found). 
86,  27.  Fragments  of  very  thin  white  ware,  externally  coloured  orange,  with 

impressions  in  high  relief  (probably  Durobrivian  or  Castor  ware). 
88.  Thia  white  ware,  coloured  externally  a  chocolate  brown,  having  imbedded 

white  sandy   grains  on   the   oitcrua.1  surface  for  ornamentation.      Two 

similar  pieces  (one  a  bottom  probably  of  the  same  vessel)  were  found. 

These  may  be  Durobrivian. 
8P,  a  and  b.  Thin  ware  of  a  yellonish  colour,  externally  chocolate  brown  in  colour, 

shewing  orange  in  the  relief  portions. 
SO.  Ked  vessel  of  coarse  pottery  and  peculiar  shape. 
31.  Portion  of  a  terra-colta  vessel  (probably  a  liandle),  ornamented  with  a  female 

head,  which  had  origiciully  been  covered  with  white  paint,  that  had  been 

ullcrwards  Kcnii>ed  off  the  face,  which  was  consequently  disfigured. 
Bed  brick,  or  tile,  4)  inches  in  length.  .^  of  an  inch  in  width,  J  of  an  inch 

doej).    Several  of  the.sc  were  met  with  ;  they  hod  no  stamp  or  impression, 

and  wore  probably  employed  by  the  Bomans  for  cutting  tosscrw. 
38 — 87.  Coarse  white  or  yellow  ware,  handles,  tops  of  bottles,  and  vessels  for 

domestic  use,  of  which  a  great  many  (rogmonts  were  found. 


12         EXCAVATIONS  AT   RICHBOROUGH   IN   1887. 


pieces  of  Samian  ware,  20  parts  of  handles  of  amphorse, 
with  bottoms  and  tops  of  the  same,  21  pieces  of  mortaria, 
41   of  Upchurch  ware,  51  pieces  of  iron,  1  piece  of  lead, 

7  stags'  horns,  together  with  sundry  pieces  of  bronze,  and 

8  coins.  Some  fragments  of  glass  vessels  were  found,  but 
nothing  so  perfect  as  to  be  worth  preservation.  The  coins 
were  mostly  minimi,  and  others  in  a  bad  state  of  preserva- 
tion and  almost  illegible;  they  are  pronounced  by  Mr. 
Boach  Smith  to  be  : — 

1.  One  coin,  small  brass.  Conatantinopolis.  'Rev.,  Victory. 
Treves  Miutajs^e.  Temp.  Constaiitine,  a.d.  307 — 337,  probably  of 
the  latter  date.     (Trench  L.) 

2.  Oac  coin,  small  braes.  Constans,  \.v.  337 — 350.  Found 
at  a  depth  of  3  feet,  in  Trench  1  in  Mr.  Elgar'a  field,  above  the 
level  of  burnt  earth. 

3.  Valeuj",  small  brass.     Gloria  Romanorum,  a.d.  364 — 878. 

4.  Valens,  small  brass,     secvbitas  keipvblicjE. 

5.  Claudius  Q-othicus,  a.d.  268 — 270.  One  small  brass,  much 
worn. 

6.  Five  small  brass  coins  of  the  Constantine  Family. 

7.  Four  small  brass  coins,  of  the  Tetrici. 

S.  One  second  brass,  Domitian.     Rev.,  MONETA.AVovsTr. 

9.  Second  brass,  probably  the  same  as  the  lost,  a.d.  69 — 96. 
The  two  latter  came  from  the  rubbish  heap,  and  were  probably 
thrown  out  of  the  camp. 

The  total  result  of  these  excavations  seems  to  prove  that 
north  of  the  Castrum  the  ground  had  been  occupied  by 
granaries,  and  buildings  of  like  nature,  which  had  been  totally 
destroyed  by  fire.  Near  the  edge  of  the  cliff,  there  had  pro- 
bably been  stores  of  corn  for  shipment,  as  the  burnt  cordage 
seems  to  imply.  At  what  period  this  destructiMi  took  place  we 
have  no  evidence.  One  coin,  found  in  the  deep  trench  not  far 
above  the  burnt  stratum,  was  of  late  Roman  date,  but  there 
is  no  evidence  of  any  stratum  containing  Roman  debris, 
below  the  burnt  earth.  The  street  running  north  (marked 
L)  may  have  been  a  way  to  the  corn  stores ;  it  terminates, 
however,  abruptly,  either  because  it  originally  extended  only 
a  short  distance,  or  because  the  other  poi'tiona  have  been 


EXCAVATIONS   AT   KICHBOROTJGH   IN   1887.         13 


destroyed.  The  great  heap  of  pottery  rubbiah  was  probably 
the  pit  for  the  rubbish  taken  out  of  the  Caatrum.  There 
is  nothing  to  lead  to  the  supposition  that  this  part  of  the 
ground  had  ever  been  occupied  by  a  Roman  town. 

South  of  the  road  to  the  Castrum,  the  way  marked  M 
was  probably  a  road  to  the  amphitheatre,  but  the  excava- 
tions have  not  determined  the  nature  of  the  space  on  either 
side,  further  than  to  shew  that  fire  had  destroyed  much 
that  once  existed.  The  remains  of  walls  may  have  been  of 
Saxon  date,  if  not  later,  though  no  mediaeval  remains  have 
been  met  with. 

It  must  be  remembered  that  comparatively  a  very  small 
portion  of  the  ground  has  been  toriched  by  this  explo- 
ration. The  large  area,  over  which  coins  and  Roman  remains 
have  been  scattered,  points  to  extensive  occupation  south  of 
the  Castrum  wall ;  the  section  shewn  in  the  sand-pit  is  full 
of  black  earth  and  Roman  debris,  from  which  a  large  quantity 
of  coins  and  objects  of  interest  have  been  derived.  South  of 
the  amphitheatre,  towards  Lowton,  we  may  expect  to  find 
other  evidences  of  Roman  occupation,  but  a  considerable 
sura  of  money  would  be  required  for  a  thorough  and  exhaus- 
tive exploration  there.  We  have  endeavoured  to  solve  aa 
much  of  the  problem  as  the  seasou  and  the  funds  would 
aUow. 

In  the  year  1865  I  made  a  map  of  the  Richborough 
Island,  indicating  those  places  where  the  stunted  growth 
of  com  suggested  that  foundations  might  lie  in  the  subsoil. 
At  one  of  these  places,  on  the  left-hand  side  of  the  road, 
near  the  junction  of  the  road  leading  to  Sandwich  with  the 
road  to  the  Castrum,  we  dug  down  and  found  a  bed  of 
natural  pebble  gravel.  It  is  likely  therefore  that  we  may  be 
mistaken  in  other  places  in  attributing  to  Roman  founda- 
tions the  stunted  gjrowth  of  the  corn,  and  its  yellowness  in 
dry  seasons.  This  pebble  gravel  seems  to  have  been  utilized 
by  the  Romans  in  forming  the  streets  we  have  explored. 

I  take  this  opportunity  of  acknowledging  the  very  great 
assistance  we  have  received  during  the  excavations  from 
Mr.  J.  F.  Murrell,  who  kindly  undertook  to  assist  me  in 
looking  after  the  men.     Without  his  aid  my  taak  would 


14        EXCAVATIONS  AT  KICHBOKOUOH  IN  1887. 

have  been  one  of  extreme  labour  and  great  anxiety.  He 
took  up  his  residence  at  Richborough  most  of  the  time, 
and  we  are  indebted  to  him  for  not  only  getting  a  very 
considerable  amount  of  excavation  done  for  our  money,  but 
also  for  the  careful  preservation  of  what  was  found  during 
the  work. 

Mr.  Solly,  like  his  landlord  Mr.  Wilson,  and  Mr.  Elgar, 
the  tenant  of  Lord  Greville,  kindly  gave  every  facility  for 
the  excavations  upon  their  farms,  and  deserve  our  best 
thanks. 


(     15     ) 


KENTISH   ADMINISTRATIONS,   1559—1603. 


EDITED  BT  LBLAND   L.   DUNCAN. 


IK  following  recordB  of  the  Grant  of  Administration  of  the  effects,  etc.,  of 
sons  dying  intestate,  have  been  extracted  from  the  Administration  Act 
oks  of  the  Prerogative  Court  of  Caiiterbiiry,  now  at  Somerset  House.  Tliey 
Dmprise  all  the  entries  relating  to  the  County  of  Kent  to  be  found  therein 
om  1559  (the  first  of  the  existing  Act  Books)  to  1603,  and  are  here  printed  in 
tabular  form  to  facilitate  reference.  With  the  same  object  the  division  of  the 
Tuioaa  years  adopted  in  the  official  calendars  of  the  grants  has  been  followed, 
and  the  folio  of  the  Act  Book  has  been  placed  against  each  entry. 

In  making  the  extracts  consanguineut  has  beeu  rendered  "  kinsman,"  and 
prox.  consanguineut  as  "  next  of  kin." 

Unless  otherwise  stated,  the  surname  of  the  person  to  whom  the  administra' 
on  was  granted  may  always  be  taken  to  be  the  same  as  that  of  tlio  deceased. 

It  should  be  noted  that  the  division  of  the  yejirs  here  followed  is  thai  of  the 
few,  or  present,  Style,  but  the  entries  themselves  are  dated  in  the  Old  Style. 


31  December  1559  to  31  Decejcbee  1563. 


Nune  of  deoeued. 


P»rish. 


To  whom  grantol,  «tid  relntSoti 
to  deceased. 


Dnteof 
Adtniuiatration. 


,M 


SO 


ArrssBrBT,  John, 

generosu». 
BusHOPF,  Richard. 
BxoWN,  Balph. 

BoBAQB,  Andrew. 

BiBDB,  IIc'Dry. 


Snodelande. 

Maideston. 
Northflcet. 

Capell. 

Lcwsham. 


BivoRAM,  Adam.  Dover 


Johnn,  relict.  [Fui«  Otterbury.] 

John,  brother. 

Katheriao,  relict,  and  John 
Brown,  wnior,  son. 

Andrew,  .\nthony,  and  Thomas, 
Dophews  and  next  of  kin. 

Ilenry,  son ;  Anna,  hia  relict, 
now  wife  of  Robert  Clark 
[who,  aowrdirig  to  the  Court 
Act  Book,  was  of  St.  Diinstan's 
in  the  East,  London],  not 
administering. 

G«orge,  brother. 


7  Aug.  1661. 

13  March  1559. 
30  April  1561. 

30  AprU  1563. 

15  Oct.  1660. 


18  June  1563. 


L         16                                   KENTISH    ATIMINI8TEATI0NS.                    ^^^^ 

^H  Fol.       Niune  of  deceased. 

Psriih. 

To  whom  granted,  and  relation 
to  deceased. 

Date  of 
Administration. 

r 

^^     80    CuLPBPBB,  Poininges, 

Bedgbnry. 

Dame  Helen  Somerset,  mother, 

7  May  1661. 

^H                Bon  of  Thomns  Cut- 

1 

^H                peper,  armiger. 

^1       66      COLUAK,  TllOIDOS. 

Greenwich. 

Margaret,  relict. 

6  Feb.  1562. 

^P     26    Clbbk,  William. 

Wolewich. 

Agnes  Comforte,  Margaret  and 
Richard  Clerk,  children. 

1  March  1560, 

J 

68    Davtk,  Tbomas. 

Craiiebrooke. 

Stephen,  son. 

1  Sept.  1563.1 

66    Darct,  Joanna, 

Leigh. 

Edith     Sparowe    aliat    Darcy, 

IS  Jan.  1562.  1 

widow. 

sister  of  Clurlea  Baroy,  son." 

1 

^^      63    Ellis,   Honry,  geno- 

KennjngtoQ. 

Margaret,  relict. 

22  May  1563. 

^^^B                 rosus. 

^M     42    Fbbnte,  John. 

Gillingham. 

Agnes  Gore  aliiu  Front,  wife  of 
Robert  Gore,  generosus,  sister 
[daughter  rlruek  oHt]. 

Agnes  Gore  alias  Frint,  sister  of 

11  March  1581. 

^V     27    Fbthte,  John. 

Gilliiigham. 

21  March  1660. 

■ 

John  Frint,  son  of  Edward 

■ 

Frint,  deceased. 

^H      67    FOLLEB,  James. 

Greenwich. 

Beatrice,  relict. 

7  Aug.  1668. 

^M     50     GoTKBY,  Eilward. 

Deplford. 

Winifred,  relict. 

9  Oct.  1562. 

^B     17    Oainsfobd,  John. 

Eitborne. 

Francis    Mering,    senior,    and 
Anno  Jloring  his  wife,  next 
of  kin. 

31  Aug.  1560. 

^m    16    KiFPiNOB,  Robert. 

Brenchloy. 

Eiohard  Kippinge,  next  of  kin ; 
Agne.i,  the  relict,  not  adminis- 
tering. 

11  July  1660. 

^^     20    MuNSlNOB,  Richard. 

Waldorshare. 

Wm.  Whelnall,  kinsman. 

5  Nov.  1660. 

65    Mawndte,  John. 

Mttid.stone. 

Richard,  brother. 

21  Juno  1663. 

1           36    OsLKY,  Eioliurd. 

Tuuhridge. 

Edward,    father,    and    Robert, 
brother. 

23  Oct.  1661, 

^M    84    Ottbrbubt,  John, 

Snodeland. 

Joan,  reliot  [also  entered  above 

7  Aug.  1561. 

^H                generosu-s. 

as  "  Atterbury  "]. 

^H    65    Pabkbb,  John,juiiiar, 

Sandwiohe. 

Thomas,  unole. 

11  Jan.  1562. 

^H                SOD  and  ex'or  of  will 

^H                of  John  Purkcr. 

^M    25    Rooeb,  John. 

Biddenden. 

Agnes  Roger  nho*  Forohe,  relict; 
Stephen    Rogers    and    Giles 
Cushniaii,  executors,  not  ad- 
ministcring. 

7  Feb.  1660. 

^1    43    RowLTB,  Henry. 

Cranehroke. 

Richard  and  John,  brothers. 

7  April  1562. 
31  March  1562. 

^B    69     SiLBT,  Micliacl. 

Tentorden. 

John,  brother. 

^1     68    SooNK,  John. 

Bragtoode. 

Sihill,  relict. 

22  Oct.  15(13. 

^1      8    Stile,  Elizabolh. 

Sandwich. 

Robert,  son. 

19  April  1560. 

■    61    Stile,  Elizabeth. 

Sandwich. 

Richard  Cooke,  executor  of  will 
of  Robert  StUe. 

19  April  1562. 

^1    23    Shitb,  Alexander. 

Hawkhuret. 

Agnes,  relict. 

10  Jan.  1560. 

^B    61    Style,  John. 

Sandwich. 

Richard  Cooke,  executor  of  will 

27  Oct.  1662. 

of  Robert  Stile,  son  of  Joha 

Stile. 

^B    67    Thbowlbt,    Robert, 

Depford. 

Margerr  Chapman  aliat  Throw- 

10  July  1568. 

^H               son  and  executor  of 

ley,  sister. 

^K              Elizabeth  Throwley 

^B             late    of    Fev'sham, 

^V             diocese    of   Canter- 

^B              bury. 

H    16     WiNCHBSTBB,  Wrr 

Greenwich. 

Margary,  reliot. 

14  Sept.  1660. 

^M   35    Webstbb,  Nir'                   'enwioh.     | 

Agnen,  reliot. 

4  Dot.  IGfil. 

1 

^^^H              KENTISH   ADMINISTRATIONS. 

in 

■ 

^^^^                                1564 

TO  1567. 

m 

ftj. 

Nome  of  deceased. 

Purish. 

To  whom  granted,  and  relation 
to  deceased. 

Date  of 
Administration. 

b^ 

Bbsnt,  Robert,  irmi- 

Willesborougb. 

Thoma«  Brent,  kinsman. 

6  March  1566. 

ft-- 

ger. 
CooKB,  John. 

Plumatede. 

Katherino,  relict. 

24  Nov.  1567. 

W" 

CrLFKPER  a/uu  Sedloy, 

Mu-garet. 
DowsB,  John. 

Southfleet. 

Richard  Cuipeper,  son. 

■M  Dec.  1565. 

U6 

Taldinge. 

Thomas  Whetcnhall,  and  Mary 

1  Feb.  1566. 

Downe,  sister. 

75 

FoxE,  Henry. 

Raynham. 

Niehohui  Adye,  "Wiu.  Heonaker, 
Thomas    Butte,    aud    John 

8  March  1663. 

Moudlmm. 

£ 

FoRDK,  Charleg,  ion  of 
Richard  Forde  late 
of  Layhom. 

Canterbary. 

Elizabeth,  mother. 

30  March  1563. 

■k 

Hjlbrisok,  Hugh. 

Lewsham. 

Isabella,  relict. 

8  Nov.  16C7. 

w 

HuxOTON,  Margery. 

Peckham. 

Anne  Williams  aUat  HuIstoQ, 
sister. 

16  June  1564. 

^^96 

Hudson,  Thoman. 

E.  Greenwich. 

Barbara,  relict. 

80  Aug.  1666. 

106 

HxwsTKB,  Jerome. 

Wolwich. 

Mary,  relict. 

6  May  1566. 

112 

RlXKlsoN,  Joanna. 

St.    John, 

Diouisia  Nyoolls  aliat  Harrison, 

12  Sept.  1660.   J 

Thanet. 

daughter. 

119 

HARDTXiLN,  Robert. 

Soltwood. 

Katberine,  relict. 

14  Sept.  1567. 

82 

KisOE,  Fercival. 

Maideston. 

Gleorge,  brother. 

31  July  1564. 

85 

Knioht,  Thomaa. 

Bromley, 

Agnes,  relict. 

8  Nov.  1564. 

125 

Lbwbs,  Robert,  died  in 
IreUnd. 

Lenebam. 

Margaret,  relict. 

28  Oct.  1567. 

P" 

MlTMBRET,  Thomaa. 

Sutton. 

Joan    Stocke    aliat    Mumbrey, 
sister. 

31  July  1564. 

^99 

generonia. 

Lewsham. 

Mary,  relict. 

8  Nov.  1666. 

116 

MoBB,  Robert. 

Crayford. 

Anne,  relict. 

9  Jan.  1666. 

1S4 

MoBBLnr,  William. 

Feveraham. 

Agues,  relict. 

8  Oct.  1567. 

^07 

Nevsll,      Margaret, 

Canterbury. 

Anne  Maye  aliaj  Nevell,  mother. 

5  April  1566. 

■T 

Catherine,      Anne, 

m 

Judith,  daught«n  of 

Richard  Nevell. 

'        88 

OWTBXDB,  John. 

Beiley. 

Cicilie  Railton  aliat  Outredd, 

relict. 
Alice  Thomas  aliat  Parker,  wife 

12  Jan.  1564. 

.    88 

Parkkb,  William. 

Maydeston. 

10  Jan,  15&t. 

^ 

of  John  Thomas,  and  Johau 

■ 

Parker,  sister. 

^m 

PIOOTT,  William. 

Chydingstone. 
Tun  bridge. 

John,  brother. 

3  June  1567. 

He 

Btybbs,  Thomiu). 

Mar)',  relict. 

13  April  fd65. 

^i^ 

BmUMlt,  Thoma«,ar- 

Diocese  of  Can- 

Jeremy Brett,  half-brother. 

20  April  1564. 

miger. 

terbury. 

127 

SowTBLASD,  William. 

Hope,  in  Rom- 
ney  Marsh. 

William  and  John,  sons. 

16  Deo.  1667. 

M 

Smilwood,  William, 
Mi  lor. 

Qraveseud. 

Elizabeth  Cobon  of  Gravesend, 
maiden. 

23  July  1666. 

110 

Sisrxt,  Alice,  widow, 
died  at  Hempsted  in 
Hertfonishtre. 

Feveraham. 

Johau  n  are  aliat  Sirroy,  sister. 

26  June  1666. 

ilfl 

Higham. 

Johan,  relict. 

23  April  1567. 

H<^ 

Tosob,  William. 

Oraveaende. 

Alice  Pirrey  aliat  Tongo,  relict. 

28  Fob.  1568. 

mh 

TOBOLD,  Richard. 

Crmnebrooke. 

Joan,  relict. 

ZH  Feb.  1666. 

1 

TOl.  ITIU. 

0              M 

18 


KBNTISH  ADMINISTBATIONS. 


Fol.       Namo  of  deceased. 

Pariah. 

To  whom  granted,  and  relation 
to  deceased. 

Date  of 
Administration. 

M    THOMsoir,     Edmund, 

Detford. 

Elizabeth,  relict. 

4  Oct.  1564. 

olerk. 

88    Waboopf,  John. 

Aylsford. 

Heniy,  son. 

12  Jan.  1564. 

96    WTJfONDE,  William. 

Bydenden. 

John,  brother. 

31  Aug.  1565. 

96    Wysconde,  Joanna. 

Bydenden. 

John,  brother. 

31  Aug.  1565. 

108    W1LL8OK,  William. 

Swansoombe. 

Mary    Paramore   alia*    Milna, 
aunt  of  Francis  Willaon,  son 
of  deceased,  in  minority  of 
said  Francis. 

6  Dec.  1565. 

108    WiLUBD,  Stephen. 

Cowden. 

Anne,  relict. 

26  Jan.  1666. 

1568 

TO  1571. 

189    Adti,  John. 

Syttingbome. 
Bromeley. 

Soger  Adye,  next  of  kin. 
William  Richbell,  senior,  late 

6  Not.  1568. 

161    Best  akat  Biohbell, 

24  Oct.  1569. 

Alice. 

husband  of  deceased. 

166    BuDEM,  Ursula. 

Beninden. 

Katherine  Batoocke  aUat  Bas- 
den,  wife  of  Edward  Batoocke, 
and  sister  of   William   and 
Ursula     Basden,     deceased, 
children  of  John  Basden. 

80  Nov.  1570. 

171    Btcboft,  Henry,  yeo- 

Wolwiohe. 

Richard  Deane,  Clerk,  rector  of 

7  Maroh  1570. 

man. 

Woolwich,  —  Byoroft,  son, 
a  minor,  and  William  Byoroft, 
son,  being  deceased. 

176    BucKiNBB,  Walter. 

Maydeston. 
Seele. 

Alice,  relict. 

25  June  1571. 

168    Coi,K,  William. 

Richard,  brother,  during  minor- 

27 Jan.  1570. 

ity  of  Elizabeth  Cole,  daugh- 

ter of  deceased. 

166    Dbitman,  William. 

Plumstede. 

Christian,  sister. 

11  Nov.  1670. 

169    Darbell,  Hugh. 

Northfleet. 

Eleanor,  relict. 

2  Feb.  1570. 

146    HOLCOVBE,  H/oee. 

HoUingbome. 

John  Clerk,  kinsman. 

7  April  1569. 
9  M!ay  1670. 

169    Hethebinoton, 

Eastchurob, 

Ralph  Hetherington,  brother. 

Thomas. 

IsleofShea- 

186    Hatche,  Henry. 

Feversham. 

Edward  Parker,  next  of  kin. 

8  July  1568. 

174     Hi.BBT  YOUUOB, 

Halstow. 

Helen  Harry  Younge,  relict. 

26  May  1571. 

ttoger. 

158    Jbffbbt,  Thomas. 

Waterinber- 

Agnes,  relict. 

17  April  1670. 

176    Laitdbb,  William. 

rye. 
Eat    Oren- 

wiche. 
Canterbury. 

Henry,  brother. 

20  July  1571. 

179    Lambebt,  Thomas. 

Joan,  relict. 

16  Oct.  1571. 

149    FBE8TONa2i(MHanny- 
baU,  John. 

Sevenooke. 

Margaret  Preston  aluu  Hanny- 
bJl,  relict. 

2  Aug.  1569. 

160    BAirDO]:.FFB,ATerinus. 

Dover. 

Sibille  Hastinge  aUtu  Randolf, 
late  wife  of  Edward  Randolf, 
deceased    son    of    Averinus 
Randolf,  also  John  Hasting, 
husband  of  said  Sibilla. 

28  May  1670. 

171    Babdolfb,  Joan. 

Canterbury. 

Eleanor,  relict. 

29  March  1570. 

186    SiDNBT,  Anna,  widow. 

Ashe,  Dio. 

Boffen. 
Est    Orene- 

Dorathy  Middleton,  daughter. 

6  Sept.  1668. 

144   Sampson,  WUIiam, 

Edmund,  son. 

22  April  1669. 

bdwr. 

wioh. 

182    WoKBWXU.,  TbianaM. 

NortUleet. 

AUoe,reUot. 

26  May  1668. 

187    WTiroHOOifBi,Jamea. 

Est    Grene- 

Eliaibeth,  relict. 

18  a^t.  1668. 

wioh. 


^^^^^^V              KENTISH   ADMINISTRATIONS.                                    tfM 

1572 

TO  1575.                                                            1 

^B.        Name  of  deoetied. 

Parish. 

To  whom  granted,  and  relation          Date  of         1 
to  deceased.                    Administration.! 

80    Apbick,  Robert. 

Sittingbome. 

Thomas,  brother. 

22  May  1674. 

61     Allkh,  John,  died  in 

Icknam  (tie). 

James  Allen,  next  of  kin. 

11  Not.  1674. 

Dio.  of  Chichester. 

90    Bfbt,  Jeffrey. 

Mydley. 

John,  brother ;    in  minority  of 
Jeffry,    Alice,    Johan,    Ann, 
and  John  Bury,  children  of 
deceased. 

31  Jan.  1672. 

^Bto     Bmbichb,  Richard. 

Horsmunden. 

Margerie,  relict. 

8  Oct.  1578. 

^B7    Bancks,    John,    late 

Holliagbome. 

Aleiunder,  father;  in  minority 

ai  Oct.  1578. 

^K            Ticar    of    HoUing- 

of    Alexander    and     Hellcu 

^^K^         borne. 

Banks,  children  of  deceased. 

^Bp    BrcKMEBB,       Fiiith. 

Maydeston. 

Alice,  mother. 

U  Oct.  1574. 

^B           daaxhter  of  Walter 

■V^         Backmere. 

ITS     Batt,  Thomaa, 

Eat  Orene- 

wioh. 
Allini^n. 

Joan,  relict. 

11  May  1576. 

46     Cow\BD,  Edmund. 

Thomas  Thomlyn,  next  of  kin. 

29  March  1573. 

68    CowABDBa/uuQuyer, 

AUington. 

Edmund     Bore,    Jonnno    Itorp 

2  Juno  1574. 

^-           Edward. 

aliat    Robinson,    Alice   Bore 
aliat  Lesdon,  and  Mary  Uoro, 
kinsfolk. 

^Kb    CHAELETris,  Henry. 

Gronwiche. 

Helone,  relict. 

1  Feb.  1574. 

^P9     DowNE.  Thonuu. 

Tudeley. 

John  and  Walter,  brothers. 

4  Dec.  1572. 

^   9     Gavbil,  ThomiM. 

Elonbridgc. 

John,  brother. 

17  June  1572. 

88     Gabdinkb,  Richard. 

Itarforde. 

Anthony,  brother. 

28  April  1573. 

17     GiLDBlDOE.  William. 

8i>elhur!"t. 

Tliomas,  brother. 

28  Nov.  1572. 

-tt     Gabland,  Edward. 

"DeHogpitio 
D'ne      n'ro 
Regine     ao 

John,  brother. 

4  Fob.  1578. 

^ 

deoed :  apad 

Grenewich." 

IS    Babold,  Richard. 

Staplehent. 

John,  brother. 

8  Aug.  1672. 

18    HcsTWAiTR,  Edward. 

Lee. 

Anthony    Mores,   armigcr ;    in 
minority  of  IsalKjll  and  Mary 
Hu.«twttitc.  kinsfolk,  in  person 
of  Ed.  IJpllinghani,  proc. 

30  Oct.  1572. 

^^T    ImiBCBT,  Ambnwe. 

Maydeston. 

Henry   Wallys,   cit.   and    lish- 
monger  of  London. 

21  Nov.  1572, 

96    JoHKSOic,  Christian, 

Sandwich. 

John,  brother. 

16  Sept.  1673. 

fpinvter. 
IS    Lambb,  Bobert. 

Wouldham. 

Mabel,  relict. 

9  Sept.  1672. 

6    Mayxb,  Walter. 

Byddondon, 

Anne,  relict. 

12  April  1672. 

67    MOBOAir,  RoKer. 

Orcnowich. 

John,  brother. 

2  Au).'.  1574. 

n    Mkbiall.  William. 

Maidestoii. 

John  Stile,  next  of  kin. 

25  June  1578. 

4S    Mobbtov,  Robert. 

Stone,      Dio 
Cant. 

Alice,  relict. 

10  Fob.  1573. 

a    Pabsovs,  Robert. 

Estgrene- 
wich. 

Hellen,  relict. 

9  Fob.  1571. 

63    Pabboit.  John. 

Dcblfurdo. 

Margnret,  relict. 

19  Juno  1574. 

1«    RoBXBTB,  Herbert. 

Tenlerden. 

Mar^tery,  relict. 

11  Oct.  1572. 

M    SaxproKti,  John. 

Ickam. 

William   Gnidell,  of  Islington, 
Middlesex,  gent. ;  Katherinc 
Sandford,  late  relict  and  exe- 
cutrix,   now    deceased,    not 
having  administered. 

8  April  1573. 

^L— 

_ 

^UO                                  KENTISH   ADMINISTRATIONS.                       ^^^^ 

Fol. 

Name  of  decea^. 

Parilh. 

To  whom  granted,  and  relation 
to  deceased. 

Date  of 

AdministratioOi 

68 

Stsde,  ■William. 

Henry    Etie- 
ham        al's 
Harrysam. 

Johan,  relict. 

27  S«pt.  1674. 
5  May  1576.    i 

■    73 

Sapcott,  Alexauder. 

Wickbam, 

William    and    Henry   Sapcott, 

■ 

Dio.  Rocb. 

nephews. 

■  69 

Sltwbiqht,  Thomnii. 

Tentorden. 

Margery,  relict. 

29  Oct.  1574. 

■  <» 

8TAN8MOBB,  Henry. 

Beck  nam. 

<>eorge,  brother. 

26  Feb.  1574. 

H  ^* 

Thomson,  Willinin. 

Esfgrenwich. 

Joan,  relict. 

10  Oct.  1572. 

1° 

TlcHBOBSB,  Richard, 
Kenerosus. 

Eatoobridge. 

Maurice,  brother. 

31  May.  1572. 

■    3C 

Tboknycboft.  John. 

Sittingborno. 

Christian,  relict. 

15  Oct.  1573. 

1 

Thwaites,     Thomas, 
armiger. 

Chilham, 

Nicholas  St.  Loiter,  of  Eatwell, 
arm.,   and   Dame    Katlicriuc 
Finche    his    wife ;      Thomas 
Knohe,  miles,  ei'or  of  will  of 
decseased,  not  haying  admin- 
istered. 

14  June  1572. 

W" 

Woodward,      Eliza- 
beth. 

Tenterden. 

William,  brother. 

6  May  1676. 

46 

Watts,  Elizabeth.  late 
relict     or    Richard 
Watts. 

Cranobroko. 

Henry  Copwhayto,  late  husband. 

2  April  1574. 

H    40 

WiLLiAHS,  John, 

Tonterden. 

Alioe   Crentted  (P)    alitu  Wil- 
liams, sister. 

19  May  1674. 

1    ^^ 

WoDT,  John. 

SeTenooke. 

Kathorine  Huntley  alia*  Wody 
and  Anne  Wody,  daughters. 

11  Nov.  1574. 

H    60 

Wtat,  Sir  Thomas. 

Allington 

John     Beresforde,    of     Middle 

26  May  1674. 

■ 

* 

Castle. 

Temple,  gent ;    Edward  War- 
ner, miles,  and  Dame  Eliza  bclh 
his  wife  not  having  admin- 
istered. 

Former    grants 
in  Nov.  1842, 
and  Fob.  1559. 

1   ^ 

Yabdilt,  John. 

Strowde. 

John  Baptista,  of  London,  mer- 
chant, creditor. 

20  April  1676. 

H 

] 

May  1575  tc 

)  Fkbbcakv  1576. 

H    88 

Allen,  John. 

lokham, 

Thomas  Greene,  of  Ickham,  and 
Richard  Edgar,  of  Elgort  (tic) 
in  Kent,  creditors. 

29  Nov.  1576. 

H  81 

BlouE,  Walter. 

Tentorden. 

Marion,  relict. 

17  Aug,  1575. 

■    86 

Baker,  Laurence. 

Old  Romney. 

John,  son. 

6  Nov.  1575. 

H    81 

CULPEPEB,      Walter, 

Btirilon  oliat 

Dame    Etena    iiomersot    aliat 

19  Aug.  1576. 

^H 

generosus. 

Uiiston. 

Vane,  mother. 

■  89 

Nbtlinoham,  John. 

Itexley. 

Margerie  NetHngham  aliat  Lane, 
sister. 

10  Deo,  1575. 

H   88 

Peck,  Anthony. 

Wolwicho. 

Mary,  relict. 

9  Nov.  1576. 

■    88 

Spilman,  Thomas. 

Canterbury. 

Thomas,  son. 

10  Nov.  1575. 
Former  grant 
April  1564. 

V 

1576 

TO  1580.                                                           ^ 

"l68 

Adamson,  Reginald. 

Wostmawl- 
ing. 

Prudence  Adamson  aliat  Leigh 
daughter. 

4  May  1579.    1 

1 99 

Bbktt,  Jerome. 

Loodes. 

Milioeot,  reliut. 

9  May  1576.    1 

^^R1 

Hi      "KB,  Robert. 

1 

Joau,  relict. 

11  Jan,  1578.   1 

1 

^^^^              KENTISH    ADMINISTRATIONS.                                    219 

F 

Name  of  deoeaaed. 

Parish. 

To  whom  granted,  and  relation 
todeoeased. 

Date  of 
Administrmtionw 

1^ 

Bbtb,  NicbuUti. 

Metgate      in 
pariih  of  St. 
John        in 

Mary,  relict. 

6  Oct.  1579. 

Thanot. 

Chajcbbu,  Robert. 

Cruyfordo. 

Agnes  Chambers  »liai  Marshall, 
relict,  and  George  Marshall 
her  husband. 

20  Nov.  1677. 

■l«6 

Chapman,  AUoe. 

Chevening. 

John  Lawrence,  ....  of  Alice 
Chapman. 

3  March  1578. 

184 

Cabobm,  Thomu, 

Myngter. 

Humfry  Garden,  next  of  kin. 

1  Deo.  1579. 

V 

junior. 
Caxobm,  Thomu. 

Minfter. 

Alice    Garden    o/iVm    Padnalt, 
mother  of   Elizabeth    Gnus, 
sister    of    Thomas    Garden, 
deoeased. 

14  Nov.  1680. 

C 

DsAira,  Robert. 

HalUnge. 

Margaret,  relict,  and    Silvester 
Dalyson  atia*  Deane,  daugh- 
ter, and    William    Dallyson, 
gent.,  her  husband. 

16  Jan.  167& 

Wmn 

Dbdicott,  ThomM. 

AddingtoD. 

Elizabeth,  relict. 

17  Nov.  1578. 

DiBLBT,  John,  aeaior. 
Dabebll,  Willilun, 

Ereth. 

John  Disley,  junior,  brother. 

13  May  1678. 

vn 

Prebendary 

James,  next  of  kin. 

11  Sept.  1680. 

to 

clerk. 

of       Chrirt 
Ch.,  Canter- 
bury. 
Dartforde. 

^60 

EaoLBsmtD,  Maria 

Christopher,  brother. 

8  July  1678. 

mad  PranceR, 

199 

FowLBR,  John. 

Rochester. 

Oliver,  son. 

9  June  1580. 

140 

GozB,  Oliver. 

Waumer(*ie). 

Edward  Goze,  senior,  brother. 

7  Feb.  1577. 

^75 

Gbks,  Edward. 

Northfleet. 

James  Gens,  and  Joyce  Gens 
aliat    Psthors,    brother    and 
sister. 

20  Aug.  1579. 

98 

OtBSON,       Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Richard 
GibeoD,  deceuwd. 

Warhome. 

Richard,  next  of  kin. 

10  May  1S76. 

147 

Hawtb.         William, 
miles. 

Biwhopsborn. 

William  Boys,  son  of  John  Boys, 
deoeased,  late  executor. 

5  Juno  1678. 

179 

HovtKDBK,  John. 

Cranbrooke. 

Mary,  reliut. 

23  Oct.  1679. 

r 

Jbckbtt,  John. 

Plumsted. 

Alice     Jeokett     aliat     Smith, 
mother,  in  person  of  William 
Smith  her  husband. 

23  April  1680. 

% 

KbllaX  alia*  Dimper, 
William,  gent. 

1 

Earith. 

Brigid    Byniman,    kinswoman, 
during  minority  of  Thomaa, 
Henry,  Elizabeth,  and  Brigid 
Kellam,  children  of  deoeased. 
By  Henry  Byniman  her  hus- 
band. 

6  March  1578. 

^■P 

■  Laxbb,  Richard. 

Merden. 

Elizabeth,  relict. 

22  Juno  1677. 

188 

LiTB,  Anthonjr. 

Est  Urene- 
wioh. 

Brigolt  Smyth  aliai  Lyte,  next 
of  kin,  in  i)eTson  of  William 
Saiythe  her  husband. 

29  Jan.  1579. 

96 

loBrrir,  Henry. 

Plum«ted. 

Thiimos,  brother. 

14  May  1676. 

aw 

hkKM,  John. 

E(t    Grene- 

wich. 
Wertrmm. 

Agnes,  relict. 

22  Oct.  1580. 

IM 

Mastxbs,  Tbomas. 

Agnes,  relict. 

81  July  1570. 

1' 

KENTISH   AJ)MINI8TEA.TION8.                              ^^ 

HfoI. 

Name  of  deceased. 

Parish. 

To  whom  granted,  and  relation 
to  deceased. 

Date  of 
Administration. 

Hisi 

MooBK,  Robert. 

Crayforde. 

Jobo  Cuttle,  next  of  kin ;  .\uua 
Moore,  r^ct,  now  deceased, 
not      baring     admiaistored. 
Former  grant  Janiury  1566. 

18  Nov.  1579. 

H    123 

Marshall,  Simon. 

Cniubrooke. 

Katherine,  relict. 

9  May  1577. 

■    168 

Mabtbn,  Maria. 

Braated. 

Poroivall,  brother. 

11  May  1678. 

■    180 

NoBDBK,  Edward. 

Estball    next 
SittiiiKborne. 

Edward  Cooper  of  St.  Martin's, 
Ludgate,  London,  creditor. 

3  Feb.  1679. 

■  170 

Nailbb,  Jagper. 

Patrikaborno. 

John,  brother. 

83  May  1579. 

■  105 

Pbbston,  Honry. 

Wogtram. 

Anne,  relict. 

25  Aug.  1576. 

■  107 
~    143 

Pakky,    Ueiirv,    and 
Margaret  his  vrife. 

lekbam. 

Jn.  Kempe,  uncle  of  the  children 
of  Henry  and  Margaret  Parry. 

10  Sept.  1576. 

Plank,  Matthew. 

Southflect. 

John,  son. 

10  April  1578. 

160 

PlLSTON,  Roger. 

Elthnm. 

Uorathy,  relict. 

26  July  1578. 

182 

RowLE,  Peter. 

Ilochestflr. 

Elizabeth,  relict. 

3  Nov.  1579. 

159 

SwALMAJJ,  William. 

Ilarllipp. 

Alice,  relict. 

15  Deo.  1578. 

161 

Staetkoutk,  John. 

Muydestone. 

Elizabeth,  relict. 

27  Jan.  1678. 

161) 

Spbaoin,  John. 

Bexlay. 

Martin,  son. 

11  May  1579. 

^m  ISi 

SMYTH.Elizabetli.dau. 
of  ThoHina  Smyth. 

Bexley. 

John  Kirkley,  uncle. 

20  Nov.  1579. 

^  135 

Stcbbes,  Niutaoi'os. 

Est   Greue- 
wioh. 

Geo.  M'ilson  of  Bristol,  oreditor. 

18  Nov.  1577. 

1 168 

Smyth,  Thuma«. 

Bexley. 

Clementina,  relict. 

16  Sept.  1678. 

H180 

Sfillilan,  Anthony. 

In  diocese  of 
Canterbury. 

Anthony,  next  of  kin,  Jeromy 
Brett  being  deceased. 

29  Oct.  1679. 

"  167 

Tbolopp,  Roger. 

Chartham. 

Jane,  daughter. 

15  April  1579. 

125 

Wyabsdale,  Thomng. 

Siltingborne. 

Thomas  and    Elizabeth   Hiley, 
next  of  kin. 

17  Juno  1577. 

164 

Weston,  Michael. 

Lighe. 

Elizabeth,  relict. 

19  Feb.  1678. 

^190 

WmOPEILD,  James. 

Stone  iudio.of 
Rocbeater. 

Cicily    Maydenhed,   sister,   and 
George  Harvy,  brother. 

22  Feb.  1579.  , 

i 

^■180 

WiLLiAJtB,  Edward. 

Higham. 

Elix.  Gyles  aliat  Williams,  sister. 

10  June  1580. 1 

1 

1581 

TO  1583.                                                        ^ 

P" 

Abwoton,  John. 

Est   Grene- 

wioh. 

Edward,  son. 

26  April  1682. 

35 

Ambrst,  Robert. 

Tndlcy. 

Mary,  relict. 

1  April  1582. 

^     40 

Abdkn,  Thomas. 

Canterbury. 

Stephen  Jeflry,  citizen  and  .... 
of  London,  creditor. 

22  June  1582. 

B    ^ 

Atkiks,  Thomas. 

CebtTord. 

Willinni  Hancock,  next  of  kin, 
during    minority    of    Anne 

86  Nov.  1682. 

i 

Atkins,  daughter  of  deceased. 
Katherine,  relict. 

H  7 

Uau,  ThomM. 

lyeedw. 

13  March  1580. 

H   ^ 

Bbickendkn,  Katha- 
rine, mnideu. 

Tenterden. 

Hary  Kandie  aliat  Briokenden, 
sister. 

14  April  1581. 

H  ^ 

BoQAS,  Williniu. 

Nurlh(leet«. 

Joan,  mother. 

38  Feb.  1580. 

H  '^ 

Ubioiit,    Biirbara, 
widow. 

Weni   Grene- 
wicb. 

AIi<-e  Wilson,  next  of  kin. 

17  Aug.  158L 

H     40 

Uau,    Katharine, 
widow. 

Gdliiigham. 

Tliomas  Roberts  of   Esthodley, 
Sussex,  gent.,  and  Katherine 

late  relict  of  Thomas  Bam  of 
Leedes,  who  was  executor  of 
will  of  Kath.  Bam,  widow,  of 
Gillingham. 

26  June  1582.1 

^^^^W                     KEKTI8H    ADMINISTRATIONS.                                    28^ 

^K       Nmme  of  deoCMCd. 

Parbh. 

To  whom  granted,  and  relation 
todeceaaed. 

Date  of 
Administration, 

^Tl    COOTM,  Richard. 

Sandwich. 

Katheriue,  relict. 

28  Nov.  1582. 

70    Clat,  Richard. 

Rochester. 

John  Wolton  of  St.  Sepulchre's, 
London,  grocer.    (Connection 
not  given.) 

10  Juno  1583. 

SI    DXAPKB,  Chriftopher. 

Damth. 

Henry,  next  of  kin. 

8  Feb.  1681. 

46    Day,  John. 

Tenterden. 

Elizabeth,  relict. 

20  Sept.  1582. 

eo    Oatibs,  Stephen. 

Cranbroke. 

Stephen,  son. 

William  MvUer,  uncle  of  Kathe- 
rine  and  Anne  Foorde,  chil- 

19 Feb.  1582. 

M    FoosDB,  Joan,  widow. 

Oravesende 

29  Nov.  1581. 

andMylton. 

dren  of  deceased. 

44    GOLIB,  Thomu. 

WithersoTi 

John  Shervold,  kinsman  ;  during 

aa  Aug.  1682. 

(»ir),dio.  of 

minority  of  chiidreu   of   de- 

Canterbury 

ceased  (who  are  not  naui6<l). 

1     ~" 

Brumley. 

Anthony  Bingham,  next  of  kin  ; 
during  minority  of  children 
of   deceased     (who    are    not 
named). 

4  F^b.  1680. 

^■l    Habtlbi'b  alioM  Set- 

Wolwioh. 

Thomas  Uarflete  alia*  Setvanoe, 

22  June  1683. 

^^■^        Tannce,  Elizabeth. 

husband. 

S4     BrooirrT,  James. 

Brenohley. 

Joan,  relict. 

11  April  1583. 

70     HoDOKiN,  Thomaa, 

Lytic  bourne. 

Thomas  Uodgkin,  jun.,  son. 

U  June  1683. 

wetL 
73     HKinflxoB,  Walter. 

Dartford. 

Margaret,  relict. 

10  July  1683. 

16    JoWBS,  David. 

Debpford. 

John     Barker,    next    of    kin; 
during    minority    of    Susan 
Jones,  daughter  of  deceased. 

SI  July  1581. 

16    Kjuipb,  Christopher. 

Sandwich. 

Henry  Barnes  and  John  Hop- 
kins.    (Connection  with  de- 
ceased not  given.) 

29  July  1681. 

as    Miixbb,  John,  ten. 

Gravesend. 

William,  son. 

2  Dec.  1681. 

34    Mtli^bb  aluu  Oliver, 

Gravesend. 

William,   son  of  Joan    Myllor 

2  Dec.  1681. 

Joan. 

aluu  Olyver,  deceased. 

42    MlDDLBTON,   Letitia, 

Est   Grene- 

William,  son. 

20  July  1682. 

widow. 

wioh. 

M     M ATTHZWB,  Hugh. 

1 

Debtforde. 

Meredith  ap  Jen'n  ap  Mathew, 
brother. 

29  April  1583. 

M    Nnrrov,  James. 

Dover. 

William  Goddard,  next  of  kin. 

6  May  1582. 

S3    NoBBla,  Clement. 

Est    Greuo- 
wich. 

Alice,  relict. 

24  Nov.  1582. 

»    POBSB,  Gilbert. 

Haydestone. 

Frances,  relict.     {See  Adminis- 
tration 27  Sept.) 

14  Nov.  1581. 

64    Pbli.     alioM     Short, 

Ebbeney. 

Thomas  Burges  of  Tenterden, 

17  April  1583. 

William. 

creditor. 

13    Pbbbt,  Robert. 

Leneham. 

William,  uncle. 

80  May  1581. 

SO    Pxnn,  Gilbert. 

MaydeiitoD. 

E<lmund  Ixiwe  of  St.  Magdalen, 

London,  yeoman. 
Geoi^  de  fa  haye  of  Watering- 

27  Sept.  1581. 

M    PoTTD,  Agnes,  widow. 

Waterinn- 

8  March  1581. 

bury. 

bury,  gent.,  kinsman. 

W    Pbotxst.  William. 

Est  Grcnc- 

wich. 
Est  Orone- 

Margaret,  relict. 

31  May  1683. 

84    SrtAVvros,  WilliMO. 

Joan,  relict. 

21  Nov.  1581. 

wioh. 

»    TiTBiK,  Riobard. 

Deptford. 

Anne  Pett  alian  Tusam,  wife  of 
Peter  Pott  of  L)oi>tford;  during 
minority  of  Henry  .....  next 
of  kin. 

9  Jun.  1681. 

1 

24 


KENTISH  ADHIKISTRATIONS. 


7ol.       Name  of  deceased. 

Parish. 

To  whom  granted,  and  relation 
to  deceased. 

Date  of 
Administration. 

1    White,  Henry. 

Fevenam. 

Mary,  relict. 

19  Jan.  1680. 

8    Wkltok,  John. 

Tenterden. 

Marger3',  relict. 

8  Feb.  1580. 

12    Williams,  Edmund. 

High  am. 

Elizabeth  Giles  aUa$  Williams, 
suter. 

U  May  1681. 

Huntington 

John  Vyney,  husband  of  Joan 

80  June  1681. 

Joanna. 

ali4M$  Hun- 

Woodey  alt^Vy  ney ,  deceased ; 

ton. 

during  minority  of  Eleanor 
Vyney,  daughter  of  said  John 
and  Joan  Vyney. 

9    WooDOATB,  Peter. 

Hawkeherat. 

Edmund,  son. 

20  April  1681. 

21  Mkrch  1681. 

33    WooDSKS,  Thomas. 

Stansted. 

William,  brother. 

37    Weight,  Boger,  yeo- 

Est    Qrene- 

Alice,  relict. 

19  May  1682. 

man. 

wioh. 

64    Wbllbs,  Thomas. 

Orenewioh. 

Agnes,  relict. 

4  April  1683. 

Feom  1583  TO  1586. 


87    Atkins,  Thomas. 
104    Atkins,  Thomas. 


100  AwsTBN,  Gervase. 

167  Albtn,  Sir  Christo- 
pher, Knight. 

169  ACHILDBEN,  William. 

136  Banbubt,  Boger. 

162  Babham,  James. 

147  BoDNDB,  Wombwell. 


187  BiBD,  Bobert. 

191  BorND,      PetroniUa, 

widow. 

181  Bendish,  Booke. 

117  CoDD,  John. 

122  Cocks,  John. 

141  Clynton,  John. 


1^6    Clinton,  John. 

181    CHiTTBNDBir,  Bobert. 
167    Chawncb,  Nicholas. 


Debtford. 
Bebtford. 


Tenteiden, 
Mote   in  the 

parish       of 

Itham. 
Tunbridge. 

Debford,  but 
died  at  sea. 
Teston. 
Ightam. 


Debtford. 
Ightam. 

Quynborowe. 

Marden. 

Feversbam. 

IsleofShepey. 


Eastohurch. 

Taldinge. 
Oraveiend. 


William  Hancock,  next  of  kin ; 
durmg  minority  of  Anne 
Atkins,  daughter  of  deceased. 

Eli2abeth  Atkins  aUai  E[anoock, 
sister ;  Thomas  Hancock,  late 
administrator  during  min- 
ority of  Anne  Atkins,  daugh- 
ter of  deceased,  not  having 
administered. 

Anne,  relict. 

Dame  Ethelrede  Aleyn,  relict; 
in  person  of  Peter  Johnson, 
not.  public. 

Sinden  Aohildren  aliat  Polly, 
daughter. 

William,  brother. 

Thomas,  son. 

Thomas  Wombwell,  gent.,  kins- 
man ;  during  minori^  of 
Wombwell,  Nicholas,  Lucy, 
Elizabeth,  and  Alice  Bounde, 
children  of  deceased. 

Joan,  relict 

William  Wodden,  of  Stansted, 
yeoman. 

Martha,  relict ;  in  person  of 
Peter  Johnson,  not.  public. 

Thomas,  brother. 

Elizabeth,  relict. 

Thomas  Ceeeer,  gent. ;  during 
minority  of  Henry,  John, 
William,  Joan,  and  Elizabeth 
Clynton,  children  of  deceased. 

Alice,  relict ;  in  place  of  Thomas 
Cnser. 

Joan,  relict. 

William,  brother. 


26  Not.  1688. 
9  May  1684. 


11  April  1684. 
16  March  1686. 


80  March  1685. 

17  April  1586. 

11  Sept.  1585. 
16  July  1686. 


11  Oct.  1586. 
22  Nov.  1586. 

8  Aug.  1686. 

7  Oct.  1684. 

24  Nov.  1684. 

7  May  1686. 


6  Feb.  1686. 

6  Aug.  1686. 
18  Not.  1685. 


^^^                               KRNTISH   ADMIN  I8TKATION8.                                   29 

l~ 

Name  of  deoested. 

Parish. 

To  whom  granted,  and  relation 
to  deceased. 

Date  of 
Admiaistration, 

191 

CoLLiBB,  Jesse. 

Maydstone. 

MorKaret,  relict. 

10  Nov.  1586. 

193 

Chapman,  .Tobn. 

Wiltersham. 

Blizal)eth,  reliol. 

26  Nov.  1686. 

IX 

Dci<KK,  Edmuod. 

Hawkherst. 

John  and  Chri*toiiher,  brothers. 

19  Deo.  1684. 

166 

DxBaB,           JoatLoa, 
widow. 

Leigh. 

Charles  Darcye ;  Edith  Sparrovre 
alia*   Darcye,   tister   of   said 
Charles,  not  having  adminis- 
tered.   See  Jan.  1562. 

7  Feb.  1686. 

^^«4 

DiTiBS,  Thomu. 

BoxIeT. 

Alice,  relict. 

2  Dec.  158*. 

179 

Ei.tw,  Edward. 

Bast    Grene- 
wich. 

John  Gilles,  of  East  Grenewicb, 
serving  man  ;  Dorothy  Elam, 
relict,  renouncing. 

1  July  1586. 

128 

Eatov,  Waiiam. 

Dover. 

Barbara     Alen     aliat     Eatou, 
daughter. 

27  Jan.  1684. 

1     15a 

FIUCBB,  Robert. 

Est  Sutton. 

Edward,  son. 

2  Sept.  1686. 

^^his 

Holmes,  William. 

Ebeney. 

Margaret,  relict. 

18  Sept.  1684. 

^^M5 

Hide,  Gilbert. 

Canterbury. 

Ralf  Hyde,  son. 

21  Doc.  1584. 

^^D8 

Hollow  AT,  John. 

Dover. 

Thomas,  son. 

22  Oct.  1586. 

^BEbb 

Jacob,  Bichard. 

Saiindherst. 

Elinor  Pooke,  sister. 

la  .M.irch  1583. 

1 

KtROSTOs,  Elizabeth, 
widow. 

Southfleete. 

Patrioius  Lyon,  creditor. 

27  March  1583. 

W 

KB3nucE,  James,  aliai 
Eaton,  Rafe. 

Hyde. 

M:irgaret  Kenriok  alitu  Eaton, 
relict  of  James  Kenriok  aiiai 
Ralph  Eaton. 

18  June  1586. 

'      116 

Labet.v.  Roger. 

.Joan,  relict. 

14  Sept.  1584. 

128 

Lkwbs,  Morgan. 

Orenewich. 

Kat  herine  ap  Morgan,  daughter. 

21  Jan.  1584. 

106 

Lbiosb,  Johanna, 
widow. 

Beckenham. 

Robert,  neit  of  kin. 

19  May  1584. 

118 

Lowes,  Henry. 

Ashoford. 

Myldrod.  relict. 

27  July  1584. 

187 

MlLLES,  William. 

Debtford. 

Anni',  sister. 

11  Oct.  1586. 

130 

NOBDISHB,  John. 

E-it  Mallinge. 

John  Waston,  creditor. 

7  May  1685. 

85 

Osbobwe,  William. 

3tfarden. 

Anne,  relict. 

22  Nov.  1583. 

102 

PiyKK,  William. 

Kennerton. 

fjlizabeth,  relict. 

30  April  1584. 

117 

PoTTBS,  Peter. 

Tunatall. 

Katherine,  relict. 

11  Oct.  1584. 

138 

Pabfitt,  John. 

Canterbury. 

John  Hojikins,  creditor. 

5  Feb.  1584. 

189 

PutB,  Richard. 

Isle  of   Tha- 
net. 

Alic<?,  rehct;  iu  person  of  Peter 
Johniiou,  not.  public. 

22  Oct.  1586. 

1S4 

RVTLAXD,  Robert. 

Hayes. 

Elixabetb,  relict. 

11  March  1584. 

135 

Shabpe,  Robert. 

Eaton  Bridge. 

Alice,  relict. 

9  April  1586. 

171 

Stblb,  John. 

Einsford. 

Elizabeth  Boasevile  aliiu  Syble, 
daughter    and    heir;     Joan 
Syble,  relict,  not  having  ad- 
ministered.    Will  registered 
40Martyn. 

30  April  1586. 

SowxDBT,  Robert. 

Wolwich. 

Elizabeth,  relict. 

5  Julv  1586. 

flmoDiraToii,       An- 

Maldeu. 

Catherine  Thorn's  alia*  Sher- 

10  Nov.  1586. 

aumr. 

iiig^n,  sister. 

^140 

Ti>W]tBi.rr,        Joan, 
AinEfltter  of  RandaU 
TWnelej.  of  Wol- 

TowD,  William. 

Wolwich. 

Margaret,  mother. 

14  May  1686. 

Heaver. 

William  Napper,  gent.,  of  Pres- 

23 March  1685. 

ton,  CO.  Dorsut,  creditor. 

TtOWTB.  John. 

Pevresham. 

Joan,  relict. 

11  July  1684. 

If  XUBUiK,  John. 

Lambre»(n«), 
Diocese     ol 
Rochester. 

Joan    (V  relict).      Relationship 
omitted. 

16  Nov.  1583. 

f 

KENTISH    ADMIN ISTEATI0N8,                              ^^ 

p.. 

Name  of  deceiaed. 

Parish. 

To  whom  granted,  and  relation 
to  deceased. 

Date  of 

Administration. 

H    109 

WiLLlABD,  Willjnm. 

Lymynge. 

Alice     Williard      aliaf      Cole, 
mother ;   during  minority  of 
Agnea  Williard,  sister  of  de- 
orased,  in  jiorson  of  Richard 
Coole,  her  huslmnd. 

23  July  1684.  , 

■    109 

WiLMABD,  John. 

Lenam. 

Ditto        ditto. 

23  July  1684. 

■     159 

Wblls,  John. 

Cuuterbury. 

Anthony,  ion. 

10  Dec.  1586. 

1 

Foe  1587. 

V      22 

ATLWA.BD,  Ed?rard. 

Sovenock. 

Elizabeth,  relict. 

30  June. 

■^       40 

AsTEN,  'William. 

Bcnenden. 

Agnes!,  relict. 

2  Nov. 

1 -M 

Atbbst,  John. 

Rochester. 

EliMbeth,  relict. 

22  Dec. 

i  ' 

Bbktt,  Warham. 

Leedes. 

Thomas  Brett  and  John  Bleoh- 
enden,  brothers  of  deceased. 

25  Jan. 

■       27 

Bbaik,  Thomaa. 

Maydestone. 

Thomas  Bucknam,  creditor. 

12  Aug. 

■       1» 

Byllb,  William. 

Hetoome. 

IsraUella,  relict. 

7  June. 

■      28 

Babkbb,  Biuhard. 

North  Craye. 

Robert,  son. 

1  July.          J 
26  Nov.          i 

■      41 

Clbment,  Nicholas. 

Estgxene- 

Thomazino,  relict. 

■ 

wich. 

^        9 

Dewabd,  Peter. 

Apledoro. 
Westrara. 

John,  brother. 

8  March. 

II              9 

FfiAmcis,  JohB. 

Margaret  BrovFne  alia*  Fnuncs, 

8  March. 

sister. 

■     37 

Gbiffik,  Ralph. 

Hyde. 

William,  brother. 

80  Oct. 

H     22 

Oabbabd,       George, 
gent. 

LoDgefleld. 

Margaret,  relict;   in  person  of 
Thomas      Redman,       notary 
public. 

28  June. 

H      36 

Lamdkbt,  Gilbert. 

Estgrenwioh. 

Joan,  relict. 

24  Oct. 

H      1'^ 

LiJicoLNB,  llichard. 

Stanford. 

Robert,  son. 

3  May. 

■      14 

Mallabu,  John. 

Stone. 

John  Scudder,  sister's  ion. 

6  May. 

H 

Mabsh,  George. 

Dover. 

Anne,  relict. 

27  Jan. 

■    ^'^ 

Mallabd,  John. 

St«ne,Diooo80 
of    Eoches- 

John  Mallard,  sen.,  of  Lomyng- 
ton  in  00.  South 'ants,  brother ; 

22  May. 

ter. 

in  place  of  to  John  Soudder 
as  on  S  May. 

' 

H      35 

NoBBis,  Alice. 

Biitgrene- 
wich. 

William  Mellow,  son. 

17  Oct. 

H     85 

Nobxis,  Alice. 

Estgreue- 
wioh. 

Mary     Lawly      aliai     Norris, 

daughter  ;  in  person  of  Roger 
Lawley,   her   husband.      The 

21  Oct. 

grant  to  William  Mellow  being 

brought  in  and  renounced. 

1       12 

Odyabkb,  John,  gent. 

Hnwkhurst. 

Elizabeth,  relict. 

24  April. 

H 

Stbinoeb,  William. 

Olde      Rom- 

Elizabeth,  relict. 

6  Fob. 

H       20 

Stibbt,  Arthur. 

ney. 
Hawkhorst. 

Aenes,  relict. 

19  July. 

H   ^ 

Scott,  Thomas. 

Siitton    at 
Hono. 

Thomas,  son. 

iDoo. 

B.  ^^ 

TusAM,  Etchard. 

Estgroiie- 

Anne  Pratt  alitu  Hune,  mother 

28  April. 

wioh. 

of    Edward    Hune,    next   of 
kin  of  deceased,  and  during 
minority  of  said  Edward. 

H^      40 

Ttjbnbb,  Alice. 

Deblfordo. 

Isaac  and  Margaret,  children. 

4  Nov. 

^1      42 

TH0M8O5,  Thomaa. 

1 

Sandwiah. 

Sir  Roger  Manwood,  Kt.,  Chief 
Baron  ol  the  Exchequer. 

12  Nov. 

^^V                             KENTISH   ADMINISTRATIONS.                                   STI 

^Bl       Nune  of  deoesMd. 

Parish. 

To  whom  granted,  and  relation 
to  deceased. 

Date  of         1 
Adminiatrmtion.  1 

^H^    WocLTKB,  Thomas. 

Sandwich. 

Bobert     Gawntc     and     John 
Oawute,  administrators  of  will 
(registered  66  Windsor)    of 
Margaret,  relict,  not  bavitig 
administered. 

4  May.            1 

■*  30    lVlironH.D,  Jaquee. 

Stono,I>ioceee 

I>anio   Mary    Newcnham    aliai 

0  Sept.      ^^ 

, 

of    Koohes- 

Wititfiield   and   Cccilie  May- 

1 

k 

ter. 

denhed  a^a«  Wingfiold,  sisterfi 
of  deceased. 

■ 

1  ^°™'^'* 

Hawlinge, 
Sioceae     of 
Koohester. 

.....  relict.    (Name  not  given.) 

9  Nov.      ^^ 

^H                                Fbom  Jakvast  to  Octobeb  1588.                             ^^| 

^^B    AxoRSwxs,  Bobert. 

Rocbeiter. 

John,  brother;  and  in  June  ISt^ 
to  Thomas  MastanI  of  Fcvers- 
bam,   said    John    Ijoing    de- 
ceased. 

10  Jan.             J 

M    Booths,  Oeorge. 

P 

Northfleet(in 
peculiar    of 
Sboreham  A 
Croydon). 

Dionisia,  relict. 

18  April.          ■ 

■  n    Btbt,  Thonuw. 

Shonie. 

Elimbeth  Burte  alioM  Peckham, 
sister. 

19  July.     ^^ 

10    C «                           a^Vu 

Bedderadeii. 

John  Carpenter,  brother, 

22  Jan.               1 

lierine. 

1 

61    Gi  1 1--.  ..  illi>m. 

Greeoewioh. 

Edith  Poole,  niece. 

17  May.              J 

SO    Habkabo,  Biobard. 

Quynborowe. 

Godfrey   Gaste    of    All   SninU, 
Barking,      London,       tailor ; 
during  minority  of  Catherine 
Harkard,    daughter    of    de- 
ceased. 

»  Feb.               I 

S4    MiTSBT,  John. 

Stapleberat. 

Hugh  Daye  of  City  of  Oxford, 
gent.,  forAuneMayuo,  relict. 

9  March.         1 

1 

70    N0BBI8,  Edwiird. 

Dctford. 

Elizabeth,  relict. 

6  Aug.             ■ 

^^n     Bocm,  Richard. 

Hadlowe. 

Alice,  relict. 

13  May.             ■ 

^HV    Shabpt,  lawreuce. 

Maydatone. 
Stoke. 

.A  nne,  relict. 

26  Jan.              ■ 

■K    Wkatbb,  Alice. 

Agnes  Hawkins,  sister. 

lOct              ■ 

"      SS    TociroB,  WUliam. 

Plunuted. 

A^es,  relict. 

2  April            ■ 

^                          Fbom 

OcTOHEE  1588  TO  Decehbeb  1589.                                  1 

^T8     HaKKB.  WiUiam. 

Hope         All 
Saint*      in 
Bomney 
Manh. 

Eliaabeth,  relict. 

IS  May  1589. 

Ue    Bsxaox,  Tbomiu. 

Prendesbury. 

Mariano    Bon.wn    alia*    Newe, 
s[>ouso  of  deceased. 

12  July  1589. 

as    RtBins,  William. 

Rochester. 

Elena,  relict. 

28  Jan.  1688. 

M    BBlDOMAlf ,  Stephen. 

Pekeobury 

John  AValket  of  Pnmt,  Suasei, 

11  Feb.  1688. 

(«c). 

creditor. 

U*    CoTBWTBKB,  James. 

Rochester. 

Katherine,  relict. 

20  Oct.  1589. 

119    C»I.KJJf.  Bobert. 

Sanilwich. 

Margaret,  mother. 

21  Nov.  1589. 

US    Cox,  John. 

SovOQOcke. 

Agnes,  relict. 

3  Oct.  1689. 

96    Flxtcbbb,  George. 

Ebeuey. 

Elizabeth,  relict. 

23  April  1589. 

H    28 

KBNTI8H   ADMINISTRATIONS.                             ^^ 

H    FoL 

Nwne  of  deceased. 

Parish. 

To  whom  granted,  and  relation 

Dale  of 
Administretior 

H     106 

FoBKEB,  Akcnes. 

Earith. 

Thomas  Howe,  brother. 

30  July  1589. 

■       85 

Gatford,  Dioiiisia. 

Marden. 

William,  son. 

10  Jan.  1588. 

H     102 

Gibson,  Thomas. 

Stone,  in  Me 
of  Oiney. 

John  Gibson,   Clerk,    Vicar  of 
Bishoi«t()U  in  Sussex,  brother. 

16  June  1589. 

H     108 

Habbtson,  John. 

Capell,     Dio- 
oeae  of  Can- 
terbury. 

Tunbridg. 

Margaret,  relict. 

23  June  1589. 

V      86 

Jbffby,  Edward. 

John,  brother. 

24  Jan.  1588. 

■        08 

Nettkb,  Jeromiali. 

Cranbroke. 

Elisabeth,  relict. 

27  May  1589. 

■ 

OSBOBNE,  Juhti. 

HartUp. 

Robert,  brother ;  during  minor- 
ity of  John,  Edward,  Andrew, 
Richard,   Ann,   Joan,   Eliza- 
beth,    and    Alice    Osborne, 
ohitdreo  of  deceased. 

6  Dec.  1588. 

V     120 

POTTBB,  Agnea. 

Watering- 
bury. 

John,  son;  George  Delahay,  to 
whom  administration  in  1581, 
not  having  administered. 

27  Nov.  1689. 

H     114 

Page  alioM  Wilkinii, 
Elizabeth. 

Sborne. 

George  Page,  husband. 

23  Oct.  1689. 

112 

Raines,  Williaiu. 

Mervrarlh. 

John,  brother. 

16  Sept.  1589. 

1^       100 

Sbntleoeb,  Nicholas. 

Foversham. 

Anthony,  next  of  kin. 

5  June  1589. 

K     116 

Stonbt,  Dame  Maria. 

Peushurst. 

Dame  France*  Sydney,  relict,  and 
administratrix  of  will  of  Sir 
Philipp  Sydney,  Kt.,  son  of 

29  Oct.  1589. 
1 

H 

deceased. 

^      118 

Staunton,  William. 

Nawington. 

Robert,  brother. 

13  Nov.  1589.' 

119 

Wattle,  Siuon. 

Wittorsham. 

Alice  Staubridge  alias  Wattle, 
sister. 

21  Nov.  1689. 

■      120 

Wattlb,  Simon. 

Wittersham. 

George,    brother;    in   place  of 
former  grant  on  21  Nov. 

29  Nov.  1589. 

K 

■ 

1590. 

H      153 

Andbob    alia*  Lash, 
Thomaj!. 

Northfloet. 

Alice  Lash  aliat  Androe,  relict. 

22  Oct. 

H 

Babb,  Thoma*. 

Sutidrish. 

John,  brother. 

23  Jan. 

^      138 

Bknmett,  John. 

Marden. 

Richard  Bennett,  sen.,  father. 

22  April. 

■^       160 

BsoroHTON,  Roland. 

Rochester. 

Elizabeth,  relict. 

4  Sept. 

1 135 

Chbistophek,  Rich. 

Fotkeslon. 

Joan,  relict. 

8  April. 

H      143 

CocKBBKLL,  Maria. 

Dover. 

Thomas  Brayfield ;  during  mi- 
nority  of   Cookell    Harward, 
John    Harward,    sen.,    John 
Harward,  jun.,  nephews, 

3  June. 

H      150 

CowPEB,  Thomas. 

Stunsted      in 
the  par.  of 
Wrotham. 

Eliauor,  reliot. 

10  Sept. 

H      162 

Clebk,  Sir  Roland,  Kt. 

Well  Courto. 

Dame  Joyce,  relict. 

12  Oct. 

■      139 

Dan,  Richard. 

MarJen. 

Thomas,  brother. 

22  May. 

■      169 

DowMAN,  Cornelius. 

Fevrsham. 

John,  son. 

4  Deo. 

■      126 

Dkane,  £roht.,armiger. 

i 

Hnlliuge. 

Roger  Dallison,  armiger,  next  of 
kin ;     Maxiniillian     Dallison, 
son  of  Silvester  Dallison  aliat 
Dean,  executor  of  the  will  of 
said    Robert    Deano,    being 
deoeased. 

8  Jan. 

^^137 

EvEBEST,  Thoma«. 

Shoepobonie. 

Dorothy,  relict. 

12  May.        1 

^ 

M 

^^r                 KENTISH    ADMINISTRATIONS. 

\                                                              ^ , 

29          1 

Mune  of  deceaaed. 

Parish. 

To  whom  granted,  and  relation 
to  deceased. 

Date  of                     I 
Administration.              I 

FooBD,  Edwurd. 

Horton     Pri- 

John Marshe,  next  of  kin. 

US  Sept.                  ^^M 

HCKT  oliai  Stoere, 

ory. 
Lewshnm. 

Julian    Thomas    ali—    Stevre, 

2  March.              ^^H 

MmrU. 

sister. 

^^^H 

Jg«ss.  Eoger. 

East  Grene- 
wioh. 

William  Jones,  brother's  son. 

^^H 

^^B),  Chrielopher. 

Stroude. 

Margaret,  relict. 

21                             ^^1 

PQroiMN,  Daniel. 

Hylh. 

Joan,  relict. 

16  Not.                   ^^M 

Hatsbt,  Juhn. 

StAiilehumt. 

Anne   Windsor  aliaji   Mayney, 
relict. 

2ij  Nov.             ^^m 

Ptruin,  Thomu. 

MiUtfid. 

Joseph,  brother. 

23  Feb.                    ^H 

Phillipp,  John. 

Canterbury. 

Jane,  relict. 

14  May.                    ^H 

Bawson,  Tliomos. 

Stockbury. 

Elizabeth   Bawson  aliiu  Hunt, 
relict,  in  person  of  Thomas 
Hunt  her  husband. 

16  April.                 ^^H 

^■pt,  William,  senior. 

Boughton 
Bleane. 

Aune,  relict. 

22  May.                   ^H 

RiDB,  John. 

Benindon. 

Katherine,  relict. 

4                            ^H 

^^msoN,  Robert. 

Bredgar. 

James     Tonge     of     Bredgar ; 
during    minority     of    Alioo, 
Anne,  and  Mary,  daughters 
of  deceased. 

11  May.                  ^^H 

Sntxs,  Thonuu. 

Hawkhunt. 

Alice  Haiiden,  creditor. 

14                             ^^M 

Stilbs.  ThoDus. 

Hawkhurat. 

William  Stiles,   brother.     (In- 
stead   of    administration    of 
January  14.) 

18  June.                 ^^^1 

Smithson,  John. 

Eltham. 

Elisabeth,  relict. 

10  Aug.                  ^^1 

Sajipsom,  Anthony. 

Throwleigh. 

Abigail,  relict. 

7  Nov.                   ^H 

SxELToy,  John. 

Estgrene- 

Wiston  Johnson  of  Estbergholt 

26  July.                   ^H 

j 

wioh, 

in  Suffolk,  clothier,  creditor. 

^^^H 

ToHOB,  Francis. 

Frensted. 

Mary,  relict;  and  Edward  Wise 
father  of  said  Mary. 

^H 

WaLSON,  Thomnti. 

Chatham. 

James  Todd,  creditor. 

30  April.                 ^^^1 

Ybldino,  Lconnrd. 

Ynlding. 

Elizabeth,  relict. 
1591. 

27                             ^^M 

1 

j  Awabs,  John. 

Cranbrokc. 

Mary,  reliot. 

4                             ^^1 

:Al>iMB,  Richard. 

Bcncnden. 

Thomas,  brother. 

7  Sept.                 ^H 

VkH  AcKBB,  John. 

Sandwich. 

Nicholas  NiKhtiugale,  kinsman ; 
during  minority  of  Abraham 
Van  Acker,  son  of  deceased. 

16                           ^^H 

PRtlMOTO!?,  Henry. 

Bast    Green- 
wich. 
Hyde. 

Francis,  brother. 

15  Sept.                  ^^M 

CBUSHoiKwDowlinge, 

William  Crush,  son. 

^^^M 

John 

^^^1 

Dbnbowb,  George. 

Sandwich. 

Avioe,  relict. 

23  June.                 ^^M 

Faxicbb,  Elinbetb. 

Tunbridge. 

Dorothy    Paler    aliat    Parmer, 
daughter. 

28  April.                  ^^H 

1 

^^^H 

Fox,  Magdalen. 

Debtford. 

Edward,  son. 

10  July.                   ^H 

Gendbb,  William. 

t 

Eaat    Green- 
wich. 

John,  brother. 

13  Oct.                    ^H 

JHaiwabd.  George. 

1 

East    Grene- 

wiob. 
Tent«rden. 

Elizabeth  Hoyward,  relict. 

4                           ^H 

{HoLMAK,  John. 

Richard,  brother. 

30  April.                ^^M 

Mi^Hljlliii 

H    30                                   KENTISH    ADMINISTRATIONS.                     ^^^^ 

1          Fol.        Name  of  deceased. 

Pwish. 

To  whom  granted,  and  relation 
to  deceased. 

Date  of 
AdministmtioD 

^H    172    Hebdson,   Thomas, 

FoUtston. 

Nicholas  Warner,  citizen  and 

21  April. 

^1                 armigcr. 

,  of  London,  husband 
of  Alice  Warner  aliiu  White- 
home,    sister    of     Katherine 
Herdson    aliat    Wbit'Ohorne, 
relict   of   Thomas    Herdson, 
armiger,  of  Folkestone. 

^^174    Hali,  William. 

Rochester. 

Emanuel,  brother. 

3  May. 

1          179    Hastlik,  Edward. 

Meopham. 

Alice    Diarrell     alitu     Hastlin, 
sL<iter. 

18  June. 

H    185     HoNBS,  William. 

Benenden. 

Susan,  relict. 

21  Aug. 

^1    169     MooNE,  Tliomas. 

Eastrey. 

John  Woodland,  st«ip-brolhor. 

22  March. 

^1    176    Mallebd,  John. 

Stone,    Dio- 

Ellon    Mallerd     alia*     AVood, 

19  May. 

■ 

cese    of 

daughter. 

Rochester. 

^B   178    OsBOBN,  Henry. 

Lasden     in 

Arthur   Holman,  step-brother. 

4  June. 

■ 

IfileofShep- 

and  Richard  Lambc    of   Ro- 

U 

pei'. 

chester,  yeoman ;  during  min- 
ority of  Stephen  and  Alioe 
Osborne,    children     of     de- 
ceased. 

181     Pabfitt,  John. 

Cunt«rl>iiry. 

Mary,  relict. 

29  June. 

^    leo    Phillipp,  Luke. 

Canterbury. 

Anthoiiet,  relict. 

26  June. 

^^   186    Pakst,  Thomu. 

East    Green- 
wich. 

David,  son. 

28  Aug. 

^B    194    Powell,  Thomas. 

Ea.«t    Green- 
wich. 

Richard  Meredith,  next  of  kin. 

16  Nov. 

^^    178    Pbndkbth,  Mil&s. 

Nortbborn. 

Francis,  son. 

1  Jane.         j 

182    PrcKEBiKG,  Ekiward. 

East    Kings- 
north,  Dio- 
cese of  Can- 
terbury. 

Sandwich. 

Anne,  relict. 

6  July.         1 

1 

^M  165    SWAIKB,  John. 

Lawrence,  brother ;   Alloc  the 

5  Jan. 

^H 

relict  not  administering. 

^m  191    Stbinoer,  William. 

Old  Eomney. 

John  Gibbon,  guardian  of  Alice 
the  daughter  of  deceased,  and 
during   her  minority  ;  Eliza- 
iK'th,  relict,  uotadminbtering. 

19  0o(. 

^B   169    Scott,  Thomas. 

Sutton  at 

Nicholas,  son  ;    Thomas  Scott, 

17  March.         , 

1 

Hone. 

jun.,  son,  not  administering. 
A   further  grant  in  March, 
1616. 

^^  192    Ttlmav,  Isaac. 

Sandwich. 

Elimboth  Weale,  sister. 

4  Nov.  ^J 

■ 

1592.                                                      ^^ 

^M      1    Bbioht  aliat  Bodes, 

Cranbrooke. 

Margaret  Bright,  mother. 

IJan. 

^M               Marguret. 

^H      S    Bbookb  Cobhau,  Sir 

Sutton  at 

John  Chettell,  creditor. 

10  Feb. 

^M                Henry,  Kru>(ht. 

Hmie. 

^M       8    Bakbb,  Robert. 

Gowdhurst. 

Richard,  brother. 

13  March. 

^H     19    BBIU0E8,  William. 

Cniyford. 

.Margaret  11  unt,  mother  of  Mary 
Uridgesoiuix  Outrod,  late  wife. 

2  Juno. 

^B    26    Besditch,  Richard. 

Gowdberst. 

Micol,  relict. 

10  July. 

^B     32    Bobwbll,  Edward. 

Ainsford. 

Robert,  brother. 

10  Oct. 

^^^^^^             KENTISH   AT)MINI8TaA.TION8.                                    3l9 

^KL        Ntme  of  deoeued. 

ParUh. 

To  whom  granted,  and  relation           Date  of        1 
to  deceased.                    AdministrstioD.I 

^Kl 

Bbkbows,  Biohard. 

Quinborowe. 

William  More  of    Stebunhoth, 
Middlesex,  clerk ;  during  min- 
ority of  Basil  Benbowe,  son  of 
deceased. 

8  April.           m 

30 

Catsbb,  William. 

Hollinf^bome. 

Elizabeth,  relict. 

23  Sept.             1 

SO 

OLiJiFKiLD,  George. 

Woodoliurch. 

John  and  Mark,  brothers, 

10  June.            ■ 

^s 

Glanfbild,  George. 

Woodcliurch. 

Joseph     Hooper    and     Tliomoii 
Holmes,     of     Woodchuroh, 

29  May.       ^M 

Ro 

OruON,  Jasper. 

B«gt    Green- 
wich. 

yeomen. 

Margaret,  relict. 

6  Oct.        ^^ 

17 

JoTXSK,  Fnnols. 

Acria. 

Margaret,  relict. 

9  May.             1 

87 

Joyce,  Thomi«, senior. 

Maydston. 

William  Hallaway,  tutor  of  Tho- 
mas Joyce,  Hon  of  deceased. 

4  Doc.               ■ 

84 

MoMOATB,  John. 

Bi'ldenden. 

Walter   Austen,    uncle  of   Be- 
becca.  Anno,  Elizabeth,  and 
Joan  Mougaye,  daughters  of 
deceased. 

3  July.             1 

■» 

MAT9TKE80N.    Ed- 
mund. 
Okblakd,    Christo- 

Anhforde. 

Benjamin,  brother. 

16  Sept.       " 

■  » 

Eaitgrccn- 

Anne,  relict. 

13  March. 

■  _ 

pher. 

wioh. 

^ 

Spubb,  William. 

Fame- 
borough. 

Katherine,  relict. 

UAng. 

S6 

SoKXB,  James. 

Yoldinge. 

Anne,  relict. 

20  Nov. 

4 

Ti'BiTRB,  Stephen. 

Dover. 

John  Wotton,  creditor. 

4  Feb. 

^' 

Wabcop,  ThocuBi. 

Easlgren- 
wich. 

John  Uybtin,  next  of  kin ;  Eliza- 
beth, relict,  and  ,\gn09,daugh- 
ter,  Mot  administering. 

26  April 

1 

WoTTOK,  Edward. 

Groat  Chart. 

John  Wotton,  kinsman;  during 
minority  of  Mary, Surah, .\nii, 
Bobecca,    Elizabeth,    Emma, 
and  John,  children  of  deceased. 

3  July, 

i 

WATTn,  Oeoin^. 

Stone,  Dio- 
oeM    of 
Boohester. 

Margery,  relict. 

7  Oct. 

1 

P 

i 

^^ 

F 

Coon  alia*  Nichol- 
nn,  John. 

Bainhftm. 

Elizabeth  Nicholson  o/uuCooke, 
relict. 

24  May. 

DuncB,  WilUam. 

Dartford. 

Thomas,  brother. 

27  Feb. 

^8 

Eliet,  TbotnaR. 

Fevmhani. 

Susan,  relict. 

19  Sept 

69 

Eurr,  John. 

Eaatnmul- 
ince. 

Edith,  relict. 

6  Sept. 

42 

Pbehltit,  John. 

Dnrtford. 

RolK-rt,  son. 

31  Jon. 

46 

Gabdbnkb,  Bichard. 

Bexlcy. 

Elizabeth  Taylor,  next  of  kin. 

23  March. 

U 

GKim,  Winiam. 

Gillinghnni. 

Honor,  relict. 

12  Feb. 

a 

Jasper. 

Eostgren- 
wich. 

Matbew,  brother. 

9  July. 

n 

JoHSBOir,  Zaeharias. 

Swanscombo. 

Elizabeth,  relict. 

21  June. 

40 

1 

KjfATcaBULt,     Tho- 
mas. WD  and  heir  of 
Biohaid  KnatchboU 
of  Menham. 

Menham. 

Anne,  mother. 

14  March. 

L  32 

KENTISH    ADMINISTRATIONS.                               ^^M 

H  Fol. 

Name  ot  deceased. 

Pariah. 

To  whom  granted,  and  relation 
to  deceased. 

Date  of 
AdministratioD, 

^L     53 

Lake,  Thomas. 

Stone,   Dio- 
cese of 
Rochester. 

Jane,  relict. 

27  April. 

f           67 

Luke,  Samuel. 

Debtford. 

William,  brother. 

30  May. 

1" 

LvKSFOBDE,  Joho. 

Benenden. 

Robert  Lunsforde  und   Benett 
Luusforde  alias  Oley,  brother 
aud  sister  of  deceased. 

5  Nov. 

■      40 

Mannebino,  Edward. 

Earith. 

Georize,  nephew,  brother's  son. 

19  Jan. 

1  " 

Mathkw,  Richard. 

Eii.st    Greon- 
wioh. 

Elizabrth,  relict. 

30  June. 

H      62 

Nbpsam,  Thomas. 

Linton. 

Elizabeth,  relict. 

13  July. 

1  " 

PuoTOST,  William. 

Debtford. 

Anne  Uenette  and  John  Bridges, 
next  of  kin. 

10  Feb. 

■      62 

Sttknet,  Alice. 

Canterbury. 

William,  son. 

13  April. 

■     63 

Sttlb,  Alice. 

Brentohley. 

John,  son. 

16  July. 

1 

1594. 

^      89 

Annslby,  Nicholas. 

Lee. 

Susan,  relict ;  in  person  of  Tho- 
mas lies,  notarj'  public. 

7  March. 

]__       94 

Beakb.  William. 

Sandwich. 

Marion,  relict. 

24  April. 

M   116 

BusTEKDB,  William, 

Shome. 

Robert  Austridge,  next  of  kin  ; 
Milon    Busterde,  brother    of 
deceased,  not  administering. 

28  Nov. 

Chaubebs,  John. 

LyntoD. 

Alice  Butcher  alitu  Chambers, 
sister. 

19  Feb. 

p. 

EifOESiiAK,  Christo- 
pher. 

Asheforde. 

Edward,  brother. 

9  March. 

86 

EvKN,  William. 

Sandwich. 

Gartrude,  relict. 

22  Feb. 

.      » 

FbamktoNj  John. 

Dartford. 

William   Reynolds,  brother   of 
Elizabeth  and  Jlargery  PraJJk- 

28  Jan.  ^^ 

■ 

ton,    children    of    deoeued ; 

■ 

during  tlieir  minority. 

■    101 

GALLli,  William. 

Harriottson. 

Katherine,  relict. 

17  June. 

■    107 
I     98 

GoDFBET,  John. 

Milton,   Dio- 
cese of  Cnii- 
terbur)-. 

St.  James,  Isle 

Elizabeth,  relict. 

8  Aug. 

Holt,  Gabriel. 

Richard  Wood,  creditor. 

11  mj. 

■ 

of  Grayne. 

'          100 

Johnson,  Francis. 

Cowden. 

Elizabeth,  relict. 

13  June. 

J          107 

Mabshall,  Elizabeth. 

Aylesforde. 

Henry  Newestreete,  brother. 

26  Aug. 

N" 

Natloe,  Anthony. 

Lodge,    Dio- 
cese of  Can- 
terbury. 

Levisham. 

Edivard,  father,  and  Henry,  bro- 
ther of  deceased. 

23  Feb. 

1          103 

OirKSTBD,  William. 

Richard  and  Thomas  Ounstod, 

20  June. 

brother's  sons,   aud  Richard 

^^^^^H 

^^ 

Winchester,      sister's      son. 

^^^^^1 

w 

Will    registered    P.C.C,    21 

^^^^^H 

Nevell,  March  1692.    Value 

^^^^^p 

£4l'.>  7*.  2d. 

^^^^Vl 

UlUDiMi,  iieiirj. 

fltiirMinutb. 

M^'l'i'l  Ihddin^'alia*  Bland,  wife 

25  April. 

w^ 

.'1  .l.liu  Bland  and  sister  of 

r       83 

SBiBPK,  AliM 

'  i      aliat      Sharpe, 
during  miuonty 

30  Jan. 

k 

1 

■■  .U>rt  Sharpe,  ion  of  de- 

1. 

1 

W        KENTISH 

ADMINISTRATIONS,    A.D.  1594-6. 

33       H 

Name  of  deceued. 

Pariah. 

To  whom  granted,  and  relation 
to  deceased. 

Sate                     ^H 
Administration.          ^^H 

BOBAKT,  Ambrose. 

QnukliiiTste. 

Elizabeth,  relict. 

7                               ^H 

BPBENS  alias  Tho- 

Lenrshain. 

Ambrose  Stephens,  brother. 

27  April.                    ^H 

DAs,  Thonuu. 

^^^1 

KPHBNSON,   Corne- 

Whitestaple. 

Thoma«  Ea!rt«meade  of  Hartlye 

^^H 

ios. 

Wnspell  in    South',  yeoman, 
for  relict  and  children  of  de- 
ceased. 

■ 

ASEB,  George. 

Charleton. 

Adam,  brother. 

^H 

'ABsrr,  Simon. 

Dartford. 

Nii.'holas  Vanden  Sleeno. 

13  Nov.                       ^H 

:lubdk,  Bichnrd. 

Tunbrid^o. 

Bridget,  relict. 

29  Nov.                      ^^M 

BILL,  Thomu. 

Ffiniingham. 

Anne  Hopeo/iiMSibill,  brother's 

27  Nov.                       ^H 

ft 

daughter.  In  margin,  Adm'oii 

^^H 

4   March,     1552,    to    Mary, 
relict. 

^1 

roLSTT,  Henry. 

Sfaidstone. 

Grace,  relict. 

K                                  ^^1 

OOD,  Martin. 

Bromeley. 

Mary,  relict. 

26  Oct.                        ^H 

ft 

1696. 

H 

lOOKX,  Heniy. 

Lewsbam. 

Miirgarct,  relict ;   in  person  of 
Lawrence     Swiiiborne,    not. 
pub. 

Thomas  Weston,  next  of  kin. 

^^M 

x>BXi,  John. 

Httwkehurst. 

^H 

x>TBX,  Bichard. 

St.Jamcx,  Isle 

Christophor,    brother ;      Alice, 

3  April.                    ^H 

of  Grayne. 

relict,  not  administering. 

^^H 

LLSIB,  John. 

Maidstone. 

Mary    Force    alias    Ualser, 
daughter. 

1                     ^H 

rm     aliat     Lane, 

St.Margarets, 

■William  Bettes,  husband. 

31  Dec.                       ^H 

Qiabeth. 

Rochester. 

^^H 

MJKBSOS,  Elizabeth, 

BuUy      Hill, 

Margaret    Johnes,    widow, 

24  Jan.                      ^H 

(ridow. 

Rochester. 

daughter. 

^^H 

WTE,  Edmund. 

Newohuroh. 

Ricliard  C'oaste,  father. 

1  Nov.                      ^H 

ABBioTT,  Robert. 

Feversham. 

Joan,  relict 

21  Jan.                        ^H 

OLLENDBN,    LaU- 

Preston. 

Mary,  relict. 

21  Jan.                      ^^M 

reooe. 

^^^1 

kMKT  YOUHOB, 

John. 

ciBsvoKDBK,  John. 

Qoiuboroughe. 

Jane  Harry  Younge,  relict. 

3                                ^H 

Hotfeilde. 

Bichard,  brother. 

24  April.                            1 

JTKL4CB,  Bobert. 

Eynsforde. 

Joan,  relict. 

14  May.                        ^J 

}TBSOH,  .Market. 

Hawlinge. 

Sir  John  Lovcson,  Kt.,  father. 

11  June.                      ^^M 

■SHUBST,  Elizabeth. 

Hever. 

Edward,  brother. 

8  Nov.                       ^H 

BW70BTB,    TUomas, 

Oreeawiuhe. 

Clare,  sister. 

30  April.                    ^H 

Swint,  John. 

Hawkharst. 

AVilliam  Farmer,  late  husband 
of  Elizabeth  Odiarne,  admini- 
strator of  eirects  of  dcccu<ictt. 

26  Feb.                       ~ 

^m. 

Syberteswell. 

James,  brother. 

13  Aug. 

^Bt                      il.-UD. 

Minster, 
Thanel. 

Henry  Slifoildo,  junior,  brother. 

2G  June. 

^KHiich. 

StMarjCraye. 

Joan,  relict. 
1596. 

19  July. 

^^^^^b 

Rutlinge. 

rhillice,  relict. 

4  Oct.                      ^H 

^^^^^^^^B 

BIddeadcn. 

Daniel,  son. 

23  April,                     ^H 

w 

Lidd. 

Julian,  relict. 

29  April.                           ■ 

i 

K      34 

KENTISH 

A.DMINI8TRATION8,   A.D.  1596-7.         ^^ 

H 

Name  of  deceased. 

Parish. 

To  whom  granted,  and  relation 
to  doc«afiod. 

Date  of 
Administrat 

H        174 

Bbiwxtt,  John. 

Hide. 

George    Bennett    uf    Cowame, 
Herefordshire,  brother. 

30  July. 

^L        164 

Cooke,  William. 

Bonenden. 

Agnes,  relict,  and  Thomas,  son. 

9  Jan. 

^B       154 

Cajipentke,  Robert. 

Giilingham. 

Wiiliaiu,  brother. 

12  Jan. 

^V       158 

CowuBY,  Willirim. 

Pea-ihurst. 

John  Dike,  orwJitor. 

21  Feb. 

^m      183 

Daebie,  Andrew. 

Dalilford. 

Jocomiu,  relict. 

2  Nov. 

H          154 

EVEBENDEN,  1'a.ul 

Horsnitiudcn. 

Alexander,  brother. 

16  Jan. 

^m      154 

EVEBKNOEN,  Bobort. 

Kolveuden. 

Juliana,  relict. 

23  Jan. 

^B 

Kloab,  John. 

Dnrlford. 

Dorothy,  relict. 

10  Ajiril. 

^V         156 

FosTKH,  John. 

Aynstoid. 

Agnes,  relict. 

5  Feb. 

■          189 

FiNCHB,  William. 

Lynsted. 

Danio   Katherine   Drury    alia* 

24  Dec. 

^^^&^^ 

Pinchc,  wife  of  Sir  Bru  Drury, 
Knight,  and  daughter  of  de- 
ceased ;  the  reUot  (not  named) 
renouncing. 

H 

Habbis,  George. 

Tunbridge. 

Joan,  relict. 

20  July. 

V           181 

Uam,  Francis. 

Swansoombe. 

Gnici',  relict. 

25  Oct. 

■ 

Knighte,  Anna, 

Bover. 

Elizabeth  Wortbe  alias  Black- 

1(5  July. 

^^^^^K^' 

widow. 

don,  sister  ;   during  minority 
of    Arthur,    Elizabeth,    and 
William,  children  of  deceased. 

^^^189 

Knights,  Matthew. 

Lydd. 

John  Knighte  of  Lydd,  yeoman, 
son ;  Agnes,  relict, not  adminis- 
tering. 

22  Dec. 

H          158 

Laycocke,  Christo- 
pher. 

Hawkhurst. 

Robert  Layoocke,  '•  avunculus." 

12  Feb. 

H          1G6 

Meaiieuebste,  Anne. 

Heaver. 

Johaii    Blundell    aliat   Meade- 
humte,      Margaret      Mcade- 
hurste,    Anne    Meadehurstc, 
and     Susan       Meadehurste, 
daughters. 

16  May. 

H 

Mableb,  GoorKe. 

Earithe. 

Blanche,  relict. 

13  July. 

■          185 

Mason,  Patrick. 

(irceiiwiche. 

Mary,  relict. 

24  Nov. 

^a^  155 

Pboctob,  Andrew. 

Hilhe. 

William   Carkaridge    of   Hide, 
gentleman,  creditor  ;   during 
minority  of  Elizabeth,  daugh- 
ter of  deceased. 

18  Jan. 

^m 

Pope,  Williani. 

Hiiwkehurst. 

Joan,  relict. 

5  Feb. 

^^^177 

Pboctob,  Andrew. 

Hide. 

Uilfis  Duncombe  of  St.  Stephen, 
Coleman  Street,  creditor.  For 
that  of  January  last. 

10  Sept. 

^^^177 

Pbnnyalb,  John. 

Eastmauliag. 

Evan  Davics,  creditor. 

22  Sept. 

■          180 

Pelsant,  George. 

Addingtoii. 

John   Aam    of    St,    Katherine 
Creechurch,  yeoman,  creditor. 

22  Oct. 

■          164 

Still,  John. 

Cowden. 

Alice  Mills  a/iVii  Still  and  Agnes 
Still,  sistcni  of  deceased. 

2  Jan. 

H          109 

Shebland,  John. 

Debtford. 

Alexander,  bnilher. 

12  June. 

■           181 

SutTlI,  Abraham. 

Gravest'iide. 

Elk-n  Smith  rtliax  Grayc,  relict. 

25  Oct. 

■           172 

Thomas,  Mathew. 

Milloiv     next 
Sittingborue. 

Faith   Thomas  alitu  Genynges, 
sister. 

12  July. 

1597. 

H          191 

UrxciiEd/ioiJohiLson, 
Eliznbcth,  widow. 

Gillingham. 

William  Bunuhe,  son. 

18  Jan. 

H          202 

Bdbois,  Edmund. 

1    i 

CobhuiA. 

1 

Joan,  relict. 

19  April. 

^^H           KENTISH    ADMIKISTRATIONS,   A.D.  1597.                       36         1 

^        Name  of  deceased. 

Parish. 

To  whom  granted,  and  relation 
to  deceased. 

Date  of                ■ 
Administration.        ■ 

"Bakbb,  John. 

ChedincstoDe. 
Trnistall. 

Henry,  next  of  kin. 

26  May.            ^^M 

t7    Cboomeb,  Frances. 

James,  husband. 

4                      ^H 

13    CL.LBEE,  iletiry. 

Chatham. 

Richard,  brother. 

IS  Dec.             ^^M 

)7     DCNCKK,  Henry. 

CLarte. 

John,  brother. 

4  May.             ^H 

td     ExitFElLD,  Uobcrt. 

ILiwkeliurst. 

Tliouiuzino,  relict. 

7  March.         ^^M 

n     FlNCHK,  John. 

Jtebforde. 

Eliaibctli,  relict. 

23  Feb.               ^H 

19    Gkenehill,  Richard. 

Uawkehurst. 

Eliz!il«.'th,  relict. 

18  May.              ^^M 

13    Kxsssn,  William. 

Sollendge. 

William,  mn. 

23  Juno.            ^^M 

16     LoXE,  Sampson. 

Sevenocke. 

Richard  and  John,  brothers. 

6  Oct.               ^H 

11    MXRIALL,  Thomas. 

Horsemonden. 

Katherine,  relict. 

2S  Jan.              ^^M 

l    Maiden,  John. 

New  Romuey. 

Williani  Hat<'he  and  John  Jef- 

^^M 

^ 

rey,  creditors;   Marion  Frier 
alioM  Mnrdon,  sister,  not  ad- 
ministering. 

■ 

[4    HorsTON,  John. 

Canterbury. 

Mary,  relict. 

12                         ^^1 

n    OsBOEXB,  Robert. 

Hartlippe. 

Elizabeth,  relict. 

16                      ^H 

t9    Pbibcb,  Fraocii. 

Craiford. 

John  Poirco  and  .Silvester  Hnr- 
raan  alicu  Peiroe,  next  of  kin  ; 
tatter  in   person   of   Richard 
Harman,  her  husband. 

^^^1 

^roBTBB.  Richard. 

Seale. 

Andrew  and  Thomas,  brothers. 

^^1 

16    BowxE,  John. 

Newington, 

Eden    FloeU',    wife   of   Thomas 

12  Feb.              ^^M 

^ 

Diocese  of 

Fleete,      and     daught<jr     of 

^^^H 

H 

Rochester. 

deceased. 

^^^1 

^■bciTQ,  Richard,  sen. 

Horsemonden. 

Richard  Smith,  junior,  son. 

S                    ^^1 

Jt    STAI.BT,  William. 

Eostgreen- 

Joan,  relict. 

23  May.            ^^B 

17    Stosb,  George. 

wioh. 

^^^H 

Muden. 

Richard      Gawdrye,      creditor, 

26  May.             ^^1 

liurinis'  minority  of  children  ; 

^^^H 

Katberine,     tlie    relict,    not 

^^^H 

adininiRteriug. 

^^^H 

^fiBBIMPTON,  Richard. 

Warden  in 
Isle  of 
Sheppy. 

Henry,  son. 

28  Nov.              ^^M 

^TUBJfBB,  John,  clerk. 

It 

Hector  of 
Kingsdown, 
Diocese  of 
Rochester, 

Mary,  relict. 

e                 ^^^ 

^^ILDKW,  Akdos. 

Maidstone. 

John  Lorkyn,  mm. 

1                  ^^M 

0    Taitnbb,  Edith, 

Eostgrecn- 

Alice    llunifrcy    aliaf   Mondey 

^^M 

widow. 

wich. 

mid  Elijuibetb  Tanner,  dangb- 
tera. 

^M 

?    Wactb,  Benjamin. 

Prittenden. 

Anne     Water      aliat      Munn, 
daughter. 

^^M 

^mkixbs,  Richiird. 

Chedingstone. 

John,  brother. 

May.              ^H 

^^AUSBWBIOHT, 

Becknom. 

Joan,  relict. 

Aug.              ^^H 

Thomas. 

B    WiixtMis,  Walter. 

Greenwich. 

Daaie  Dorothy  Staffordo,  credi- 
tor. 
Alice,  relict. 

Aug.             ^H 

1 

^J^TOATE,  John. 

Debtford 

27  Oct.              ^^M 

aliat  West 

^^^H 

Greenwich. 

■ 

1 

H        36                     KENTISH 

ADMINISTRATIONS,   A.D.  1598-9. 

m 

^H        Fol.        Nnino  of  deceased. 

Parish. 

To  whom  granted,  and  reUtion 
to  deceased. 

Data  of 
Administrat 

1598. 

i 

^K         2-11     ASHEMDEN,    Sir 

Charthom, 

Dame  Mary  Ashonden,  relict. 

3  March. 

■                     William,  Kt. 

^H         847    AU8TON  aliat  Blume, 

Oreonwich. 

Thomas  Bloomo,  husband. 

8  May. 

^H                     Agues. 

^M        841    BoKMAK,  Nicholiu. 

OttUam. 

Anne  Sedgar  aliat  Dornian,  sis- 
tor. 
Henry  Creswell,  next  of  kin. 

3  March. 

^M        2-12    BESBlcn,  George. 

Fevenshsm. 

14  March. 

^1         257     licTTYVANT,  Roger. 

Dejitford. 

Dorothy,  relict. 

a  .■Vugust. 

^B         249    Cboueb,  William, 

Sittiugbome. 

Jumes  Cromer,  SOU;  Catheriuu, 

2G  May. 

^H                     amiiger. 

relict,  not  administering. 

^H         240    CouBOBN,  John. 

Gowtherst. 

William,  bod. 

30  May. 

■         260    Fooo,  Richard. 

TilmeiistoQ 
alitu 
Tilmniiston. 

Anne,  relict. 

18  Sept. 

^M        268    TRA.VVC1B,  Tliornas. 

Lidd. 

Anne,  relict,  and  Edward,  son. 
Will  registered 37  Hurrington. 

26  Nov. 

^B         245     Uabtbidob  a/iVu 

Debtford. 

Dens  Uartridge,  husbaud. 

26  April. 

^H                       Sborington,  Surah. 

^M         257    nouauL,  Rol^rt. 

Stan.tteade. 

Couisia,  relict. 

28  July. 

^B         242    Jerkin,  Thoniiis. 

Diocese  of 

Margaret  George  aliat  Jenkin, 

4  March. 

Rochester. 

sister,  iu  person    of   Edward 
George,  her  huslMiiid. 
Richard,  brother. 

^B        244    Kellie,  Uenry. 

Graveaend. 

21  April. 

^M         262     Lilly,  Mnria. 

Birliug, 

Peter   AVyune,   undo    (on   the 
mother's  side). 

16  Oct. 

^M         265    Lowes,  Giles. 

Newetideii. 

Thoiuius,  brother. 

IG  Not. 

^B         256    PABEbiruBST,  James. 

Lcnhiim. 

Elisabeth,  relict. 

7  July. 

^M         248    Stiine^uoke,  Robert. 

Beckenbain. 

EliKubelh,  relict. 

19  May. 

^H         262    SiMONSON,  Philip. 

Rochester. 

Aiuie,  relict. 

12  Oct. 

^M         238    T.iYLOB,  Thomiu. 

Cranbrooke. 

yUice,  relict. 

10  Fob. 

■         253     Tkuuvkll,  Walter. 

Easlgreen- 
winh. 

Julian,  relict. 

20  June. 

H        263    Tanner,  Themas. 

St.  John,  Isle 
of  Tlmnet. 

Anne,  relict. 
1599. 

28  Oct. 

^H         82    Abinoton,  John. 

Eastgreen- 

Edward   Pikhard    and    Robert 

24  Aug. 

wich. 

Uawkinn.uoitotkin ;  Edward, 
son  of  deceased,   not  having 
iwlministored. 

^B          0    QtrcKHUBST,  Thomas. 

Hawkberst. 

William,  Joan,  Agnes,  and  Eli- 
laboth,  ciiildrcn  of  deceased. 

21  Feb. 

^H           2    Bakeb,  Thomas. 

Leigh. 

George  Baker,  "  afliuis." 

17  Jan. 

^H         33    UraoEs,  Dorothy. 

Bronchloy. 

Paul,  brother. 

29  Deo. 

^H         83    Cliffobo,  Sir  Conier, 

Bobbiug 

Dame  Mary  Clifford,  relict. 

11  Deo. 

■ 

Court. 

^H         10    De.\ne,  Ignatius. 

Debt  ford. 

Mary,  relict. 

2  April. 

^H           2     Fbanklyn,  Anna. 

CiDterbury. 

Mary  Gorsby  aliat  Franklyn, 
daughter. 

IS  Jan. 

^H          6    Gbboobt,  Anna. 

Lee. 

Rose,  daughter. 

2  Feb. 

^B         83    Gbtffvth,  Elizeus. 

Green«-ioh. 

Edward,  brother. 

7  Sept. 

i 

^ 

■        KENTISH 

ADMINISTRATIONS,    A.D.  1599-1600.                 37              | 

Name  of  deoeawd. 

Parish. 

To  whom  granted,  and  reUtion 
to  deoeaaed. 

Date  of                      1 
Administration.              1 

loiDlB,  Henry. 

Eostgreen- 

James,  father ;  during  minority 

16  Aug.           ^m 

wich. 

of  John  and  Elizabeth,  chil- 
dron  of  deceased. 

■ 

iinoHT,  John. 

Lidd. 

Thomas,  father's  brother. 

1  Oct.              ^H 

[iOtJDON,  Bichard. 

Chatham. 

John  Vale,  creditor. 

29  Jan.                   ^H 

[iTSCH,  Thomas. 

Forde, 
Diocese  of 
Boohester. 

Thomai!  Worknd,  creditor. 

24  Nov.                  ^M 

Ktllsb,  James. 

Wrotham. 

Agnes,  relict. 

15  March.               ^H 

Habtbbs,  William. 

Seale. 

Agnes,  relict. 

6  June.                  ^^M 

JJOBTOJJ,  John. 

Norwood, 
Dii)cege  of 
Koohester. 

Elizabeth,  relict. 

21  May.                  ^H 

j^ktnaov,  Come- 

AThitstnple. 

John  Morris,  sinter's  son ;  during 
minority  of  Elizubeth Stephen- 

28 April.                 ^1 

iftjj^ 

son,    daughter    of    deceased; 
Thomas  Baatmeade  (to  whom 

^^^^^ 

^^H^ 

^^^^H 

^^^^H 

iidministrstion  granted  June 

^^^^^M 

^^^^ 

16l>4)   not    having   adminis- 

^^^^^M 

^B 

tered. 

^^^^^M 

HoEB,  Thomas. 

Hive  alia* 
Hyde. 

Julinun,  relict. 

22  March.         ^^^1 

^IX,  Thomas. 

Rochester. 

John  Cole  of  Friiid*bury,  hus- 
band of  Elizabeth  Cole,  friend 
of  John,  Snmnel,  and  Peter, 
children  of  deceased. 

'"■"     1 

IFaixfoou,  William. 

Eastgreen- 
wioh. 

George,  son. 

26  Nov.                   ^H 

1 

1600.                                                                    ^1 

Rklf,  Bichard. 

Sutton 
Vallence. 

Mildred,  relict. 

29  Jan.                   ^H 

Lppiatdbo,  Appolina, 

Bocbester. 

William  Allen,  husband  of  Susan 

19  Marxjb.               ^H 

widow. 

Allen  aliat  Appleford,  daugh- 
ter of  deceased. 

^M 

Llbbbt,  Henry. 

Grnvesend. 

Anne,  relict  of  Thomas  Albety, 
son  of  deoeaaed. 

2                              ^H 

ikMOtU  aliat  Iladdin, 

Dover. 

William,  brother. 

IB  Feb.                   ^H 

Angela. 

^^H 

iBiOHT  aliat  Bodes, 

Cranebrooke. 

Robert,  brother,  and  Margaret, 

16  Feb.                 ^H 

Margaret. 

mother. 

^^^1 

Ukbow  altat  Moore, 

Hawk  hurst. 

B<obert  Boome,  son. 

23  May.                 ^H 

Elizabeth. 

^^H 

tlTTS  aliat  Hartford, 

Strowde. 

Thomas,  Ute  husband. 

26  Sept                 ^H 

Maria. 

^^H 

timrDKLL,  Bopos. 

Bochoater. 

Elizabeth,  relict. 

16  April.                  ^H 

^LBBKS,  Sir  Bolond, 

Well  Court. 

Kardinand,  son  ;   Jooosa,  relict. 

6  Feb.                    ^M 

Kt. 

ni>t.  having  administered. 

^^H 

^EBTT,  Sampson. 

Bochester. 

John,  brother. 

26  Aug.                    ^H 

toCKK,  Philip. 

Lewsham. 

Isabella,  relict  ;    in    person    of 
John  Kobin!«on,  notary  public. 

22  April.                   ^M 

I^Biohard. 

Dartforde. 

Eoliert  Moyle  of  St.  Gregorj-'s, 
London,  haberdasher ;   Anne, 
relict,  not  administering. 

24  Jan.                     ^M 

■■.Peter. 

Tenterden. 

Elizabeth,  relict. 

10  March.               ^^ 

H        38                     KENTISH 

ADMINISTRATIONS,    A.D.  1600-01.          ^^ 

H 

v»j<i 

^H       Fol.        Name  of  (ieceii«ecl. 

Parish. 

To  whom  granted,  and  relation 
to  deceased. 

Dat^of 
Administrati 

^^^^L47    GrNTBB,  Henry. 

Chevcning. 

Prcttefiie  Gounter,  reliot. 

8  May. 

^^^046    Glovgb,  Vincont. 

Wiiitersham. 

Elizabeth,  relict. 

2fi  April. 

^^^^  68    IsiIAM,  Edward, 

Wnliuer 

Margery,  relict. 

3  Deo. 

^^m                  armiger. 

Ca*lle. 

^H        42    LovBLACB,  Juan. 

Ayneaforde. 

John  Tooke,  brother;    during 
minority  of  Robert  and  Mary, 
children  of  decea,ipd. 

31  March. 

^H         4S     Leake,  George. 

Doblford. 

Jane  Wilson  atiwi  Leake,  mother. 

20  May. 

^^^^  69     LiWBBNCS,  Joan. 

Hainham. 

Thomas  Shorte,  brother  ;  during 
minority  of  Henry,  William, 
Richard, and  Thomas,  children 
of  deceased. 

27  Sept. 

^r         59    Lawbbkcb,  John. 

Bainham. 

Thomas  Shorte,  brother ;  during 
minority  of  Henry,  William, 
Ilichard,  and    Thomas,   chil- 

27 Sept. 

^^^^^fa 

^^^^^P 

dren  of  deceased. 

^        86    MCNDT,  FmnoiF. 

Chatham. 

Mary  Stacy  aliai  Mundy,  sinter, 
also  Wm.  Stacy  her  husband. 

10  Jan. 

^B          47    8TONABU,TIiomiui,jim. 

CranL'brmk. 

Tliomas  Stonard,  senior,  father. 

2  May. 

^■^^  41    Shobt,  Marion. 

Gilliii^'ham. 

Juiiu,  son. 

31  April. 

^^P 

1601. 

^        70    Aplefobd,  William. 

B<K!he9ter. 

William  Allen,  huslKind  of  Susan 
.\llcn  atiiu  Aplcford,  daugh- 
ter. 

Elislia  Lloidd  of  Warington  in 

29  Jan. 

^m         86    BuBDBN,  M'illiam. 

Dover. 

23  Juno. 

^H 

Cheshire,  gentleman,  creditor. 

^M          76    Bbadbcby,  Godfrey. 

Milton   alieu 
MiddletoD, 
Rochester 
Diocese. 

Bichard  Askew,  step-brother. 

27  Feb. 

^^^^^■^'.  BALDorK,  Bichard. 

Hougbam, 

Bichard,  brother. 

4  Nov. 

^^^^Hff'  Cawse,  Abmham. 

Gravesend. 

Thomas  Andrevre  of  St.  Sepul- 
chre's, London,  creditor. 

7  April. 

^L^^  83    Chaubxbs,  George. 

Mepham. 

Thoma.1  Kennotl  of   Mephara, 
yeoman  ;  during  minority  of 
William,  George,  and  Hici- 

12  May. 

^^^^^p 

^^^^~^ 

beth  Chambers,  children   of 

^^r 

deceased. 

^1          89    CoBNWBll,  Tbomne. 

St.  Mary 
Craje. 

Alice,  relict. 

83  July. 

^^^^  97    FiNCHB,  William. 

LiQHted. 

Dnie  Dniry,  Knight,  late  hu«- 
liand  of  Catherine  Finch  alitu 
Drury,  daughter  of  William 
Fincbe,  deceased.    See  1596. 

14  Oct. 

H^          99    HoBDS,  Stephou. 

Dartford. 

Faith,  relict. 

21  Nov. 

^H         103     HirKES,  John. 

Gillinpham. 

Alice  Pate  aha*  Hickes,  lister. 

24  Dec. 

^M           'J2     Peabcb,  William. 

Snndlaud. 

Frances    Pearce   alias    Butler, 
si.stori    during    minority    of 
John  and  Alice  Pcaroe,  the 
children  of  deceased.     Mar- 
garet    Pearce,     reliot,      not 
having  administered. 

25  Aug. 

^V        95    Pett,  Thomas. 

Milton,    Dio- 
cese of  r 
terbv 

MiloD,  brother. 

2  Oct. 

H           KBKTISH 

ADMINISTRATIONS,    A.D.  1601-2.                      39 

1 

Name  of  deceased. 

Pariah. 

To  whom  granted,  and  relation 
to  deceased. 

Date  of 
Administration. 

*rx,  John,  sen. 

Cranbrooke. 

John  Pjm,  junior,  brother. 

22  May. 

hUBCB,  William. 

Snodland. 

MarRaret,  relict.     See  adm'ou 

30  June. 

^^H 

lOlOBWKU,, 

Earith. 

25  August. 
Judith  North  aUat  Somerwell, 

81  July. 

B 

AlexMider. 

daughter. 

^^H 

ITBPBBKS,  Salomon. 

Northfleete. 

Petronclla,  relict. 

28  April. 

^^H 

UrtrDKBS,  Nicholas. 

Oreenwich. 

Jane,  relict. 

24  I>ec. 

^^H 

Short,  Marion. 

Gillioi^ham. 

WiUiam  and  John,  sons. 

10  Feb. 

^^H 

rHBrsTCEAFT.Roland. 

Leigh. 

Agnes  Stanton,  niece. 

29  April. 

^H 

t 

1602. 

H 

1p  Thomas,  Morgim. 

Wickham, 
Diocese  of 
Rochester. 

Eran  ap  Thomas,  brother. 

30  Jan.             _ 

■ 

IfPLSFORD  ali<u 

Rochester. 

Susan  Allen  aliat  Aberford  alias 

10  Jon. 

^^H 

r"" 

Apleford  (her  husband  M'il- 
liam  Allen  not  having  admin- 
istered),      and        Thomazcn 
Howett  o^<MAberford,daugh- 
ters  of  deceased. 

I 

StriDEN,  France*. 

Hyde. 

Ambrose  Ward,  uncle  (on  the 
mother's  side). 

16  May. 

B 

Bakcboft,  Peter. 

Midlie. 

Robert,  brother. 

20  May. 

^^^ 

Sbowsb,  Robert. 

Bromlie. 

John  W>n,  brother. 

15  Sept. 

^^1 

|H>rT,  John. 

Marston. 

Ellen   Lurch  aliat  Croft    and 
Eliaiheth      Chambers     alia* 
Croft,  sisters. 

6  Feb. 

■ 

Stoke. 

Jane,  relict. 

2aF^b. 

^^1 

30I.LTXR,  William. 

Sandwich. 

Sarah,  relict. 

5  Oct. 

^^H 

Daoir,  William. 

Cowdeane. 

Thomas   Dixon,    brother,    and 
Mildred  Oouler  aliat  Dixon, 
sister. 

15  Jan. 

■ 

DtJCT,  Nicholas. 

Rochester. 

Jane  Bott,  sister. 

27  Not. 

^^H 

PtocirD,  William. 

Strowde. 

Isabella,  relict. 

9  April. 

^^H 

Fathbbs,  Symon. 

Wrotham. 

Agnos  M  ilb  alia*  Fathers  aUat 
Basset,  daughter. 

2  Deo. 

■ 

Bn  (orUiolu),  John. 

Northfleete. 

Rose,  relict. 

17  Feb. 

'1 

Qilliugham. 

Thomas  Holloway,  senior,  father 

21  Jbd, 

1 

^H 

of  Thomas  Holloway,  junior. 

1 

sister's  son,  and  during  his 

1 

^^^^H 

minority  ;    Alice    Pate  alia* 

^^^^B 

Hicks   (to  whom  administra- 

^^^r 

tion  lOOl)  not  having  adminis- 

^^M 

H[ 

tered. 

^^H 

Bll    aluu     Pearce, 

Anns. 
Joins,  William. 

Meopham. 

Margaret  Williams,  next  of  kin. 

9  July. 

^ 

Strowde. 

Joan,  relict. 

7  Jane. 

1 

OrtBr,  Mat  hew. 

Sittin^tbiim. 

Chri."itian,  relict. 

81  Oct. 

pBovosT,  William. 

Dobtford. 

Prauois  Uridges,  next  of   kin  ; 

8  June. 

^^H 

• 

Anna     Bennett     and    John 

^^H 

Bridges,  late  administrators, 

^^H 

not  having  administered.  See 

^^H 

1593. 

^^H 

Rum.  DaBiel. 

East    Oreen- 
wioh. 

Grace    Boswell    aliat    Pigeon, 
sister. 

20  July, 

1 

r 

40 

KENTISH  ADMINISTRATIONS,   A.D.  1602-3.         ^^ 

Fol. 

Name  of  deoeosed. 

Parish. 

To  whom  granted,  and  roktion 
todeoeaaed. 

Dale  of 
Administrat 

109 

Ttbill,  Jollll. 

Greenwich. 

Phillip  Tirrell,   uncle  (on    the 

26  Feb. 

^B 

father's  side),  and  James  Tir- 

^H 

rell,  next  of  kin. 

1 

114 

TlBEBtl,  John. 

Green  wioh. 

Phillip     Tirrell,     uncle,     Alice 
Denny,  sister's  d;iughter,  and 
Anne    Wclby    aliat   Tirrell, 
brother's  daui^hter. 

30  April. 

1 

129 

Wood,  Nicholas. 

Eattt    Green- 
wich. 

Eliaibeth    Sonne    alitu    Wood, 
sister. 

9  Aug. 

H 

136 

Wtllabd,  Elizabeth. 

Hedcom. 

Agmandesham  Weston,  sou. 

12  Oct. 

H 

1603. 

H 

148 

Andhewes,  Eichnrd. 

Hnwkhurst. 

llnfe  CoUie,  next  of  kin. 

18  Feb. 

^H 

lf!2 

AirntTBST,  Nii-'holiw. 

Hnwtod. 

Giles  and  Nicholas,  sons. 

8  Aug. 

^H 

142 

Brand,  Hunry. 

Dcbtford. 

Eliialwth,  relict. 

3  Jan. 

^H 

153 

BATcitELOR,  Henry. 

Ba.it  Mailing. 

Joniii',  relict. 

24  May. 

^1 

149 

CowKow,  Richard. 

Eoehecf^r. 

Tli'iiniis,  brother. 

9  Feb. 

^^ 

152 

Cabpenteb,  Phillip. 

Chisenmrst. 

Thomas,  next  of  kin. 

1  April. 

^H 

168 

CoLBSON  aliMRaynes, 

Eiuitgreon- 

Mnrj-     Greene    aUai    Haines, 

4  July. 

^H 

Anna. 

wich. 

daughter. 

■ 

170 

Dowses  aliat  Warren, 
Susnn. 

Craiford. 

W  illiam  Warren,  husband. 

31  Oct. 

^H 

172 

DoD,  Joseph. 

Debt  ford. 

Marpirct,  relict. 

10  Oct. 

^H 

163 

FlsHKNDKN,  Anna. 

Detlin>;e. 

John  and  Thtimas,  brothers. 

28  May. 

^H 

178 

FBAJfrKLYN,  Henrj'. 

Canterhiiry. 

M:iry,  relict. 

23  Dec. 

1 

142 

Ol'KlV,  John. 

Leiffh  next 
Tonbridge. 

Eliimbeth,     relict.         (Another 
luliiiini-Htration    in     1628    to 
John  Fordell,  husband  of  Eli- 
mbeth   Fordell  ftli<u  Gurlej, 
deceased.) 

12  Jan. 

^H 

169 

OrBBON,  PranoLi. 

Hivwk  hurst. 

Mary,  relict. 

9  July. 

■ 

173 

Hablakindkn, 

Walter. 

Tunstall. 

Jerome  Trollop  and  Kathorine 
his   wife,   half-sister   of    de- 
cea.«cd. 

2  Nov. 

I 

170 

KsTLS,  John. 

Eltham. 

\Mlliam   Kynit>er  of  All  Saints 
Barkinp,  clothworker  (?uro- 
dit<ir,  no  relation  jrivon). 

21  Oct. 

1 

173 

LrwTW,  Anns,  widow. 

Otterindea. 

Sir  Francis  Goldsuiyth,  Knight, 
brother. 

2  Nov. 

1 

173 

Lbwyw,  John. 

OtterindeD. 

Sir  Francis Goldsmyth,  Knight, 
uncle  (on  the  mother's  side). 

a  Nov. 

^H 

178 

Mabton,  John. 

Bromley. 

Anns,  relict. 

20  Dec. 

^1 

173 

Pbtit,  Alice. 

Sittingbomc. 

William  Gooddy,  brother's  son. 

13  Nov. 

^1 

148 

Rich,  John. 

Bcrsted. 

Jasper,  son. 

28  Feb. 

^^ 

142 

Shbpkbd,  William. 

Debtford. 

Agnes,  relict. 

11  Jan. 

H 

169 

Stakly,  William. 

Slioriie. 

Thomas    Mylles     of      Shorne, 
gentleman. 

lOct. 

I 

169 

Snapk,  Robert. 

Eastgreen- 
wioh. 

Joan,  reUot. 

10  Oct. 

^H 

178 

Stone,  Thomas. 

Wrotham. 

Robert,  brother. 

22  Deo. 

^H 

1*3 

WT«ir   \udrew. 

Sniidwioh. 

William,  brotlier. 

20  June. 

^ 

160 

W- 

\:.«ii  :>• 

Petronilk,  relict. 

22  March.  , 

1 

■■''imas,  brother. 

6  Nov.      1 

(  41  ) 


ROMAN  CASTRUM  AT  LYMNE. 


BT   C.    ROACH    SMITH,    F.8.A. 


The  only  historical  notice  we  have  of  tlie  Roman 
cctstrum  or  fortress,  now  known  as  Studfall  Castle,  is 
from  the  Notitia  Imperii,  an  elaborate  list  of  all  the 
chief  military  castra  and  towns  in  the  Eastern  and 
Western  Roman  Empire,  together  with  civil  adminis- 
trations. From  internal  evidence  this  great  work  was 
compiled,  or  re-compiled  as  we  have  it,  as  late  as  the 
time  of  Arcadius  and  Honorius. 

The  caatrum  stands  in  the  list  of  fortifications  on 
the  Saxon  Shore,  thus :  "  Prjepositus  Numcri  Tur- 
nacensium  Lemanis,"  i.e.  the  Commander  of  a  body  of 
Tumacensians  at  Lymne. 

These  soldiers  were  drawn  from  Tiimacuin,  now 
Tourney  ;  and  may  have  been  from  300  to  400  strong. 
The  fortresses  were  all  under  the  jurisdiction  of  a 
Comes,  or  Count,  who  had  his  court  of  law  and  officials 
of  various  kinds ;  but  where  he  resided  is  not  stated ; 
it  may  have  been  at  Dover.  What  was  called  the 
Saxon  Shore  extended  from  Braucaster  in  Norfolk 
to  the  Partus  Adurni  in  Sussex. 

In  the  "Itinerary  of  Antoninus"  the  castrum  is 
not  mentioned ;  but  the  Fortus  Lemanis  is ;  and  its 
distance  from  Durovernum,  Canterbury,  by  what  is 
now  called  the  Stone  Street.  This  port  was  one  of 
the  three  great  entrances  to  Britain  ;  the  others  being 


42  KOMAK   CASTRUM  AT   LYMNE. 

at  Dover  and  Richborough.  But  it  appears  to  hare 
been  silted  up  and  disused  some  time  before  this 
castrum  was  built.  Of  this  there  is  evidence  which 
was  brought  to  light  when,  many  years  since,  I  and 
the  late  Mr.  James  Elliott  of  Dymchurch  caused  exca- 
vations to  be  made.  We  discovered  that  the  large 
squared  stones,  from  3  to  4  feet  in  length,  which 
formed  the  foimdations  of  the  main  gateway,  had 
been  previously  used  in  important  buildings.  Among 
them  was  an  altar  dedicated  to  Neptune  by  a  prsefect, 
or  admiral,  of  the  British  fleet.  This  altar,  from  the 
marine  shells  which  adhered  to  it,  had  been  under 
water,  and,  doubtless,  must  have  come,  together  with 
the  other  stones,  from  the  site  of  the  Partus  Lemania, 
then  becoming  useless  as  a  port. 

We  made  another  interesting  discovery.  The  tiles 
used  in  the  main  walls  and  in  the  interior  buildings 
were  stamped  with  the  letters  CL.  BR.,  Classiarii 
Britannici,  British  Marines,  who  were,  of  course,  the 
builders.  Long  anterior,  similar  tile-marks  had  been 
found  at  Dover ;  so  that  these  military  sailors  were 
equally  masons  and  carpenters,  and  might  have 
assumed  as  a  motto  that  of  our  Royal  Marine  Corps, 
"  Per  Mare  per  Terram." 

In  the  same  chapter  of  the  Notitia  to  which  I  have 
referred  (that  of  the  forts  on  the  Saxon  Shore),  where 
mention  is  made  of  the  Second  Legion  at  Richborough 
under  a  tribune,  there  is  additional  evidence  of  the 
late  period  of  these  castra.  In  the  middle  of  the  third 
century,  in  the  reign  of  Valerianus,  this  legion  was 
still  at  its  head-quarters  at  Caerleon.  We  learn  this 
from  an  inscription  recording  a  reparation  of  the  bar- 
racks, which  shews  that  there  was  then  no  indication 
of  removing  the  legion. 


ROMAN    CA8TEUM    AT   LYMNE. 


43 


II 
I 


The  coins  which  we  found,  261  in  numher,  were 
chiefly  of  the  Lower  Empire  ;  those  of  Carausius  and 
of  the  Coustantine  family  being  numerous :  the  latest 
were  of  Gratianus. 

Reverting  to  the  Littus  Saxonicum,  or  Saxon 
Shore,  the  name  given  by  tlic  Romans  to  the  line  of 
coast  uixjn  which  these  fortresses  were  placed,  it  was 
80  named,  not,  as  some  have  supposed,  from  Saxons 
who  had  been  allowed  there  to  locate  themselves,  but 
from  the  piratical  depri'flations  they  were  continually 
making.  For  a  long  time  they  were  kept  in  elieck  by 
the  British  fleet;  but  this  force  being  inadequate 
of  itself,  a  powerful  line  of  forts  was  established, 
securing  the  province  for  a  time.  But  the  power  and 
glory  of  Rome  were  on  the  decline ;  tlie  destiny  of 
Britain  as  a  Roman  province,  was  tending  to  a  change  ; 
and  the  gradual  withdrawal  of  the  legions  and  auxi- 
liaries left  the  Saxon  Shore  to  be  converted  into  a 
portion  of  the  Saxon  kingdom. 

The  disjected  state  of  the  ruins  of  the  ca^trum  is 
owing  to  a  land-slip  common  in  this  district.  So 
violent  was  it  that  in  parts  we  found  tliat  the  walls 
had  been  turned  upside  down,  and  thrown  out  of 
their  original  line.  Tliis  rendered  the  excavations 
extremely  difficult  and  tedious,  while  in  the  interior 
80  deeply  were  the  remains  of  buildings  buried  that 
we  covild  only  in  two  instances  lay  them  open,  and 
that  not  to  a  full  extent.  Towards  the  upper  part 
were  what  liad  been  extensive  rooms  strongly  built, 
wliich  could  only  be  assigned  to  the  quarters  of  the 
garrison.  In  the  lower  part  we  were  successful  in 
finding  an  important  buildinj?  which  had  been  warmed 
by  means  of  hypocausts,  while  the  rooms  had  remains 
HL    of  wall  paintings,   the  colours  being  well  preserved. 


^ 


4A 


UOHAN   CASTRUM   AT   LTMNB. 


Of  course  the  soldiers*  rooms  must  also  have  been 
heated  in  the  same  manner,  as  we  find  in  other  mili- 
tary stations ;  else  it  would  have  been  impossible  for 
them  to  have  endiu*ed  the  wintry  rigours  of  this 
northern  climate. 

In  the  western  wall  were  some  small  chambers 
which  could  have  served  no  other  piirpose  than  pro- 
tection for  watchers;  the  high  situation  probably 
rendering  needless,  here,  the  wooden  structures  for 
watchmen  upon  the  top  of  the  walls,  with  which  castra 
were  usually  supplied.  The  coins  of  the  Constantine 
family  give  examples  of  these  sheds. 

On  the  lower  or  water  side  there  was  no  wall. 
As  at  Richborough,  the  natural  features  were  a  suf- 
ficient protection. 

The  architecture  of  the  walls  followed  the  usual 
system  adopted  in  these  casira,  the  interior  being 
chiefly  limestone,  cemented  with  lime,  and  faced 
with  small  squared  stones  divided  at  intervals  with 
layers  of  tiles ;  to  the  width  of  6  to  8  feet,  and  in 
height  about  20.  The  bastions  or  towers  were  semi- 
circular, and  tied  into  the  curtain  wall.  This  is 
usually,  but  not  invariably,  the  case ;  for,  here  and 
there,  we  find  them  detached,  being  built  after  the 
erection  of  tlie  walls,  and  united  at  the  top  only. 
They  were  meant  not  to  strengthen  the  walls,  but 
solely  for  strategic  purposes. 

In  concluding  these  brief*  remarks,  let  us  con- 
sider how  the  Roman  soldiers  spent  the  long  and 
dreary  winter  evenings.  Tliey  had  no  newspapers, 
no  books,  for  the  art  of  printing  was  unknown.     In 


*  For  a  full  aooount  see   7%*  Amtiquitiei  of  Richborough,  Seeuhmr,  and 
LfutHe,  aud  a  Sejiorl  of  the  Excamtioru  at  Lt/mue. 


ROMAN   CA8TBUM   AT  LTHKE.  45 

their  coins,  however,  they  may  have  found  materials 
for  thought  and  discussion;  for  their  coins  give  a 
history  of  national  events.  The  coins  of  Probus  alone, 
it  has  been  estimated,  include  4000  varieties.  By  the 
coins  of  past  times  veterans  could  illustrate  great 
national  events  in  which  they  had  acted ;  and  relate  to 
their  young  comrades  stories  of  marvellous  interest, 
turning  their  stipends  into  annals  of  history. 


(     46    ) 


OBSERVATIONS  ON  THE  REMAINS  OF  THE 
BASILICA  OF  LYMINGE. 

BY   THE    KEV.    CANON    R.    C.    JENKINS,    M.A., 

BECTOH   AND   VICAB  OP   LVMINOB, 


The  Church  of  Lyminge  ia  the  only  oae  which  in  the  Saxon 
charters  of  the  seventh  and  followinjf  centuries  is  desig- 
nated a  basilica  ;  and  this  distinctive  characteristic  leads  to 
the  belief  that  it  presented  in  that  earliest  period  of  our 
Christianity  the  peculiar  features  of  the  basilical  churches, 
viz.,  the  threefold  division  and  the  western  apse,  which  we 
see  preserved  in  the  great  churches  founded  by  Constantine 
in  the  Eastern  and  Western  capitals.  Of  these  the  learned 
work  of  Ciampini,  De  sacris  acdijiciis  a  Constantino  Magna 
Cmistrudis  (Rom.,  1693),  gives  a  full  and  illustrated  descrip- 
tion. Before  the  time  of  that  great  emperor,  the  buildings 
devoted  to  Christian  worship  went  chiefly  by  the  name  of 
Conveniicula,  "  domun  Dei"  or  Ecclesice  ;  though  it  is  probable 
that  some  portion  of  the  secular  buildings  of  a  basilical 
character  were  assigned  to  the  Christians  during  the  periods 
of  toleration  and  endowment  which  preceded  the  actual 
establishment  of  their  faith  in  the  Empire.  Ammianus 
Mareellinus  mentions  the  "  basilica  Siecinini "  as  a  place 
"  id>i  rittis  Christiani  est  cmiocnliculuvi "  (1.  27),  probably 
indicating  the  town  of  Siccig'nano,  which  constituted  one  of 
the  many  dukedoms  of  the  great  house  of  Caracciolo. 

In  the  two  charters  of  Wihtraed  (697 — 715)  the  church 
is  described  as  the  "  Basilica  B.  Marias  Genetricis  Dei  quae  siia 
est  in  loco  qui  dicitur  Liminijite."  The  only  other  passage  in 
which  a  "basilica"  is  mentioned  at  this  early  period  is  in 
the  charter  of  King  Ini  in  704,  (marked  by  Kemble  as  of 
somewhat  doubtful  authenticity,)   which   is   said  to  have 


REMAINS   OP   THE    BASILICA   OP   LTMIMOE. 


47 


N 


N 
^ 

^ 


"been  publicly  delivered  and  confirmed  in  ligned  baailicd," 
words  which  clearly  refer  to  a  secular  building;  the  church 
to  which  the  grant  is  made  being  described  as  an  Ecclcsia  in 
the  earlier  part  of  the  document. 

St.  Augustine  (in  his  Questions  on  Exodus,  1.  ii.  c.  v.) 
appears  to  refer  rather  to  the  secular  than  to  the  ecclesias- 
ticjil  basilica,  when  he  writes,  "  Let  us  now  consider  the 
number  of  the  columns,  in  which  we  may  advert  upon  the 
form  of  the  Tabernacle,  whether  it  was  square  or  round,  or 
had  an  oblong  quadi*ature,  with  longer  sides  and  shorter 
ends — a  form  in  which  vioxt  hn»ilicai'  are  constructed,"  It  is 
true  that  in  one  or  two  instances  circular  churches  in  Borne 
are  named  havilicas  (as  the  Church  of  St.  Constantia),  but 
this  was  only  when  they  were  founded  upon  ancient  bap- 
tistries, the  form  of  which  was  always  circular.  The  oblong 
form,  and  its  three  divisions  and  apse  at  the  western  end, 
were  the  characteristic  attributes  of  the  Christian  basilicas 
of  the  earliest  period. 

The  baailical  foundations  at  Lyminge,  to  which  Sir 
Gilbert  Scott  in  his  Lectures  on  Architecture  has  directed 
the  attention  of  the  student  of  ecclesiastical  buildings,  as 
throwing  light  upon  their  earliest  history  in  England,  belong 
to  two  distinct  periods.  This  was  first  clearly  pointed  out 
by  his  more  learned  son,  Mr.  Gilbert.  Scott,  in  his  Hintory  of 
Church  Architecture,  while  investigating  the  character  of 
those  primitive  churches  which  have  been  succeeded  by  the 
grand  cathedrals  of  a  later  age.  As  the  only  fragment 
remaining  in  England  of  the  foundations  of  a  basilical 
church,  his  attention  was  directed  to  it  as  illustrating  the 
kindred  church  of  Canterbury,  with  which,  in  all  its  history, 
the  Monastery  of  Lyminge  was  so  closely  connected.  Of 
the  original  metropolitical  cathedral,  which  was  early  re- 
moved to  give  place  to  the  Norman  structure,  not  a  frag- 
ment remains,  and  the  descriptions  given  of  it  by  Goscelinus 
and  other  writers  are  not  sufiiciently  clear  to  enable  us  to 
draw  out  its  form  or  proportions.  The  fullest  description 
of  a  building  of  this  kind,  especially  in  its  more  developed 
form,  is  very  difficult  to  produce  in  a  ground-plan,  and  this 
is  singularly  illustrated  in   the    elaborate   account   of  the 


48 


REMAINS   OF   THE    BASILICA   OF   LYMINGE. 


great  Tyrian  basilica  given  us  by  Eusebius,  and  in  the 
minute  description  of  the  double  basilica  founded  by 
St.  Paulinus  at  Nola  in  honour  of  his  predecessor  St.  Felix. 
Yet  the  clear  understanding  of  the  form  and  divisions  of 
the  ancient  baaUical  churches  is  indispensably  necessary  to 
the  student  of  church  building  in  every  later  age.  For  the 
modem  cathedral  is  but  the  development  of  the  simple  basi- 
lica of  Nieene  Christianity,  when  imperial  buildings  of  a 
secular  character  were  transferred  to  the  uses  of  the  newly 
adopted  faith.  I  will  not  enter  here  upon  the  question 
whether,  or  in  what  degree,  the  Roman  forensic  basilica  gave 
its  form  and  proportions  to  the  Christian  temple — a  connec- 
tion which  is  altogether  repudiated  by  Zestermann  in  his 
learned  treatise,  De  Basilicis.  Many  buildings  of  a  public 
character  in  Borne  were  thus  designated,  and  the  word  in 
imperial  times  became  attached  to  royal  residences,  in 
which  public  functions  and  ceremonies  were  performed. 
Such  buildings  we  know  from  our  own  historians  were 
devoted  by  the  Saxon  kings,  on  their  conversion,  to  Christian 
purposes,  and  constituted  the  earliest  Christian  temples  of 
our  land.  Taking  for  our  guide  the  third  part  of  the  ex- 
haustive treatise  of  Zestermann,  which  treats  on  the  Chris- 
tian basilicas,  we  are  reminded  that  in  order  "  to  have  a 
right  idea  of  the  plan  of  the  building,  we  must  bear  in  mind 
that  its  area  was  quadrangular,  forming  a  parallelogram, 
whose  breadth  was  about  a  third  part  of  its  length  (as  may 
be  seen  by  the  diagrams  given  by  Zestermann),  and  that  in  the 
most  ancient  times  it  always  consisted  of  these  three  parts : 

"  I.  The  entrance  or  vestibule  (aditus,  irponrvKov). 

"II.  The  atrium  or  paradise  (parvis). 

"III.  The  temple  itself  (the  vam). 

"To  these  parts  of  the  area,  which  one  may  call  the 
essential  ones,  two  others  were  added  afterwards,  which 
were  less  necessary : 

"  IV.  The  apse  (a  semicircular  projection  placed  in  the 
*t^  to  the  entrance  (or  aditus),  and  therefore  on 
B  building),  and 

^sage  or  amhulatio,  which  extended 


REMAINS   OP  THE   BASILICA   OF    LTMINGE, 


49 


P 
^ 


W 


Thns  we  have  three  original  features,  and  two  of  a  later 
date.  To  the  greater  development  of  these  two  latter  we 
must  ascribe  the  present  cruciform  cathedrals  and  churches ; 
the  choir  or  chancel  being  the  development  of  the  apse, 
while  the  transverse  amhulatio  in  front  of  the  apse  extended 
itself  so  as  to  form  transepts.  A  cruciform  appearance  was 
thus  given  to  the  plan,  which  in  its  origin  had  no  reference 
whatever  to  a  cross,  but  sprang  out  of  the  latei-al  projec- 
tions which  were  given  to  the  basilica  in  consequence  of  the 
transverse  ambulatory,  which  appears  to  have  originated 
from  the  greater  pomp  attending  the  celebrations  at  the 
altar,  and  the  processions  which  the  presence  of  a  large 
body  of  the  clergy,  whose  seats  were  placed  around  the  apse, 
introduced  and  almost  rendered  necessary. 

But  another  and  a  very  important  change  resulted  from 
the  relaxation  and  final  abolition  of  the  ancient  penitential 
discipline  of  the  Church  which  had  rendered  the  threefold 
division  of  the  church  necessary  in  order  to  separate  the 
classes  of  worshippers — the  penitents,  the  catechumens,  and 
the  faithful,  which  last  were  alone  admitted  to  the  full 
privileges  of  their  church-membership.  If  you  look  on  the 
plan  of  an  Eastern  basilica,  as  given  by  Bishop  Beveridge  in 
his  Synodicon,  and  by  other  writers,  you  wUl  at  once  see  that 
when  the  elaborate  divisions  made  in  the  congregation  by 
the  severe  penitential  discipline  of  the  Church  were  removed, 
the  form  of  the  building  would  undergo  a  similar  change ; 
and  hence  in  the  more  recent  basilicas  even  the  atrium  was 
dispensed  with.  Thus  we  are  told  by  Zestermann  that  the 
churches  of  St.  Maria  Trastevere,  Sta.  Agnese,  and  Sta.  Croce 
in  Gernsalemme  in  Rome,  though  originnlly  built  with 
atria,  were  deprived  of  them  in  a  later  day. 

It  has  been  already  intimated  that  baailical  churches 
were  almost  always  built  towards  the  west,  the  apse  being 
on  that  side  and  the  entrance  at  the  cast.  This  is  the  case 
with  the  great  basilical  churches  in  Rome,  as  the  Lateran, 
St.  Peter's,  Sta.  Maria  Maggiore,  St.  Paul  (fuori  le  mura), 
and  almost  all  the  great  historic  churches  in  the  city.  This 
distinctive  feature  separates  the  basilical  church  from  its 
medieeval  successors,  and,  we  might  add,  separates  also  the 

VOL.    IVUI.  E 


50 


KBMAINS   OF   THE    BASILICA   OF   LYMINGE. 


two  foundations  at  Lyminge  as  completely  as  the  masonry 
and  concrete  distinguish  the  two  structures.  A  Plan  of  our 
Basilica  at  Lyininge  is  shewn  in  Arch<eologia  Cantiana, 
Vol.  X.,  opposite  p.  cii.  In  the  frtigtneat  iiJjoiiiiii^  the 
church  we  have  an  eastern  apse,  which  undoubtedly  belongs 
to  the  work  of  Ethelburga  in  633,  while  the  building  in  the 
field  (now  added  to  the  churchyard)  exhibits  the  remains  of 
a  great  western  apse,  with  fragments  of  walls  exactly  cor- 
responding in  position  to  those  of  the  early  basilicas.  In 
the  building  adjoining  the  church  there  were  innumerable 
fragments  of  materials  taken  from  a  still  earlier  one — por- 
tions of  Roman  roof-tiles,  and  squared  stones,  some  of  them 
being  of  an  oolite  which  has  never  been  found  in  this 
neighbourhood,  except  in  the  Roman  work  at  Dover,  and 
the  pillars  from  Reculver,  now  at  Canterbury.  The  long 
stones  at  the  bottom  of  the  foundation  of  the  other  work 
had  no  mortar  or  concrete  between  them ;  but  layers  of 
chalk  were  interposed  to  form  a  bed  for  the  upper  ones. 
The  larger  squared  atones  were  connected  by  a  concrete  of 
extraordinary  rudeness  and  coarseness,  which  seemed  merely 
intended  to  fill  up  the  crevices  between  them.  The  apse  is 
built  of  fragments  of  Kentish  rag  united  by  a  concrete  of 
the  very  hardest  character,  and  formed  of  the  purest  lime 
without  any  of  that  admixture  of  Roman  brick  which 
characterizes  Ethelburga's  foundations. 

In  the  time  of  my  predecessor  there  were  considerable 
remains  of  the  walls  above  ground,  as  well  as  vast  founda- 
tions extending  under  the  churchyard  towards  the  house. 
These  were  used  as  a  quarry,  for  building  purposes,  and  all 
the  walls  and  offices  of  the  adjacent  farm  were  built  with 
them,  as  well  as  the  wall  along  the  road  above  the  stream. 
On  this  ancient  foundation  Lanfranc,  when  he  took  pos- 
session of  the  manor  as  a  part  of  his  separate  estate, 
erected  the  Aula  or  Camera  de  Lyminge — the  ancient  coui-t- 
lodge  which  gives  name  to  the  field,  and  here  his  successors 
took  up  their  occasional  residence.  Archbishop  Boniface 
was  here  in  1260.  But  the  most  brilliant  occasion  of  its 
occupation  was  that  on  which  Archbishop  Peckham  in  1279 
came  to  it  to  receive  the  homage  of  the  great  Earl  GUbert  de 


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H  Clare  of  Oloaoester,  wbicb  is  described  in  the  first  page  of 
H  his  Register  at  Lambeth,  the  earliest  of  the  Archiepiscopal 
Registers  now  existing.     Archbishop  Wiuchelsea  and  others 
—  resided  here  for  brief  periods  subsequently,  but  in  the  time 
f  of  Archbishop  Arundel  it  had  fallen  into  a  ruined  state. 
The  Commission  wliich  was  held  at  Ljiuiiige  in  the  year 
1396,  on  his  attainder,  reported  that  the  dwelling,  or  manor- 
hoase,  consisted  in  domibus  ruinosls, 
H        The  dilapidation  thus  described  was  occasioned  from  the 
fact  that  Archbishop  Coui-tenay,  his  predecessor,  had  ob- 
tained a  licence  from  the  crown  and  the  monastery  of  Christ 
Church  in  Canterbm-y   to  pull  down  some  of  his  manor- 
houses,  ill  order  to  repair  and  rebuild  the  Castle  of  Saltwood. 
This  manor-house  at  Lyminge,  as  the  nearest  of  such  houses, 
was  therefore  left  in  a  ruined  state,  and  doubtless  contributed 
some  of  the  materials  for  the  improvements  made  at  Salt- 
wood  Castle.     But  as,  by  a  special  clause  in  the  licence  thus 
granted,  the  xise  of  the  stones  was  chiefly  reserved  for  the 
nearest  churches  or  chapels,  we  are  enabled  to  see  in  these 
foundations  the  quariy  out  of  which  the  stones  were  taken 
for  the  building  of  the  tower  from  the  year  1170,  or  earlier, 
|lintil   it  was   completed    in    1627.      These  stones  exactly 
emble  in  form  and  description  the  foundation-stones  we 
!  before  ua,  and  the  upper  ones  appear  to  have  been  built 
ffrom  the  stones  of  the  apse,  as  they  are  of  the  same  size,  and 
encrusted  with  the  same  concrete.     In  excavating  the  foun- 

■dations,  numerous  fragments  of  the  Archbishop's  Uall  or 
Chamber  were  found — large  stone  corbels,  numerous  en- 
caustic tiles  of  various  patterns,  some  apparently  of  the 
fourteenth,  others  of  the  fifteenth  century ;  the  latter  form- 
ing large  circular  patterns  with  roses  within  them,  others 
representing  rude  fleurs-de-lys,  and  some  a  kind  of  fretwork 
pattern. 

Of  the  life  and  work  of  Ethelburga  and  her  last  resting- 
place,   I   will   only   quote   the   graceful   words  of   the  late 
■  Comte  de  Montalembert  in   bis   classic    work,  Le«  Moitwa 
^^d^  Occident : 

H       "  The  first  and  most  historic  of  the  princesses  descended 
Bfrom  Hengist,  whom  we  meet  with  in  cloistered  life,  is  none 


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EEMAINS   OF    THE    BASILICA   OF   LYMINGE. 


other  than  the  gentle  and  devoted  Ethelburga,  whose  event- 
ful history  is  so  closely  bound  up  with  that  of  the  first  scenes 
{lies  debutg)  of  Christianity  in  Northumberland.  Daughter 
of  the  first  Christian  king  of  the  south  of  England,  she 
mamed  the  first  Christian  king  of  the  north,  that  Edwin, 
whose  conversion  was  so  difficult,  whose  reign  was  so  pros- 
perous, and  whose  death  so  glorious.  After  the  sudden  ruin 
of  this  primitive  Northumbrian  Christianity,  which,  with 
the  Bishop  Paulinus,  she  had  initiated,  the  Queen  Ethelburga, 
having  been  received  with  tender  sympathy  by  her  brother 
the  King  of  Kent,  claimed  no  other  crown  than  that  of  a  holy 
poverty.  She  obtained  from  her  brother  the  gift  of  an 
ancient  Roman  viha,  situated  between  Canterbury  and  the 
sea,  on  the  side  which  looks  towards  France.  There  she 
foimded  a  monastery,  and  herself  took  the  veil.  She  was 
thus  the  first  widow  of  the  Saxon  race  who  dedicated  herself 
to  the  religions  life.  The  ancient  church  of  her  monastery, 
named  Lyminge,  exists  still,  where  is  shewn  the  site  of  the 
tomb  of  her  who  passed  here  the  last  fourteen  years  of  her 
life,  and  who,  as  daughter  of  the  founder  of  Canterbury,  and 
widow  of  the  founder  of  York,  constitutes  the  first  link 
between  the  two  great  homes  of  Catholic  life  among  the 
Anglo-Saxons."— (Tom.  v.,  Ed.  4""=,  p.  272.) 

To  this  bond  of  union  between  the  two  primacies,  whose 
struggles  for  pre-eminence  belong  to  a  less  primitive  age,  I 
called  the  attention  of  the  late  Archbishop  Longley  (then 
Archbishop  of  York)  on  the  first  meeting  of  our  Society  in 
this  place. 

But  there  was  another  and  a  stranger  union — that, 
namely,  between  the  nunnery  and  the  monastery  of  Lyminge 
— a  kind  of  union  which  prevailed  in  England  and  Ireland 
from  the  seventh  to  the  close  of  the  eighth  century,  and 
this  foundation,  as  most  others  of  the  same  period,  was  a 
double  one ;  so  that  we  must  expect  to  find,  under  the  same 
conventual  roof,  two  churclies,  and  for  their  support  a 
double  endowment.  The  first  donation  of  the  surrounding 
lands  to  the  nunnery'  was  earlier  than  any  of  the  written 
charters,  which  convey  the  estates  to  the  abbot  and  monks. 
But  there  is  a  later  charter  (that  granted  to  the  Abbess 


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Selethrytha)  conveying  land  in  Canterbiiry  to  the  nunnery, 
and  dated  in  804.  It  appears  that  the  nuns  were  then,  in 
order  to  escape  the  Danish  invasions,  removed  to  Canterbury, 
while  the  monastery  continued  until  965,  in  which  year  it 
was  incorporated  with  Christchurch,  and  the  church  then 
made  secular  and  parochial  rebuilt  by  St.  Dnnstan.  This 
prelate  was  especiaUy  opposed  to  the  system  of  double 
foundations,  and  as  the  Benedictine  rule,  in  its  stricter  form, 
was  revived  by  him,  this  strange  development  of  it  was 
"buried,"  as  Montalenibert  observes,  "in  the  common  ruin 
of  the  Danish  destruction" — "  lis  furent  ensevelis  dans  cette 
catastrophe."  The  consolidation  of  the  monasteries  in  the 
principal  cities  was  rendered  necessary  by  the  dangers  of 
their  exposure  to  the  constant  inroads  of  the  Danes,  in  one 
of  which  we  read  that  nearly  all  the  monks  of  Lymiuge  were 
slain,  after  making  a  vigorous  resistance.  The  numerous 
bones  which  were  found  in  the  adjacent  field  gave  evidence 
of  this  calamity,  which  occurred  about  the  year  850.  In 
the  year  1085  the  relics  of  St.  Ethelburga  and  her  niece, 
St.  Mildretha  (whose  identity  of  name  with  her  greater 
namesake  of  Thanet  led  to  the  long  controversy  between  the 
monks  of  St.  Augustine  and  those  of  St.  Gregory),  were 
removed  by  Lanfranc  to  Canterbury,  where  they  were 
received  with  great  pomp  by  the  Primate,  and  laid  on  either 
side  of  the  altar  of  St.  Gregory's.  Thus  the  distinctive  title 
of  the  place  as  "  Limming  ubi  pausat  corpus  beatae  Eadburgaa," 
which  occurs  in  several  of  the  eajly  charters,  became  a  thing 
of  the  past,  and  her  name  survives  only  in  the  rededication 
of  the  church,  and  in  the  well  which  from  eurly  times  has 
borne  and  still  bears  it.  Perhaps  it  is  to  this  unfailing 
supply  of  pure  water  that  we  may  attribute  the  selection  of 
this  spot  as  the  scene  ofEthelburga's  foundation. 

I  may  add  here,  in  support  of  the  conclusion  (indicated 
by  Mr.  Gilbert  Scott,  and  confirmed  by  my  own  observation), 
that  we  have  here  two  distinct  buildiuga,  the  fact  that  while 
the  work  I  ascribe  to  Ethelburga  is  built  only  of  materials 
derived  from  the  place  (flintsj  ironstone,  etc.)  mixed  with 
shingle  and  shells,  such  as  would  be  easily  procurable  even 
in  that  earlier  day,  the  work  of  the  supposed  monastic  church 


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54        REMAINS  OF  THE  BASILICA  0X>  LTMINOE. 

is  built  out  of  the  large  blocks  of  Kentish  rag,  which  could 
only  be  obtained  from  the  estates  in  Saltwood,  Hythe,  and 
other  places  where  Kentish  ra^  is  found,  which  devolved 
upon  the  monks  between  700  and  the  period  of  the  dissolu- 
tion of  their  establishment.  It  may  be  further  observed  that 
the  inclusion  of  two  churches  under  one  roof  was  not  un- 
knovrn  at  any  period.  The  famous  Basilica  of  Nola,  so 
minutely  described  by  its  founder,  St.  Paulinus  (of  which  I 
furnished  a  description  in  Mr.  Gilbert  Scott's  learned 
treatise),  forms  an  early  instance  of  such  a  practice  in  a  non- 
monastic  building,  while  the  recent  controversy  on  the  Duke 
of  Norfolk's  rights  in  the  Church  of  Arundel  developed  a 
mediseval  instance  of  the  same  usage  in  a  church  of  a  mixed 
character.  I  accordingly  directed  the  attention  of  Lord 
Coleridge,  while  the  suit  was  pending,  to  the  earlier  instance 
of  the  Basilica  of  Nola. 


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THE  CHUTES  OF  BETHERSDEN,  APPLEDORE, 
AND  HINXHILL. 


BY   THE   BEY.   A.    J.    PEABUAN,   M.A. 


V  In  the  Tenth  Vohime  of  Archeologia  Cantiana  I  gave  some 
account  of  the  Lovelacea,  an  extinct  Kentish  family,  whose 
seat  stood  at  a  short  distance  to  the  west  of  Bethersden 

H  Charch.  About  a  mile  and  a  half  in  the  opposite  direction, 
near  the  north-eastern  boundary  of  the  parish,  a  farm-house 

■  occupies  the  site  of  another  mansion  of  bygone  days,  of 
whose  inhabitants  I  will  now  put  on  record  such  particulars 
as  I  have  been  able  to  collect.  In  so  doing  I  shall  be  ful- 
filling one  of  the  ends  for  which  our  Society  was  established, 
viz.,  "  to  reclaim  and  preserve  the  memories  of  men  who  with 

I  common  passions  with  ourselves  have  stood  and  laboured  on 
this  soil  of  Kent."  I  refer  to  the  Chutes  of  Old  Surrenden. 
Old  Surrenden  stands  on  rising  ground  to  the  right  of 
the  turnpike  road  from  Ashford  to  Tenterden,  and  com- 
mands a  good  view  of  the  surrounding  country.  I  agree 
with  the  late  Mr.  Furley  in  thinking  that  this,  and  not  Sur- 
renden-Dering,  is  the  place  intended  in  the  Charter  printed 
in  our  First  Volume.  We  are  there  told  that  "Leofwine  the 
Red  grants  the  pasture  at  Swithroedingden  to  him  to  whom 
H  Boctun  may  go  after  his  day,"  the  effect  of  which  "  would 
be  to  attach  Surrenden  pastures  to  the  Boughton  estate  ;" 
and  the  fact  is  that  the  o^vner  of  Old  Surrenden  still  pays  a 
quit  rent  to  the  Earl  of  Winchelsea  as  Lord  of  the  Manor  of 
Boughton  Aluph.  Nor  does  it  appear  that  tlie  Pluckley 
property  was  known  as  Surrenden  until  the  marriage,  cen- 
turies later,  of  John  Surrenden,  or  Suthrinden,  of  Bethersden, 
with  the  daughter  of  William  de  Pluckley.    These  reasons 


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66 


seem  to  justify  the  opinion  that  we  have  here  a  reference 
the  first,  so  far  as   I  know — to  the  estate  with  which  the 
name  of  Chute  was,  long  afterwards,  identified. 

The  received  account  is,  that  in  the  reigns  of  John  and 
Heui7  HI.,  Adam  de  Surrenden  resided  at  this  seat,  and 
that  it  continued  in  the  possession  of  his  descendants  until 
John  Surrenden  sold  it,  about  1425,  to  Cardinal  Archbishop 
Kemp,  by  whom  it  was  settled  with  other  premises  on  hia 
newly-founded  College  at  Wye.  At  the  dissolution  of  the 
College  under  Henry  VIII.  it  passed  into  the  hands  of  the 
Crown,  and,  1 2  March  154.4-,  was  granted  with  other  pro- 
perty to  Walter  Bucler,  Esq.,  Secretary  to  Queen  Katharine, 
to  hold  by  the  service  of  one-tenth  of  a  Knight's  fee ;  being 
apparently  in  the  occupation  of  Thomas  Hammerson,  of 
whom  it  is  said  in  the  "rental  of  the  College  of  Wye," 
written  in  October  1544,  that  "the  same  Thomas  lioldeth 
freelie  the  Farm  of  Surrendowne  and  payeth  yearly  Is.  lOd.; 
and  1  hen."  In  1547  Sir  Maurice  Dennys  was  the  owner, 
and  in  1549  Sir  Anthony  Aucher.  '  From  Sir  Anthony  it 
passed  in  1553  to  Philip  Chute,  in  whose  family  it  continued 
170  years,  and  was  known  during  that  period  as  Surrenden- 
Chute,  in  the  same  way  as  the  neighbouring  seat  at  Pluckley 
was  distinguished  by  the  name  of  Surrenden-Dering. 

The  new  owners  came  of  an  ancient  stock.*  Their 
representative,  the  late  Mr.  Chute  of  the  Vyne,  near  Basing- 
stoke, informed  me  that  he  had  in  his  possession  a  pedigree 
beginning  in  1268,  from  which  it  appeared  that  they  were 
then  Lords  of  the  Manor  of  Taunton  in  Somersetshire,  and 
so  remained  until  about  1500,  when  Edmond  Chute  sold  his 
patrimony.  Charles  Chute,  Choate,  or  Chowt,t  grandson 
of  Edmond,  married  a  daughter  of  John  Crispe  of  the 
Isle  of  Thanet,  and  was  father  of  Philip  Chute  or  Choute 


*  "  Silas  Tnylor  remarked  that  the  name  of  Chut«  carried  the  memorial  of  the 
alinoot  forgottea  third  nation  of  the  Gorraaiw  that  conquered  the  Britons,  aud 
were  commonly  called  Jutes  and  often  Chutef-  and  Wights." — U.irl.  MS.,  quoted 
by  Dunoomhe  in  his  Uiatory  of  Herefordthire.  Thomas  Chute  of  Borton  wa« 
M.P.  for  Canterbury  in  1404. 

t  lu  the  Tower  of  London  (o-i  I  learn  from  W.  M.  Chute,  Ew].,  of  Chismck) 
there  is  in  the  State  prixon  of  the  Beauchunip  Tower,  on  the  south  side  of  its  east 
wiudovr,  the  name  "  C.  CHOWT  1553  "  out  into  the  stone.  It  is  immediately 
below  the  name  of  IHON  8EYM0B. 


APPLEDORE,    AND    HINXHILL. 


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above  mentioned.  Tliis  Philip  Chute,  for  his  bravery  at  the 
BJeo'e  of  Boulogne,  where  he  acted  as  standard  bearer  to  the 
^Bnen  at  arms  of  the  king's  baud  in  1544,  received  a  canton  or 
honourable  augmentation  to  his  paternal  coat,  viz.,  "the 
Lion  of  England."*  "  Captain  Philip  Cho>vte "  was  ap- 
pointed by  letters  patent,  21  July  1544,  captain  for  life  of 
Camber  Castle,t  with  a  salary  of  two  shillings  per  diem. 
This  castle,  which  stands  on  a  marshy  plain  north-east  of 
Winchelsea,  was  one  of  the  numerous  coast  defences  built 
about  1539.  Philip  Chute  had  previously  been  placed  in 
charge  of  the  property  belonging  to  the  Black  Friars  and 
the  Grey  Friars  at  Winchelsea,  when  it  passed  into  the  pos- 


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•  Guilliiu  (ed.  1C79)  gives  the  Coat  of  Arms  of  the  Chut««  of  Betherpileii  ns 
"Oule*,  semy  de  mullets  or,  throe  swords  barwaj-s  proi)er,  the  niicidlomo.it 
incoiuiteriDg  the  other  two,  a  cuiiton  per  feiss  ari^eiit  aud  vert,  thorooD  a  Lioa 
of  EnKlaiid." 

He  thus  describes  the  shield  of  the  Hampshire  branch  i  "  Ho  beoreth  gules, 
three  swords  extended  barrways,  their  points  townrds  the  doxler  part  of  the 
esoocbeon  argent,  the  hilts  and  pnmols  or,  l>y  the  name  of  Chute,  and  is  the 
bearing  of  Chaloner  Chute  of  the  Vine  in  Haiitshiro,  Es<i.,  a  worthy  successor  of 
his  father's  vcrtue$,  who  was  a  goutlomau  of  much  emiucucc  and  kuowledge  in 
his  practice  of  the  Laws." 

The  Irish  family  bears  the  same  cont  as  the  Chutes  of  Kent,  but  I  do  not 
low  that  their  descent  from  the  Standard  Uuaror  has  beea  proved,  tliuugll  it 
I  bwn  generally  accepted. 

nearest  ot  all  three  branches  is,  "A  dexter  cubit  arm  in  armour,  the  hand 
!n  a  gauntlet,  grasping  a  broken  sword  in  bend  siuistcr  ppr.,  pommel  and  hilt 
or."     Motto :  "  Fortune  de  guerre." 

t  "Looking  from  the  preoipi<M!  which  is  the  boundary  of  Winchelsea  on  the 

east.  Camber  Castle  is  seen  at  the  distance  of  a  milo  nnd  a  hnlf,  like  nii  immense 

tortoise  lying  asleep  by  the  sea.     It  is  a  fortress  of  curly  Tudur  times,  and  was 

built,  it  is  said,  upon  the  site  of  a  still  earlier  castle.     It  sbinds — with  reference 

to  the  one  expanse  of  marsh  which  is  formed  by  the  three  '  levels,'  Pett,  Camber, 

id  Brede — exactly  in  the  position  of  Pevensey  Castle  as  regjirds  the  imirsh  of 

'eveosey ;  that  is,  in  the  point  of  most  consequence  for  the  ooniuiand  of  the 

bole  position.     It  was  kept  in  full  fighting  condition  until  16t2,  when  it  was 

determined  that  as  the  sea  liod  receded  so  far  as  to  render  it  of  little  use,  the 

ordnance  and  stores  should  be  reraovod  to  Bye,  and  the  fortres?  left  to  ruin. 

But  this  extraordinary  m:tis  of  stonework  is  likely  to  last  as  Ion;;  as  the  I'dimore 

Uills  which  look  down  upon  it,  uiiIi.<hs  it  should  como  to  be  uivsl  as  a  stone 

quarry.     It  is  a  perfectly  symmetricul  building,  like  Bo4liaiu,  Ilurstmoooeaux, 

knd  Pevensey  Castles ;  but  is  much  more  massive  than  either  of  these.     The 

"  eep,  a  round  tower,  curiously  like  the  tomb  of  Cwcilia  Motella,  in  the  Rumnu 

'ompania,  and,  as  far  as  I  can  carry  the  latter  in  my  mind's  eye,  of  about  the 

dimensions,  stands  dear  in  the  centre,  and  around  it  arc  towers  of  the  same 

connected  with  blind  walls  pierced  for  guns.     A  subt«rrinean  gallerj-,  ot 

the  roof  has  partly  fallen  in,  runs  quil«  round  the  central  tower,  and  close 

its  foundations,  and  probably  had  connection  ^'allprics  with  the  outer  towers. 

he  ciwtle  is  al}solutely  without  archifwtnml  decoration  except  in  the  great 

loulded  string-course  round  the  keep,  in  which  a  few  Tudor  symbols  are  car^•cd. 

utter  solitude  in  the  midst  of  the  silent  plain,  and  its  simplicity,  strength, 

and  symmetry,  render  it  by  far  the  most  impressive  ruin  in  all  that  region  of 

impressive  ruius— the  Sussex  marshes."— 67.  Jama'i  Gazette,  2uth  July  1886. 


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THE   CHITTES   OF   BBTHERSDEN, 


Bion  of  the  Crown,  at  fbe  dissolution  of  the  monasteries. 
Ill  1641  he  was  one  of  the  Burgesses  returned  to  Parliament 
for  that  borough.  In  1546  he  requested  permission  to 
"  purchase  a  farm  of  marsh  lands  in  the  pariah  of  Iden, 
lately  belonging  to  the  Earl  of  Essex,  and  a  marsh  and  nine 
acres  and  seventeen  acres  then  in  the  king's  bands  by 
'exchange."  In  1556  he  still  received  663.  8d.  per  annum 
from  the  lands  of  the  dissolved  Abbey  of  Faversham. 

Home  Place  in  Appledore  was  possessed  and  occupied 
by  Philip  Chute  at  the  time  of  his  death.  Hasted  de- 
scribes the  estate  at  Home  Place  as  consisting  of  "  870 
acres  of  arable  and  marsh,  besides  a  considerable  tract  of 
woodland." 

The  Keut  Archieological  Society  visited  this  old  home  of 
Philip  Chute  during  the  Annual  Meeting  of  1879,  and  its 
beautiful  domestic  chapel  has  been  illustrated,  by  our 
Honorary  Secretary,  in  Arc.haologUi  Cantiana,  XIV.,  363. 

In  Philip  Chute's  will  made  1  March  1565,  and  proved 
1  Feb.  1 668,  he  says,  "  I  desire  my  body  to  be  buried  in  my 
Chappel  in  the  p'ishe  Churche  of  Apledore  in  the  countie  of 
Kent  and  to  have  a  tombe  stone  on  me  declaring  the  certayne 
day  and  tyme  when  God  called  me  unto  his  mercy.  Item  I 
win  and  bequeathe  uuto  every  poore  person  that  shall  come 
to  my  buryall  and  aske  for  God's  sake  sixpence."  To  the 
poor  of  Winchelsea  he  gave  forty  shillings,  and  the  same  sum 
to  those  of  Wrenam  in  Suffolk,  and  to  those  of  Town  Mailing. 
"  All  the  household  stuffe  which  shall  be  in  liis  house  of 
Home  in  Appledore  at  the  time  of  his  death,"  he  leaves  to 
his  son  George,  together  with  his  property  at  Iden,  and  all 
in  Appledore  and  Kennardington  or  elsewhere  that  he  had 
purchased  of  John  Harper.  His  son  Edward  was  to  inherit 
lands  at  Herat,  Godmersham,  Chilham,  and  Brede.  The 
estates  at  Bethersden  and  Seddlescomb  were  given  to  his 
son  Anthony,  with  remainder  to  George ;  and  the  land  at 
Playden  to  Thomas,  on  condition  that  he  made  no  claim  on 
the  Bethersden  property. 

As  is  well  known,  the  Registers  of  Appledore  previous  to 
1700  have  been  long  destroyed,  nor  are  there  duplicates  at 
Canterbury.     Great,  therefore,  was  my  pleasure  when,  on 


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^ 


opening  by  chance  a  copy  of  Harris's  History  of  Kent  in  the 
library  of  my  late  friend,  Mr.  Walter  of  Rainbaui,  I  found 
written  in  pencil  (in  the  same  hand  as  other  entries  in  ink, 
and  subscribed,  "  These  notes  I  copied  from  the  Register  of 
Aplftdore  19">  October  1723.  J.  W."),  the  following  extract, 
"  Aprill  7""  1566,  Mr.  Philip  Choute,  the  Captaine  of  Camber 
Castle  was  interred."  This  entry  is  verified,  as  I  have  since 
found,  by  a  pedigree  in  the  College  of  Arms. 
I  At  Wortham  Hall,  near  Diss,  in  Norfolk,  the  seat  of  the 
late  Major  Betts,  there  is  a  fine  panel  portrait  of  a  "  well- 
preserved"  old  gentleman  of  seventy,  believed  by  the  owner 
to  be  that  of  Philip  Chute.  It  is  described  as  having  "  above 
the  left  shoulder  a  medallion  of  a  warrior  with  a  drawn  sword, 
while  above  the  right  are  the  arms  and  crest  of  Chiite,  with 
the  scroll  Fortune  De  Ouerre.    On  the  frame  of  the  medallion 

faintly  inscribed.  Anno  D^ni  1588;  cEtatw  sua  lxx."  The 
royal  arms  are  in  the  corner.  From  the  date  1588,  it  is 
plain  that  this  portrait  cannot  have  been  painted  in  the  life- 
time of  Philip  Chute,  the  Standard  Bearer.  There  is  uo 
existing  memorial  of  him  in  Appledore  Church. 

2.  Gkoeok  Choute,  the  eldest  son  of  Philip  by  his  third 
wife,  ultimately  succeeded  to  the  Bethersden  estate,  as  well 

to  Home  Place,  and  probably  made  those  additions  to 
;he  house  at  Old  Surrenden  of  which  Philipot  speaks.* 
According  to  the  rate  book  he  was  living  there  in  1613.  By 
his  wife  Elizabeth  Gage  of  Bentley,  Sussex,  he  had  several 
sons.  Under  date  6  June  1600,  R.  Whyte  writes  from  Pens- 
htirst  to  Sir  Robert  Sydney,  then  Governor  of  Flusliing : 
"  Mr.  Chute  hath  lost  his  eldest  sonne  in  Ireland,  his  second 
is  with  you  and  his  third.  He  understanding  by  them  the 
desire  you  had  of  a  good  Nagge  told  me  he  had  the  finest  in 
England,  which  he  refused  £20  for,  and  that  he  would 
bestow  upon  yon  if  he  could  tell  how  to  send  it.     I  desired 

^H     *  Id  Proetedingi  ■'»  Ckanetry,  temp.  Elizabeth,  we  find  a  cinim  on  hu  part  "sa 
^^kir  of  600  seres  of  land  called  tne  Dowlei  in  Appledore,  Iste  the  estate  of  Philip 
^^moate,  deceased,  hisi  father,"  and  a  cause  "  George  Choute,  Esq.,  r.  Martin 
^^Mameham, Esq.,  Robert  Morlc,  and  others,  landholdenii,  and  officers  of  the  courta 
of  conservancy  in  Eomncy  Marsh.^a  bill  respecting  scouring  drains  and  dykes 
— the  premises  being  Fresh  Marsh,  called  the  Dowles,  and  also  the  five  Water- 
ings in  Romney  Marsh,  the  estate  of  plaintiif  and  his  ancestors." 


^h 


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TEE    CUUTES    OF   BETHERSDEN, 


him  to  send  it  to  Pensliurst  and  I  would  take  care  to  ship 
him  over  to  you.  The  Nagge  runs  at  grass  at  his  own  howse 
20  miles  hence :  he  gave  me  a  letter  to  the  Bailiflf  of  his 
land  to  deliver  him  when  I  should  send  for  him,  and  upon 
Monday  he  is  to  be  sent  for."  Of  these  sons,  Walter  ob- 
tained some  notoriety.  Camden  tells  us  that  he  was  one  of 
the  select  volunteers  who  in  1597,  under  the  command  of 
Sir  Walter  Ealeigh,  attacked  and  took  Fayall  from  the 
Spaniards,  and  were  afterwards,  with  their  leader,  cashiered 
and  committed  to  custody  for  acting  without  the  authority 
of  Essex,  but  were  pardoned  on  the  intercession  of  Lord 
Thomas  Howard.  He  was  knighted  28  April  1603,  by 
James  I.,  on  the  occasion  of  the  king's  visit  to  Belvoir 
Castle,  while  journeying  southward  to  take  possession  of 
the  English  throne;  and,  on  16  February  1C05,  he  received 
licence  to  travel  for  three  years.  In  December  1608,  he 
writes  to  Salisbury,  saying  he  "  has  had  three  occasions  to 
solicit  him,  hiw  laj't  him  pad  of  hw  property,  and  seeks  em- 
ployment in  his  service."  On  6  February  1611,  he  asks 
Salisbury  for  an  appointment  "  as  one  of  the  ten  who  are  to 
serve  his  majesty  with  especial  diligence  at  a  pension  of 
jE200  per  annum."  The  application  was  successful ;  for, 
29  November  1611,  a  letter  was  despatched  to  George  Choute 
desiring  him  "  to  enable  his  son.  Sir  Walter,  to  pursue  his 
course  in  the  king's  service  by  supplying  him  with  means." 
20  November  1613,  we  hear  that  "Sir  Walter  Chute's 
requests,"  whatever  they  were,  "  have  been  fidfiUed."  In 
the  short-lived  Parliament  of  1614  he  sat  for  the  now  dis- 
franchised borough  of  Whitchurch  in  Hants.  On  Msiy  20th 
in  that  year  Chamberlain  writes  to  Carleton  :  "  The  house 
busy  with  elections,  privileges,  and  imjiositious.  Sir  Walter 
Chute  offers  to  undergo  all  the  odium  of  undertakers,  though 
nobody  thought  him  worth  suspecting."  Winwood  says, 
June  16,  "  Never  saw  so  much  faction  and  passion  as  in  the 
late  unhappy  Parliament,  nor  so  little  reverence  of  a  King, 
or  respect  of  the  public  good.  Some  seditious  speeches 
made  the  King  impatient,  and  it  was  whispered  to  him  that 
they  would  have  his  life,  and  that  of  his  favoui'ites,  before 
they  had  done  ;  on  which  he  dissolved  them.     Four  of  their 


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tribunes.  Sir  Walter  Chute,  Christopher  Neville,  Hoskins, 
and  Wentworth  are  sent  to  prison."  The  captivity  was  not 
of  long  duration, for  12  October  we  hear  "Sir  Walter  Chute 
released,  but  loses  his  place,  and  is  restrained  within  three 
miles  of  his  father's  house."*  In  the  following  year,  1616, 
he  made  his  will,  describing  himself  as  "of  Bethersden," 
and  mentioning  only  his  "  cousin  Waller,"  whom  he  nomi- 
nated his  executor.  He  died  unmarried  in  1618.  Another 
son,  George,t  was  knighted  14  October  1608  at  Christchurch 
by  Sir  Arthur  Chichester,  Lord  Deputy  of  Ireland,  and  is 
noticed  as  one  of  the  visitors  of  rank  at  the  Hereford  races 
of  1609,  "  where  was  a  moms  dance  by  ten  old  people." 
His  presence  was,  doubtless,  owing  to  the  fact  that  he  had 
married,  or  was  about  to  marry,  Margaret,  daughter  and 
sole  heiress  of  Thomas  Welford,  Esq.,  of  Wisteston,  in  the 
neighbouring   parish   of  Harden.      Burke,  in    his    Landed 


I 


\ 


•  Id  the  Joum&l»  of  the  IIouso  of  Commons  are  sovernl  entries  rolating  to 
thew  transnctions.  Under  (lute  16  April  lfil4,  we  rend  :  "  Sir  Walter  Chute— 
Th«t,  before  the  Communion  "  (which  the  memlK'rs  were  to  receiTO  toKethor) 
"  would  dischiirgo  himself,  as  (ho)  thinketh  othon<  desire  to  do,— That,  for  ac<;u- 
mtioD  of  himself,  luith  thought  flt  to  deliver  in  a  writing  ;  which  (w!i.s  delivered) 
in  and  read  by  the  olork.  Moveth  for  the  Committee  to  meet  this  aft<'nioon. 
BeaoWed :  '  No.'  "  Certain  persotiB  seem  to  have  "  undortiikon  "  to  manage  the 
Houm  in  conformity  with  the  royal  views  if  the  King  would  summon  a  Rirlin- 
ment.  Their  cunduot  gave  great  umbrage,  and  thoy  soon  found  themselves 
unable  to  ploaw  either  party.  The  eiisleiico  of  such  an  "  undertaking  "  was 
vehemently  denied  but  more  than  suspected,  and  at  length  praclically  acknow- 
ledged.  A  Committee  of  the  House  "  reported"  on  the  matter,  hut  their  Ko|H)rt 
was  never  entered  on  the  Journals,  though  space  was  left  for  it.  Sir  W.ilter 
mppean  to  bare  needlessly  accused  himself,  as  no  one  had  thought  him  possessed 
of  sufficient  influence  or  ability.  Anthony  Wood  says,  "  At  the  same  time  our 
author  (John  Hoskyns)  was  committed  to  custody,  were  others  also  imprisoned 
with  him  for  behaving  thomiwlvcs  turbuletitly  in  the  House  of  Commons,  as 
Walter  Chute  a  Kentish  man,  who  hod  lately  been  put  out  of  his  place  of  carver 
to  the  King,  one  Wentworth,  and  a  third  named  Cliristojiher  Novil,  second  son 
to  the  Lord  Abergavenny,  who  was  newly  come  from  school." 

t  Duncombc,  when  describing  Mardou  Church  in  Herefordshire,  says  (pp. 
t88-9),  "On  a  brass  plate  3  feet  long  and  inlaid  in  a  flat  stone  is  a  well  engraved 
effigies  of  the  lady  of  Sir  Ceorge  C'hute  ;  on  a  smaller  plate  on  each  side  aro 
represented  her  two  daughters,  and  below  this  inscription :  Under  this  monument 
lieth  the  body  of  Dame  Margaret,  the  most  deero  wife  of  Sir  Geo.  Chute,  Knt., 
and  daughter  and  sole  heyre  of  Thomas  Welford  of  Wisteston,  Esq.,  deceased  ; 
whose  Pietie  and  Virtues  deserve  to  survive  in  the  memorie  of  man.  till  this  her 
body  sluill  rise  again,  re-united  to  her  blessed  Sowie,  to  live  with  her  H<?decmcr 
for  ever.  She  had  by  her  said  husluind  two  daughters  onlie,  Anne  and  Frances, 
which  Frances  died  the  first  day  of  her  birth,  her  said  mother  following  her  the 
next  day  ofter,  being  June  9,  a.d.  1614.  On  a  shield  is  a  lion  p,issant,  with 
other  quartcrings."  This  shield  really  bears  the  Chute  coat  with  its  canton 
(charired  with  a  lion  passant),  and  over  all  on  an  escutcheon  of  pretence  the 
Welford  oost  of  (our  quarterings. 


62  THE    CHUTES   OP   BETHER8UEN, 

Oentry,  represents  him  ae  the  founder  of  the  Irish  branch  of 
the  family,  but  I  know  not  upon  what  authority  he  does  so. 
Burke  says,  "  George  Chute,  a  military  officer,  went  into 
Ireland  during  the  rebellion  of  Desmond,  and  obtained 
grants  of  land  near  Dingle  and  in  the  county  of  Limerick, 
which  were  soon  however  alienated.  He  married  an  Evans 
of  the  couuty  of  Cork,  and  had  a  eon  Daniel,  wlio  acquired 
in  marriage  with  a  daughter  of  McElligott  the  lands  of 
Tulligaron,  subsequently  called  Chute  Hall,  which  was  con- 
firmed by  patent  in  1(530."  If  this  was  the  case,  which  I 
doubt,  Margaret  Welford  must  have  been  his  second  wife, 
and  Anne,  daughter  of  Sir  Martin  Barnham  of  Holliag- 
boume,  his  third  wife.  On  referring  to  his  will,  I  find  that 
he  mentions  his  children  by  his  surviving  wife,  and  Anne 
Price,  his  daughter  by  Margaret  Welford,  "  to  whom  a 
fayre  inheritance  is  descended  from  her  mother,  my  former 
wife,  which  upon  my  marriage  and  upon  payment  of  a  great 
sum  of  money  by  George  Chute,  Esq.,  my  father,  was  soe 
settled,"  but  he  makes  no  allusion  to  any  family  ui  Ireland  ; 
yet  this  does  not  fully  decide  the  point  at  issue.  In  1627 
he  seems  to  have  been  living  at  Sonning,  in  Berks,  where  he 
buried  his  infant  daughter  Elizabeth.*  In  1638  he  is 
described  as  "  of  Stockwell ;"  and  in  1640  he  acted  as  a 
magistrate  for  Surrey,  at  Southwark.  In  his  will,  which 
was  proved  in  1649,  he  desires  to  be  "  decently  and  without 
ostentation  buried  in  the  Parish  Church  of  Lambeth,  in  that 
isle  where  my  predecessors,  the  owners  of  the  Manor  of 
Stockwell,  which  through  God's  goodness  I  enjoy,  have  a 
right  of  burial."t 

*  On  another  stone,  north  of  the  last,  is  the  figure  of  it  woman  in  a  veil — 
"  Here  lyoth  Eli/Jibeth  Cliute, daughter  of  Sir  Gcorgo Chute,  Knight,  nnd  Itame 
Anno  liis  wife,  whu  tived  throe  yetres  and  six  monetha  and  dyed  tlie  eighteentli 
of  May,  anno  1(527. 

"  Wbat  Beauty  would  have  lovely  stiled 
What  Maaners  swcete,  what  Nature  mild 
What  Wonder  perfect,  all  were  fil'd 
Upon  record  in  this  one  child 
And  till  the  coming  of  tlio  Soulo 
To  call  the  Flesh  wo  keepe  the  Eoll." 

Aghaiole's  BerJct. 

t  On  a  bms."  j.late  in  Leigh's  Chapel,  Lsmboth  Church — "  Here  lyeth  I 
body  of  Margaret  Chuto  (daughter  of  Sir  George  Chute  of  Stockwell  in  l 


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I 


I  am  disposed  to  think  that  these  sons,  Sir  Walter  and 
Sir  Creorge,  had  given  their  father  some  trouble.  At  least 
that  is  the  impression  procluccil  on  ine  by  the  terms  of  bis 
will  made  in  1615,  and  proved  18  May  1618.  He  calls 
Sir  Walter  his  eldest  son,  and  leaves  him  an  annuity  of 
£200  per  annum,  which  he  is  "  to  forfeit  if  he  alienates  it  or 
suffers  any  part  of  it  to  be  taken  in  execution."  Of  Sir  George 
no  mention  is  made,  bat  a  codicil  is  added,  "  as  he  signified 
and  declared  the  same  by  worde  of  mouth  in  the  time  of  his 
Inst  sickness  whereof  he  died — that  his  aouue  Sir  George 
Clhoute  should  have  the  one  half  of  all  tbe  money  which  the 
said  testator  had  in  his  chest  then  standing  in  his  bed- 
chamber where  bee  laye  and  also  the  one  halfe  of  all  debts 
that  were  owing  unto  him  hy  bond  miide  either  to  him  the 
said  testator,  or  to  Edward  Choiite  his  sonne  and  executor, 
and  further  signified  his  myude  aud  will  to  be  that  such 
bonds  wherin  the  said  Sir  George  Choute  stood  bounde  unto 
the  said  testator  should  be  by  his  exor,  delivered  to  hiui  in 
the  presence  of  the  said  Edward  Choute  only  and  noe 
other."  He  describes  himself  as  George  Choute  of  Bethers- 
den,  and  mentions  his  property  at  Surrenden,  Home  in 
Appledore  and  Kennardington,  Iden,  and  elsewhere  in  Kent 
or  Sussex,  all  of  which  he  had  (by  indenture  dated  G  Oct. 
previous)  conveyed  to  his  son  Edward,  and  he  now  confirmed 
the  gift,  together  with  all  his  personalty,  subject  to  the 
legacies  above  named,  and  annuities  of  £20  to  hia  brother 
Sir  Edward  Choute  ;*  £20  to  his  daughter-in-law  Lydia,  wife 
of  his  son  Edward ;  and  £40  each  to  his  grandchildren 
Edward  and  Philip,  sons  of  Edward  and  Lydia. 

3.  Edwaed  Choute,  who,  though  the  fourth  son,  thus 

ooanty  of  Surrey,  Knight,  aod  Dame  Anna  his  wife)  who  departed  this  life  tbe 
■eoond  of  Mnreh  1638,  being  aged  gix  yeares  and  one  moneth. 
"  Iff  Vertue,  Beau^,  beavenly  Grace  and  Witt 
Could  have  procured  long  life,  this  child  had  yett 
LiVd  hoere,  the  wnnJer  of  her  time  and  age  ; 
But  God  did  think  it  Qtt  to  disengugc 
Soe  pure  a  eoule  from  human  frniltieti  bauds, 
And  place  her  with  His  saints  where  now  she  stands 
Praising  His  glorious  Name,  and  singi.  those  hymns 
Which  blessed  Angels  use  and  Cherubims." 

Manning's  Sttrrty. 
In  January  160i  we  hear  of  "seditious  words  spoken  by  Sir  Bdwitrd 
IChoute." 


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THE    CHUTES    OF    BETHERSDEN, 


succeeded  his  father  at  Surrenden,  is  spoken  of  by  Weever 
very  eulogistic  terms  as  a  "  right  worthy  gentlemau,"     H 
1608  he  married  Lydia,  the  younger  daughter  and  coheires 
of  Thomas   Gibhon,  Esq.,  of   Frid   in    Bethersden,  and  s^ 
became  ultimately  the  owner  of  that  manor.      In  a  poc 
rate  made  27  October  1628,  "Mr.  Edward  Chute  Esq^ 
assessed  on   289  acres  at  xxiiij","  "  Mr.   Chute  in  abillitie" 
rxxV  xj''."     Sometime  after  the  death  of  his  wife  in  1631 
he  removed  t-o  Hiuxhill  Court,  and  there,  though  only  itfl 
tenant,  kept  his  shrievalty  11  Charles  I.     His  year  of  office 
was  marked  by  the  beginning  of  the  famous  contest  about 
ship  money,  and  from  the  State  Papers  we  learn  what  difftfl 
culties  the  Sheriff  of  Kent  had  to  encounter  in  levying  that 
unpopular  tax.      The  first    writ   addressed   to   the   mayor, 
commonalty  and  citizens  of  London  was  issued  by  the  Lords 
of  the  Council  "  for  the  assessing  and  levying  of  the  shind 
money  against  this  next  spring,"  October  20,  1634,     On  th<| 
.5th  of  January  following  Edward  Chute  writes  from  HinxJ 
hill  to  the  Council,  that  "  he  had  been  in  every  circumstance 
obedient  to  their  letters  in  the  business  of  shipping  but  for 
some  passages  which  have  happened  somewhat  opposite  to 
the  fair  progression  of  it,  which  being  now  pacified  by  mild 
persuasions  he  hopes  to  receive  the  money  on  the  20th  and 
beseeches  them  to  direct  him  how  to  dispose  of  it."     Having 
apparently  been  censured  {loth  March)  for  "credulity  and 
neglect   of    his   Majesty's   service,"    he    "  pleads    guilty " 
(20  of  March),  and  "craves  their  free  pardon  as  the  igno- 
rance, not  wilfulness,  of  one  who  has  been  always  a  zealous 
promoter  of  this  service  has  caused  the  long  delay;"  adding, 
that,  "  on  the  receipt  of  their  letters  he  used  all  diligence  for 
the  speedy  levy  of  that  which  remains  of  theii-  proportion," 
and  declaring  that  "  rather  than  his  Majesty's  service  shall 
suffer  through  his  default  he  will  deposit  the  rateable  pro- 
portion assessed  on  the  county  (excluding  the  towns),"  and 
asking  "  leave  to  retain  so  much  of  the  levy  as  will  pay  his 
disbursements."  J 

We  hear  no  more  until  October  13,  when  he  requestiM 
the  Council  to   "  help  him  against  Maidstone,  which  had 
assessed  the  adjoining  parishes."     On  the  2nd  of  November 


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he  complains  that  "  it  is  impossible  to  satisfy  a  multitiide," 
and  maiataius,  in  answer  to  a  petition  of  the  Iluiulred  of 
Ruxley,  that  he  has  "  obeyed  the  directions  of  the  Council 
in  not  following  what  the  petitioners  call  the  most  equal 
way,  Tiz.  by  couipositiou,  but  that  of  laying  all  or  most  on 
the  landholders  and  little  or  nothing  upon  ability."  As 
for  "  the  disproportion  complained  of  between  the  hundi-eds 
of  Ruxley  and  Axton,"  he  says,  "  the  one  is  as  easy  at  £250, 
as  the  other  at  £170,"  and  he  "repudiates  partiality." 
Three  weeks  after,  he  reports  that  "  he  has  paid  in  £4950, 
and  is  collecting  the  remainder  of  the  £8000,"  and  petitions 
that  as  he  had  been  "  constrained  by  indisposition  of  body  to 
rely  on  the  promises  of  those  appointed  for  assessment  and 
collection  of  the  ship  money  in  Canterbury  and  the  ports, 
and  now  finds  Canterbury  £50  in  arrear,  and  the  ports 
£79  13a.  2d.,"  their  Lordships  will  "excuse  this  default 
and  give  directions  for  further  proceedings."  Again,  he 
writes  that  "  on  two  levies  of  ship  money  he  has  collected 
£200  above  the  imposed  sum,"  and  asks  leave  to  keep  it 
"  towards  the  expenses  "  (£300)  he  has  incurred.  Finally, 
7th  January  1 636,  he  writes  that  he  has  "  used  his  best 
endeavours  to  cause  the  inhabitants  of  Heme  to  give  con- 
tentment to  Mr.  Milles,  the  farmer  of  that  parsonage,  but 
finds  it  so  hard  to  bring  them  to  restore  the  458.  imposed 
on  him  towards  the  former  ships,  that  he  would  more  will- 
ingly pay  the  sum  out  of  his  own  purse  than  undertake  to 
bring  them  to  do  the  same,  the  whole  pariah  being  strongly 
inclined  to  oppose  it.  He  will  pay  what  he  has  to  pay, 
when  he  comes  to  town  at  the  beginning  of  term."  The 
last  year  or  two  of  his  life  he  seems  to  have  spent  at  Boxley. 
He  made  his  will  there  in  1639.  It  is  a  document  which,  if 
it  can  be  taken  as  any  indication  of  character,  speaks  well 
for  him.  I  instance  such  sentences  as  these  :  "  Injoyinge 
thankfully  at  this  present  the  great  blessing  of  perfect 
health  both  in  mind  and  body  yet  seriously  considering  that 
I  cannot  promise  to  myself  the  continuance  of  it  for  a 
moment,  that  I  may  uot  be  troubled  with  worldly  matters 
when  it  shall  please  God  to  cast  me  upon  my  bed  of  sick- 
ness I  make,"  etc.  To  be  buried  at  the  discretion  of  his 
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executor,  "  forbearinge   all  vaine   pompe   and   superfluoui 
expense."     He  had  "always  thought  it  better  to  bestowi 
his  benevolence  with  his  owne  hand  than  to  leave  it  to  b< 
done  by  his  executor,"  yet  gives  £5  (each  parish)  "  to  thi 
most   needy   poor   of    Bethersden,   Appledore,   and   Iden,' 
directs  that  "  such  as  he  has  lent  cows  to "  shall  retail 
them,  and  "accounting  it  a  work  very  commendable  am 
much  for  the  good  of  the  commonwealth  to  repair  the  high 
ways,"  leaves  £40  to  the  roads  of  Bethersden,     To  Nicholaj( 
his  youngest  son,  he  bequeathed  all  the  lands  called  Wors 
bridge  in  Bethersden,  which  he  had  bought  of  Sir  Williai 
Lovelace   the   younger,   and   then    occupied    by   Benjami; 
Norwood,  gent.,  or  his  assigns ;  also  £200  to  be  paid  withii 
three  years,  and  in  the  meantime  £10  per  annum  towardj 
his   maintenance  in  his  studies.     To  his  daughters  A-nne 
Mabella,  aud  Alice,  £1000  each  at  marriage,  or  when  21 ;  ii 
the  interval,  £50  per  annum  each,  to  be  paid  quarterly.     T< 
Elizabeth  Master,  and   Lidia   Breckenden,   his  two   eldeff 
daughters,  £20  each  to  buy  them  a  ring.    To  his  sons-in-la' 
Edward  Master  and  Thomas  Breckenden  40s.  for  a  ring, 
To  his  son  Philip  "  all  such  goods  and  household  stuff  as  hi 
has  of  mine  in  possession."    To  Nicholas  and  Philip  all  h: 
wearing  apparel  "  equally  and  indifferently  between  them 
To  his  "  old  and  trusty  ser\Tint  John  Perkins  £10.     To  Sarah- 
Brook,  seinrant  to  Mra.  Master,  2O9.     To  the  poor  of  Boxley 
40s.,  to  be  given   by  Lady   Margaret  Grimston  if  living, 
otherwise  by  the  Vicar  for  the  time  being."  To  "my  ancient 
and  dearest  friend  Sir  Henry  Grimston,  K"',  408.  to  buy  him 
a  ring  which  I  desire  him  to  accept  of  and  weare  in  remem;* 
brance  of  me."     All  his  lands  and  tenements  in  Bethersden 
and  the  City  of  London  to  be  sold  to  pay  the  legacies  unless 
his  son  George  shall  choose  to  keep  them  and  pay  the  legacieJ 
out  of  his  other  estate.     Of  his  son  he  says  that  "  his  former 
dutiful  behaviour  towards  him  has  made  him  so  confident  of 
his  future  good  carriage,"  that  he  makes  him  his  sole  ex 
cutor  and  residuary  legatee.    He  was  "  brought  from  Fieei 
Street,"  and  buried  at  St.  Giles's,  Cripplegate,  8th  June  l(>40j 
the  day  his  godson  Edward  Godfrey,  King's  Scholar  of  Wes 
minster,  died.    Of  his  eleven  children  eight  survived  him 


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4.  Geoeoe  Choute  was  29  at  his  father's  death,  and 
perhaps  he  lived  at  Surrenden  after  his  marriage  (in  or 
about  1633)  to  Eleanor  Toke  of  Godinton,  At  the  out- 
break of  the  Civil  War  he  was  evidently  an  ardent  Royalist, 
for  he  it  was,  as  appears  by  the  Commons'  Journals  of 
80  April  1642,  who  delivered  to  Capt.  Lovelace,  his  neigh- 
bour at  Bethersden,  for  re-presentation,  the  famous  Kentish 
Petition,  which  so  greatly  roused  the  anger  of  the  Parliament. 
It  prayed  for  a  restoration  of  the  Bishops,  the  Liturgy, 
and  other  constitutional  measures,  and  being  voted  "  sedi- 
tious and  against  privilege  and  the  peace  of  the  kingdom," 
was  "  ordered  to  be  burned  by  the  hands  of  the  common 
hangman."  Ho  also  it  was  who  at  the  following  Summer 
Assize  at  Maidstone  sent  to  Augustine  Skinner,  the  Knight 
of  the  Shire,  the  "  Listniction  from  the  County  of  Kent," 
BO  eagerly  suppressed  by  the  Parliament,  requiiing  him  to 
vindicate  the  County  "  against  the  scandalous  aspersions 
cast  upon  it,"  and  to  ofiFer  their  advice  to  the  House  that 
"  His  Majesty  should  have  full  satisfactiou  given  him  in  his 
just  desires."  On  this  account  in  all  probability  he  incurred 
the  displeasure  of  the  Parliament,  for  we  find  in  the  Com- 
mons' Journals,  under  the  dates  23  September  1642  and 
10  January  1642-3,  entries  relating  to  his  release  from 
imprisonment :  "  Resolved  that  George  Chovrte,  now  in  the 
Serjeant's  custody,  shall  be  forthwith  discharged  from  any 
further  restraint,"  and  "  Ordered  that  Mr.  George  Chute,  a 
prisoner  by  order  of  this  House,  shall  be  bailed  upon  such 
bail  as  the  House  shall  allow  of."  I  have  not  met  with  any 
further  account  of  his  exertions  in  the  Royal  Cause,  but 
there  can  be  little  doubt  that  he  shared  in  the  sufferings  of 
his  party,  and  dying  at  the  age  of  40  did  not  live  to  witness 
the  Restoration.  From  his  portrait  which  hongs  in  the  hall 
at  Godinton,  together  with  that  of  his  wife,  he  appears  to 
have  been  a  stout,  thickset  man,  of  dark  complexion,  with 
a  long  prominent  nose.  Their  pictures  were  exhibited  at  the 
Loan  Porti-ait  Exhibition,  and  photographed  as  those  of 
"  Sir  George  and  Lady  Choute,"  but  I  believe  they  were 
wrongly  described.  The  main  provisions  of  his  will  were  ae 
follows  :  "  To  be  buried  in  the  church  of  the  parish  in  which 

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he  might  happen  to  die."    As  for  the  debts  owing  to  fiia 
sisters  and  others,  he  had  by  deeds,  lease  of  estates,  and 
otherwise,  made  some  provision,  and  desires  the  same  to  be 
paid  accordingly.     To  his  daughter  Ellinor  .£1*200  when  18, 
and  to  his  son  George  £1000  at  12 ;  till  then,  £40  per  annum 
to  her,  and  £30  per  annum  to  him.     To  his  wife  an  imme- 
diate legacy  of  £100,  the  furniture  of  her  chamber  now  in 
use,  with  treble  provision  of  all  sorts  of  linen,  her  wearing   ■ 
apparel  and  jewels.     Nicholas  Toke,  Esq.,  Richard  Hulse, 
Gent.,  and  Thomas  Knatchbull,  Gent.,  of  Mersham,  to  be  J 
executors,  and  to  have  power  to  sell  any  or  all  of  his  lands 
in   Bethersden,   Romney  Marsh,   and    Sussex,   to   pay   the 
legacies,  employing  the  remainder  as  his  heir  might  wish.  I 
He  was  buried  at  Great  Chart  7th  Febmary  1651,  and  hia 
will   was  proved  on  the  30th  of  April  following.     George 
Choute  left   two   sons,    Edward  and  George,   successively' 
his  heirs. 

5.  Edward  Chotjte,  Esq.,  "  a  person,"  says  Philipot, 
"  who  for  his  support  of  learning  in  these  times  cannot 
be  mentioned  by  the  fautors  and  abettors  of  literature, 
or  at  least  the  pretenders  to  it,  without  some  grateful 
acknowledgments,"  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Mark 
Dixwell,  Esq.,  of  Broome  Park,  and  died  in  London,  of  | 
small-pox,  about  1659,  at  the  early  age  of  25.  He  bought 
Hinxhill  Court,  which  his  grandfather  (and  perhaps  his 
father)  had  formerly  hired.*     Of  his  two  daughters,  who 

»  In  1621  Hinxhill  Court  Estate  consi.itod  of  336  acres,  £20  per  annum  of 
quit  rents,  ntid  the  manor-house,  Bays  Huated.  Edward  Chute  was  possessed 
also  of  "manors,  land.'s,  tenements,  and  hereditaments  in  Hinxhill,  Wye,  Willes- 
boro',  Mersham,  and  Sevington,"  besides  "  those  already  settled  "  iii  Hinxhill, 
Swatfield,  and  Waltham,  as  well  as  of  "  the  manor,  or  reputed  manor,  of  Sur- 
renden  and  other  lands  in  Bethersden,  the  manor  of  Craythonie,  with  lands  in 
New  Eomney,  St.  Mar/s,  Hoji©,  or  one  of  them,"  iind  "lands  iu  Wittersham, 
Sussex,"  all  of  which  he  devised  to  his  "  much  honoured  and  ever-Inrinj;  grand- 
father Nicholas  Toke  of  Godinton,  Esq.,  and  his  loving  and  much  enteemcd 
uncle  Hichard  Hulso  of  Bethersden,  Gent.,"  as  trustees  for  a  term  of  31  years 
to  pay  out  of  the  rents  legacies  left  by  his  father  to  his  brother  George  and  hi» 
sister  Elinor,  and  so  much  of  his  own  legacies  as  his  personalty  would  not  meet. 
The  latter  legacies  included  JE2IX)  to  his  "well-beloved  and  loving  wife  to  pro- 
vide furniture  for  her  chamber  and  to  furnish  her  with  mourning  pirments." 
£20  each  to  his  aunts  Master,  Knatchbull,  and  Bottflnhani,  the  same  to  hia 
grandfather  to  buy  him  a  ring ;  £100  apiece  to  his  uncle  Hulse  and  Clar»  hii 
wife,  and  to  the  former  the  best  saddle  getding  or  mare  he  should  die  possassed 
of  with  his  best  sword  and  belt.  The  lands,  in  default  of  sons  of  his  own,  bo 
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^r  seem  to  hare  had  £3000  apiece,  and  who  both  died  childless, 
Elizabeth  became  the  wife  of  Sir  James  Oxenden,  Knight, 
and  was  buried  at  Wingham  7  November  1696,  where  the 

I  following  lines  commemorate  her  vii-tues  : — 
"  All  ginoea  did  conceDter  in  ber  life 
The  best  of  Christian:!  and  the  kiudcst  wife 
^^  Wisdom  and  Goodness  both  iu  hor  did  meet 

^B  Her  person  ohanuiiig  itiid  her  temper  stroot 

^H  Who'er  would  her  just  character  indite 

^B  Must  first  have  learnt  of  her  to  think  and  write." 

6.  Georoe  Choute,  his  only  brother,  inherited  on  the 
death  of  Edward  the  bulk  of  his  property.  He  must  have 
been  the  person  who  was  knighted  1 1  July  1 660,  not  (as  Le 
Neve  in  his  Book  of  Knights  represents)  George  Choute  of 
Stockwell,  The  disease  which  proved  fatal  to  his  brother  car- 
ried him  ofiF  at  the  still  earlier  age  of  twenty-three.  His  will 
is  dated  31  May  1664.  In  it  he  describes  himself  as  Sir 
George  Choute,  Kuight,  of  Bethersden,  and  leaves  £5  to  the 
poor  of  each  of  the  three  parishes  with  which  he  was  chiefly 
connected — Bethersden,  Hinxhill,  and  Appledore.  All  his 
unsettled  lands,  moveables,  and  personalty  were  to  be  "  sold 
to  pay  his  own  debts  and  the  debts  and  legacies  left  by  his 
dear  father  and  brother."  To  Cicely  his  wife  he  left  £1000, 
her  apparel  and  jewels.  If  she  should  bear  a  son,  then 
to  his  daughter  Cicely  ;61500  at  marriage  or  attaining 
21.  To  his  sister  Eleanor,  wife  of  William  Gerrard  of 
London,  Merchant,  he  left  j6200.  To  his  "  faithful  and  dear 
uncle,  Eichard  Hulse,  Esq.,"  £200.  To  Mr.  Robert  Cole, 
ii  minister  of  Bethersden,  408.     He  ivas  buried  18  June  1664, 

^B  and  under  that  date  the  following  quaint  entry  occurs  in  the 
I  Bethersden  Register :  "  S'  George  Chout,  Kn'  who  dyed  of 
I  the  small  pox  aged   23  yeares.     Edward   Chout,  Esq.,  his 

^P     elder  brother  dyed  of  the  same  disease  in  London,  and  was 
buried  by  D'  George  Wild  {now  Bishop  of  Londonderrie  in 
the  Kingdom  of  Ireland)  in  S'  Bride's  Church,  who  was  also 
of  or  about  the  same  age :  two  as  hopeful  young  gentlemen 
^H    as  the  court  yealded." 

^^L  "  Ooe  gleepe  S'  George.    Where's  «uoh  another 

^H  Can  equall  thee  ?  or  th'  Squire  thy  brother  ?" 


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bom  after  the  death  of  the  late  Sir  George  his  father,  waa 
baptized  at  Bethersden   10  February  1666,  and  created  a 
Baronet  16  September  1684.     He  pulled  down  his  mansioa 
at  Hinxhill,  of  which  8ome  small  remains  are  standing  near 
the  church,  and  returning  to  Bethersden  became  the  tenant 
of  Lovelace  Place.     There  he   resided,  serving  the  office  of  1 
Churchwarden  in  1714,  and  taking  his  part  in  parochial  and^ 
magisterial  business  until  his  death  in  1721-2.      In  1688 
and  in  1713,  he  as  patron  presented  clergymen  to  the  rectory  I 
of  Hinxhill.     His  name  appears  in  the  list  of  subscribers  to 
Harris's  Hietory  of  Keiii,  a  proof  that  he  had  some  taste 
for  literature  and  some  disposition  to  patronize  it.    ThisV 
Sir  George  was  never  married ;  he  bequeathed  his  estates 
to  his  maternal  relative,  Edward  Austen,  Esq.,  subsequently 
Sir  Edward  Austen,  Bart.,  of  Tenterden,  who  shortly  after  J 
he   came  into  possession    sold  Old  Surrenden   to   Thomas 
Best,  Esq.,  of  Chatham,  fi-om  whose  descendants  it  passed 
(through  Mr.  Edward  Wood)   to  the  family  of  the  present 
owner,  W.  F.  Mann  Comwallis,  Esq.,   of  Linton.     At  the 
funeral  of  Sir  Geoi'ge  Chute,  a  number  of  handsome  mourn- 
ing rings,  enamelled  black  and  gold,  were  given  away.     One 
of  them  I  have  often  seen  in  the  possession  of  an  inhabitant 
of  Bethersden. 

In  the  North  or  Frid  Chapel  of  Bethersden  Church  is  a 
handsome  mural  monument  surmounted  by  the  family  arms 
and  thus  inscribed :  "  In  this  chancel  lies  interred  the  body 
of  S'  George  Choute,  Bart,,  who  died  Feb?  4'\  1721,  in 
the  58*  year  of  his  age.  He  was  a  true  lover  of  the  inte- 
rest of  his  country,  a  generous  neighbour,  a  kind  master, 
and  a  faithful  friend.  He  left  his  estate  to  his  relation 
Edward  Austen,  Esq.,  who  erected  this  monument  in  memory 
of  his  dear  benefactor." 

On  a  slab  in  the  middle  aisle,  removed  from  its  place 
below  the  monument  when  the  church  was  re-seated,  we 
read  "  Underneath  are  laid  the  bodys  of  Sir  George  Choute, 
Knight,  and  of  his  son  Sir  George  ChoTite,  Baronet." 

The  wife  of  the  one  and  mother  of  the  other  waa 
buried  at  HoUingbourne.  Her  memorial  bears  this  inscrip- 
tion :  "  Here  resteth  in  hope  of  a  joyful  resurrection  the 


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body  of  Dame  Cicely  Chovet  late  wife  of  S'  George  Chovet 
of  Bethersden  in  the  county  of  Kent,  Knight,  and  daughter 
of  Ralph  Freke  of  Hannington  in  the  county  of  Wilts 
Esq.  by  Cicely  Culpeper  his  wife,  daughter  of  Sir  Thomas 
Culpeper.  She  departed  this  life  on  the  seventh  day  of 
March  1674  in  the  two  and  thirtieth  year  of  her  age." 

With  Sir  George  the  Kentish  Choutes  became  extinct, 
but  the  descendants  of  Philip,  the  Standard  Bearer,  still 
flourish,  if  Burke's  assertion  be  substantially  correct,  at 
Chute  Hall,  in  the  county  of  Kerry.  The  elder  branch  of  the 
family,  to  which  Chaloner  Chute,  the  Speaker  of  Richard 
Cromwell's  Parliament,  belonged,  was  seated  at  the  Vyne, 
near  Basingstoke;  a  mansion  purchased,  by  a  somewhat 
singular  coincidence,  of  the  representatives  of  that  Lord 
Sandys  who  commanded  at  the  siege  of  Boulogne,  whereat 
Philip  Chute  was  standard  bearer  in  1544  ;  in  its  chapel  are 
some  tiles  said  to  have  been  brought  from  Boulogne  by  Lord 
Sandys.  An  interesting  account  of  this  house  has  recently 
been  published  by  Mr.  Chute,  the  owner. 

There  is,  or  was,  in  Kingsnorth  Church  this  mention  of 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Philip  Chute,  on  an  ancient  board 
fixed  to  the  north  wall :  "  Underneath  this  place  lieth  buried 
the  body  of  John  Taylor,  Gentleman,  whose  first  wife  was 
Elisabeth  ye  daughter  of  Philip  Chute,  Esq.,  by  whom  he 
had  issue  four  sons  and  four  daughters.  He  died  8  May 
1616,  aged  about  90."  {Fatigsett  MSB.) 

At  All  Saints'  Church,  Ellough,  Suffolk,  "  on  the  south 
aide  of  the  chancel  is  a  figure  wearing  an  immense  head-dress 
(resembling  the  homed  head-dress  of  the  fifteenth  century) 
and  a  kirtle  with  sleeves,  also  a  girdle,  necklace,  and  brace- 
lets, all  ornamented  with  jewels.  Above  are  two  shields,  one 
bearing  the  arms  of  Playters,  bendy  wavy  of  six  argent  and 
azure ;  and  on  the  other  is  this  coat,  or  (?) ,  three  swords  bar- 
ways,  with  their  points  to  the  dexter,  sable ;"  above  is  written 
Cheut :   "  Heer  lyeth   buryd  Margret   Chewt,  the  faithful! 

lovinge   wife  of   Arthure   Chewt   Gent Daughter   to 

Christofer  Play  tors  Esquier  whoe  died  at  the  age  of  55  (?) 
in  Februarie  1607."  (Oxford  Manual  of  Monumental  Bratae$, 
p.  160.) 


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ROMAN  COINS  FOUND  AT  RICHBOEOUGHT 

AND    NOW    IN   THE    POSSESSION    OF    Mb.    EdWARD  ! 

Gent  of  Sandwich. 


BY   C.    EOACH   SMITH,    F.8.A. 

When,  in  1850,  I  published  the  Antiquities  of 
Richborough,  Eeculver,  and  Lymne,  I  described  1279 
Roman,  coins  found  at  Ricbborough  ranging  from 
Augustus  to  Constantine  the  Third.*  They  were  from 
collections  made  by  Mr.  Rolfe  and  Mr.  Reader.  Of 
Mr.  Reader's  there  were  about  GOO  ;  but  he  said  he 
had  given  away  quite  as  many  as  be  retained.  To 
these  must  he  added  over  100  collected  by  Mr.  Rolfo 
after  my  volume  was  pubUsbcd ;  so  that  during  their 
lives  those  two  gentlemen  collected  at  least  2000.  J 
Now,  we  have  over  200  gathered  together  by  Mr. 
Gent,  during  a  not  very  long  life,  and  subser^uent  to 
Mr.  Rolfe  and  Mr.  Reader :  they  are  nearly  all  in 
good  condition,  and  many  in  fine  preservation.  Two 
centuries  since,  Batteley  wrote  in  his  Ant Iqui tales 
lluttipincc,  that  coins  were  being  found  daily ;  and 
in  anterior  times  no  doubt  the  soil  was  equally  pro- 
ductive; so  it  may  be  assumed  tliat  an  enormous 
amount  must  have  been  exhumed. 

BEITISH. 

One  Bpecimen  in  silver,  similar  to  No.  13,  Plate  F,  in  Dr. 
Evans's  Ancient  British  Coins,  which  was  found  at  Farley  Heath. 

*  In  this  lint,  the  ninall  pieces  termed  minimi,  must  be  Attributed  to  the 
Totrioi.  Until  some  largo  hoards  were  discovered  iu  France,  they  wore  univer- 
nlly  auppofed  to  have  been  struck  uXter  the  reigo  of  Aroftdios  and  Uonorius. 


BOHAN  COINS   POTJND   AT  EICHBOROUGH. 


73 


GOLD. 


AoKEPPiNAE  AuorsTAE  ;  head  of  Agrippma. 

Ti.  Claud.  Caesae  Aug.  Osbm.,  etc. ;  head  of  Claudius.    In  fine 

preservation. 
TcBEBius ;  reverse,  Pontif  :  Maxim:  :  a  figure  seated. 
Neho;  rev.,  Jctpiteb  Custos;  Jupiter  standing. 
Vespasiaitub  ;  rev..  Titles  ;  a  female  with  a  coruucopia. 
TrtVB ;  rev.,  Cos.  v. ;  an  ox. 
DoMiTlAKTJS  ;  rev.,  Cos.  v, ;  wolf  and  twins. 

„  rev.,  Pbinoeps  Juvehtutib  ;  a  modiut. 

„  rev.,  the  Emperor  on  horseback. 

Uadulanus  ;  rev.,  Cos.  iir.  ;  the  Emperor  on  horseback. 
TaAJAKUB ;  rev..  Titles  ;  two  figures  by  an  altar ;   in  the  exergue, 

Vota  Susczpta. 
AiTTOiniruB  Firs  ;  rev.,  figure  of  Victory. 

LuciLLA ;  rev.,  Vencb  ;  a  female  holding  the  hastn  pura.     Fine. 
CoifSTANTrNX's  ;  rev.,  Victobia  Auuuo.  ;  the  Emijeror  standing  with 

a  foot  upon  a  foe,  con.ob. 
Gbaiiaitds  ;    rev.,    Victobia    Augq.  ;    ti»'o  figuree   seated ;    in 

exergue,  teobt. 
This  coiu,  iu  extra  fine  conditiou,  was  fouud  in  a  vase  at  some 
distance  from  the  castrum. 

Gb.vtia>U8;  r««.,  Eestitutor  RErptJBLic^;  in  exergue,  aktc. 
T11EODO8IU8 ;  rev.,  Imp.  xxixu  cos.  xvii  pp. ;   Itome  seated  with 

globe  surmounted  by  the  cross, 
Abcadiub;  r«).,  Victobia  Auqos  ;  con.ob. 

IHonobiub;    rev.,  Victobia   Auooa ;    the   Emperor   holding  the 
labarum,  and  with  foot  upon  a  fallen  foe. 
Leo.  I. ;    rev.,  Victobia  Acoubtoevm  ;   Victory  with   globe   aud 
cross  ;  a  quinariut. 
JusTuiua ;  rev.,  Victobia  Auooo.  ;  iu  exergue,  co>  .  ob.        =2U. 
f 
-8c 


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8ILVEB. 


C  Julius  Caesar. — Vespaaiauus. — Nerva,  2. — Sabina. — L.Aelius, 
2. — Commodus. — Severus,  2. — Julia  Domua. — Caracalla. — Mumaea. 
— Sev.  Alexander. — Gordianus. — Philippus  Sen.,  2. — Philippus 
Jun. — TrajanuB    Decius. — Etruscillu. — Postumus,    2. — Juliauus. — 

ti : 


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aOMAN   COINS    FOUND   AT  BICHBOROUGH. 


FIRST  BRASS. 

C.  Julius  Caesab  ;  much  worn. 

ADOUBTrs  ;  reverse,  Julius  CsBsar ;  much  worn. 

Claitdius;  rev.,  Nero  Claud.  Drusua  G^e^m;   the  Emperor  seated 
upon  a  trophy. 

TrBEnrcs;  ree.,  dementia;  a  head  in  the  centre  of  a  buckler.    Fine. 

Galba  ;  rev.,  s.p.q.e.  od  orv.  bee.,  in  a  wreath. 

In  fine  preservation.     Tbis  coin  was  scrat-ched  out  of  a  bank  near 

the  cottage  by  a  rabbit,  together  with  a  first  brass  of  Vespasian  of 

the  Judaea  Capta  type,  which  Mr.  Rent  failed  to  secure. 

Vkspasiamub  ;  rev..  Pax  Augusti.     Fine. 

DoMiTiAiiTS  ;  rev.,  Minerva,  standing. 

Nekta  ;  rev.,  Fortuua.     P.  H. 

TEAJAJfus ;  rev.,  a  river  god. 

„  rev.,  Titles ;  a  figure  seated  before  a  trophy. 

Hasbiakus  ;  reo.,  Cos.  ni. ;  exped.  ;   the  Emperor  on  horseback. 
Bare.    Another,  worn. 

Lucius  Aeltub  ;  rev.,  Salus  ;  a  female  seated. 

Faustisa  SEsroK;  rec,  Aetemitas  ;  a  figure  holding  a  globe. 

Mabcus  AuEELtua  ;  much  worn. 

Vkeus  ;  rei\.  Titles  ;  a  trophy  and  captive. 

LuciLLA ;  rev.,  Fecunditas  ;  a  woman  seated,  with  three  children. 

CoMMODUs  ;  rev..  Victory  seated ;  on  a  sliield  Vict.  Beit. 

Clodjus  Albinus  ;  rev.,  Pallas  ;  legend  defaced. 

Sevebus  ;  rev.,  Adventui  Aug.  Felicissimo;  the  Emperor  on  horse- 
back, preceded  by  soldiers.     Pine  and  rare. 

Seteeub  ;  rev..  Cob.  ii.  p.p.  ;  trophy  and  captive.     Fine. 

Julia  Domija  ;    rev.,  mat.  avoq.  mat.  sen.  m.  patb.  ;    Empress 
seated  on  a  throne.     Rare. 

Geta  ;  rev.,  Titles ;  two  figures  holding  a  Victory.     Fine  and  rare. 

MACBnrus  ;  rev.,  a  female  with  a  caduceus  and  cornucopia.     Rare. 

Alexandeb  Sevkbus  ;    rev..   Fides  Militum ;   a  female  with   two 
standards. 

Julia  Mauaea  ;  in  poor  condition. 

Paulina  ;  rev.,  Consecratio ;  a  peacock    Rare. 

GoRDiANUS  Africanus  ;  two  examples  of  this  rare  coin,  much  worn. 

PirpiEsrs  ;  rev.,  Victoria  Augg. ;  figure  of  Victory.     Fine  and  rare. 

GoBUiAirus  Puis  ;  rev.,  Securit.  Perpet.     Fiue. 
„  Another,  much  worn. 

PuiLiPPUS  Sekiob  ;  reo.,  Miliiarum  Saeculum  ;  on  acippus  Cob.  ni. 
11  rev.,  Aetemitas ;  a  man  upon  an  elephant. 


SOMAN   COINS   FOUND   A.T   RICnBOROUGH, 


75 


Otacilia  ;   rev.,  Concordia  Augg.  j  a  figure  seated   on  two  cor- 
nucopias. 

Maxutcs  ;  rev.,  Pietas  Aug.  ;  Sacrificial  vcBaels. 

Tbeboniahts  Gallits  ;  rev.,  Votia  DeceuBalibus,  within  a  wreath. 

Mjbbsivs  DECitrs ;  rev.,  Principi  Juventutia.    Rare. 

VoLCSLANUS  ;  rev.,  Junoai  Martiali ;  Juno  iu  a  temple.     Bare. 

G-AI.LIENIT8  ;  rev.,  Jovi  Conservatort ;  Jupiter. 

FosTtnirs ;  rev.,  pm.tb.p.cos.p.p. 

Thia  coin  ia  remarkable  for  the  youthful  head  of  Poatumus,  en- 

gmved  no  doubt  before  an  accredited  portrait  had  been  obtained. 

PbBTUMTa  ;  rev.,  P.M.XB.P.n.  pj.  ;    a  figure  atanding,  \vith    globe 
and  hasta. 

Phobus  ;  dementia  Temp. ;  two  figurea  with  a  Victory. 

JpsTiHiANtrs  ;  rev.,  a  cross  above  a  monogram.  =42. 

SECOND  BEASS. 

Marc.  Antonius.  —  Agrippa,  3. — Auguatus,  2. — Tiberius. — 
DruBUs.  —  Antonia.  — Claudius.  —  Caligula.  — Nero,  2.  —  Veapnai- 
anua,  2. — Domitianus. — Trajanua. — Hadriauua,  t. — Antoninus  Piua, 
3. — M.  Aurelius,  4. — Faustina  Senior. — Lucius  Aelius. — Commodus. 
— ClodiusAlbinus. — Severua. — Geta. — Elagabalus. — Julia  Maesa. — 
Sev.  Alexander,  2. — Gordianua. — Etruacilla. — Galiienue. — Uiocie- 
tianus,  2. — Domitiua  Domitianus.—  Conatantius. — Couetantinus. — 
Licinius. — Maziminus  Daza. — Magnentius. — Julianus.  =50 

These  are  generally  in  good  prowrvation  ;  their  reverses  being 
chiefly  common.  The  coin  of  Domitiua  Domitianua,  a  usurper  of 
the  time  of  Diocletian,  is  extra  rare.  The  reverse  has  Genio  Populi 
Bomani. 


THIRD  BEASS. 

G«rmanicu8. — Nero,  2. — Faustina  Jun. — Gkillionus. — Postumus, 
3. — Salonina,  3. — Mariua. — Tetrici,  2. — Victorinus.— Claudius 
GothicuB,  3. — Quintillus. — Aureliauus. — Severina. — Vabalathus. — 
Tacitus. — Probus,  3. — Carus,  2. — Numerianus,  3. — Diocletianus, 
3. — Maiimianus,  3. — Carauaiua,  8. — Allectus,  4. — Conatautius,  2. — 
MagnentiuB,  2. — Licinius,  2. — Coiiatantinus,  4. — Criapus,  2. — 
Julianua. — Helena. — Jovianua. — De^^entiua. — Gratianua.  —  Theodo- 
siuB. — Eugenius.  —  FlaccUla.  —  Valens.  — Honorius.  —  Justinianua. 

=74. 


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ROMAN   COINS   FOUND   AT   RICHBOEOTJGH. 


Most  in  the  above  list  arc  in  good  condition,  and 
some  have  rare  reverses.  The  Eugenius  in  third  brass 
is  extremely  rare. 

Having  exhausted  Mr.  Gent's  collection,  I  am  able 
to  add  a  cut  and  description  of  a  unique  coin  in  the 
cabinet  of  Dr.  Evans,  President  of  the  Society  of 
Antiquaries  and  of  the  Numismatic  Society.  It  is  in 
the  collection  of  coins  found  at  Richborough  and 
ceded  to  Dr.  Evans  by  the  late  Mr,  Rolfe.  It  had 
passed  unnoticed  in  a  miscellaneous  mass  until  it 
caught  the  eye  of  Mr.  Arthur  J.  Evans,  F.S.A.,  who 
has  bestowed  upon  it  the  attention  it  deserves  in  a 
Paper  of  twenty-nine pagesin  tlie  Nwnmmatic  Chronicle 
for  1887.  By  the  kindness  of  the  Numismatic  Society, 
I  am  able  to  give  the  engraving  which  illustrates  the 
Paper. 


i 


The  coin,  at  first  sight,  looks  like  a  rude  imitation 
of  some  of  Constans  or  Constantius  II. ;  but  on  close 
examination  the  inscription  on  the  obverse  reads 
DOMINO  CAEAVSio  CE8  J  some  of  the  letters  ligatured ; 
that  on  the  reverse  domin.  .  .  conta  .  .  ,  no.  The 
design  is  a  distorted  copy  of  the  well-known  type  of 
coins  of  Constans  or  Constantius  II.,  which  represents 
the  Emperor  at  the  prow  of  a  galley  holding  a  phoenix 
and  a  iabarum,  and  steered  by  Victory,  with  the  legend 

FEL.  TEMP.  EEPARATIO. 

As  Mr.  Evans  observes,  "It  will  be  seen  at  once 
that,  though  both  in  its  obverse  and  reverse  designs 
approaching  known  foui'th-century  types,  it  is  not  a 


BOMAN   COINS  POUND  AT   BIOHBOBOUOH.  77 

mere  barbarous  imitation  of  a  coin  of  Constans  or 
Constantius  II.  It  presents  us,  on  the  contrary,  with 
a  definite  and  wholly  original  legend  of  its  own.  The 
name  of  the  Caesar  represented  is  clearly  given  as 
Carausius  ;  but  the  whole  character  of  the  design  and 
the  reverse  type,  which  only  makes  its  appearance  on 
the  imperial  dies  towards  the  middle  of  the  fourth 
centxuy,  absolutely  prohibits  us  from  attributing  it  to 
the  well-known  Usurper  who  reigned  from  287  to  293, 
and  who,  moreover,  always  claimed  the  title  of 
Augustus." 

The  lettering  on  the  reverse,  Mr.  Evans  reads  as 
conxta[nti]no  for  Constantino,  and  considers  that  it 
may  refer  to  Constantinus  the  Third.  It  would  be 
doing  injustice  to  the  logical  and  elaborate  essay  of 
Mr.  Evans  to  give  such  brief  extracts  as  the  limite  of 
this  Paper  would  require;  especially  as  the  Numismatic 
Chronicle  is  so  accessible. 


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FORDWICH    MUNICIPAL   RECORDS. 


BY    TEE   EEV.    C.   BVELEIGH   WOODRUFF,    M.A. 


The  books  and  documents  cortaiued  in  the  muniment  cheat  at 
Fordwich  have  not  received  much  attention  from  KentiBh  nnti- 
quariea.  Possibly  the  complete  insignificance  of  the  town  in  the 
present  day  may  have  caused  these  records  to  have  been  overlooked. 
More  probably  inquiry  hn«  been  limited  by  the  personal  discomfort 
entailed  by  a  prolonged  visit  to  the  draughty  little  structure  whore 
these  records  are  lodged. 

Bocent  legislation  having  put  an  end  to  the  interesting  and 
harmless  existence  of  the  Corporation,  and  its  property  being  now 
(under  the  scheme  of  the  Charity  CotnuiissionerB)  in  the  hands  of 
Trustees,  one  of  whom  is  a  member  of  the  Kent  Archa>ological 
Society,  there  is  every  reason  to  believe  that  the  Fordwich  muni- 
ments will  be  removed  to  some  library  or  institutiou  in  the  county, 
where  they  may  be  cleaned,  arranged,  and  carefully  csainiued. 

In  the  meautime,  the  following  remarks  on  notes  taken  from 
the  records  in  February  1888,  by  the  kind  permission  of  the 
late  Colonel  C.  J.  Cos  of  Fordwich  House  (the  last  Mayor  of  the 
town),  may  attract  attention  to  these  interesting  papers,  and 
indicate  the  kind  of  informatiou  they  contain. 

The  little  village  of  Fordwich  consists  merely  of  a  cluster  of 
houses  on  the  right  bank  of  the  Stour,  about  two  and  a  half  miles 
below  Canterbury,  and  retaina  to-day  no  vestige  of  commercial 
activity  to  account  for  the  privilege  oi  self-government  enjoyed  by 
the  iunabitant«  for  at  least  COO  years.  The  population  at  the  last 
census  was  only  228,  and  the  size  of  the  church  (a  building  of  the 
thirteenth  century,  of  very  modest  proportions)  does  not  point  to  any 
extraordinary  shrinkage  in  the  number  of  the  inhabitants  since  it 
was  built.  Nor  is  there  any  trailition  of  the  former  existence  of 
other  churches,  as  nt  Romney  and  elsewhere.  But  although  not 
very  populous,  it  was  during  the  Middle  Ages  and  later  of  some 
importance,  as  being  practically  the  port  of  Canterbury, 

In  Saxon  times,  when  both  the  "Genlade"  and  the  Sandwich 
mouth  of  the  Wantsum  were  open,  the  sea  doubtless  at  every  high 
tide  covered  most  of  the  Stour  Valley  as  far  as  Fordwich.  The 
town  being  situated  (as  the  name  seems  to  imply)*  on  an  arm  of  the 

•  Piord-wyoh,  "  the  bay  on  the  arm  of  the  sea."  ridt  Arch.  Cant.,  XII., 
p.  888  (note). 


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sea,  had  probably  not  only  a  commercial  but  to  some  extent  a  mili- 
tary importance,  for  it  was  generally  up  these  tidal  eetuariea  that 
the  Danea  made  their  sudden  and  terrible  incursions.  This  at  a 
later  date  may  have  led  to  the  enrolment  of  the  town  amongst  the 
Cinque  Ports  as  a  member  of  Sandwich  ;  Bekesbourne,  which  stood 
at  the  head  of  the  tidal  estuary  of  the  lesser  Stour,  being  similarly 
dignified  by  its  connection  with  Hastings,  although  probably  never 
of  any  importance  as  n  trading  port.  At  any  rat*  the  Saxon  kings 
considered  it  worth  while  to  station  at  Fordwich  a  collector  of 
customs,*  the  right  to  which,  together  with  the  king's  hinds  within 
the  town,  Eklward  the  Confessor  gave  to  the  Monastery  of  St. 
Augustine  in  Canterbury .t 

The  Confessor's  charter  gave  to  the  Abbot  of  St.  Augustine's 
the  right  to  levy  a  toll  upon  all  morclmndize  brought  into  the  town 
by  water,  together  \vitli  anchorage,  lastage,  and  bulkage  of  vessels 
plying  between  the  town  and  Stour  mouth  "  nasse,"  but  important 
exceptions  were  made  at  a  later  date  in  favour  of  all  freemen  of 
the  Cinque  Ports,  all  the  burgesses  of  Canterbury,  and  all  men 
of  the  Archbishop,  of  the  hundred  of  Middletou  (Milton),  of  the 
Abbot  of  St.  Albans,  and  of  the  Abbot  of  Battle. J  To  the  monks 
of  St.  Augustine's  the  quay  at  Fordwich  was  a  great  convenience, 
enabling  tnem  to  unship  their  heavier  imports,  such  as  the  Caen 
stone,  wine,  oil,  salt,  etc.,  required  for  the  use  of  their  house,  within 
three  miles  of  the  Abbey  gates ;  and  fully  sensible  of  the  value  of 
their  privileges  at  Fordwich,  they  did  their  utmost  to  prevent  their 
rivals  at  Christ  Church  from  sharing  these  advantages. 

Somner  gives  an  account  of  a  quarrel  between  the  rival  monas- 
teries in  1285,  which  attained  to  such  proportions  that  it  was  neces- 
sary to  appoint  a  Special  Commission  to  arrange  their  differences. 
The  matter  in  dispute  was  the  right  of  the  Prior  of  Christ  Chiu-ch 
to  put  up  a  house  on  or  near  the  quay  at  Fordwich.  Ho  had  twice 
done  8o,  out  on  each  occasion  it  had  been  pulled  down  by  the  Abbot's 
men,  and  all  its  contents  were  thrown  into  the  Stour.§ 

The  Commissioners  succeeded  in  effecting  a  compromise.  The 
Prior  pledged  himself  not  to  attempt  to  place  his  crane  house  in 
the  position  which  gave  offence  to  the  Abbot,  but  said  it  was  neces- 
sary that  he  should  have  some  place  in  the  town  at  which  to  land 
bis  imports,  "  non  potest  beue  esse  sine  domo  super  ripam  do 
Fordwico  pro  suis  vinis  et  aliia  suis  victualibus  recipiendis."  Ho 
received  from  the  Abbot  a  piece  of  land  on  the  banks  of  the  river 
in  exchange  for  another  piece  farther  away.|| 

•  Hosted,  Huioiy  qf  Kent,  vol.  iii.,  fol.  ed.  And  the  Fordwich  Cuntuinal, 
wheu  defining  tbe  duties  of  the  baililT  of  the  Abtrat  of  St.  Austin's,  aiiy»,  be  ought 
to  collect  the  customs,  etc.,  "  because  he  has  the  royalty  by  grant  of  kings,  as 
those  kiitfff  held  tht  aforetaid  loKm,  and  not  otherwise." 

Charta  Antiqua  of  Christ  Church,  Cttulerbury,  F.  47, 1  and  2. 
Fordwich  Custiunal,  ohap.  xxi. 

Battoley's  Oomner,  Appendix,  p.  62.     From  a  "lieger"  book  at  Oan- 
teitnuT  Cathedral. 

II  Bomner,  Appendix,  p.  62.    From  a  "  Ueger  "  book  at  Christ  Church. 


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FORDWICH   CHARTERS. 


Amongst  the  MSS.  preserved  in  the  Cathedral  Library  a 
Chrint  Cliurch,  Canterbury,  arc  copies  of  eight  charters  relating  t 
Fortlwich,  and  St.  Augustine's  Abbey  : 

1.  The  charter  of  Edward  the  Confessor  previously  alluded  to. 

2.  A  grant  by  the  same  King  of  soc  and  sac. 
3  and  4.  Similar  grants  from  William  I. 
5  and  6.  Re-grant  of  the  manor  by  Odo,  Bishop  of  Bayeux,  t 

St.  Augustine's,  and  its  Confirmation  by  William  I. 

7.  Writ  of  William  I.  re-granting  the  tomi  to  St.  Augustine's 
after  it  had  fallen  into  the  hands  of  the  sheriff  ou  the  flight  of 
Abbot  Egelsin. 

8.  The  sheriff's  surrender  of  the  town  in  obedience  to  the  King' 
vvarmnt.* 

The  last  four  have  been  translated  by  Dr.  J.  B.  Sheppard,  a: 
are  as  follows: — 

Charta  Antiqutr,  Catiierbury  Cathedral,  "  F.  47." 
Odo  Dei  gmtia  Uisboii  uf  Uayeux  and  Earl  of  Kent  to  Laiifrunc  the  Ar 
bishop  sod  Hnmo  the  ShcritfaDd  all  other  faitliful  subjects  of  the  King  Frenofi 
and  English  greeting.  Kuow  yo  all  that  I  Odo  Bisbo]>  and  Earl  of  Kent  grant 
for  ever  to  the  Churcli  of  St.  Augu.«tine  a.11  the  houses  which  are  mine  in  the 
town  of  Fordwich  and  all  custoniii  which  are  mine  in  the  said  town  to  lie  held  fa 
the  BaTety  of  my  soul  and  of  tbatof  my  lord  William  Kingof  the  English.  Tbo 
being  witnesses,  William  King  of  tbo  English,  Ltuifninc  Archbishop  of  Ca: 
terbury,  Godofriod  Bishop  of  Constance,  R.  Count  of  Eu,  and  H.  de  Montfor 
with  other  of  the  nobles. 

William  King  of  the  English  to  Lanfranc  Archbishop,  and  Hamo  Sheril 
and  E.  son  of  Earl  G.,  and  H.  Shoriff,  and  all  the  Thanos  of  Kent  French  ani 
English  greeting.     Know  yo  that  the  Bisho[)  of  Bayeux  my  brother  for  the  lovo 
of  God  and  for  tho  salvation  of  iny  soul  and  of  bii  own  hns  civon  to  St.  Augus^ 
tine's  whatever  be  possessed  at  Fordwich  as  well  in  landf  meadows  and  houses  tm 
in  other  rights  and  that  he  has  given  what  bo  has  given  with  my  leave.  n 

William  King  of  the  English  by  the  grace  of  God  to  Lanfranc  Archbishop  of 
Canterbury,  and  Oodcfried  Bishop  of  Constunce,  and  B.  Count  of  Eu,  and  11.  do 
Montfort,  and  his  other  nobles  of  the  kingdom  of  England  grooling.  I  com- 
mand and  enjoin  you  that  you  cause  St.  Augustine  and  Scotland  the  Abbot  to 
repossess  the  borough  of  Ford»vich  which  Harao  the  Sheriff  now  holds 
the  other  lands  which  Abbot  Alsinus  my  fugitive  gave  to  any  one  through 
or  fear  or  cupidity  and  if  any  one  have  taken  anything  by  any  force  to 
them  to  restore  them  be  they  willing  or  unwilling.  Witness  the  Bishop 
Baj'eui  on  the  dedication  of  Bayoui. 

Hamo  SherilT  and  Dapjfer  of  Henry  King  of  the  English  to  all  the  Baroi 
of  Kent  and  all  God's  faithful  in  all  England  greeting.  Know  yo  that  I  led  b^ 
tho  fear  of  God  restore  to  God  and  St.  Peter  chief  of  the  Apostles  and  to  St. 
Augustine  the  Apostle  of  the  English  and  the  Abbot  llugh  and  the  brethren  of 
the  lame  plac«  the  town  of  Fordwich  with  all  its  appurtenances  so  entirely  that 
no  one  of  my  lords  or  my  heirs  shall  claim  any  kind  of  right  from  me  or  through 
me  or  through  my  heirs  for  ever.  This  donation  (I  have  sworn)  by  tho  Psal- 
tcrium  of  St.  Augustine  and  by  my  sword  laid  upon  the  chief  altar  of  the  afore- 
said church  with  mv  own  hands.  These  witnesses  being  present.  For  my  pn 
were  Fulbert  of  Chilhara  and  his  soldier  Hugh  and  many  others.  Of  the  fc 
lowers  of  tho  Lord  Ablwt  were  William  tho  chaplain  and  his  man  Eu.«tace  am 
many  others.  But  if  after  my  decease  any  of  my  heirs  attempt  to  make  this 
worthless  or  to  infringe  it  may  be  be  cursed  by  Almighty  God  and  all  his  saints 
forever.     Amen.     Done  on  Eastor  Mondav  Anno  IJommi  xicxr. 


•  Jliit.  MSS.  Comm.  Fiflh  Report. 


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I 


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^ 


Fordwich  was  a  corporation  by  prescription.  No  original 
charters  are  coutaiiiod  amongst  the  records,  but  several  are  quoted 
in  the  Custumal,  and  thei-e  is  in  the  tnunimont  chest  a  copy  of  u 
charter  granted  bj  Cbarles  II.  (an  inapoxiinu«  of  one  by  Queen 
Elizabeth).  The  earliest  charter  contained  in  the  Custutnal  i»  one 
from  Henry  II.,  of  which  the  foUo-vviug  translation,  made  by  tlic 
late  C.  kiandya  of  Canterbury  iu  ISSi,  is  preserved  in  the  town 
chest: — 

Chabteb  of  Kino  Henkt  II. 

Henry  by  the  grace  of  God  King  of  England,  Lord  of  Irelnnd,  Duke  of  Nor- 
mandy, Acquitaine,  and  Earl  of  Anjou.  To  Arc'libt8ho[>s,  Bi.sbops,  Abbots, 
Prion,  EarU,  Barons,  Justices,  Shcritfs,  Provoatn,  nnd  all  hii<  BniliOs  »nd  faithful 
serrantA  greeting.  Know  ye  that  we  have  (.franted  and  by  this  our  charter  have 
coofirmed  to  our  goid  mun  of  the  town  of  Kordwicb,  that  nniii'  o(  (hem  iihiill  be 
impleaded  without  the  town  afort»(aid  of  any  tand  or  teni-mcnt  being  wilhin  the 
limit  of  the  same  town,  and  thiit  they  have  for  ever  a  "  Oylda  .Mercatorin,"  with 
all  things  to  such  Guild  appertaining.  Aud  that  they  and  their  heirs  \k  quit  of 
toll  through  all  our  realm  and  dominion.  And  that  they  have  our  writ  of  right 
ao  that  no  nheriffor  bnililT  of  u»  hereafter  intromit  in  any  eimimonses  di.strcs.'«e«  or 
attachments  to  be  executed  iu  the  aforenid  town  oonoerning  any  mutter  to  the 
nme  town  appertaining.  Know  ye  also  tbat  we  have  grauted  and  by  thiaour 
charter  have  confirmed  to  our  same  good  men  of  Fordwich  that  they  and  their 
heirs  through  all  our  realm  and  dominion  far  ever  have  this  liberty,  to  wit  that 
they  or  their  goods  in  whatsoever  place  iu  our  realm  and  elomiiiion  founii  shall 
not  be  arrested  for  any  debt  for  which  they  shall  not  be  sun-lies  or  jirincipal 
debtors.  Wherefore  we  will  and  strictly  command  for  u.s  and  our  heirs  that  the 
afureotid  men  and  their  hoir»  for  ever  have  all  (he  liberties  In^fore  written  »<:  is 
aforesaid  and  all  the  laws  and  cu.stoms  which  they  more  fully  hud  of  the  Kingii 
Edward  William  the  First  aud  Second  and  King  Henry  our  grandfather.  And 
we  prohibit  upon  forfeiture  to  us  of  ten  pounds  that  no  one  against  these  liberties 
shall  presume  to  trouble  or  disquiet  them.  Witness  Hoger  (Earl)  and  Bodolpb 
(Earl)  SOD  of  Gerard  at  Westminster  in  the  year,  etc.,  etc. 

The  next  charter  quoted  in  the  Custumal  is  of  uncertain  date, 
but  is  by  one  of  the  Edwards,  probably  Edward  111.  The  King 
forbids  nis  marshal  and  clerk  or  the  market  to  "  intermeddle " 
within  the  liberty.  The  preamble  of  the  charter  states  that  these 
officers  had  entered  the  town  before  the  King's  arrival,  and  inter- 
fered in  town  affairs,  aud  not  only  previous  to  the  King's  coming, 
but  even  "  whilst  he  abided  there  waiting  for  a  favourable  wind 
and  a  quick  passage  to  the  parts  of  Britanny."  It  is  hardly  pro- 
bable that  tne  King  at  this  date  actually  embarked  at  Fordwich, 
or  that  he  made  it  his  residence  until  &e  got  a  fair  wind,  aud 
then  took  ship  at  Sandwich.  This  charter  was  must  likely  origin- 
ally addressed  to  Sandwich,  and  was  merely  sent  ou  by  the  men  of 
that  port  to  their  subordinate  member,  with  the  alteration  of  the 
first  syllable  of  the  name,  which  would  be  all  that  would  be  required. 

The  next  charter  is  addressed  to  Sandwich  ;  this  is  an  iiispexi- 
mu8  by  Edward  III.  of  a  charter  by  Edward  I.,  and  rehitec  to  tlie 
way  in  which  the  municipal  authorities  were  to  keep  the  estate  of 
orphans. 

The  only  other  charter  quoted  in  the  Custumal  is  the  well- 
known  charter  of  Edward  I.  to  the  Ciuc^ue  Ports  in  general. 

TOt.   ITIII.  0 


82  POBDWIOH  MITNIOIPAL  RECORDS. 

The  Matob. 

The  charter  of  Henry  11.  contains  no  mention  of  a  mayor  at 
Pordwich,  but  the  town  chest  contains  many  scrapa  of  parchment 
relating  to  the  conveyancing  of  property  in  the  Mayor's  Court  aa 
early  as  the  reign  of  Henry  III.  The  first  mayor  whom  I  have 
found  mentioned  by  name  is  John  Maynard,  in  the  20th  of 
Edward  I.  (1292). 

The  mayor  was  elected,  in  the  parish  church,  on  the  Monday 
next  following  the  feast  of  St.  Andrew  the  Apostle,  and  heavy 
penalties  were  attached  should  he  refuse  to  take  oflBce ;  in  that  case 
the  whole  commonalty  were  to  proceed  to  his  capital  messuage,  "  if 
he  shall  have  one  of  his  own,  and  the  same  with  hooks  and  by  all 
other  means  in  their  power  shall  prostrate  to  the  ground ;"  rE  he 
had  not  a  house  of  his  own,  he  was  to  be  disfranchised. 

On  accepting  office  the  mayor  swore  that  he  would  be  "  TJ tills 
et  fidelis  domino  nostro  Eegi  Angliae  et  heredibus  suis  et  statum 
libertatis  Villte  de  Fordwyco  et  oflficium  Majoratus  bene  et  fide- 
liter  per  posse  meum  manutenere,  et  implere  justitiam  secundum 
usum  et  consuetudinem  ejusdem  portus  tam  extraneo  quam  vicino 
tarn  pauperi  quam  diviti  non  premium  vel  odium  respiciens  et  con- 
silium mihi  traditum  tegere  et  sic  me  Deus  adjuvet,"  etc. 

On  the  day  after  the  election  the  late  mayor  was  to  cause  to  be 
sent  to  the  house  of  the  new  mayor  the  common  chest,  together 
with  the  standard  weights  and  measures,  and  on  the  Sunday  follow- 
ing the  mayor  was  to  appoint  the  town  sergeants,  and  cause  two 
"  good  men  "  to  be  elected  to  keep  the  estate  of  orphans,  and  two 
to  keep  the  keys  of  the  common  chest  during  the  year. 

The  mayor  enjoyed  considerable  powers;  he  was  coroner  for 
all  cases  within  the  liberty.  Wills  might  be  proved  before  the  mayor 
and  Jurats,  or  before  any  three  of  them. 

The  goods  of  intestates  were  administered  by  the  mayor  and 
jurats,  together  with  the  rector  of  the  parish  church,  "if  he  be 
willing."  No  hundred  court  could  be  held  without  the  presence 
of  the  mayor.  All  conveyances  of  land,  etc.,  within  the  liberty 
were  made  in  the  mayor's  court. 

The  mayor  and  jurats  had  the  right  of  punishing  all  their  free- 
men "  if  they  oflfend  against  the  commonalty  without  the  interven- 
tion of  the  bailiff ;"*  they  also  had  the  same  right  with  regard  to 
"  foreigners "  offending  within  the  liberty,  but  if  they  withdrew 
themselves  from  the  liberty  complaint  was  to  be  made  to  the  Lord 
Warden. 

All  pleas  of  the  Crown  of  life  or  limb  were  determined  before 
the  mayor,  bailiff,*  and  jurats.  The  following  is  Mr.  Sandys  trans- 
lation of  this  part  of  the  Custumal  (chap,  xix.)  : — 

*  The  bailiff  of  the  Abbot  of  St.  Augustine's  isi  supposed  to  have  occupied  a 
house  in  Fordwioh,  near  the  quay,  formerly  called  "  Uemp  Hall."  This  house, 
which,  after  the  dissolution  of  the  monastery  in  1S38,  was  occupied  successively 
by  the  Johnsons,  Paramores,  Crisps,  Uarrells,  and  Shorts,  is  now  the  rectory. 
An  old  piece  of  flint  wall  at  the  bottom  of  the  reotoiy  garden  is  probably  a  part 
of  the  original  wall  built  when  the  monastery  owned  the  property. 


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Of  Pleas  of  tuk  Chown. 

All  plena  of  the  Crowii  of  life  or  limb  are  iiocustoraed  to  be  determined  within 
the  Niid  liberty  before  the  mayor  bsiililfund  jurntti. 

The  goods  of  the  guilty 'jarly  to  be  furfoitod  to  the  Lord  Abbot  of  8t. 
Augustine's. 

"And  when  the  n|iiiellant  and  nppcUee  shall  come  before  the  mayor  and  jurat* 
and  the  steward  of  the  Lord  Abbot ....  the  s«rgennt  of  the  baililf  who  shall  mi  have 
the  oujitody  of  the  appellee  shall  stand  with  an  axe  holding  him  bound  only  he  is  to 
be  unbound  when  he  ou^ht  to  answer  ....  and  if  I  he  appellee  shall  wish  to  acquit 
himself  nccordiug  to  the  custom.'*  of  the  liberties  of  the  Cinque  Porta  it  shall  Ix) 
adjudged  him  that  he  liavo  at  a  certain  day  ....  thirty  and  six  good  and  lawful 
men  and  true  who  shall  swear  wilh  him  ttmt  he  is  not  guilty  ....  And  it  is  to 
bo  known  that  when  the  aforesaid  thirty  and  six  are  to  acquit  any  man  their 
name«  ought  to  be  written  and  all  called  by  uamc  and  if  they  shall  answer  twelve 
of  them  ought  to  bo  dismissed  by  the  steward  of  the  Lord  Abbot  and  twelve 
others  be  dismissed  by  the  mayor  and  jurats  so  that  the  mayor  and  at«trard  and 
jurats  may  choose  twelve  of  the  thirty  six  aforesaid  whom  they  shall  wish  to  swear 
with  the  appellee  that  ho  is  not  guilty  so  belp  him  all  Ui>ly  Saints,  kissing  the 
book,  etc.  After  shall  be  called  the  said  twelve  who  are  chosen  to  swcur  and  they 
shall  swear  as  they  are  called  by  name  to  wit  every  one  by  himself  that  the  said 
oath  made  by  the  appellee  is  good  and  true  and  that  ho  is  not  guilty  of  the  things 
imputed  to  him  so  lielp  them  all  Holy  Sainte,  ot«.  Which  if  they  shall  do  the 
appellee  is  ac(|uittod  and  the  appellant  attachable  and  all  hi&  goods  being  within 
the  liberty  of  the  will  of  the  Lord  Abbot.  Out  if  any  of  the  aforesaid  twelve 
shall  withdraw  himself  from  the  Book  being  unwilling  to  swear  the  appellee  shall 
lose  bis  life.  And  all  who  are  condemned  in  that  case  or  in  any  other  ca^e  to 
death  ought  to  be  taken  from  the  aforesaid  court  of  the  T/ord  Abbot  by  the  Stour 
unt<i  a  certain  phce  called  '  Thiefs'  AVell'  and  there  their  hands  ought  to  be 
tied  under  their  legs,  to  wit,  '  knecbont,'  and  they  shall  be  instantly  thrust 
down  alive  and  drowned  there.  And  this  shall  bo  done  by  him  who  prosecutes. 
And  that  water  is  the  property  of  the  commonalty  howsoever  it  may  have  been 
appropriated  by  others."  .... 

The  mode  of  iaflicting  capital  punisbment  in  most  of  the  Cinque 
Ports  was  peculiar.  At  Dover  the  felon  was  thrown  over  Sharp- 
ness Cliff.  At  Sandwich  thev  were  buried  alive  on  Thiefs'  Down, 
Prof.  Montagu  Buitowh,  in  nis  recently  published  sketch  of  the 
Cinque  PortH,  says  that  at  Fordwich  there  was  a  special  wharf  re- 
served for  the  purpose  of  drowning  criininals  ;  but  the  word  used 
ill  the  Fordwich  Custunial  in  "  TheiesweUe,"  the  tradition  amongst 
the  inhabitants  identifying  it  with  the  well  at  the  bottom  of  the 
lane  leading  to  Elbridge,  a  few  yards  beyond  Colonel  Cox's  house. 
This  lane  is  called  "  Thews  "  Lane.» 

The  highly  objectionable  practice  of  making  the  prosecutor  act 
B8  eiecutioner  was  also  in  vogue  at  Dover  and  Rouiney,  but  at  the 
latter  port  he  was  allowed  to  find  a  substitute  if  he  could.  In  later 
times  the  corporation  had  a  gallows  near  the  quay,  which  Hasted 
says  was  only  taken  down  shortly  before  his  time ;  but  the  town 
books  contain  no  evidence  to  prove  that  the  extreme  penalty  of  the 
law  was  ever  actually  inflicted  within  the  libertv. 

Perxons  ilrawing  a  knife  (or  any  arms  "  having  a  point")  for 
the  purpose  of  using  it  on  any  man  or  woman  were  fined  lOs.  If 
the  knife  was  actually  used,  the  offender  had  the  choice  of  three 

*  This  teems  to  point  to  the  well  baying  been  used  in  Utor  times  for  the 
immersion  of  "  scolds,"  Thew  being  a  mune  given  to  a  "ouoking-stool." 

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FOEDWICH  MUNICIPAL   RECORDS. 


penalties,  either  he  must  pay  GOs.  to  the  mayor  and  commonalty, 
remain  in  prison  for  a  year  and  a  day,  or  his  hand  "shall  be  thruti 
tfiroitffh  with  thai  with  which  he  did  tmife."  Dr.  She]ii)ard  remarks 
that  nothing  can  bring  out  more  clearly  the  great  difference  in 
the  value  of  money  than  the  fact  that  a  line  of  60s.  was  considered 
an  equivalent  to  remaining  for  a  year  and  a  day  in  so  filthy  a  holt 
as  the  Fordwich  Gaol  (Hiit.  MSS.  Comni.  Fifth  Report).  J 

Women  convicted  of  scolding,  quarrelling,  or  slandering  in  tnl 
street  or  elsewhere,  were  compelled  to  carry  a  certain  "  mortar " 
(mortarium)  through  the  town,  a  piper  or  other  minstrel  going 
before  her  making  a  laughing-stocK  of  her,  and  to  the  minstrel 
"for  hin  trouble"  she  had  to  pay  a  penny. 

This  mode  of  punishment  must  have  been  exchanged  in  the 
Bixteenth  or  sovcuteeuth  centuries  for  the  "  cucking-stool,"  whi( ' 
still  remains  in  the  Town  Hall. 

One  remarkable  cust4-iin  of  jiuHcial  combat  is  not  mentioned 
the  "  Cuslumal  "  at  Fonlwich,  but  a  descri])tion  of  it  was  dis- 
covered by  Br.  Sheppard  amongst  the  Chartte  Antiquas  in  tb| 
library  at  Christ  Church,  Canterbury,  as  follows  : —  ^ 

Thoy  ulaim  that  if  n  struDger  npiiear  og  a  prosecutor  accusic^  a  nmo  of  the 
liberties  of  felony  whether  committed  wilhin  or  witlioiit  the  Hbertios  the  pro- 
secutor shall  come  to  the  bonuihiry  fully  c<jui|>ficil  (cum  loto  apparatu)  aa  is  fit 
for  a  prosecutor  to  be.  Then  wben  he  comes  to  the  town  ho  s!i;ill  be  led  to  « 
certaiD  running  water  called  "  Stour,"  and  in  that  water  he  shall  stand  u]i  to  hif 
niivel  with  all  his  eipiipmeiil  prepared  to  provo  his  appeal.  Then  the  uocusod 
shall  come  in  a  boat  (balellus)  with  tbrec  poles  to  oppose  the  prosecutor  clothed 
in  u  garment  called  "a  storrie  "  with  an  instrument  called  "  an  ore  "  three  yardf 
long  and  the  boat  shall  bo  tnudo  last  to  the  quay  by  a  cord  and  be  shall  figM 
with  the  said  prosecutor  until  tbe  duel  between  them  is  decided.  ■ 

The  patronage  of  St.  Atigustine's  Abbey  at  Canterbury  did 
not  bring  with  it  unmixed  advantages,  and  throughout  the  whole 
period  of  its  continuance  the  records  give  abuudant  evidence 
that  the  connection  between  the  town  and  the  monastery  wiis  not 
altogether  to  the  advantage  of  the  former,  at  least  from  a  Fordwicli 
point  of  view.  The  resident  bailiff  of  the  abbot  was  regarded  with 
considerable  jealousy  by  the  mayor,  as  introducing  a  sort  of  dual 
control  iuto  the  ailministrntion  of  town  affairs,  and  the  Custumal 
is  very  careful  to  guanl  against  eueroachments  on  his  part,  by 
clearly  defining  the  limits  of  his  jurisdiction,  and  his  position  in 
the  government  of  the  town.* 

Chap,  xxiii.  of  the  Custumal  is  entirely  devoted  to  enumerating 
"  those  things  which  the  lord  abbot  hatVi  in  Eordwich,"  and  pro- 
ceeds to  say  that  "first  he  liath  his  prison  and  pound  holdcn  in  his 
own  demesne  within  the  town  in  all  cases  which  shall  happen  to 
arise  in  the  said  liberty,  and  the  bailiff  for  the  time  being  there 
shall  have  the  custody  of  the  said  prison  and  pound.  .  .  .  Although 
if  any  one  imprisoned  shall  escape,  it  shall  be  the  fault  of  no  one 
except  the  lord  abbot." 

*  On  bis  appointment  the  bailifl*  roooived  his  stalT  of  office  from  the  abbot'E 
steward,  but  if  the  steward  waa  not  present,  ho  received  it  from  the  hands  of  the 
maj/or. 


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85 


The  Mayor,  Junvts,  and  Commonalty  had  a  prison  of  their  own, 
and  BO  refused  all  responsibility  for  the  custody  of  offenders 
detained  by  the  Lord  Abbot.  The  Abbot  was  also  entitled  to  the 
"  amerciament  of  pleas,  and  the  forfeiture  of  the  chattels  of  felons 
and  fugitives  within  the  liberty,  except  only  the  lands  and  tene- 
ments and  rents  after  the  year  and  day,  lying  within  tlu'  liberty 
belonging  to  the  commonalty."  Also  to  customs,  anchorage,  laat- 
Bge,  and  bulkage  of  yessels  plying  between  the  town  and  Stour- 
mouth  "  Nasse,"  but  "  he  shall  not  have  of  any  lands  or  tenements 
■within  the  liberty  any  other  yearly  service  besides  his  rent  seek  at 
certain  times  of  the  year." 

The  position  of  the  Abbot's  Bailiff  in  the  hundred  court  is  also 

clearly  defined  in  the  Custumal.     Before  Hummotiing  the  court  he 

must  give  three  days'  notice  to  the  Mayor  "  if  he  he  tit  leUure,  and 

[when  he  shall   consent,  the  Bailiff  shall  send  his  serjeaiit  called 

'  •  Catch  Pole  '•  three  days  before  the  day  of  the  imudrcd  court  to 

bouses  of  the  parties  to  be  aunimoued  ;  and  when  the  Monday  shall 

I  arrive  in  which   the  hundred   court  ehall  be  held,  the  mayor  shall 

;  cause  the  bell  to  be  rung  in  the  church   of  the  Blessed  Mary  about 

one  o'clock  in  the  day,  which  being   rung  the   whole  commonalty 

with  the  mayor,  jurats,  and  stewartl  of  the  Lord  Abbot  assembled, 

the  bailiff  or  his  Serjeant  shall  make  proclamation  of  the  peace,  and 

the  parties  who  ought  to  plead  shall  stand  at  the  bar,  and  this  in 

tlie  court  of  the  Lord  Abbot  or  elsewhere,  when  the  miiyor,  jurats, 

and  the  tteicard  alto  shall  content.  .  .  .  And  be  it  known  that  the 

roll  of  the  bailiS  contains  the  process  of  the  cause,  arid  the  mayor 

with  his  roll  or  without  a  roll  has  the  record,  and  that  record  may 

L abate  or  falsify  when  there  shall  be  occasion  the  roll  of  the  bailiff, 

j  because  the  record  of  the  mayor,  toho  is  the  judge  and  h<is  the  giving 

of  judgvient,  is  more  worthg  than   the  process  of  the  hailiff^s  roll, 

who  ought  to  do  nothing  more  in  this  matter  than  to  receive  the 

amerciaments  of  the  said  pleas  according  to  the  assessments  of  the 

1  mayor  and  jurats,"  etc. 

But  although  the  rights  of  the  Abbot  in  Fordwich  were  thus 

I  clearly  set  forth,  there  was  continual  friction  between  the  Abbot  or 

'  Ids  representative  and  the  Mayor,  one  of  the  most  fertile  sources 

of  dispute  between  them  being  the  exclusive  right  of  the  Stour 

fishery.     The  Mayor,  Jurats,  and  Commonalty  contended  that  the 

I  weir  nets,  set  opposite  to  the  town  quay,  were  the  property  of  the 

'town,  in  which  the  Abbot  had  no  claim  whatever,     The  Abbot,  on 

the  other  hand,  fully  sensible  of  the  excellence  of  the  Fordwich 

trout,  was  not  disposed  to  give  up  his  right,  na  lord  of  the  manor, 

[to  partipicate  in  the  advantages  derived  from  the  use  of  these  weir 

'  note,     'rhis  particular  matter  of  strife  was  to  some  extent  set  at 

rest  by  a  compromise  effected  in  the  3rd  of  Henry  IV.,  1401, 

•  "Behind  htm  stalks 
Another  muoKtcr  not  uulike  hiiuoelf, 
Siillon  of  aspect,  by  the  vuljfir  called 
A  Cat<!bpole." 

Philips's  Splendid  Shilling,  1703. 


86  FORUWICH    MUNICIPAL    EEC0RD8. 

whereby  the  Abbot  was  allotted  the  net  next  to  the  miJl,  i)resumttbf 
the  best  place.      But  ilifferenccs  were  continually  arising,  whici 
occasionally  reached  such  a  head  that  appeal  was  made  to  the  Lord 
Warden.     The  following  ia  a  i<pecimen  of  the  way  in  which  tl 
Mayor  luiJ    J  units  attempted  to  obtain   the  intervention   of   tli 
Warden  in  some  case  where  their  liberties  were  endangered  by  tb 
encroachments  of  the  Abbot.     It  is  a  copy  of  a  petition  to  the  Du" 
of   Gloucester,   Lord   Warden   of  the   Ports,    neatly   written 
a  narrow  strip  of  parchment,  but  we  cannot  learn  from  the  petitioi 
exactly  what  the  particular  grievance  complained  of  was : — 

Unto  the  ri^ht  high  and  might;  prince  and  our  right  gracious  lord  the  Dull 
of  Gbiioestcr. 

Beriechen  moat  molcely  nato  your  ^de  gruoe  Tboniaa  Soutliliind  maior  and 
the  junil«s  of  llbrdwich  one  of  the  members  of  tbo  v  portos  of  the  which  ye  beu 
s[iecinll  protectour  und  dcfendour  thiit  when  divers  variance!<  were  betwijt  th 
Abbot  of  Seynt  Austyn'R  of  Canterbury  and  your  said  xuppliantis  tber  wher 
upon  compromytled  to  the  reule  of  iiij  of  your  counseiU  by  your  godo  i 
thereto  assigned.     And  if  the  said  iiij  of  yo'  counpeill  of  the  said  voriHUno 
niyght  not  aucord  then  tbei  to  abydc  the  reule  of  your  highDosi<c  as  of  the  se 
variaunces  so  that  ye  shuld  majio  a  reule  and  award  therein  by  the  fest  of  tl) 
purilicacon  of  our  lady  next  commyng  the  which  iiij  men  have  seen  the  cvideno 
of  both  the  ,seid  p'lies  and  none  end  therein  have  made  and  ther  tymo  w  wor 
out  and  now  it  is  fully  your  high  rculc  and  judgement.     Wherefor  your  seid 
beseecbers  in  the  most  lowly  wise  besooben  you  of  your  highness  and  gode  gr 
seth  your  lyme  approcheth  and  wcroth  out  in  hast  that  yo  wold  of  your  s 
gode  grace  in  uonflrmiicon  of  the  ryghtof  your  seid  members  ait  yo  that  have  I 
and  all  the  remenaunt  of  i>ortes  in  your  high  rculc  and  gouvernanuoos  to  ««e  th 
the  seid  Abbot  overledo  him  not  in  wrong  and  them  di.slierit  of  their  frauncbti 
the  which  tbei  and  their  predecessoures  at  all  tymos  hav  Imd,  for  it  i."  the  se 
Abbolte's  entent  (that  the  time  ?)  to  you  prefixed  shuld  were  out  and  ho  thani 
to  bo  at  largo  and  out  of  bund  after  the  which  he  wold  sp'ally  labour  to  the  utb 
undoing  of  your  seid  besccbors  but  that  ye  of  your  seid  grace  wold  make  a  rciil 
the  premisses  or  elles  to  order  the  seid  Abbot  to  obey  the  reule  of  other  by  yoJ 
to  be  assigned  may  by  likelihede  moke  end  of  the  wid  matter  and  this  in  rev' 
rcucu  uf  Gud  and  in  wey  of  oherilos.     And  your  seid  be^eobers  shall  prey  C 
for  your  very  high  estate. 

It  is  difBcult  to  decide  the  exact  date  of  this  petition,  owing 
the  fact  that  two  Dukes  of  Gloucester  filled  the  oHice  of  Lo 
Warden  of  the  Cinque  Ports  in  the  fifteenth  century.  Probably 
this  petition  was  addressed  to  the  popular  Duko  Humphrey,  who 
was  made  Warden  in  1410  by  his  brother  Henry  V.,  and  who  died 
in  14rt7.  Kichard,  Duke  of  Gloucester,  afterwards  King  Bichai 
111.,  was  Lord  Warden  for  a  short  period  only. 

One  Thumas  Soutldond  was  mentioned  in  the  year  1457  in  h: 
brother  William  Southlond's  will,  printed  in  Arch.  Cant.,  Vol.  XI  _ 
p.  372.  In  145C,  he  was  "  presented,"  in  tlie  Mayor's  Court,  for 
keeping  a  savage  dog.  That  Thomas  Southland  lUed  in  1482,  and 
his  wUl  is  extant  in  the  Arehidiacoiial  Register  at  Canterbury,  lib.  iii.| 
fol.  24,  but  the  Mayor  moiitioued  iu  the  petition  may  have  been  h" 
father. 

The  costs  attendant  upon  litigation  of  tliis  kind  appear  to  ha' 
been  shared  by  the  other  Forts,  tor  iu  the  Eomuey  Town  Acco 


ed 

a 


PORUWICH   MUNICIPAL   RECORDS. 


87 


for  the  year  1451  we  fiutl  the  following  entry:  "  Paid  188.  2d.  to 
the  men  of  Fordwych  for  our  uliaro  of  a  certain  suit  by  them 
made  against  the  Abbot  of  St.  Augustine's  for  their  liberties." 
This  may  possibly  refer  to  the  ver^'  suit  mentioned  in  the  above 
petition. 

The  closing  of  the  north  mouth  of  the  Wantsum  about  the 
middle  of  the  Bfteenth  century  or  a  little  later,  and  the  silting  up 
of  Sandwich  Haven,  caiisdl  a  rapid  decline  in  the  trade  of  Fordwieh. 
■She  town  accounts  for  the  fifteenth  luid  sixteenth  centuries  (a»  far 
M  they  are  preserved)  prove  that  the  resources  of  the  corporation 
were  very  limited  at  this  period  ;  and  Leland,  writing  iu  the  reign 
of  Henr)'  VIII.,  can  only  say  of  the  place,  "  hero  ys  a  pore  niayer." 
In  the  seventeenth  and  eignteenth  centuries  matters  seem  to  have 
mended  somewhat,  for  in  1635  the  town  books  shew  that  there 
were  ten  freemen  of  the  town  who  could  describe  themselves  as 
"  gentlemen."  In  1673,  thirty -four  householders  paid  the  Hearth 
Tax,  the  principal  contributors  being  Thumnp  Norton  and  M™  Eliz"" 
Darrell,  each  of  whom  paid  for  thirteen  hearths.  Eight  poor  house- 
holders were  excused  from  payment.  The  Mayors  were  no  longer 
the  poverty-stricken  officials  of  Leland's  time,  but  were  geuerally 
men  of  substance,  and  sometimes  members  of  well-known  Kentish 
families.  That  Fordwieh  wivs  of  some  importance  to  Canterbury, 
even  at  the  beginning  of  the  present  century,  is  proved  by  the 
rice  of  coals  at  Fordwieh  Quay  being  regularly  quoted  in  the 
ocal  papers  of  that  dale.  The  last  blow  to  this  survival  of 
former  activity  wa.s  probably  dealt  by  the  opening  of  the  Wiiitstable 
and  Canterbury  Kailway  about  1830.  The  Corporation  was  recruited 
frequently  from  gentlemen  of  the  neighbourhood,  who,  although 
not  ivctiially  resident  within  tiie  Liberty,  were  anxious  to  preserve 
the  continuity  of  its  ancient  traditions,  until  the  ruthless  Municipal 
Keform  Act  of  1883  cut  its  slender  thread  of  life. 


I 


Matohs  of  Foedwich.* 


12'J3 

John  Mayuard  (1). 

1510 

Thomas  Caswell. 

130» 

Rivbard  Atcburoh. 

1611 

John  Darrell. 

1311 

Alexander  Roys. 

1S13 

John  Cosyn. 

1313 

.llexauder  Curtoys. 

1514 

Cbristo))her  Benlley. 

1376 

Adam  Shoterick. 

1615 

George  llobord  (5), 

1377 

John  (talene. 

1520 

Robert  Hyldo. 

'aditlf 

.  TLoma.'  Southland  (2). 

1528 

John  Cosyn. 

1452 

Jamos  Ho|ie. 

1530 

Thomas  Norton  (6). 

1161 

John  Fiiiityiii;. 

1587 

Sl«phen  May. 

U(S5 

Christopher  Beutley. 

IMS 

Thomas  Norton. 

140(5 

John  Gye. 

1647 

Richard  Donmt. 

14C7 

John  Kautyiif^. 

1552 

Valentine  Norton  (6). 

147<i 

William  Stokes. 

1553 

John  Fisher. 

1480 

ChriHt<)|«her  Ueverley  (3). 

i5t;i 

John  Johnson  (7). 

1496 

Robert  Cooke. 

1562 

Valentine  Norton. 

1499 

Willimn  Mnyoott  (4). 

15.',3 

John  Lukyn  (71). 

1501 

Willuim  Mnrtyn. 

1567 

John  Williamnon. 

■  Notes  on  the  Blsyors  follow  after  the  end  of  this  List. 


^M         88                              MAT0K8   OF 

^^^^^^1 

^H           1572    Thomas  Conntrey  (8). 

1667 

Robert  Darroll  (15).                     ^^M 

^^H            ir>75    Anthony  Maj. 

1668 

Thomas  Johnson  (d.  April  2,           V 

^^M           1577    Thomas  Cniintrey. 

1670).                                               M 

^H            1678     Valentino  Nortou. 

1669 

Thomas  Bigg.                               ^^^| 

^K           1579    Gcorire  Bif;^  (9). 

1670 

Thomas  Boyoote                          ^^H 

^^^K    1581     Anthony  May  (10). 

U172 

^^^^^1 

^^^H    15m    John  Elmor. 

1678 

James  Baron.                               ^^^H 

^^^"^    1585     Anthony  May. 

1074 

^^^^^1 

^V           1591     Thomas' Long. 

1675 

Francis  Jull.                                ^^^H 

^H            159!)     \'alrnluie  Norton. 

lfi76 

^^^H 

^H            UW\     Henry  John!iou  (7). 

1677 

Thomas  Boycote.                           ^^^| 

^^1           liX)-!    Richard  Lukine. 

1078 

Thomas  Pil'chcr  (16).                   ^^H 

^H            1605     Henry  JohnMtn. 

1C79 

^^^1 

^H            KiOi'.     AValtor  Uiifge. 

1680 

Anthony  Jennings  (17).               ^^H 

^H            irmi     Kichiinl  Lukine. 

1682 

Thomas      Nortou      (re-eleotod          V 

^H              inil     Honrv  Johnson. 
^B             IRla    AValtor  Hi);R. 
^H             lliin     Honrv  Johiiiion. 

1686 

yearly  until  1686).                      ^^B 
Thomas  Pilcher.                            ^^H 

^m            1017    Thonia.«  Norton  (6). 

1687 

^^^1 

^M             DiSO    Simon  Harlestone  (11). 

1688 

Thomas    Jennings     (re-elected    ^^B 

^M            l«i21     Walter  Bi^ge. 

yearly  until  1694).                             M 

^H             1030    Thomas  Harlestone  (11). 

1694 

Thomas  Alleyn.                             ^^^| 

^1             1631 

1695 

^^^H 

^H              Ii>32     Simon  Harlestone. 

H-.96 

Thomas  Undordown  (18).            ^^H 

^H             ir.33    Capt.  Thomas  Harlestone. 

1097 

^^^^^^M 

■              1<'>34 

1098 

John  Graydou  (19).                     ^^M 

^M             1635 

1699 

^^^^^1 

^1             1636    AnthonTMay(d.  Jaly2,16S7). 

1700 

Thomas  Jenniugs.                       ^^^| 

^m            1637    Simon  Harlestone  (11). 

1701 

^m            IMH    John  Qosner. 

1702 

^^^^^1 

^m             1639     I'Mniiind  Toung. 

1703 

^1              16  k)    Tbom.is  Bix  ( 12). 

1704 

Thomas  Underdown.                   ^^^| 

^H             le'>41     Thom:u!  Harlestone. 

1705 

^^^^^^^1 

■              l*'!^ 

1706 

^^^^^H 

^B             1643    Stephen  Thompmn  (13). 

1707 

John  Bix.                                   ^^^H 

■              1644 

1708 

^^^^^H 

^H               I6-t5    John  Lukiu  (d.  Aug.  86, 1647). 

1709 

Thomas  Underdown.                  ^^^H 

^1             16-16    Thomas  Bix. 

1710 

John  Bix.                                      ^^^| 

H              1647 

1711 

Stepheu  Taylor  (20).                    ^^H 

^H             16-48    Stephen  Thompion. 

1712 

Henry  Browne.                             ^^^f 

^M              164« 

1713 

Thonia-s  Youiige.                         ^^^^ 

^1              liioO     RirhanI  Hall. 

1714 

Thomas  Jennings.                        ^^^H 

^m               1<;.->1     Uirhnrd  U.ttcs. 

1715 

^^^H 

^m              1652     William    BoYcote    (d.  Jan.  25, 

1716 

Stephen  Taylor.                            ^^H 

^H                              1663). 

1717 

John  Bix.  '                                 ^^^^ 

^H             1653    Stephen  Thompson. 

1718 

^^^^^^1 

■              1664 

1719 

Thomas  Toung.                           ^^^1 

^m              1655     Richard  Hall. 

1720 

John  Adams.                               ^^^^ 

^B              1656    Thomas  Harleston  (d.  Sept.  30, 

1721 

John  Graydon.                           ^^^| 

H^                           1667). 

1722 

^^^^^1 

^^^_      1667    Thomas  Bix. 

1723 

^^^^^^1 

^^B     IfiSS 

1724 

Thomas  Young.                           ^^^1 

^^V     1669 

1725 

John  Graydon.                              ^^^H 

^V            1660    Thomas  Bigg  (14). 

1726 

Robert  Austin.                              ^^^| 

^B 

1727 

John  NichoUs  (81).                    ^^M 

^H             1662    Thomas  Norton. 

1728 

^^^^^^M 

■             16<^-3 

1729 

William  Spencer.                        ^^^1 

^M            1664 

1732 

Rirl  Cowpor.                               ^^^B 

^H             1665    Thomas  Lukiu. 

1736 

Theodore  Sydonliam  (re-elected         V 

^^^^^^66                     ,.    (d.Oot.  13,1667). 

yearly  until  1743).                  ^^^M 

MAYORS   OP   FOEDWICH. 


89 


1743 

1764 
1706 
1766 
1767 

1775 
1778 

1785 


Anthony  Jennings  (re-elected 

every  year  till  1764). 
Anthony  Jennitig9(tbe  younger) 


John       Blnxland      (re-elect«d 

yearly  until  1775). 
John  Woodruff. 
Upton  Jenntn^  (re-elected 

every  year  till  1785). 
Anthony  Jenninps   (re-elected 

every  year  till  1830). 


1830 
1831 
1832 
1833 
1834 

1848 

1876 

1884 


Friend  Anthony  Tomlin. 

»•  »'  II 

Richard  Hauibrook. 

II  II 

Charle8  Mead  (re-elected  every 

year  till  1848). 
Thomas  Coojier  (re-elected  every 

year  till  1875). 
Denne  Denne,  £m].  (re-eleoted 

every  year  till  1884). 
Col.  Chas.  Jas.  Cox. 


1.  John  Maynard  wao  probably  the  founder  (in  1317)  of  Maynard's  Hospital 
in  Canterbury.  Soraner  says  that  ho  wa»  suniumwl  "  l)ive»,"  and  eiidoned  his 
hospital  with  six  acres  of  wood  called  Brolberhedd;!  Wood,  in  the  parish  of  Ford- 
»rich.     (See  also  Kent  Fine*,  in  Arch.  Cant.,  Vol.  XIII.,  p.  294.) 

2.  T.  Southland.     See  pnge  80. 

3.  ('liristopber  Beverley  owned  an  estate  between  two  branch«>  of  the  Stour, 
called  (from  previous  owners)  Tancrey  I.ilaod.  The  bouse  on  the  riirhl  hand  of 
the  mud  coming  from  Sturrey,  and  between  two  brid|;es,  i.s  still  known  l)y  this 
luime.  By  tbe  mnrriatte  of  Thomas,  son  of  William  Norton  of  Fuversimm,  to 
Reatrix,  danghtcr  and  heir  of  William  Beverley,  this  estate  pa-siMxl  to  the  Nnrtons. 

4.  William  Mnycott  married  Alice,  dauj;hter  of  John  Pettit,  by  whom  he  had 
a  s<in  John.  By  his  will,  proved  in  1501  (('otuUI.  ('onrf.Wh.  vii.,iO),lie  left  "to 
the  reiiamoon*  of  Ford«ich  church  iij"  vj'  viij''.  To  every  light  in  the  churches 
of  Sturrey  and  Fordwich  of  which  there  is  a  brodercd  lij  ."  He  also  mentions 
Anthony  Maycot  of  Rcculver,  who  died  in  1532. 

6.  f  j<?orpp  Roberd,  died  in  1553  (will  at  Cant.  Archdeacon's  Rejf .,  30.,  1)  leaving 
projierty  at  llawkhurst.  Of  his  daughters,  Margaret  married  Walter  Bigg  of 
Fonlwich,  and  Jolmnna  married  Gcrvnso  Carkeredge. 

6.  Thomas  Norton  (nephew  of  John  Norton  of  Northwood  in  Milton),  by  his 
wife  Beatrix  Beverley,  was  the  father  of  Valentine  Norton  (Mayor  in  1552  and 
1602)  ;  and  Valentine,  by  his  wife  Isabella  Hodgson,  h.id  a  son  Thomas  Norton, 
who  was  Mayor  in  1017.  Aphra,  daughter  of  the  bist-named  Thomas  Norton, 
married  Uonry  Hawkins  of  Naah  Court,  in  Bouphton  Ble.in,and  died  in  1605-6, 
»jed  21.  There  is  in  Fordwich  Church  a  monumental  brass  to  her  memory. 
Her  father  (Mayor  in  1017)  died  in  1625. 

7.  John  Johnson,  who  in  his  will  {proved  1508)  describes  himself  as  "  Mer- 
chanle,"  purchased  the  manor  of  Fordwich  from  Sir  Thomas  Cheney  in  1553,  and 
look  up  his  abode  there,  having  fonncrly  resided  at  Nethercourt,  in  St.  Peter's, 
Thanet.  His  son  Paul  Johnson  married  Margaret,  daughter  of  Peter  Uevman 
flf  Selling,  by  whom  he  had  a  numerous  family.  One  of  the  sous,  named  Henry, 
WW  Mayor  of  Fordwich  in  1608.  Hasted  says  that  Paul's  son  Timothy  alienated 
the  manor  of  Fordwich  to  Elizabeth,  widow  of  Sir  Moyle  Finch,  and  the  manor 
liouie  to  Thomas  Paraniorc,  in  the  reign  of  James  I.  The  hou.se  had  been  the 
residenoe  of  the  Abbot's  bailiff  previous  to  the  dissolution  of  St.  Augustine's 
Abbey,  and  was  known  nn  Hemp  Hall.  From  the  Piimmores  it  passer!  to  the 
Chspes  of  Quex,  in  Birchington,  and  thence  by  marriage  to  Robert  Darrell, 
Mayor  of  Fordwich  In  1667  ;  it  Is  now  the  Eector>-. 

7i.  John  Liikyn,  in  1502,  made  his  will  "  intending  to  over  the  seas  to  New- 
liaven  in  the  Queens  Majestys  affairs;"  the  will  was  jiroved  in  the  following 
year.     By  his  wife  Thomasine,  he  left  two  sons,  John  and  Thomas. 

8.  Thomas  Conntrey  died  in  1003,  leaving  by  hi^  wife  Bcnnetta  two  sons, 
Jerome  ai.d  John.     He  had  land  at  Fordwich,  Sturrey,  and  Throwloy. 

9.  The  Biggs  were  clothiers  from  Benendcn.  Walter  Bigg,  the  first  of  the 
name  at  Fordwich,  died  in  1605,  leaving  by  his  wife  Margaret,  the  daughter  of 
George  Roberd,  two  sons,  John  and  Oeorge,  and  a  daughter,  Samli.  George  was 
Mayor  in  1679  ;  he  had  two  sons,  Walter,  who  died  in  ir>31,  and  Stephen,  who 

1  in  1646,  both  of  them  were  benefactors  t<i  Fordwich  and  Sturrey.    They 


90 


NOTES    RESPKCTING    TUB    MA.YOES. 


were  buried  under  an  "altar  tomb,"  close  to  the  ohuiicel  vrall,  on  the  south  side 
of  the  churchynrd,  but  the  inscription  is  now  uhnoct  oblileraled. 

10.  The  Mays  huve  continued  to  reside  iit  Fordnich  from  the  bef^nmng  otj 
the  nixtocnth  century  until  the  present  time,  their  present  re.presentjitive  being  Ur^ 
Tbomns  May,  who  nas  for  ninny  years  Water  Bailiff  to  the  late  Corpornlion. 

11.  Simon  Uarlestone  viiw  the  son  of  the  Rev.  Samuel  Harlestonc,  Ecct-or  of 
Ickham  15(>8 — liilC.  Tno  of  Simon's  sons  wore  uflfrnards  Mayors  of  Pordwich, 
Thomas  in  1630,  and  Simon  in  li\'J,-i.  The  pedigree  of  the  Harlestones  is  given  in 
Arch.  Cant..  Vol.  IV.,  from  Philipofs  Visitation,  IGia.  The  scat  of  Iho 
Uarlestoues  in  Fordn-i<:ii  u-uk  called  Hernieslnnd,  and  stood  ujion  the  site  now 
occupied  by  F<irdwich  llnuso. 

12.  The  Bi.x  family  owned  property  at  Linsted  as  early  as  the  middle  of  the 
fifteenth  century.  The  Pordwich  bmnch  (tarried  on  the  trade  of  coal  merchant. 
In  1647  Thomas  Bi.\  was  fined  30s.  for  allowing'  Nathaniel  Denue,  of  the  City  of 
Canterbury,  to  unload  throe  score  chaldron  of  coals  at  his  private  coalyard,  and 
ooutrary  to  his  oath  as  Pi-eemun,  etc.,  "  It  being  a  pret'cdent  the  like  whereof 
bath  not  been  knowue  or  suffered  here  since  the  memory  of  mau."  (Book  of 
Decreet.) 

13.  Stephen  Thompson,  duritig  his  Mayoralty,  was  committed  to  prison  by 
the  Guesthng  assombled  at  New  Komney,  for  refusing  to  pay  what  wae  due  from 
the  Torni  to  the  purse  of  the  Ports. 

14.  Thomas  Bigg»  by  hi«  will,  proved  1670,  left  a  yearly  sam  of  SOs.  to 
the  poor  of  Fordwich. 

16.  Robert  Darrell,  son  of  James  Darrcll,  and  grandson  of  John  Darrell  of 
Gale  Hill  (sec  Arch.  Ceml.,  Vol.  XVII.,  p.  48).  He  married  Elizaljeth,  dau^'hler 
of  Henry  Crisjie  of  Qucx,  through  whom  ho  be<»me  possessed  of  the  house  at 
Fordwic^i,  which  had  formerly  liecn  the  property  of  the  Johnsons  and  I'ara- 
mores.  He  died  June  13th,  1C08,  and  there  is  a  flat  stone  to  his  memory  iu  the 
Chancel  of  Fordwich  Church.  His  dnughter  and  heir  wn*  married  to  Col.  Samuel 
Short,  who  suooeedcil  him  iu  the  house  at  Fordwich. 

16.  Thomas  Pilcher  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Thomas  Harlottonc.  He  died 
1693,  and  was  buried  in  tlie  Church.  Arms:  Argent,  a  fesse  danoette  between 
tlirce  tortcauxes  (Hasted's  Kent,  vol.  iii.), 

17.  Anthony  Jennings.  Tlie  Jennings  Family  succeeded  the  Nortons  at 
Tancrcy  about  the  end  of  the  seventeenth  century,  and  continued  to  reside  there 
until  1830,  when  .Anthony  Jennings  (probably  a  great-grandson  of  the  first  Mayor 
of  that  name)  die<l  after  a  mayoralty  of  forty-three  consecutive  years !  acircum- 
stanco  probably  without  any  parallel. 

18.  The  Underdowus  were  settled  at  Birchington  during  the  greater  part  of 
the  seventeenth  century.  There  is  a  memorial  stone  in  the  Church  there  to  the 
memory  of  Thomas  Underdown  of  Fordwich,  1709. 

19.  John  Graydon  was  Vice- Admiral  of  the  White.  In  1702  he  was  with 
Sir  CJeorge  Rooke  at  the  taking  of  Vigo.  Ho  purchased  Hcriiicsland  of  the 
Osbomes,  and  pulled  dowii  the  old  house  which  had  long  been  the  seat  of  the 
Harlostone  family,  and  rebuilt  it  in  the  Quwn  Anne  style;  it  is  now  known  as 
Fordwich  House.  In  1709  the  Adminl  was  disfrnnchised  for  not  attending 
Sessions  of  Gaol  deUvory  (Book  of  Decreet),  but  he  was  soon  afterwards  entreated 
to  return  to  the  Corporation,  and  in  proof  of  his  good  will  towards  the  town,  ho 
pr«Mnted  the  Corporation  witli  a  handsome  silver-gilt  mace  (Hasted's  Kent). 
He  died  in  1726,  and  was  buried  at  Westbere.  Arms :  Aimre,  three  otters,  each 
holding  in  its  mouth  a  fish  argent. 

20.  Stephen  Taylor.  In  the  transcript*  of  the  Fordwich  Registers  at  Can- 
terbury, the  following  entry  ajijiears :  "  1739.  Stephen  Taylor,  a  ragged  jurato 
of  Fordwich,  was  burled  July  9th.'' 

21.  John  NichoUs,  Rector  of  Fordwich  17M — 17-11.  He  had  pre\nously 
been  Curate  of  Eastchurch,  Minister  of  Harty,  and  Vicar  of  Shcld^vich.  Soon 
after  the  accession  of  the  House  of  Hanover,  he  preached  a  sertiion  at  Fordwich 
»o  full  of  Jacobilish  sympathies,  that  he  was  for  a  time  suspended  from  his 
benefice.  By  his  wife  Martha,  daughter  of  Robert  Cumberland,  Vicar  of  Chil- 
ham,  he  had  two  daughters,  Catherine  married  to  Thomas  Mantell  of  Chilham, 
and  Mary  the  wife  of  John  Woodruff  of  Fordwich.  He  died  1741,  and  was 
buried  in  the  chancel  of  his  Cburoh. 


FOBDWICU    MUNICIPAL    UECUUJJS5.  'Jl 

The  Maces  A>fD  TirK  Seal. 

Fonlwich  ponaessed  two  maces,  the  earlier  one  is  about  12  indies 
in  length,  niul  hcim  marks  of  very  biwl  UHage.  On  the  inside  of  the 
bowl  the  Koyal  Arms  are  engraved,  between  the  letters  C.  K.. 
and  the  Ciuijuu  Port  Arms  are  on  the  foot  of  the  btcni.  Then-  sire 
no  hall-marks,  hut  the  date  10(55  and  the  letters  T.  N.  (Thoiuas 
Norton)  are  engraved  round  the  upper  part  of  the  stem. 

The  large  mace  is  of  the  usual  eighteeuth-ccutury  type,  the  bowl 
is  ornamented  with  the  letters  K.  G.  K.  between  a  crowned  rose,  a 
thistle,  a  female  bust,  and  surmounted  by  nn  arched  crown,  with  the 
Koyal  Arms  inside.  The  marks  arc  :  Lion's  head  erased,  Britannia, 
the  letter  E  (1720),  and  tiie  maker's  mark  N.C 

Hasted  says  this  mace  was  presented  to  the  Corporation  by 
Admiral  Gniydon,  but  there  is  no  inscription  upon  it  to  this  effect, 
and  the  Book  of  Decreet  stsites  that  in  1720  the  Corporation  voted 
a  sum  of  "  .£58  to  buy  a  new  mace." 

The  seal  appears  to  be  a  modern  reproduction  of  the  ancient  matrix. 
It  is  engraved  with  a  ship  having  one  iniist  and  a  yard,  and  this  inscrip- 
tion, id  Lombardic  cliaracters :  Siqillum  Baronum  De  Fbrwiz-^ . 
The  maces  and  seal  are  now  preserved  in  the  Museum  at  Canterbury. 


A  List  of  tue  Bundles  and  Books  contained  in  the 

MUKIMENT    CUEST    AT    FoilDWIClI. 

1     Vrwecdiuio*  iKifore  the  Mayor. 

Thftr  arr  "Jlnaltt  coHcordia,"  and  date  from  1216—1350 ;  theg  reqnin 
cUamm/. 

g  >  Records  of  the  Mayor's  Court  in  the  Fifteenth  Century. 

Ckiejly  recognizattcei /it  tmall  debti. 
4    Conveyanceii  of  the  Sixteenth  Century. 
6    Cotivo.yancM  of  the  Kfloeritli,  SixtecutL,  and  Seveuteeiith  C'culuric*. 

6  Actions  in  the  Court  for  all  ninuner  of  SiiKill  Debts  und  Polly  Trc«|>anes. 

7  Papers  in  Law  Suits.     The  most  iini)ortaiit  being  "Tlio  Coqioration   p. 

Norton,"  and  relate  to  the  exulusivo  right  of  the  Corjioruliou  to  the 
Fishery  in  the  Stour. 

8  Aovountsof  the  Fifteenth,  Sixteenth,  Seventoeutb, and  Eightoeuth Ccuturios. 

On  loote  theeta  of  p<'per,  tequirinij  to  be  ammged. 

9  Inquisitions  post  morteiu. 

Tie  Mai/or  acted  at  Coroner  "  er-oJKno." 

10  Copy  of  a  Charter  granted  to  Pordwich  by  Charles  II.,  being  the  "  impexi- 

mu*"  of  a  Cluirter  granted  by  Queen  Elizabeth. 

11  Paruhment  Cerlitioates  which  the  Tent  and  Corpontiou  Aots  exovted. 
I^     Letters  from  London,  and  Notices  from  the  Lord  M'srdeu. 

13  Papers  reliting  to  comparatively  Modern  Criminal  Matlors. 

li  IJonds  for  Money  and  Ueoonniaiiices  of  Offenders  (ohietly  illegal  Fishers). 

15  Record'*  of  Court  of  the  Sixteenth  and  Seventeenth  Centuries. 

16  Precepts  calling  on  the  M:iyor  to  summon  the  Court  of  Qiiiirtor  .Session. 

17  A  valuable  bundle,  containing  the  fi>llovving  parchmeuts : 

(1)  Composition   between   the    Mayor  and   Conuuoiuilty  and   Robert 
Hathbrund,  Prior  of  Christ  Church.     1357. 

(2)  Apjiointment  of   liailifT  (John  Maycot)  by  the  Abbot  of  St.  Au- 
gustine, temp.  Edward  IV. 

(3)  Gravamiuu,  Abbot  of  St.  Augustine  v.  Mjvyor  of  Fordwich. 

(4)  Appoiulmeut  of  Attorney  t«mp.  Henry  VXI. 
(6)  „  „  1671. 


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(6)  A  Table  or  Fees  to  be  levied  by  the  Cranedinan,  1564. 

(7)  Appointment  of  liailiff  bj-  Paul  JoUnraD,  1570. 

(8)  Three  "  InquisitioDs"  ns'to  eating  fleiih  in  Lent,  dated  1563, 1603, 
1604. 

(9)  Assettcment  to  Highwsy  Riite,  1663. 

(10)  Two  copies  of  It  Petition  from  the  Mayor  to  the  Duke  of  Glou- 
cester re  the  Abbot  of  St.  Augustine  (with  modern  pencilled  not« 
lU!  circa  14.30). 

(11)  A  Letter  from  Kdwurd  IV.  to  the  M»yor  «id  Barons  of  Fordwioh. 

BotTND  Books. 

18  Records  of  Mayors'  Elections  1631—1729  (laokiiig  1712-15  and  1717). 

19  "  The  Ancient  Booko  of  the  Decrees  of  the  towni  of  Fordwich  "  (of  siitoeiith 

and  .•«3vonteenth  centuries). 

20  Minutes  of  the  BorouRh  Court,  1550—1621. 

21  Treasurera;'  Amounts,  1718—1828. 

22  Minutes  of  the  Court,  1726—1883. 

23  Mayors'  Oaths ;  bein^  printed  forms  of  an  oath  directed  against  Roman 

Catholics,  Qlled  in,  and  sworn  to  by  the  Mayors  at  the  time  of  their 
accession  to  office. 

24  A  Bible  (in  older  binding  than  the  text?). 

25  Churchwardens'  Accounts,  1509 — 1538,  containing  an  inventory  of  the 

church  goods  of  FonJwich  Ukcn  in  1501. 

26  The  Custumal,  inscribed  "  Custumnle  Antiquum  Villae  de  Fordwioo  pre- 

tiosiasimum." 

Thz  Custttmal. 

Tliis  ia  a  large  octavo  volume,  written  iu  a  fift^cnth-ccnturj 
hand,  and  is  probiibly  a  copy  of  mow  ancient  MSS.  The  Custumal 
itself  occupies  eighty-two  pages,  the  remaining  forty-one  being 
filled  by  miscellaneous  matters,  of  which  the  following  is  a  list: — 

1.  An  illuminated  Calendar  in  Engliwh.* 

2.  Forms  of  Oaths,  of  which  the  most  modern  specimen  is 
addressed  to  the  "  Lord  Protector." 

3.  An  Agreement  respecting  the  riglit  of  the  Stour  Fialicry 
between  the  Mayor  and  Commonalty  and  the  Lord  Abbot. 

4.  A  Description  of  the  Boundaries  of  the  Liberty  of  Fordwich, 
settled  by  au  inquest  of  the  four  surrounding  hundreds,  presided 
over  by  Sir  Gilbert  Preston.  Justice  in  Eyre,  the  Constable  of  Dover 
Castle,  and  Sir  Henry  Malraaynes,  8herirt'ot'  Kent  (1272) .f 

5.  Four  Chapters  of  Holy  .Scripture,  in  neat  black  letter,  with 
illuminated  capitals,  one  from  each  of  the  four  Gospels.J 


•  Dr.  Sheppanl  notices  that  opposite  the  21tth  day  of  December,  where  onco 
stood  the  words,  "  Sancti  Thome  Martyris,"  nothing  but  a  rod  smear  appo.irs, 
some  zealous  Protestant  having  executed  the  obliteration  at  a  time  when  the 
Saint  had  fallen  into  disrepute. 

t  The  liberty  extended  from  Fordwich  to  Stourraouth  "  Nasse,"  on  both  sides 
of  the  river,  "  as  far  ns  a  man  being  iu  u  boat  at  high  water  can  throw  an  axe  of 
seven  pounds  weight,  called  a  taper-axe,  on  to  the  land."  The  word  translated 
"  throw,"  is  "  reticr"=draw,  though  probably  (as  the  weight  of  the  axe  is  care- 
fully specified)  it  icon  Ihroien.     A  similar  iiietliod  wns  ouijiloyed  at  Sandwich. 

X  This  (ajiys  Dr.  Sheppard)  wns  the  "  Book  of  the  Gospels  "  upon  which  oaths 
were  taken.  It  was  not  considered  necessary  that  the  whole  Testament  should 
be  present,  a  speoimeo  from  each  Gkispel  being  considered  suflicient  to  tnear  hg 
The  Tension  followed  is  Tyndal's  second  {Hitt.  MS8.  Comm.  Fifth  Report). 


FOEDWICH    CHURCH    GOODS,   A.D.    1501. 


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6.  EegulationB  about  the  Government  of  the  Town  and  Port, 
chiefly  of  an  ultra-protectiouiat  cliurivcter. 

CireKCHWAaDENs'  ACCOUMTS  (No.  25). 

This  i8  a  siunll  pajior  book,  bound  iu  the  parchment  leaves  of 
an  old  service  book.  The  .iccounts  extend  from  the  year  1509  to 
the  year  1338.  For  the  first  few  years  the  entries  are  remarkubly 
clear  and  well  written,  being  probably  the  work  of  a  paid  scribe, 
but  afterwards  his  services  appear  to  have  been  dispensed  with,  and 
the  writing  becomes  almost  illegible.  Wc  gather  from  theso 
accounts  that  there  were  two  altars  ;  the  high  altar  dedicated  to  our 
Lady  ;  and  St.  Katharine's  altar,  which  utood  at  ihe  oast  end  of  the 
north  aisle. 

In  1.532  the  following  entry  occurs  among  the  receipts :  "  Item 
r*  for  ij  galons  and  a  pynte  of  honey,  made  by  the  chyrche  bees  ij 
yeree,  lij"  vj'*  ob." 

In  1539  a  "  by  by  11 "  was  purchased  for  68.  (This  was  probably 
Coverdale'a  translation,  which  appeared  in  1538,  with  a  dedication 
to  the  King.) 

At  the  beginning  of  the  volume  is  the  following  inventory  of 
plate  and  vestments  belonging  to  the  church  in  1501 : — 

Hereafter  evedeatly  appoiircth  the  Jon-elles,  and  gudes  appertenyug  to  the 
chjTch  ddyvored  the  xij"*  dny  of  Decb'  the  yero  of  our  ford  God  m'cccccj 
by  Williaiu  Martyu  then  beiog  Mayer  John  Calway  and  Richard  Sorll 
wardens  of  the  said  church,  John  Cosyu,  John  Cronlyu,  William  hallywell, 
Stephen  Brown,  John  Badcokk,  Uichard  Uoch,  Edward  Baru,  and  William 
helda  parochiaiis  of  the  same  uburvh. 

ImprimiH  in  the  Bood  loft  j  huch  strongly  bound  w*  yryn  &  a  Key  th'to. 

Item  a  Crosse  copper  (jilt  the  foyt  apportouyng  thereto. 

It<.>ni  iiij  challyce.s  ij  gilt  and  ij  ungilt. 

Item  j  good  masabooke,  every  isecoud  capitoll  I'rc  gilt. 

Item  j  olde  magboke  notyd. 
.  Item  j  procioiisc  antiphonar}-  grcte  and  well  notyd. 
'  Item  ij  porteui'^ies  1  olde  and  a  nother  uewc. 

Item  ij  manuellei*  1  oldo  a  nother  newo. 

Item  ij  good  prooeasyooalls  &  1  olde  ordinall. 

Item  j  Dirige  book  notyd. 

Item  j  priucipoU  we«temoiit  of  Blew  velvott. 

Item  j  Cope  of  blewe  velvet  appcrlynyng  to  ye  same. 

Iloui  j  iither  vestment  for  doble  (Testysi. 

Item  iij  vestmcntti  fur  other  days  feriall. 
,  Item  j  Coppe  of  greue  silk. 

Item  ij  awtre  cloths  w'  ij  frontleys  for  the  hye  awtre. 

Item  ij  other  awtre  clothe  for  the  same  avrter. 

Item  a  pkyne  white  lyunen  cloth  for  the  fonte. 

Item  j  awter  cloth  of  diaper  for  Soynt  Kath'yn's  awter. 

Item  ij  awtre  clothes  of  phiyn  cloth  for  knyto  awt«r. 

Item  u  Ba.ssyu  and  a  lavor  of  latten. 

Item  u  towell  of  diaper  for  howselying  fcontenyng  in  length  vi  yerda). 

Item  ij  Towells  one  of  diaper  &  one  of  ]ilcyu  cloth  for  the  lettron. 

Item  ij  small  towels  of  Diaper  for  the  lavatory. 

Item  iij  gtaynod  clotlu  for  iij  Awters  feble. 

Item  j  cotton  for  the  Sacrament. 

Item  ij  olde  pyllows  covered  with  silke  tor  the  bye  awtre. 


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Item  ij  CandloRtj-ks  of  latton  for  yo  sjime  awtre. 

Item  a  hole  water  stope  of  latton. 

Item  ij  olile  shettes. 

Itera  iij  corponxx  n'  the  cnjiomeiits  thereto. 

Item  a  bsigao  of  Caiivati!M>  to  put  in  the  best  vestmontA. 

Itera  a  Sensier  of  olde  liltoii  «'  a  shippe  thereto. 

It*iQ  (Mir)  Cnietts. 

It«ni  ij  Baiin'  cloths  one  of  Soynt  George  a  nothcr  of  Seyiit  X't^fcr. 

Item  iiij  olde  Baiin'  cloths. 

Itera  Lecbo  (?)  bell. 

Item  ij  sacrytig  IJellji. 

Item  a  Lent  cloth  feble. 

Item  ij  sk'vyd  Huri'les. 

Item  ij  Rotohetts. 

It«m  a  nolde  ohywble. 

Item  ij  olde  paxes. 

Itera  II  canape  stayned  for  the  Sacrament. 

Item  a  pyniio  of  silver  a  chapitro  for  tlic  miissobukc  at  hye  awtre. 

The  londin  apjtartcneynu  unto  the  Cross  light. 

ImprimiH  in   Bushingbury  vj  a<;r  lying  iKstwcen  the  lands  of 

Thos.  Bcntley  and  John  Penny,  p*c°'  (precimn) v  d. 

Item  in  Crofte  of  Philip  Cosyiig  j  aor  p'c™     xviij  d. 

Item  in  p'ych  (parish)  of  Wcstbero  j  acre  of  medowe  p'c""   ....  xx  d. 

Here  ffoln-ith  the  weight  of  the  iiij  chalisses  in  ye  Church  of 
ffordwinh. 
Imprimi.s  a  chnlis  w'  the  paten  doblc  gilt  w'  this  .soriptour  in 
the  up])mo8t  [Hirte  "  Culiccui  Siilutaris  accipiam  et  nomon 
Domini  invooabo  "  and  w'  thic  sfriplour  in  the  foyt<>  "  Onitc 
pro  anima  Joh'i.s  (freninghum*  ct  pro  bono  statu  Johanntc 
nuper  uxoris  dicti  Jolrannis  "  and  w'  this  scriptour  about  the 

ftten  "  Benodicamu.'i  patroin  et  filium  cum  sincto  Spiritu." 
n  ye  foyt  of  ye  chali.s  nn  ymage  of  the  o'cifix  ynameld,  and 
wMu  the  Paten  ane  ymage  of  yo  Trinito  ynameld.  The  weight 
of  the  said  ohiilis  w'  yo  [wilcti  is    ivj  unc.  iiij  d* 

Item  a  nother  chulis  giltyd  w'  yn  the  bryra  and  w'  outo  w'  a 
jraten  thereto  being  gilt,  and  yn  the  foyte  of  ye  ohalis  is 
graven  this  soriptonr  "Orate  pro  anima  JohannLs  Swerder."t 
The  weight  of  thLi  chalis  with  paten  is x  unc. 

Item  the  third  Chnlis  is  w*  outn  gilt  and  the  paten  brym  ^It 
and  also  in  the  mydst.     The  weight  is    ix  unc.  0  d'  1  gr. 

Item  the  iiij""  ohnli.x  n-ith  the  paten  is  playne  and  olene  gilt 
both  without  and  within.     The  weight  thereof  is ix  uno. 

xliiij  unci,  iiij  d' 

CntJBCH  Lands. 

Patent  inferius  R«dditus  et  terr  pcrtinentcs  ecclie  beati  Marie  dc  ffordwico  una 
cum  nom'ibus  eas  tenentiura  Anno  d'ni  MiUi'mo  Qui'gontesimo  p'mo. 
Imprimis  Rnggerus  Loggnn  holditli  a  Tenement  by  a  dedo  paying 

yerely  to  this  church x  d. 

Philip  Co«yn  holdeth  a  tenement  paying  yerely     ij  d. 

•  John  Frcninglmra  resided  in  Burgiite,  Canterbury,  and  was  Mayor  of 
that  City  14fi2,  1468.  His  will,  proved  1475  in  the  ProrogatiTe  Court  at 
Canterbury,  shews  him  to  have  been  a  great  bcnefncl«r  to  the  churches  and 
religious  hou.sc5  in  Canterbur)'  and  the  neighbourhoo<J,  and  amongst  bis 
numerous  betjuests  was  one  "  to  the  parish  cherche  of  ffordwich  for  to  beye  w' 
a  new  chales  iiij"." 

t  A  Henry  Swerder  was  residing  in  Canterbury  in  1 174. 


POBDWICH   MUNICIPAL   BECOBDS.  95 

Item  a  hovrse  standing  upon  the  bill  which  is  called  the  church's 

hows  yelding  in  ferme  yerely    iiij  s. 

Item  John  Calway  holdith  a  acre  of  land  at  the  Barr  of  the  gift 
of  John  hoo  berying  by  yero iiij  s. 

Item  1  acre  before  the  parsonage  between  the  lands  of  the  parsons 

berying  by  the  yere iij  s. 

Item  John  Maycott  holdith  a  Rodde  of  land  lying  in  Bushing- 
bury  berying  by  the  yere    v  d. 

Item  ij  acres  of  land  lieth  in  Westfeld  of  the  gift  of  hewe 
Egerley  held  by  Ric'  Sorlc  yelding  yerely  iiij  s. 

Item  iij  acres  of  the  gift  of  John  Gye  lying  round  by  dryer  (?) 
Wodde  next  to  ye  holy  Crosse  lands  held  by  Eic''  Serle 
yelding  to  the  church  yerely vj  s. 

Item  a  Bodd  of  land  lieth  at  rede  dich  (?)  between  the  lands  of 
X'tofer  Bentley  &  Colman  yelding  to  a  tap''  to  be  found 
burn^-ing  before  Seynt  George,  nunc  tenet  (John  Calway*) 
John  Bentley. 

Matoe's  Accounts  feom  bundle  8  (1515). 
ffordwicii. 

Th'  accompts  of  George  Boberd  Mayer  of  the  towne  and  porte  of  the  lib'tys  of 
flfordwich  (from  the  fest  of  Seynt  Andrew  the  Appostyll  in  the  vij""  yere  of 
the  reign  of  Kyng  Henry  the  viij""  unto  the  same  fest  then  next  ensuing. 

Beceyts. 

4.  ffirst  the  sej'd  Mayer  yeldeth  accompt  of  x  s.  receyved  of 
Vincent  Carpenter  in  p'ty  payment  of  xiiij  s.  for  rentyng  of 
ferme  of  the  Crane x  s. 

Item  receyved  of  John  Cosyn  the  resydue  of  the  rentyng  of  the 
Crane  for  Vyncent iiij  a. 

Item  receyved  of  Mr.  X'tofer  Bentley  in  p'ty  of  payment  of  the 
arrerage  of  hys  accompta    iij  8.  viij  d. 

Item  receyved  of  Robert  hyld  forWillim  hoggyn  in  p'ty  of  pay- 
ment of X  B. 

Item  receyved  of  Willira  hoggyn  in  tymbor  to  the  reparacon  of 
the  brigge  to  the  value  of  iiij  s.  viij  d. 

a.  Item  receyved  of  the  Com'lty  in  money xx  s. 

Sum  of  the  receps Iij  s.   iiij  d. 

The  expenses  of  the  same  Mayer  in  the  seid  year  whereof  he  asketh  allowanoe. 

Imprimis  paid  for  the  expense  upon  the  accomptyng  day ij  s.  viij  d. 

It'm  paid  to  James  Mylys  for  the  thachyng  of  the  Crane  houset    vij  s.     ij  d. 

•  Pen  drawn  through. 

+  The  crane  upon  the  quay  was  one  of  the  chief  sources  of  revenue  to  the 
town.  It  was  generally  farmed,  the  cranesman  being  entitled  to  certain  fee.s, 
which  arc  given  in  the  tJible  below.  And  some  estimate  can  be  formed  of  the 
varying  fortunes  of  the  Port  by  noting  the  amounts  received  by  the  Corporation 
for  tlie  farm  of  the  crane.  Thus,  in  1616,  it  let  for  only  lis. ;  a  hundred  years 
later,  in  ICIG,  £15  15s.  ^vas  paid  "  for  the  favour  of  the  crane ;"  in  1687  £25  10s. 
was  received ;  and  in  1719,  when  the  crane  was  not  farmed,  but  worked  by  the  Cor- 
poration itself,  a  profit  of  £27  9s.  was  made,  betokening  a  considerable  increase 
ill  the  imports  during  the  seventeenth  century.  For  the  privilege  of  using  the 
rrane  the  Dean  and  Chapter  of  Canterbury  paid  a  yejirly  contribution  to  this 
Corporation  of  £1,  which  appears  in  the  accounts  under  the  name  of  the  "  enlis- 
taiiimcnt  money."  Tithes  of  the  crane  were  paid  to  the  rector  of  the  parish  until 
about  the  year  1732,  when  the  entries  under  this  heading  disappear  from  the 
town  books. 


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FORDWICH   TOWN   ACCOUNTS,    A.D.  1615. 


It'm  paid  to  the  Bayly  for  coc  aud  a  quarter  of  rede  for  the 

Cratio  lioiisn   ■. iiy  g.      xi. 

Il'm  paid  fur  Intlie  and  prif;  to  the  game riii  d. 

It'm  paid  tu  n  pcsmeuaDt  for  bryngyag  of  the  gudays  letter  and 

cxpPtiseH  upon  hym ij  s.     ij  d. 

It'm  paid  to  Itobcrt  byld  and  to  Tboniao  Woodrof  for  an  ameroe- 

nieiit  at  West' iiij  9, 

It'in  paid  to  Uur^es  for  Wattylht  and  pylya  for  weiys* iij  s. 

It'm  jmid  lo  Eustace  Goodwyn  and  to  Grove  for  settyng  of  the 

wery s viij  d. 

It'm  paid  to  hoggyn  aud  wyf  for  bero  and  drynke  to  them  ....  iij  d. 

•  The  "  pyloys  "  were  stout  ."itakps  fixed  in  the  lje<l  of  the  river  nearly  o|ii«i- 
sitc  t<>  the  quay,  to  which  the  weir  net,"  were  attached,  for  catching  the  Pordwicli 
trout  as  they  osoeuded  the  river.  Tlie  "  watteLs  "  were  thin  pieces  of  wood  uiied 
til  fill  up  the  spaoes  not  occupied  by  the  nets,  so  as  to  force  the  trout  into  the 
weirH. 

The  Fordwich  trout  have  a  great  reputation,  aud  until  the  late  Mr.  Frank 
Kucklaiid  decided  that  they  were  reilly  Salmon  trout  (their  pwuliiir  colour  tjeing 
attributable  to  the  bed  of  the  river),  it  vas  supposed  that  they  constituted  a 
diittiiict  Hpecios.  Motit  of  the  Keutish  writers  specially  mention  these  trout. 
Puller  says,  "  They  differ  frmii  all  others  in  many  considerubles,  as  ^reatnefw, 
colour,  cuttini,'  white  instead  of  red  when  iu  season,  cunning,  not  being  taken 
with  an  angle,  aud  abode,  remaining  nine  months  iu  the  sea,  whcuce  they  observe 
their  coming  up  almost  to  a  day."  Somner  is  of  opinion  that  "  they  bear  away 
the  l)ell  from  all  others ;"  and  he  calls  Fordwich  a  place  of  note,  an  Camden 
saith,  in  that  respect  (Somner,  p.  26).  And  Samuel  Pegge,  in  his  Proverbs 
relating  to  Kent,  mentions  them,  with  the  remark  tliat  he  su[i|X)ses  they  continue 
to  be  ■«  good  as  over,  "  for  a  noble  lord'  has  of  lute  caused  himself  to  be  made 
Mayor  of  Fordwich  tor  the  privilege,  as  I  suppose,  of  having  one  now  and  then  " 
(Arck.  Cant.,  IX.,  p.  137). 

Hasted  says  of  these  trout,  that  "  they  are  of  silver  colour  speckled  with 
black  spots,  and  the  flesh  of  them  is  of  a  yellowish  colour ;  they  weigh  from 
4  to  10  or  12  lbs. ;  they  are  a  verj-  shy   fish,  insomuch  that  they  are  nut  often 

taken  with  a  drat;  net,  and  seldom  or  never  with  an  hook When  these  fish 

come  into  the  river  they  press  forward  against  tl»e  stream,  so  that  to  take  them 
the  Corporation  of  Fordwich  place  in  the  midst  of  the  river,  ....  from  the  month 
of  May  to  September,  from  6  in  the  evening  to  0  in  the  muroing,  a  strong  net 
with  grates  on  each  side,  through  which  no  fish  of  any  size  can  pass." 

The  contents  of  the  weir  net«  were  allotted  to  the  mayor,  junits,  and  com- 
monalty iu  turn,  but  the  privilege  was  also  extended  to  certain  distinguished 
persons'  out«ide  the  liberty.  In  1671  the  "  Book  of  Decrees"  give*  the  following 
order  tg  be  observed  in  the  night's  fi.shing : — 

The  Mayor  until  he  takes  a  trout. 

The  Lord  Viscount  Cambden. 

The  Lord  Warden. 

The  Earl  of  WinchcUea  and  Lord  of  the  Manor  of  Fordwich.' 

The  Lord  Archbishop  of  Canterbury, 

The  Lord  Viscount  Strangford.' 

Mr.  William  Norton. 

The  Mayor  of  Sandwich. 

The  Town  Clerk  of  Fordwich. 

The  Mayor  of  Fordwich  two  nights  together. 

Then  tlie  Jurats  of  Fordwich  and  every  freeman  in  course,  as  they 
Buverally  ■l^'^ll  acoordiug  to  the  course  of  the  sun,  from  the  house 
of  the  Mayor  for  the  time  being, 

'  This  WHS  Earl  Cowjier,  who  at  that  time  (1783)  resided  at  the  Mote,  in  the 
parish  of  St.  Martin's,  Canterbury. 

-  Residing  at  Eualwell.  '  At  Starry  Court. 


FORDWICil    TOWN   ACCOUNTS. 


97 


It'm  paid  to  Stockberj'  for  carj'eiig  of  wnttylls  and  to  iij  men 

and  a  boy  for  the  ntour  imtty iij^'    iij  a.      v  d. 

It'iu  paid  for  a  Trought  piven  to  my  lord  Warden    iij  d. 

It'm  iMiid  for  carryenj;  of  the  same  trouKht  to  Grenwych xvj  d. 

Item  paid  to  ij  men  for  ij  dayos  work  for  cuttyng  of  the  Stour  ij  s.    \j  d. 

It'm  jiaid  for  sawyng  of  tyinljer  for  the  brigge   iy  s. 

Item  paid  for  a  wekys  bordyn>{ ij  g.  viij  d. 

It'm  paid  lo  a  Carjienter  for  ij  diij-es  workyng  at  the  wodc  for 

ye  UrijTKe xiiij  d. 

It  m  paid  ij  men  for  ij  dayes  lej-ing  of  the  Brigge  for  mol«  and 

wage  ij  s.  iiij  d. 

It'm  paid  to  Eohert  hyld  for  caryenge  iij  loads  of  tymber  to  the 

brygge    ij  s.    iij  d. 

It'm  paid  for  storgyog  of  logge     xii  d. 

It'm  paid  for  tymber  to  Mr  Turber%-yl    ij  s.  vilj  d. 

It'm  paid  for  mendyng  of  ye  woodyn  brigge vj  d. 

It'm  paid  t-o  EiL-tnce  for  hyu  wage  tlii'!  yen. ij  ».  iiij  d. 

It'm  paid  for  tlie  Contrybiicon  to  Satidwych    iij  b.   iiij  d. 

It'm  paid  to  Robert  hylde  for  cnrryenge  of  Ivj  loads  of  gnivell 

to  the  brigge     vs. 

It'm  jjaid  the  Uodell  for  cartyng  of  ye  seid  gravell ij  ».   iiij  d. 

It'm  paid  to  the  Ward  for  ij  courtes  and  ij  Lawdayes vs.   iiij  d. 

It'm  for  wrytyng  of  tbis  auoompt vj  d. 

S'm  thoxpenses  iij  li.  xj  s.  v  d.  ob. 


And  so  the  said  Comity  remayneo  in  dett  unto  the  seid  Mayor  in  xix  s.  i  d. 

Ax  Obdkb  /lvv  Ratk  made  the  Sixteenth  day  of  Mart^b  in  the  Sixth  yeare  of 
the  reign  of  our  Sovereign  Ladye  Elizauetfi  by  the  Grace  of  God  of 
EDglsud  of  Franue  and  of  Ireland  Quene,  By  the  Mayor  A  Jurattoe  of 
flbrdwich  for  fees  to  be  paid  to  the  Craaosman  there  for  tlranage  Wharfage 
Meatynge  and  houseing  of  all  manner  of  Corne  Grayue  Wyne  Wood  uud 
all  other  morcbandise  and  goods. 

Pynt  for  Cranage  of  every  tunno  of  wyne   viij  d. 

For  every  bunne^  of  oyle  and  salte   j  d.  ob. 

For  every  bunne  of  salmon  fTysho j  d.  ob. 

For  eveo'  buiiiio  of  other  merchandise j  d.  ob. 

For  every  bunne  of  vinegar  broken  wine viij  d. 

For  every  draught  of  grane  under  a  tunue  weight  after  the  said 

rate  as  agreed  with  the  Crancmun viij  d. 

For  every  draught  of  every  hundred  hoppes ob. 

For  every  100  weight  of  lyme  or  Leado ob. 

For  every  pauke  of  lynnen  or  wollcn  cloth  after  the  rate  of  viij  s. 

the  tun   viij  d. 

For  Cranage  for  stone  for  every  tonne viij  d. 

If  the  stoue  be  more  than  a  tonne  then  to  pay xij  d. 

Metynge.     It.  for  all  manner  of  Corne  and  Grane  taken  in  or 

delivered  of  any  lyghter  or  boate  wHn  the  libertiex  of  ITordwich 

being  forreners  goodes  for  every  v  quarters vj  d.  ob. 

It.  for  every  weyt  of  salt  or  chaldron  of  coles  wHn  the  liberties 

being  forreners  goods  %j  d. 

It.  for  all  oomo  salte  and  cole  being  forrene  goods  put  or  to  be 

put  to  sale  that  yg  to  saye  for  come  v  d.  for  every  twenty 

quarters  for  salt  for  every  weyt  and  for  cole  for  every  chaldron         iiij  d. 

*  In  the  Canterbury  Town  Aocouutx  we  read  "  Solut'  Will.  Fauiit  pro 
dimidio  Ic  Bunne  duplicis  Borisio  xriij''"  (Siti.  MSS.  i'omm.  Sinth  Beport, 
p.  186). 

VOL.  IVIII.  U 


98 


FORDWICH    WHARFAGE    FEES,    A.D.  1564. 


Whirfape.    for  every  huudrod  of  silted  ffyahe 

Ifor  every  loade  of  freslic  fysh     

ffor  every  tomie  of  Iiirne  being  foroiie  goods   

ffor  every  tonne  of  lorne  being  fruemeu's  goods 

ffor  every  loade  of  stone  bryke  or  tyle 

ffor  every  Card  of  lierry  ngs 

ffor  every  barrel  of  lierryngs  and  other  salted  fyshe  in  bturels . . 

ffor  ever}'  loade  of  luan'liaiulise  not  named i . . . 

tfor  every  loade  of  linyo  being  forrene  godes    

ffor  ever^'  hundred  of  dcale  Bourdes 

Uouaeing. 

for  the  hoiucings  of  all  mnauer  of  corne  graync  on  the  owners 
ohiU'dge  for  evere  quarter  being  there  xiii]  dayes  j  d.  and  for 
less  tyme  for  evere  quarter  ob 

for  wyne  oyle  berrynges  Salmon  vynnegar  for  the  loade  as  is 

oforeaiid 

Caryadge  for  evere  loade  of  merchandise  oarryed  by  towniimon  on 

the  brydge  or  from  tlio  common  key     

carryed  by  forene  cartes 

for  evere  loade  over  the  brydge  not  laded  or  unladed  at  the  com- 
mon key 

for  every  loade  of  wood  or  tymbcr  brought  into  the  lowno  over 

the  brydge  by  forene  carts  being  freeuien's  goods    

„  „  „  „  of  forrene  wood 

for  every  wagon  bryiigj-ng  of  barley  or  other  corne  after  vij 
quarteni  vj  d.  the  bridge  ij  d 


iiijd. 
iiij  d. 

vjd. 
iiij  d. 

ijd. 

ob. 

Id. 

ijd. 

yd. 

H)d. 


jd. 
Ud. 

ijd. 

yd. 

ob. 
ijd. 

viijd. 


Yt  is  ordered  that  no  freemen  suBer  or  permit  any  forrener  to  loade  or 
unlade  any  wood  tymber  stone  bryke  or  tyle  or  other  marohandise  on  his  ground 
except  the  forrener  first  agree  and  pay  the  Crnnesman  as  ys  abovesaid  for  wharf- 
age uppon  pnine  of  forfeytiiig  xij  d.  for  every  loade  so  laide  to  the  losse  of  the 
towne.  Yt  is  also  ordered  by  the  s^aide  Mayor  and  Jurattes  that  no  ])erson  or 
personnes  whatsoever  he  or  tlioy  he  bryng  any  large  flagottan  t«  the  said  towne 
to  be  sold  unless  every  of  the  said  faijgottes  cont^eyn  in  length  eight  foot  and  a 
huuir  mid  weigh  one  bushell  and  a  haulf  of  barlyc,  and  iUm  that  evere  singell  Ijat 
allowed  in  the  place  of  one  or  two  faggotts  shall  tie  of  the  weight  aforesaid  and 
shall  oontcyn  in  length  twelve  feet  not  above,  and  that  evere  bat  for  tymber  or 
tymber  above  that  length  shall  oonteyn  in  weyght  id'ter  the  rate  aforesaid  upon 
pa\-ue  of  forfeyturo  of  such  wood  not  oonteyning  weight  aforesaid. 

December  the  16th  1642. 
Whereas  some  difference  hath  bin  touching  the  wharfage  of  wood.     It  was 
ordered  on  the  diiy  and  year  above  sayed  by  n  genenill  consent,  that   evere 
forrener  slutll  pay  tnupence  the  luado  and  every  ffroeman  three  ha!fi)ence  a  lode 
for  wlmrfage  of  wood. 


A  Letteh  fbom  Kino  Edward  IV.  to  the  Mayob  of 

FORDWICU,    A.D.  1462. 

Edward  by  the  grooe  of  God  Ki  ng  of  England  and  of  France  Lord  of  Ireland. 
Til  our  trusty  and  well  beloved  the  Mayor  of  Fonlwich  within  our  shire  of  Kent 
gretyng.  Forasmuch  as  we  be  divers  means  ben  credibly  informed  and  nnder- 
stJindoii  for  certnine  that  our  grete  adversary  Henry  namyiig  himself  King  nf 
England  by  the  malicious  lounsnill  ond  evatocion  of  Margaret  his  wif  naniyng 
hersolf  Queen  of  England  hath  conspired  accorded  coneUided  niid  deteruiinod 
w'  oure  outward  enemies  as  wel  of  ITrance  and  Scotland  and  uf  others  divers 
oountrees  that  our  seid  ontn-ard  enemyes  in  grelo  number  sli.-ill  in  all  h-iste  to 
thayme  possible  enter  into  this  our  reaumc  of  England  to  make  in  the  same  such 


LETTER   FROM    KING    EDWARD   IV, 


99 


^ 


cruel  horrible  ind  mortaill  w»r  depopulntiun  robbcrv  luid  nmnslnu^htor  as  licrc- 
t>tnre  hath  nut  been  uge<l  among  sristen  people,  and  with  all  waies  and  means  to 
thayme  possible  to  destroio  utterly  the  people  the  name  the  tongue  and  all  the 
blood  Engllih  of  this  nur  renunie.  In,<iuiiiucli  that  in  the  snid  couspimcie 
smon^cs  other  thingen  it  ut  agreed  and  accorded  by  our  saido  advenare  moved 
thereto  by  the  malicious  and  subtle  luggestiou  and  entixmonti!  of  the  said 
malicious  woiniiu  Margan-l  his  wife  that  in  caJMi  thoy  shall  nowe  pcrfonne 
this  thair  malicious  and  cruell  ppes  (purprweji)  which  God  defend  tlial  than 
his  oncle  Charles  do  Angicu  w'  other  ITrenshnien  shall  have  the  doininacion 
rule  and  govcmaunce  of  tliU  reanmc  above  said,  and  over  that  amungus  other 
wiked  and  detectable  thyngis  attempted  in  this  ])artio  by  the  said  Henry  and 
Margaret  his  wife  to  the  entent  that  our  saidc  oiitwiirde  enemies  of  ITRince  and 
Scotland  sh(mld  ye  rather  condescend  and  apjilie  tliamme  thair  malicious  entcut 
and  to  ye  destruction  of  thi:<  our  landc  the  same  Henry  our  odversare  hath 
(TTsnted  and  sent  unto  our  advensarie  ])owke  De  Valois  namyng  himself  King  of 
ffrance  a  reuuticiacioii  and  relesse  of  the  right  and  tale  tliiit  the  erowno  of 
England  hath  unto  the  reaume  and  crowDo  of  irruncc,  and  also  to  the  duchio 
»nd  uountrees  uf  Guyeune  and  Normaodie  of  Ingieu  and  Muyn  Caleis  and 
Guynes  w'  their  marches  and  appurtenances  and  over  that  hath  granted  to  the 
same  extent  to  the  Scolts  not  only  the  town  and  capitoll  of  Berewik  nowi>  by  his 
uonnivnoce  had  and  ouupied  by  the  same  Scottis  but  also  a  grete  part  of  this 
oure  reaume  of  England  which  thin^iis  above  rehersed  wel  and  diUgenlly  con- 
sidered it  openly  apperith  that  the  said  Henry  and  Margaret  his  wif  are  not  ouely 
to  U.S  but  oliM)  to  all  this  uur  reaume  and  uU  our  trcw  people  of  same  raortall  and 
cruell  cnemyes,  We  cnteuding  with  all  our  might  and  power  to  resist*  ye  grete 
crueltie  and  malicious  purpose  uf  oure  said  adversurie  and  cnemye",  and  therein 
in  no  wise  to  spare  our  person  body  or  gotids  nor  to  refuse  any  lulventure  jeo- 
pordie  or  p'rll  for  the  tuicion  and  defense  of  this  oure  reaume  and  oure  trewe 
subjectis  of  the  same,  Desire  and  pray  you  in  the  mo<<t  speciall  wise  that  ye 
immediately  on  the  receipt  of  these  our  letters  make  to  be  called  and  assembled 
before  you  all  the  persons  whereof  mention  is  made  in  the  instrument  within 
these  inclosed  and  doidare  unto  them  the  above  said  malicious  furious  and  cruell 
intent  of  our  said  adversarie  and  enemie,  and  over  that  on  our  behalf  exhort 
induce  and  pray  them  with  such  gentill  language  and  words  of  benyvolence  as 
shall  thought  to  you  to  be  behovefull  that  they  for  the  dcfenpe  and  suretio 
of  thayme  seU  and  of  all  this  land  and  in  the  shewing  of  the  grole  and  horrible 
miseries  and  inconveniences  above  rehersed  wol  at  this  time  in  this  most  grete 
and  urgent  necessite  shew  efTiciently  and  in  dcd  their  good  willis,  zelo  and 
olfection  that  they  have  unto  us  to  the  comune  well  of  this  land  and  prosperitu 
of  thayme  sols  and  that  unto  the  releiwyiig  and  supportation  of  the  grete  charges 
expenses  and  costes  that  we  must  of  necessite  daily  hcve  in  this  partie  they  and 
everich  of  thayme  wol  grante  unto  us  of  thaire  goodnesse  and  free  wille  sum 
oertaine  some  of  money  such  as  they  shall  uowo  hevo  w'oute  thaire  hurte  or 
grcvaunce  lating  thayme  wit  for  certaine  that  we  have  wel  in  oure  fresh  and 
tender  remembrance  the  grete  and  manyfold  charges  that  they  here  before  have 
borne  and  that  if  we  might  by  any  means  otliorwise  do  wo  wold  not  at  this  time 
anything  desire  to  thaire  charge  trusting  nevertheless  so  much  in  their  good 
dispositions  and  discretions  that  they  wol  not  sulfer  wilfully  all  this  our  rcaumo 
and  thayme  sels  aUo  to  perish  and  utterly  be  destroyed.  Considering  namely 
that  we  desire  no  thing  of  thayme  by  way  of  imposition  compulsion  or  of  pre- 
ceilent  or  example  thereupon  hereafter  to  be  taken  but  all  onely  of  thaire  liumanite 
and  good  will  putting  and  grounding  our  trustc  in  ye  infinite  goodnesse  grace 
and  righteousness  of  Almighty  God,  which  hercbefore  in  juste  battaille  by  victory 
and  confusion  of  oure  enemeyes  hath  declared  openly  and  in  dede  for  oure 
sembably  to  behave  us  and  so  from  all  such  perilles  and  miseries  preserve  and 
defend  thayme  and  all  this  oure  land  that  in  fewe  days  they  shall  have  cause  to 
tbinke  that  they  never  herebefore  l>etter  b«sel  or  spended  any  money  and  over 
that  for  your  direction  and  more  speedy  execution  of  the  matter  we  send  unto 
you  oertaine  instruments  herein  within  inclosed.  Desiring  and  right  specially 
praying  you  that  ye  aooording  to  the  same  wol  diligently  and  effectually  labour 

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100     FOBDWICH  TOWN  ACCOUNTS,  1579 — 1648. 

and  entend  to  the  aocomplishment  of  our  desire  in  this  behalf.  And  that  ye  fail] 
not  80  to  doo  as  ye  desire  the  welfare  prosperite  and  suretee  of  us  joure  aels  an 
nil  this  oure  lande.  Given  under  cure  pnve  seal  at  oure  towne  of  Stamford  th 
xiij  day  of  Marche.    The  second  yere  of  our  reyne  (1462). 

This  ia  a  ve^  interesting  document,  since  it  must  be  one  of  th 
very  earliest  efforts  of  Edward  to  obtain  money  by  the  craft; 
system  of  "  benevolences,"  whereby,  says  the  chronicler  of  Croy 
land,  "  each  man  gave  to  the  king  what  he  pleased,  or  rather  wha 
he  did  not  please."  The  fears  of  the  good  men  of  Fordwich  ari 
most  judiciously  worked  on,  and  that  they  had  good  reason  to  fea 
the  allies  of  Queen  Margaret  must  have  been  brought  home  ti 
them  by  the  sacking  of  Sandwich,  less  than  five  years  previously,  b; 
the  French,  under  the  Marshal  de  Brdze.  Berwick  was  surren 
dei-ed  to  the  Scots  by  Henry,  April  25th,  1461. 

The  seal  on  the  back  of  tois  letter  has  almost  entirely  dis 
appeared,  except  the  "  Flews  de  lys  of  France." 

Fordwich  had  its  Fageaut  in  former  days.  In  the  Book  o 
Decrees  we  find  the  following  entry :  "  An  inventory  taken  the  12' 
day  of  dec'  An"°  1566  of  the  apparrell  appertynyng  to  the  King  an< 
Quene  of  ffordwich : 

It.  ane  oloke  garded  w'  velvett. 

It.  a  Jacket  of  velvet  imbradered  w'  silver  lace. 

It.  ij  velvet  cappes  w'  laces  about  them. 

It.  a  pare  of  bryches  imbradered  w'  silver  lace. 

It.  a  oyrtyll  of  tafytas  brawded  w'  silver  lace. 

It.  a  pare  of  saten  sleaves. 

It.  a  pece  of  satyu  imbrawdery. 

M*  that  the  x*  day  of  Aprill  1670  all  the  forcsayd  apparell  was  left  in  th 

custody  and  keeping  of  Anthony  May  Juratt  by  the  Mayor  and  Juratts  o 

the  towne  of  Fordwich. 

Items  fbom  the  Town  Accounts. 

1679    Item  towards  the  young  men's  expenses  for  their  pastymes      vj  s.  viij  d 

Item  for  the  Serjant  his  wages  x  s. 

1616    For  the  favour  of  the  Crane xv  li.  xv  s. 

Item  to  the  good  wife  turner  for  Salve vj  d 

(Six  other  entries  of  the  same  kind  this  j-ear.) 
Item  to  the  Duke  of  Lynox  his  trumpeters  the  8"'  of  April      ij  s. 

Item  to  the  Drumer  for  drynk ij  s.     ij  d 

Item  for  vj  quartes  of  Claret  wine iij  s. 

Item  to  the  Queen's  players  the  W"  September vij  s. 

1620    Item  rec^  for  ye  intertainment  money  from  Christchurch 

Canterbury    xx  s. 

1839    In  this  year  the  Crane  was  farmed  for  £16  lOg.    The  whole 

receipts  for  the  year  amounted  to  £38  Os.  Od 

1648    Item  the  Widd  bowse  for  part  of  the  yeavale  house  00    18    0( 

f  WiUyam  Wootton  for  putting  the  fences  about  the  yeavale 

house 03    04    0( 

"Watching  the  Lord  Warden's  nights* 00    01    (K 

*  This  refer*  to  the  weir  neto.  The  Lord  Warden  had  his  turn  at  these  nets 
bat,  88  he  was  an  absentee  and  unable  to  look  after  his  own  interests,  it  mu 
neoenary  to  watoh  the  nets  on  his  nights,  lest  the  trout  should  be  stolen. 


FORDWICH   TOWN   ACCOUNTS,    1663-4. 


101 


Item  28  November  lo  M'  Demi  for  his  fee  for  his  coimsell 

confiniiin>.' the  Crnne  duties    00  10  00 

To  Aruall  for  moiuliti^t  the  whipping  post    00  03  <H 

The  total  receipts  for  the  year  1IU9  amounted  to  £34  48.  6d.    Disburvemeiita 
£33  3b.  7d. 

lCti3     ttiven  to  a  defjiYcd  Ke"tIomaii    00  01  00 

Spent  at  ye  Seriniuts  upon  those  that  took  Thomas  Gmffham  00  04  06 

For  imtliiiff  on  ye  felt43r»    00  00  06 

To  M' Lovelace  for  his  foe 01  00  00 

To  M'  Mnv  for  adjourning;  ye  sessions 00  Ot  00 

For  burnii'ig  of  yc  man* 00  08  00 

For  two  proclamations  on  concerning  a  book  caOed  God  and 

ye  King,  ye  other  about  spices    00  06  Ofi 

For  a  proi'lamat ion  concerning  Lent 00  02  00 

For  a  letter  abo\it  ye  smoak  moneyt 00  02  06 

For  a  new  cawment  and  glazing  ye  courthall 00  09  00 

For  two  proclamations  ye  on   concerning  all   Jesuit  and 

popish  priests,  ye  other  about    transporting  cloth   into 

Germany  and  ye  low  countreys 00  05  00 

Given  a  man  whose  tongue  was  cut  out  in  Turkey 00  01  00 

May  14"'.     For  3  horses  to  Sandwich    0  12  0 

For  our  expense?  there    0  19  0 

Given  to  a  poor  redeemed  slave 0  1  0 

Sjient  goeing  down  ye  river  to  ketch  a  trout  for  ye  Recorder  0  17  0 

Augs'  16"".     To  Counsellor  Finch  for  his  fee  at  Hythe 1  0  0 

For  our  dinner  there    1  6  f> 

For  our  horses  standing   0  7  6 

For  our  dividend  for  M'  Pinches  horse 0  1  6 

For  <>ur  hor.«<j  hycrs 1  12  0 

To  M'  May  for  comming  and  severall  times  to  examine  ye 

towno  chest  for  writings  concerning  ye  compositiout ....  0  6  0 

To  Goodman  Moyse  for  lines  for  ye  netts 0  16  0 

For  our  composition  money 10  0 

For  a  messenger  to  carry  it 0  2  0 

To  M'  May  for  adjourning  ye  Court  Leet    0  4  0 

To  M'  May  for  his  horse  and  his  fees  to  Hythe 1  H  0 

To  keeping  a  court  of  record  since  Michaeliuag  liwt 0  6  4 

For  drawing  and  engrossing  ye  securities  to  M'  Bigge  being 

vcr3'  long    . .  1  10  0 

For  engrossing  M'  Pinches  award  in  the  towno  book 0  2  6 

8]>ent  when  I  went  down  the  river  to  gett  a  trout  for  ye 

Judges  upon  ye  entreaty  of  Sir  Thos.  Payton 1  0  0 

1664    March  12.     I" 'Urowne  for  whiping  Chri.stopher  Streeter ..  0  1  0 
For  a  proclamation  to  banish  any  persons  that  were  in  any 

of  the  rebellious  armies  out  of  Ltmdon 0  2  6 

April.     Given  to  Cnptaine  Hopton  being  one  that  lost  all  by 

serving  his  Majusty 0  2  6 

Por  my  expenses  to  xwovcr  the  anuuall  rent  of  one  pound 

by  ye  yeare  for  the  Deaue  and  Prebends I  0  0 

To  the  liiiprcst  men 0  7  6 

Por  a  produmatiori  for  no  commerce  with  Holland    0  2  0 

To  Abraham  Hradford  for  being  imprest 0  8  6 

Paid  to  ye  ^^uard  at  Dover  Castle  when  M'  Norton  and  I 

went  to  return  Bcakesbourne's  answer  to  ye  aforesaid  orders  0  2  0 
V  Thomas  Jones  and  Edward  Ellis  for  goeing  down  ye 

river  on  information  that  Wcslbere  men  were  gone  a 

fishing     0  2  0 

•  Branding  (?).  t  The  •'  Hearth  tax." 

J  This  was  the  annual  contribution  to  the  Head  Port  (Sandwich) ;  previous 
to  1G63  this  amouuUMi  to  36.  -td.,  in  that  year  it  was  increiued  to  £1. 


102  VORDWICH   TOWN    ACCOUNTS,    1664 — 95. 


Sop'  14"'.  Paid  for  ye  Kin^V  doclaration  for  ye  opening  of 
Churches  in  Loudon  for  yo  reooipt  of  i^oods  and  for  ye 
(endiuK  "P  provisions  to  Loudon  for  yo  supply  of  ye 
inliabiluntis  toKfither  with  »  pruolanialion  for  ye  keeping 
of  iiiiirkets  every  day  at  Tower  Hill  ai\d  Smilhficld    ....       0      2      0 

P"'  AVilliani  Man  Ew|"  for  his  fee  :i.s  our  li<><^order 1      0      0 

Oct.  25"'.     Thmnn!-  Mnidc  acketh  his  salnrio  a*  scrjvant. ...        1     10      0 

Paid  for  yc  oloath  for  hiA  cloake  of.  by  bill  appeareth 1     13      8 

For  yc  lace  upon  ye  cape     0      3      0 

For  ye  making  and  ye  inside  materials,  etc 0      7     11 

To  A'  Randolph  for  bis  fee  as  muster  master 2     10      0 

16(15     June  6"'.     For  a  proclamation  for  a  thanksgiving  for   a 

victory  against  the  Butch* 0      2      0 

July  8"".     For  a  proclamation  for  a  fast+ 0      2      0 

For  a  proclamation  jirohibiting  Bartholmey  faire,  and  for 
removing   His  Majesty's   Exchequer   from    London    to 

Nonsuch    0      2      0 

To  two  distressed  gentlemen  that  bad  the  Duke  of  Ormond's 

pass    0      2      6 

For  a  procl"""  to  summon  the  Pari""'  to  Oxford   0      2      0 

So{>".     For  our  expenses  at  Dcale  when  we  went  to  wait  on 

ye  governour 2      0      0 

1666     March  21".     Given  to  a  couple  of  released  prisoners  y*  were 

taken  by  y^e  Dutch  when  yc  Charity  was  lost 0      1       0 

For  a  procl""  for  a  fast  on  ye  H""  of  June  0      2      0 

June  17".     Allowed  yo  ringers  upon  ye  news  of  a  victory 

over  yc  DutchJ 0      2      fi 

Paid  Robert  Fiirrist  for  foure  weare  nets 2      0      0 

1**  four  an  order  from  Colonell  Strode§  for  ye  stopping  of 
privntft  men  of  warro  if  they  come  into  any  harboiir  ....       0      2      0 

1668    Sep'.     It.  five  horse  hire  to  Dover 16      8 

Gave  the  Duke's  servants    0     10      0 

1674     ExpcnscH  at  the  George  when  the  Stourmouth  men  com- 
pounded for  their  uiiju.'«t  fishing  with  M' IVhitficld   ....       0      2      0 
Two  pri>i;la.mations  against  Papist  and  other  recusants  ....       0      2      o 

1676    The  ac<!oui]>laut  craves  the  allowance  sollery  being 6    13      4 

Item  the  Sergant«  sollery    1     10      0 

,  1685     It.  when  Mary  Manger  was  whipt  p"  Edw.  Browne  for 

•   whipping  her 0       1       6 

For  a  tniwto  weighing  10  lbs.  for  M'  Scrgcsant  Denne  ....  0  10  0 
Paid  fi»r  ri  letter  from  the  Si>caker  to  raise  the  militia  ....  0  2  6 
Paid  two  messengers  to  give  Bokcebourne  and  Sarro  notice 

thereof 0      2      0 

Paid  for  a  proclamation  for  apprehending  the  Earl  of  Scars- 
dale,  the  Earl  of  Lili;hfield,  tlio  Lord  (JrifTui,  the  Karl  of 

Middlutim,  and  other  great  persons  that  (led    0      2      0 

Spent  at  Grove  Ferry  when  wo  tooke  the  men  that  were 
Robbing  the  river  and  at  ffordwich  when  we  returned  as 

by  bill     0     16      0 

Spent  when  we  went  to  catch  a  dinli  of  fi.'sh  for  our  Recorder      0     110 

1695     ReC'  for  the  n-arfage  of  14  loads  of  shellii  for  Admiral  Itookc      0      7      0 

P*  M'  Mayer  his  salary  for  the  year  1695    6     13      4 

•  At  Soleliay  (nlT  Lowestoft)  June  3rd. 

+  During  the  Plngiic  of  London.     In  July  the  deaths  were  1100  weekly, 
but  this  number  inirrawi'd  In  10,OiXl  in  September. 

X  June  1  to  4  in  the  Downs,  the  victory  Avas  a  doubtful  one. 
§  Governor  of  Dover  Castle. 


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ON  GOODS  AND    ORNAMENTS 
AT   EAVERSIIAM  CHURCH,   A.D.   1512. 

BY   F.   F.    GIRAUD,    TOWN   CLEEK   OF    FAVEESHAM. 

An  imperfect  copy  of  the  following  Inventory  was  priuted 
in  1774  in  Jacob's  Hinlory  of  Favergham,  and  was  freely  used 
to  illustrate  Pugin's  Olotisanj  of  Ecclesicuticul  Ornament  and 
Costume,  in  1844.  As  the  original  MS.  is  still  in  existence, 
and  no  list  of  Faversham  Church  goods,  in  the  time  of 
Edward  VI.,  is  found  among  the  Kentish  Inventories*  in 
the  Record  Office,  it  has  been  thought  well  to  print  here  a 
complete  copy  of  the  original  Paper  Roll  which  belongs  to 
the  Corporation  of  Faversham. 

A  preliminary  analysis  of  the  contents  of  the  Inventory 
may  be  found  useful : — 

Omam^mts  of  the  Church. 
15  Altar  Cloths,  4  being  richly  embroidered  (1  of  blue  bawd- 
kyn,  1  of  white  fustian,  1  of  arras  with  gold,  1  of 
white  camlet),  and  for  each  of  these  4  there  was  a 
Fbont  (or  antep&ndium)  to  match  it ;  also  6  altar 
clothes  of  diaper,  and  5  of  stained  cloth. 
4  Altar  Fronts  and  Frontals  in  addition  to  those  already 

mentioned. 
11  Basins,  2  of  silver  parcel  gilt;  7  of  pewter;  2  of  laton; 

-  and  1  laton  ewer  (for  the  font  probably). 
41  Bammer  CloUm,  1  of  red  tuke,  new;  3  of  silk,  old;  37  (small) 
of  silk,  for  the  Easter  Sepulchre  and  tlie  Pascal. 

1  Bell  (little)  of  laton  "  for  to  go  on  visitation  of  the  sick." 

2  Canopy  Cloths,  1  of  red  damask  branched  with  gold,  with 
8  staves ;  1  little  silver  bell  belonging  thereto,  and  3 
small  bells  of  laton  ;  another  cloth  pounced  and  gar- 
nished about  with  purple  velvet,  with  tassels  of  red 
sUk. 

3  Canopies  for  the  Sacrament,   2  of  lawn  (1  with  knops  of 
*  Those  in  the  Beoord  Otfice  have  been  priuted  in  Atehnologia  CantiaiM, 

vn.— xrv. 


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OK    GOODS   AND    ORNAMENTS 


Copper  and  needlework  knops  of  gold) ;  and  a  third  of 

crimson  sarceuet  with  knops  of  gold  and  tassels  of  silk. 
9  CatuUesticks,  2  of  silver  parcel  gilt  (one  having  a  "  vice  " 

of  silver) ;  7  of  laton. 
6  Carpets  and  Coverlets,  2  of  white,  red,  and  yellow ;   1  of 

red,  white,  blue,  and  yellow;  1  new  for  weddings,  etc.; 

2  old,  of  red  and  green. 
9  Chaliceg   icith    Patens,   all  of  silver    and    gilt;    4   being 

"  great "  ;  3  others  were  ornamented  with  enamelled 

or  engraved  figures  or  texts  ;  and  2  were  plain. 
4  Chests,  1  containing  the  church  evidences ;  1  of  iron,  in 

the  Treasury ;  1  Pnise  chest  bound  with  iron,  to  hold 

relics,  outside  the  Quire  door. 
1  Chrysmatory  with  its  3  boxes  therein,  all  of  silver  parcel 

gilt,  for  the  3  consecrated  oils. 
14  Corporas  Cases    (12  containing  each  a  corporax  or  cor- 

}>orale),  3  red,   1  crimson,  1  red  and  green,  1  green,  1 

white,  1  dunn  coloured,  3  black,  3  of  colour  unmen- 

tioned. 
Crosses,  both  gilt,  1  (a  crucifix)  of  silver,  1  of  copper. 
3  Cross  Cloths,  1   red,  1  blue,  1   green  ;  each  adorned  with 

a  pictnre  or  image;  two  were  surrounded  with  fringe. 
3  Cross  Slaves. 

6  Cruets,  4  of  silver  parcel  gilt ;  2  of  pewter. 
12  Curtains  (10  of  sarcenet,  2  of  fustian)  for  use  at  altars;  4 

white,  2  purple,  2  tawny,  2  green,  2  striped  tawny 

and  white. 
8  Cushions,  2  old,  of  bawdkin  ;  2  old,  of  silk ;  4  of  tapestry 

work. 
3  Desk  Cloths  yellow  and  blue. 

1  Herse  (John  Brode's)  with  three  candlesticks  thereon. 

2  Hobj  Water  Stoops  of  laton. 

1  Image  of  St.  Katherine,  of  alabaster. 
26  Lent  Clotfis,  wherewith  to  cover  the  images. 

2  Palls,  fringed  with  silk  all  round ;    1  of  blue  silk  with 

branches  of  gold  ;  the  other  of  yellow  with  birds. 

3  Paxes,   gilt,  2  of  silver  (1    being  set  with  stones) ;    I   of 

wood,  gilt,  of  the  Birth  of  Our  Lord. 
2  Pixes,  1  of  silver  and  gilt,  the  other  of  gilt  copper  (con- 


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B  taming  a  small  silver  cup),  for  use  in  visitation  of 

f  the  sick. 

2  Relics,  closed  in  silver ;  others  in  a  silk  bag  lying  in  a 

pruse  chest  bound  with  iron. 
6  Sconces  of  board  for  the  Quire. 
1  Sepulchre  Cloth  of  red-stained  linen. 
41  Service  Books;  two  are  mentioned  as  being  "printed"; 
and  one  of  the  four  Psalters  is  said  to  be  "of  French 
Use." 
2  Ships  (Thuribles)  and  S  Censers,  2  censers  of  silver  parcel 
gilt;  1  of  laton;  1  ship  of  silver  parcel  gilt;  1  of  laton. 

6  Tmoels,  3  being  "  houselyug  towels  " ;  of  diaper. 

1  Veil  of  linen  cloth  unstained. 

Ornaments   of  the  Ministers. 

13  Chasubles  (in  addition  to  those  in  complete  suits),  1  yellow 

and  green  ;  1  red ;  1  green ;  3  blue ;   I  white  ;  1  green 

L  and    red  ;  1  purple  ;  1   ferial  with  pelican  ;  1  canvas 

H  and   goldfoil  ;    1    tuly   silk,    embroidered    cross,    old 

m  fashion ;  1  of  baudkyu  \vith  beasts  of  gold. 

7  Complete  Suits  of  E^icharisfic  Vcslnients  for  Priest,  Deacon, 
m  and  Siih-Deacon;  2  being  of  rod  cloth  of  gold  ;  1  of 
I  blue  velvet;  2  of  wliite  damask;  1  of  white  caai let; 
H  and  1  of  blue  damask.  Probably  an  eighth  suit  of 
■  black  fustian,  with  white  cross,  may  also  have  been 
W  complete  ;  but  it  is  called  simply  "  a  Vestment,"  etc. 

9  Copes  :  1  red  ;  2  white ;  2  blue  ;  I  black  ;  1  of  tuly  silk  ; 

and  2  green,  for  the  recfores  chori. 
4  Fanons  [^Maniples]  of  fustian. 
10  Parables  [Apparels?'\ ;  8  pieces  of  fustian;  2  old  of  camlet. 

2  Vestments  for  the  boy  Bishop,  with  2  coarse  mitres. 

THE    INVENTORY. 

This  Ixttsntokt  indented  is  of  tlie  goodis  and  ornamentiB  of 
the  pariBhioners  of  the  parish  rhurche  of  Faversham,  scne  bv  the 
parishioners  there  the  viijlh  day  of  December  in  the  iiijtJi  yere  of 
the  reigne  of  Kyug  [Henry  VIIT.]  delivered  in  the  !<cid  [inrish 
church  by  Thomas  Smyth  aDcl  .Tohii  Love  lute  ij  of  the  f\vardeni» 
and  keejieni  of  the]  seid  goodis  and  ornauieiitis  to  Wyll'tii  Borne, 
John  Koche,  Dionyoe  Hardymaii  &  iicorge  Awilcr,  fhcTi  wardens 
and  kepers  of  the  seid  goods  and  oniamentis.  The  one  part  of  the 
whiche  inventory  reinayneth  with  Master  John  Kedburn  vicar  of 
the  seid  parish  churche   &  the  other  parte  of  the  same  inventory 


106 


INVENTORY   OF   GOODS   A.ND   ORNAMENTS 


reateth  in  the   kepyng  of  the   seid  Wyll'm   Burne,  John  Eoche, 
Dyonise  Hardynmn  &  George  Awdcr  now  wardens  of  the  parish. 

In  the  Tretory* 

Inpriinis,  a  sewte  of  red  clothe  of  golde,  proest,  deken,  and 
Bubdcken,  at  the  gyfte  of  Edward  Totnaou. 

Item,  a  sewte  of  red  clothe  of  golde,  preeat,  deken,  and  subdekon, 
at  the  gyfte  of  Symond  a  tonge. 

Item,  a  sewte  of  blew  velvett,  preest,  deken,  and  subdeken,  at 
the  gyfte  of  M.  Kychard  Martyn. 

Item,  a  sewte  of  white  damaske,  preest,  deken,  and  subdeken,  at 
the  gyfte  of  Wyllm  a  Barowo  lying  in  a  cofyu  with  xiij  shetys  to 
ley  them  in. 

It^m,  ij  basons  of  sylver  parcel  gylte  at  the  gyfte  of  Robert 
Bylayngton. 

Item,  ij  candylfltykkys  of  sylver  parcel  gylte  at  the  gyfte  of 
Moder  Kobert. 

Item,  ij  sensers  of  sylver  pareell  gylte  with  a  ahipp  of  sylver 
parcell  gylte. 

Item,  a  crysmatory  with  iij  boxist  therin  of  sylver  parcell  gylte. 

item,  ij  cruetts  of  sylver  pareell  gylte  at  the  gyfte  of  Thomas  a 
Bery. 

Item,  ij  small  cruetts  of  sylver  parcell  gylte. 

Item,  a  pase  of  aylver  &  gylte. 

Item,  a  gret  paie  of  Hylver  p.ircell  gylte  eett  with  stonys. 

Item,  a  paxe  of  wode  gylte  of  the  byrtlie  of  our  Lorde. 

Item,  iiij  gret  clialyces  with  itij  patents  of  sylver  &  gylto  in  a 
cheste  of  yern. 

Item,  a  chalyce  with  a  patent  of  sylver  &  gylte  in  a  casse  of 
wykcrs  at  the  gyfte  of  John  Urudo. 

Item,  a  pixe|  of  sylver  and  gylto  with  a  kerchif  of  lawne  in  itt, 
and  a  lynneu  clothe  aboute  itt. 

*  Traory. — A  strong  timbered  room  on  the  north  side  of  the  west  door,  the 
windowB  protected  by  muBsivc  lattice  work  of  oaken  beanrs. 

t  To  contain  ;  i.  the  consecrated  oil  for  extreme  unution ;  ii.  Chrism  ;  iii. 
Oleuni  C'ttteohuuienorum. 

\  Apueof  I'dveriiHil  yilt. — Inhiswill  Henry  V'll.mivs:  "  Item,  forasmuoh  u 
wo  have  often,  nnd  many  times  to  our  inward  regret  nn(f  displeasure,  seen  at  car 
Jen.  ( jonmeys)  in  divers  and  many  (.inirches  of  our  Keatmc,  the  Holy  Sacra- 
ment of  the  Altar  kept  in  full  simple  niul  iuhonoat  pixes,  specially  pixefi  of 
copper  and  timlicr,  we  have  appointed  and  commanJed  the  troasarer  of  our 
chamber  and  master  of  our  jewel  house  to  cause  to  be  made  forthwith  Pixes  of 
silver  and  gilt  in  preat  number,  for  the  keeping  of  the  Holy  Sucrnmcnt  of  the 
Altar  after  the  fashion  of  a  Pix  that  wo  have  caused  to  bo  delivered  to  them 
every  of  the  said  Pixes  to  be  of  the  value  of  four  pounds,  garnished  with  our 
arms  and  rod  roses  and  portcullises  crowned,  of  which  Pixes  wo  will  that  to  the 
land  and  service  of  liod  the  honour  of  the  Holy  Sacrament  of  the  altar,  the 
weale  of  our  sonio,  and  for  a  perpetual  memory  of  us,  every  House  oi'  the  four 
(.Irders  of  Kreres  and  likewise  in  every  Parish  charge  within  this  our  realm 
not  having  a  [lixo.  nor  none  other  honest  vessel  of  Rilver  and  cilt  nor  of  silver 
ungilted,  lor  the  keeping  of  the  Holy  .Sacrament,  have  of  our  gift  in  our  life,  one 
of  the  said  pixes  as  soon  and  speedily  as  gocidly  in.ay  be  done  ;  and  if  this  be  not 
performed  in  part  or  in  all  our  life,  wc  thou  will  ttiat  the  rest  not  performed  in 
our  life  be  performed  by  our  executors  within  one  year  at  the  farthest  next  after 
our  decease." — Tettamsnta  Veliuta,  p.  33. 


AT   PAVEKSHAM   OUUKCH,    A.V.    1512.  107 

Item,  a  crosse  with  a  crucifixe  &  Mary  and  John  upon  it  of  eylver 
&  gylte  lyeiuge  in  a  casBP  with  a  kerchif  of  cypres. 

Item,  a  corporas  cajise  of  re<l  clothe  of  golde  with  a  corporas 
iu  itt. 

Item,  a  new  corporau  gevn  be  inast  res  keinpe  &  haley a  ;  &  crossyd 
be  the  provision  of  the  rycar  ;  yt  y«  in  the  case  y'  Brod  gave. 

Item,  a  front©  for  the  hye  awter  of  rod  clothe  of  guide. 

Item,  a  remnaunt  of  red  clothe  of  golde  belefte  of  the  beste  sute 
conteynyng  in  leiigthe  ij  yerds  &  di. 

Item,  n  clothe  for  a  canapye  of  red  daraa«ke  bmuached  with 
golde. 

Item,  a  lytell  belle  of  Bylver  for  the  canopy  with  iiij  sylken 
poyiites  with  agletts  of  sylvor  &  gilte. 

Item,  iij  wmall  bellys  of  laton. 

Item,  ail  oldo  poynte  of  sylke  with  aglette  of  sylver. 

Item,  a  vyce  of  sylver  for  one  of  the  kaudylstykkes  of  gylvcr. 

Item,  ij  relekys  closed  in  sylver  with  other  rclykyu  in  a  bagge  of 
sylke  lyenge  in  a  pnise  che.ste  bounden  with  tern. 

Item,  a  chestc  unlokked  in  the  whyche  the  Evydencea  of  the 
Cburche  did  lye. 

Item,  iiij  fanons  of  fustyan  for  vestments. 

Item,  viii  peces  of  parablys  gret  &  email  of  fustyan. 

Item,  ij  old  parables  of  olde  chamlett. 

In  the  Sevestry. 

Inprimix,  a  veyle  of  lyiinen  clothe  unsteyncd. 

Item,  iij  houselyng  towellys  of  diaper  and  a  napkyn  of  dyaper. 

It«m,  a  pleyu  towell  of  iyuneu  clothe. 

Item,  a  corporaa  caase  of  cipres  lyenge  in  a  cheste. 

It«m,  iiij  ctialyces  one  of  them  gylte  with  the  Trinite  inamyled 
in  the  fote  with  the  patent  gylte  blew  amyle  with  the  Trinite  ; 
another  of  them  gylte  &  the  patent  gylte  with  the  Hr>ly  Lnmbe.  The 
iij*  of  them  parce'll  gylte  and  the  patent  parcell  gylte  with  ncripture 
rounde  aboute,  at  the  gyfte  of  Thomas  Kede ;  the  iiij^  parcel  gylte 
with  a  broken  fote. 

Item,  a  vestyment  for  the  preest,  deken  and  subdeketi  of  white 
chamlett  with  tlie  apparell. 

Item,  a  sute  of  white  damaske  for  the  preest,  deken  &  subdeken 
&  a  cope  with  the  apparel!. 

Item,  a  sute  of  blew  damaske  preest,  deken,  &  subdeken  with  a 
cope  and  the  apparell. 

Item,  on  nlu  ehiKybill  for  the  hye  awter  of  re<l  bawdkyn  with 
the  apparell  for  the  preest. 

Item,  on  olde  chesybyl!  of  blew  velvett. 

Item,  on  olde  chesybill  of  white  bustyau  with  the  orffrcs  of 
counterfeit  sylver. 

Item,  a  chisebyll  for  the  hye  awter  for  werkyng  dayes  wilh  a 
peUycan  and  the  apparell  for  the  preest. 

Item,  a  chisebyll  of  blew  worsted  with  the  fanun  &  the  stole  & 
the  parables  of  the  same. 


108        INTBNTORY  OP  GOODS  A.ND  ORNAMENTS 

Item,  ij  lytell  vestyments  for  seynfc  Nycholaa  with  ij  course 
mitors. 

Item,  a  cope  of  red  sylke  vnth  bordours  of  blew  velvett. 

Item,  a  cope  of  white  sylke  poudred  with  flowres  of  golde. 

Item,  one  olde  cope  oi  blew  sylke  the  borders  with  browdred 
werke. 

Item,  ij  copys  of  grene  bawdkyn  for  the  rectores  chori. 

Item,  a  cope  of  tuly  sylke  full  of  grene  floures. 

Clothes  for  the  hye  awter. 

Item,  a  clothe  for  the  hie  awter  of  blew  bawdkyn  with  the 
pyctor  of  our  Lorde  and  Mary  and  John  browdred  &  a  tronte  of  the 
same. 

Item,  on  awter  clothe  of  white  fustyan  with  red  roses  with  a 
crucyfix  &  Mary  and  John  browderd  &  a  fronte  of  the  same  &  ij 
curteyns. 

Item,  a  pelle  of  blewe  sylke  with  braunches  of  golde  frenged 
with  gylke  rounde  aboute. 

Item,  a  pelle  of  yelow  with  byrdes  frenged  with  sylke  rounde 
aboute. 

Item,  a  corporas  casse  with  Mary  and  John  with  a  corporas 
initt. 

Item,  ij  corporas  casses  of  blak  damaske  with  ij  corporas  in  hem. 

Item,  a  corporas  casse  of  dunne  damaske  with  byrdes  of  golde 
&  a  corporas  in  itt. 

Item,  a  corporas  casse  of  white  nedyllwerke  and  a  corporas 
therin. 

Item,  a  corporas  casse  of  crymson  damaske  on  the  one  side  & 
the  other  side  of  blak  fustyan  with  a  braunche  browdred  and  a 
corporas  therin. 

Item,  ij  red  corporas  casses  bothe  with  hindes  of  golde  and 
corporas  in  hem. 

Item,  a  corporas  of  red  and  grene  with  Ih'us  crowned  at  the 
gyfte  of  John  Erode  without  a  corporas. 

Item,  a  grene  corporas  casse  with  ij  blak  grypes  and  a  corporas 
therin. 

Item,  a  corporas  casse  of  sylke  cofirwise  without  a  corporas. 

Item,  a  pixe  of  copir  &  gylte  with  a  lytell  cuppe  of  sylrer  gylt 
within  for  to  visit  syke  folkes. 

Item,  ij  olde  cushons  of  bawdkyn. 

Item,  iij  olde  cushons  of  sylke. 

Item,  Ti  skonses  of  borde  for  the  quyer. 

Item,  ij  holy  water  stoppis  of  laton. 

Item,  ij  pewter  basons. 

Item,  ij  basons  and  one  ewer  of  laton. 

Item,  iiii  kanchrlstykks  for  the  hie  awter  of  laton. 

Item,  a  tote  or  laton  for. the  crosse  te  stonde  upon  the  herse. 

Item,  iii  crosse  stafys. 

Item,  viij  stafys  for  the  canapv. 

Item,  a  senaer  and  a  shipp  of  latoa. 


AT   PAVEBSHAM    CHURCH,    A.D.    1612. 


109 


Item,  a  lytil  belle  of  laton  for  to  go  on  visitscon. 

Item,  a  covorlett  of  beyonde  see  werke  of  roses  and  moletts  red 
wbite  blevve  and  yelow  lyned  with  canras  to  ley  before  the  Lye 
awter  at  tlie  gyfte  of  MaBtres  Hille. 

Item,  a  carpett  of  white  red  and  yelowe  at  the  gyfte  of  Dame 
Kateryn  Martyn. 

Item,  a  chisebyll  of  canvas  with  bemys  of  goldo  foyle. 

Item,  a  ohisebyll  of  tiily  sylke  br.iunched  with  blew  &  red  and 
the  iTosse  of  browderd  work  on  the  olde  fasshon. 

Item,  a  coue  of  black  velvett  with  sterrys  of  golde  and  the 
orfres  of  red  clothe  of  ijoide. 

Item,  a  vectment  of  blak  fiistyan  with  a  white  crosse 
bniuiiched  with  golde  and  sylke  with  the  apparoU  for  the  preest. 

Item,  ij  olde  kovcrlelts  of  red  and  grene. 

Item,  a  new  coverlet  for  woddyngn  and  for  othyr  servyse  at  the 
gyfte  of  the  vycar. 

Item,  iiij  cusshons  of  tapatery  werke  ij  of  email  value. 

Item,  a  hangynge  &  the  fronte  for  the  bye  awter  of  white 
ciiamlott  with  blewe  garters  &  ij  curteyns  of  white  sarsenett  for 
the  same. 

Item,  ij  curteyns  of  tawny  changeable  sarsanett  frenged  with 
white  and  grene  sylke  at  the  gvfle  of  M'  Vicar. 

Item,  ij  curteyns  of  purnill  sarsenett  frenged  with  sylke  white 
purpyl  ana  yelow  at  the  nctner  end.«i. 

Item,  a  canapy  for  the  sacrament  of  crymeon  sarsenett  with 
knoppis  of  golde  and  tacoUys  of  sylke  at  the  gifte  of  Master 
Vicar. 

Item,  ij  olde  curteyns  garded  with  tawny  sarsanett  with  pauya 
of  white  lennen  clothe  with  grot  roaes  therin  steyned. 

Item,  canapy  clothe  pounsyd  garnychyd  aboute  with  purpull 
velvett  with  tossells  of  red  »ylke  at  the  gyfte  of  Gavens  wyfe  of 
Dovyr, 

Item,  iij  steyned  clothes  for  the  hie  awter  at  the  gifte  of  ^faster 
Vicar. 

Item,  iij  clothes  for  the  deskes  of  borde  olysaiuider  yelowe  and 
blewe. 

Item,  vii  awter  clothes  iiij  of  dyaper  and  iij  of  pleyn. 

Item,  ij  canapyes  of  lawne  for  the  sacrament  on  with  knoppis 
of  copir  &  gret  Knoppis  of  golde  wroughte  with  the  nedyll  and 
tacellys  of  red  sylke  and  the  other  hath  non. 

Item,  a  chisebyll  of  bawdkyn  with  bestys  of  golde  bordenl 
with  grene  sylke  and  golde  with  the  apparcll  for  the  preest. 

Item,  a  chisebyll  of  grene  and  red  sylke  with  byrds  of  golde 
&  blewe  and  white  tlouris  with  the  apparell  for  the  preest. 

Item,  a  steyned  clothe  of  red  with  dowdys  for  trie  sepnlcre. 

Item,  a  chisebyll  of  borde  alyeaunder  yelowe  and  grene  the 
crosse  of  blew  velvett  with  lebards  hedys  of  gold  with  the  appurell 
for  the  preest. 

Item,  a  crosse  clothe  of  grene  sarsenett  with  on  ymag©  of  our 
Lady. 

Item,  R  crosse  clothe  of  blewe  sarsenett  with  the  assumpc'on  of 
our  Lady  frenged  ivboute  with  sylke. 


110         INVENTORY   OF   &OODS   AND  0KNAMBXT8 

Item,  a  crosse  cloth  of  red  with  the  pyctor  of  Seynt  George  & 
a  chaljee  of  golds  steyned  frenged  about  with  cadase. 

Boky*  in  Revfilry* 

Item,  Tij  ATitinhonere. 

Item,  iij  Gravies. 

Item,  ij  Legfiulys. 

Item,  X  Miisse  bdkys  on  of  them  with  sylver  clnspis. 

Item,  iiij  Sawters  oue  of  tliem  of  I'Veiishc  uoe. 

It«m,  ij  PvBtill  bokys. 

Item,  iiij  Manuellyw  ij  wreten  &  ij  prjnted. 

Item,  vj  Processionarien. 

Item,  a  (."olett  boke  at  tlie  gyfte  of  M'  Vicar. 

Item,  a  .Sequem-e  boke. 

In   Seynt   Thomat  C'hapel!.'\ 

Inprimis,  a  chisebyll  of  purpyll  diimaske  with  the  apparell  for 
the  preent. 

Item,  a  chisebyll  of  blew  velvett  with  the  apparell  for  the 
pre«Mt. 

Item,  a  clothe  of  aras  with  polde  for  Seynt  Thomas  awter  and 
a  frontc  for  the  tiame  awter  of  the  same. 

Item,  ij  grene  curteyiia  of  sarseuett  for  the  sanw  awter  frenged 
at  the  ends. 

Item,  a  ateyned  clothe  with  a  pyctor  of  Seynt  Thomas. 

A  Seynt  KaferynX  Ateter  in  a  Chette  in  the  keepyng  of  John 
Poleyn  and  WyUiam  Belke. 

luprimiK,  a  corj)ora8  UAwe  of  blak  dainatike  witfa  a  oorporas 
in  itt. 

Item,  on  olde  lynnen  steyned  clothe  with  a  doble  cro»t»e  of 
sarsenett. 

Item,  a  frontell  of  red  for  that  awter  with  crowned  M*^*. 

•  Bokyi  in  the  JtevtMry. —  In  the  reign  of-Elizabeth  parchment  leAtes  from 
cliurch  book*  were  imetl  by  tbe  Town  Clerk  of  Kavershnni  0.8  covers  for  Rccog- 
nizinceR  of  Typpelers  nui  I'rocet'iitngs  of  the  I'urtaiotc  I'ourt.  AmongBt  thiipo 
which  have  been  so  pruKorved  »re  twn  leaves  of  sin  illuiuiiiated  I'miltcr  of  the 
thirteenth  century  in  small  quarto,  'which  is  iKim-ibiy  the  one  of"  Kreushe  use" 
mentioned  in  the  Inventory-  The  foUuwing  is  a  specimen  of  the  IjiUii,  followed 
by  its  KreDch  translation  :  "  Non  ntc  demergat  tempcBtas  aque  nequc  absorbent 
mo  profunduni  ne({UO  urgeat  super  me  puteus  o»  suum  ;  "  "  No  me  plunge  tem- 
peste  dcuenc  nu  trnnsglute  mci  la  parfundece  ncne  constrainne  sur  mci  li  puiz  sa 
tjnclie;  "  "  Exandi  ine  dumine  ijunm  bentgna  est  mi«oricordia  tua  secundum 
niultitudinem  miscrntionura  tuanim  rcspicc  in  me  ;  "  "  Exoi  mci  sire  kar  benigne 
est  ta  misericnrde  xeluiio  la  multitudeae  de  tes  morciK  esguarde  mei." 

f  ,Sei/n/  Tluniius  Ckajittt. — t,)n  the  north  side  of  the  chancel,  where  the  organ 
now  stands.  William  ^outhlonde  in  1467  gare  to  the  Allar  of  S'  'I'homas  2 
awter  clothes  and  2  redellys  in  vuluur  of  xiij'  iiij''.  Robert  I'alc  in  162'.i  to  the 
light  of  !>'  Edmund  in  8'  '1  hoimis  Cbapell  one  cotce.  Home  of  the  frescoes  in  this 
chapel  were  described  by  Mr.  Wilieinciit  in  Vul.  I.  An-li.  fmU..  pp.  160-3. 

I  Seynt  Kuleri/ti  Aider. — The  ancient  clnirch  of  the  adjoining  parish  of 
Preston  is  dedicated  to  8t.  Catherine. 


AT  FAVERSHAM   CHURCH,    A.D,   1512.  Ill 

Item,  a  frontell  for  that  awter  of  blew  &  greno  damaeke  with 
Ivones  of  golde. 

Item,  a  fronte  of  h'liiieu  clothe  with  a  frontell  of  blew  for  the 
same. 

Item,  one  awter  I'lothe  of  dyaper. 

Itom,  a  lytell  oldc  towell  of  dyaper. 

Item,  a  lytell  olde  towell  plcya  railed  with  blew. 

Item,  ij  lytill  kandylstyliks  of  Inton. 

Item,  a  new  baner  clothe  of  red  tiike. 

Item,  on  ymage  of  Seynt  Kateryn  of  alabaster. 

At  the  Morow  Masse  Awter.* 

Inprimis,  a  chisebyll  of  grene  damaske  with  lyones  of  golde  with 
all  the  npparell  for  the  preest. 

Item,  a  Maase  boke  prynted. 

Item,  ij  cruettfl  of  pewter. 

Item,  ii  kandylstykks  of  laton  upon  the  awter. 

Item,  ij  gret  kandylstykks  and  a  small  of  laton  stonding  upon 
brods  herse. 

At  Seffiit  Lukys  Atoter.f 

Inprimis,  iij  kandylstykks  of  laton. 
Item,  a  crosse  of  coper  and  gylto. 

At  Jesus  Awter.X 
Item,  ij  basons  of  pewtyr. 

At  Seynt  Peter  Atcter.^ 
Item,  a  bason  of  powtyr. 

In  a  OhesteW  withoute   the   Qiiyer  Dorr,  on  the  lefl-e   hand  goyng 

into  the  qui/er. 

Inprimis,  \\\\  olde  steyned  clothes  for  to  cover  with  the  ymages 
in  the  church  in  Lente. 

Item,  xixvij  lytell  baner  clothes  of  sylke  for  the  sepulcre  &  the 
pascall. 

*  Morow  Miu$e  Awttr. — TUoinoa  Sterkev  in  1525  bequeathed  to  this  ultar 

every  week  a  penny  for  the  xpaco  of  one  whole  year  after  his  decease.     .John 

Wiltshire  in  1528  willed  that  his  wife  should  keep  his  brotherhood  at  this  altar 

l«s  long  as  she  was  able  :  and  ho  bequeathed  to  it  one  altar  cloth  like  the  altdr 

leloth  at  Preston  both  after  the  making;  and  the  price. 

t  Seyiit  Luhi/i  Aictcr. — Thomas  Sterkey  in  1525  bequeathed  5  nobles  in 
sterling  money  to  a  priest  losing  for  him  a  quarter  of  a  year  at  this  altar  imme- 
diately after  his  ducuase. 

X  Jetuf  Aicter. — John  Wiltshire  in  1528  bequeathed  to  this  altar  8d. 
§   Sfynt  Pater  Altar. — Agnes  Andrews  in  1526  willed  that  Sir  Robert  Lambert 
■  thould  hare  her  house  with  nil  the  appurtenances  and  commodities  to  him  or  bis 
'  asaigns  for  ever  to  give  or  sell,  to  sing  Tor  her,  or  cause  to  be  snng.  half  a  year 
at  this  altar.     VVillinni  C'ollcn  in  152l>  gave  to  the  altar  of  St.  Peter  8d. 

II  .1  cheat  irilJiout  thi:  Qiii/erJuor. — Tliii"  may  possibly  be  the  richly  decorated 
one  of  6amboyant  work,  which  has  been  often  described,  and  is  now  to  be  seen 
tfai  St.  Thomas's  Chapel. 


112 


ON    GOODS   AND   ORNAMENTS 


Item,  ij  pewter  basons. 
Item,  TJij  pevntod  clothes  &  iij  olde  btiner  clotbes  of  sylke  and 
ii  stromer  or  syfke. 


From  tlie  municipal  records  we  learn  that  in  1524  some  of  the 
church  goods  were  stolen,  and  that  Lawrence  Man  by  was  employed 
to  ride  to  London  to  search  for  them.  In  152.5,  £5  -is.  id.  was 
expended  for  horse-hire  and  other  charges  connected  with  legal 
proceedings  occasioned  by  a  robbery  of  certain  goods  from  the 
church. 

lu  the  second  year  of  Edward  VI.  (1547-8)  there  was  sold  to 
John  Wrck,  with  the  consent  of  the  whole  town  formally  given  at 
a  wardmote  holdeu  at  the  Court  Hall,  3  cwts.  22  lbs.  of  old  laton 
candlesticks  at  248.  8d.  the  cwt.  Sum  £4  38.  lOd.  ;  whereof  he 
paid  down  £3  Is.,  which  was  delivered  to  pay  for  ji.iintitigthe  rood- 
loft  and  the  Scriptures  upon  the  same,  ana  for  the  Scripture  in  the 
North  Isle.     In  the  same  year  a  pix  of  silver  was  sold. 

In  1549  the  sum  of  478.  5a.  was  received  for  certain  things 
sold,  out  of  the  chapel,  and  for  other  things  belonging  to  the 
church,  and  was  expended  in  the  purchase  of  "  The  Byere  y'  they 
carve  the  ded  corpus  on,"  Procession  books,  Paraphrases  of  Erasmus, 
a  liable  of  the  High  Altar,  two  books  of  the  Communion,  a  desk  for 
the  Paraphrases,  etc.,  etc. 

DOKOIIS    HAMED    IN    THE   InVEKTOBT. 

William  a  Barowe,  Mayor  in  1472  ;  a  Jurat  in  1473, 

Thomas  a  Beey. 

John  Bbode,  Mayor  in  1605;  a  Jurat  in  1506-9;  Church- 
warden in  1509. 

RoiiKRT  BvLSYNOTON,  ouc  of  tho  ''  Geutils  of  Kent,"  in  the 
time  of  Hen.  VII.     (Arch.  Cant.,  XL,  395.) 

Gaven's  wife  of  Dotoh. 

Mabtkes  Hille.  In  1441  Johane  Hillc  of  London,  widow,  sold 
to  the  parisliioiierH  5  bells  for  Faversbam  church  tower.  Richard 
Hille  was  a  Jurat  in  1496. 

Dame  Katebys  Mauttn. 

Kychabu  Martyn  (son  of  John  Martyti,  formerly  one  of  the 
Justices  of  the  Common  Bench,  who  married  Anne,  only  daughter 
and  heiress  of  John  Boteler,  Eni|.).  Jurat  14<30.  One  of  the 
■windows  in  St.  Thomas's  Chapel  formerly  had  this  inscription  in 
stained  glass:  "Orate  pro  animalms  Ricnrdi  Martj/n  tie  Ewell 
Armigeri  et  Benedicte  vxoris  eju»."  A  tomb  in  the  church  is  said 
to  have  borne  these  shields:  (1)  Quarterly  of  four,  1  and  4 
Martyn  ;  2  and  3,  Botiller,  within  a  bordure,  (2)  Botiller,  within 
a  bordure,  impaling  Kirby.  (3)  Quarterly  of  four,  I  and  4,  Sondes  ; 
2  &  3,  on  a  chevron  8  crossed  croslets,  and  over  all  Oatton  within 
an  escutcheon. 

Jonv  HKnnrRN.  In  the  chancel  is  a  brass  with  ei&gies  of  a 
priest  vested  in  chasuble,  etc.,  and  holding  chalice  and  paten,  thus 
inscribed  : — "  Hie  jacot   Magister   Johannes    Bedborne,    clericus, 


«i 


AT   FAVEE8HAM    CHURCH,   A.D.   1612.  113 


nuper  vicarius  ecclesie  parochialis  de  Favereliam,  ijui  obiit  xxiii 
die  Februarii,  anno  Domini  millesinio  quingcntegimo  tricesimo 
prime.     CujuH  nninie  propicietur  DeiiH,  Amen." 

Thomas  Kede.  Mayor  in  147.5,  l-lSl.  1-487,  1488,  1495,  and 
1501;  Jurat  in  1477;  Churcliwanteii  in  1485. 

Weever  (.\.d.  1(531)  gives  his  epitaph  thus  : — "  (Tliomas  Read) 
Hie  jacet   Johannes   Read  nexiea  Maior  istius  \nlle  de  Feversliam 
ui  obiit    ....    1503.     Vermibus  hie  donor,  et  sic  discedere  eonor. 
ualiter  hie  ponor,  ponitur  omniw  honor." 

MoDEH  R<)BEnT.     Richard  Robert  was  a  Jurat  in  1483. 

Edward  Tomson.  Edward  ThoraaHson  was  a  Jurat  in  1478, 
and  Mayor  in  1480.  By  will  dated  12  Sep.  1494,  he  ordered  his 
body  to  be  buried  before  the  High  Altar  in  Faverahani  Chureh, 
called  Jesus  Altar.  He  gave  to  the  "  Ancras  "  of  Faversham,  to 
pray  for  his  soul,  3s.  4d. ;  also  £60  "to  the  edifyini;  of  a  new 
steeple  in  Faversham,  or  othennse  to  the  worship  of  God  in  good 
deed«  in  the  Chureh  of  Faventham,"  and  £20  "to  the  amendini;  of 
foul  ways."  The  will  nientious  his  wife  Margaret ;  bin  daughters 
Alice  and  Elizabeth  ;  antl  diMposen  of  tenements  in  North  .Street, 
Partridge  Lane,  West  Street,  and  Middle  Row  ;  lands  and  tenements 
in  Kingsfield  and  in  Luddenham,  and  lands  called  "  Strings  "  (the 
site  of  the  present  waterworks),  alao  lands  and  marshes  in  Hcrohill 
and  Boughton. 

The  iFoUowing  is  on  a  brass  near  the  large  window  of  the  south 
transept:  "Hie  jacet  Edward  '  Thomasson  '  quondam  moior  isti' 
ville  ae  Feu'sh'ui  ac  Emota  et  Margareta  uiores  sue  tjuiijuid'm 
Edwardus  obiit  secundo  die  Deeembris  anno  doraini  milliuio  cccc" 
nonagesimo  quarto  quor'  animabz  p'piciet'  deus  Anie'." 

SrMOND  A  ToNOE,  Mayor  in  1 401, 1  403,  and  1404.  His  seal  was  a 
bend  eotized  between  six  mnrtlet.s.  He  possessed  lands  at  Bredgar 
and  elsewhere,  and  in  1397  he  lent  King  Richard  II.  £20.  In  1399 
ho  was  one  of  the  attesting  witnesses  to  a  gmnt,  by  Richard  alto 
Tonge,  of  two  messuages  at  the  Woolmarket  in  Faversham. 

The  matrix  and  part  of  the  remains  of  a  very  fine  brass  may  be 
seen  on  the  floor,  and  other  parts  on  a  pillar,  in  the  South  Chapel, 
next  the  chancel.  It  formerly  had  this  inscription  ; — "  Hie  probus 
et  diguu.s  (  vir  honestus  amansque  benignus  |  Ut  vere  scitur  | 
Semauus  Tong  sepelitur  |  Ilic  vir  opportunus  |  Baro  de  portubus 
unus  I  In  Thrughleigh  natus  |  fiiit  in  Feversbauique  moratus  | 
Mortuus  ipse  die  |  celsa  fuit  Epiphanie  |  Anno  milleno  |  c  quater 
qujirto  quoque  deno  |  Hujus  Seuiani  |  fuerant  quiulragiuta  bis 
anni  |  Tcmpu.t  in  hac  vita]  sibi  ca?lica  eit  via  seita,  |  Amen."  On 
a  label  from  the  mouth,  "  God  sendc  us  heveue." 


TOL.  xyni. 


(     114.     ) 


EXPENSE-BOOK   OF  JAMES  MASTER,  ESQ.* 

PAET  IV. 

1663.  £  «.  d. 

July    18.     Paid  to  Captaine  Johnson  for  ■f  interrest 
of  y"  name  £300  till  March  last,  at  which 

time  I  paid  him  in  y' same  £300 03  10  00 

18.     Given  to  M' Usher 00  10  00 

18.     For  a  pa[»r]  of  riding  stockings  00  05  00 

18.  Spent  at  London 00  03  06 

20.     Spent  at  Fulham  for  horse-meat,  &e 00  OS  00 

•Aug.  15.     Spent  at  Yokes  [»n  MerewortK]  in  almost 

a  month's  time     00  12  06 

15.     Paid  to  Jo.  Cox  more  in  part  of  hia  wages  .  00  07  06 

19.  Spent  when  I  lay  at  Lamaby  [in  Bexley] 
4Dight8 00  12  00 

20.  For  a  pa[tr]  of  Cordovan  gloves  00  02  06 

20.     Spent  at  London... 00  01  06 

22.  Spent  when  I  lay  at  Pulham  3  nights 00  07  06 

29.     Spent  at  Mailing     GO  05  OO 

31.     Paid  to  Sir  Edw.  Bysh,  King  at  Arms 01  07  06 

31.     Spent  at  Maidstone    00  06  00 

Sept.    1.     Spent  at  Wrotham  .,, 00  17  00 

28.    Spent  at  Yokes  when  I  lay  ther  5  weeks  .  00  01  06 

Theaumis 28  10  08 

80.     Given  to  ray  Sister  Manning's  2  Nurses...  00  10  00 

Octob.  1.     Spent  at  Loudon     00  02  06 

5.     Spent  at  Fulham 00  03  06 

5.  Paid  for  2  horses'  grasse,  5  nights  a  peece  00  05  00 

6.  Spent  at  Maidstone    00  01  06 

7.  For  soloing  a  pa[»>]  of  shooes 00  01  06 

10.     Spent  at  Loudon  when  I  lay  ther  1  night  00  09  06 

13.     Spent  at  Fulham,  for  horse-meat  Ac 00  11  06 

17.     Paid  JftmeM   Hunt's  bill  for  shooing  my 

saddle  horses  from  May  1662  till  De- 
cember 1662 01  16  00 

17.     Paid  to  him  more  for  shooing  my  saddle 
horses  from  Dec.  1662  till  Aug.  1663, 

as""  01  05  00 

23.  Paid  for  y'  first  pajonent  of  y«  4  Subsidyea, 

4i'  in  y'  po[unrf  on]  £8  per  ann.  in  y* 

King's  books    03  04  00 

November  6.     Paid  Good[wjnn]  Dormsn   for  curing 

my  Dun  Marc 01  13  00 

9.     Paid  to  Good  [wan]  Cumber  for  y'  Hearth 

Mony    01  01  00 

•  Continued  from  Vol.  XVII.,  p.  352. 


^^^           EXPENSE-BOOK  OP  JAMES   MASTER,   ESQ. 

^1 

H     1663. 

£ 

g. 

^H 

■    Nor.     ». 

Spent  when  I  lay  at  Yoke*  almost  a  month 

00 

08 

^H 

H 

For  y'  second  part  of  S[f]r  Hugh  Plat's 
GarfJen]  of  Eden    

^^H 

00 

01 

^H 

^V             11  to  28.     Spent  at  London  (on  13  days)   

03 

13 

^B 

H 

For  y'  second  part  of  y"^  Siege  of  Rhodes  . 

00 

01 

00       ^H 

■ 

Paid  for  Baxter's  Saint  or  Brute 

(X) 

03 

^H 

H 

Paid  Jack's  bill    

00 

09 

^H 

■ 

Given  to  M"-  Philpot  for  his  boo[/l-]  cal[7<!rf] 

^^1 

y*  rise  of  y"  Spant8[A]  Monar[cAy] 

00 

05 

^H 

H 

For  S[i]r  K.    Digbye's   Let[/er],  &   my 

^^H 

Lo[rrf]  Bristol's  an8[icer] 

00 

01 

00       ^H 

H 

For  a  boo[i']  cal[W]  Rome  described 

00 

01 

06        ^H 

■ 

Paid  Jack  for  his  week's  diet    

00 

07 

00       ^H 

■              26. 

Spent  at  Fulhain 

00 
00 

03 
10 

00  ^H 
00       ^H 

For  Guilliurs  Heraldry 

■ 

Paid  for  y"  second  part  oF  Hudibras    

00 

02 

06          ^H 

■ 

For  a  pa[i>]  of  browne  holland  leggs  & 

^^H 

tops  

00 

09 

^H 

■ 

For  a  pfl[«'r]  of  wool[/«i]  stirrop  hose  & 

^^H 

ancle  socks  

00 

03 

^H 

H 

Paid   for   my   lodging  3   weeks,    fire,    & 

^^H 

canrrfZ<»»l 

00 

18 

^H 

^B     December  3.     Paid  for  niv  horse  Btanding  3  nights  .. 

00 

06 

06         ^H 

■ 

Spent  at  Fulham  when  I  lay  tber  5  nights 

00 

OG 

^H 

■ 

Paid  t«  Jack  Cox  9  da[ys']  cliet  [when]  last 

^^H 

H 

at  London    

00 
00 

09 
07 

00  ^H 
00       ^H 

Paid  lo  him  his  biU 

■ 

Spent  at  Mailing 

00 

03 

00       ^H 

Given  to  the  Poore  of  Menvorth 

01 

00 

^H 

Spent   when    1  lay  at   Yokes    [in   Mere- 

worth]  almost  3  weeks    

00 

05 

^H 

H 

Spent  at  London 

00 

02 

06        ^H 

■ 

Paid  for  horsmeat  at  Fulham  7  nights 

00 

14 

00       ^H 

■ 

Spent  when  I  lay  at  Fulham  7  nights 

The  sum  is 

00 

06 

^H 

22 

19 

^H 

The  whole  sum  of  this  ye[ar'f]  expences  is 

127 

09 

^1 

■     [1663-4.] 

_ 

^^^^^1 

^^SSSm 

^^^^             ^^^^^^1 

^H     January  ] 

I.     Given  to  y*  servant*  at  my  bro[<Asr] 

^^H 

Manning's    

00 

15 

^H 

H 

Given  nway  at  S[ilr  0[/ireT]  Butler's  and 
S[j]r  Bo.  Austin  s  

00 

10 

06          ^H 

H 

Paid  for  12  ells  of  holland  for  4  shirts 

02 

04 

00       ^H 

H 

Spent  when  I  lay  at  Yokes  3  weeks 

00 

03 

^H 

■ 

Soent  at  London 

00 

04 

00       ^H 

^M     Febr.  1  to  18.     Spent  at  London  on  12  day»     

02 

19 

00       ^H 

H 

Given  to  M'  Gilford  

00 

10 

CO       ^H 

H 

Given  to  my  Cousin  Miwter  for  his  advice 

00 
I  3 

10 

^M 

116        EXPENSE-BOOK  OF  JAMES   MASTER,   ESQ., 

[1668-4.]  & 
Febr.   5.    For  a  new  Chriatall  for  my  watch  k  make- 

ing  it  clean  00 

6.     Paid  Jack's  bill  &  for  his  diet  8  dayes 00 

9.    For  a  bo[oA:]  cal  [Zerf]  a  discourse  touc[A»»^] 

Generation  00 

11.  For  y^  change  of  tenn  pounds  into  gold  .. .  01 

12.  For  a  pa[»>]  of  pocket  screwed  Pistols    ...  01 

12.    For  12  knives  &  a  case 00 

12.    For  changing  my  bilyard  sticks  porch  & 

baUs 00 

12.    For  6  ya[r<i«  o/]  6*  bl[ocA]  ribbon  &  12  of 

2*ribbon 00 

12.  For  2  quilted  caps 00 

13.  For  washing  my  linneu 00 

13.    Paid  Jack  for  his  diet  5  da'[y«]  &  for  a 

Cake 00 

13.     Paid  for  6  pa[j>]  of  socks  00 

13.     For  a  pa[t>]  of  shooes,  &  golosh,  <&  a  pa[»r] 

of  hal '/]wax[erf]  shooea   00 

13.     For  my  lodging  a  fortnight,  fire  &  candle  .  00 

18.  For  my  horses  standing  3  dayes  at  London  00 

19.  Paid  for  a  quarter  of  Oats    00 

23.    Spent  at  Mailing 00 

March  5.    Spent  when  I  lay  at  Maidstone  3  nights...  01 

12.    Spent  when  I  lay  at  Cray  one  night    00 


04 

06 

11 

00 

01 

06 

03 

00 

10 

00 

12 

00 

03 

00 

05 

00 

03 

06 

04 

00 

06 

00 

02 

06 

13 

00 

13 

00 

06 

00 

12 

06 

05 

00 

02 

06 

02 

00 

The  sum  is 17    00    00 


1664. 

26.    Spent  when  I  lay  at  Yokes  5  weeks 00    04    06 

Aprill  1.     Paid  for  a  bo[o«]  cal[fcrf]  Le  Virgile  Tra- 
vesty   00    01    00 

1.    Paid    for    Collins'    Abridgment    of    the 

Stat[«/««] 00 

1.    Spent  at  London 00 

4.     Paid  for  2  horses'   meat  at   Fulham,    5 

dayes..... 00 

4.    Spent  when  I  lay  at  Fulham  5  dayes  00 

18.     Paid  y"  second  payment  of  y®  foure  Sub- 
sidycs  4"  [»n]  y*  po[««irf  o«]  £6  lands  in 

y«  K[»n^'«]  books    02 

May  2  &  4.    Spent  at  Maidstone  and  at  Tunbridge   .  00 

6.     Spent  when  I  lay  at  Yokes  above  a  month  00 

11.  Spent  when  I  lay  at  Fulham  5  nights 00 

11  to  17.     Spent  at  London  on  6  days 01 

12.  Paid  Jack's  bill   00 

13.  Paid  for  6  hoUand  bands   00 

14.  Paid  for  a  stufEe  riding  sute  &  drawers    ...  02 
14.     Paid  for  M'  Evelin's  bo[o/i]  cal[;erf]  Sylva  00 


01 

00 

05 

00 

10 

00 

05 

06 

08 

00 

03 

00 

02 

06 

06 

06 

05 

00 

05 

06 

17 

00 

05 

00 

06 

06 

A.D.  1664.  117 

1664  &  t.  d. 
May  14      Paid    for   Waller's  Foems  &  a  tnfef] 

caip«r]  Pompey 00  08  00 

14.    Paid  for  12  jafrtf*]  of  stoffe  for  s  ante  & 

coate 02  00  00 

14.    Paid  for  7  ya[r<it]  &  i  of  Taby  to  line  it  .  02  02  06 
14.    Paid  for  8  peeces  of  4fi  yellow  ribbon  to 

trim  it  01  16  00 

14.    Paid  for  a  pa[*r]  of  JesBamin  gloTes  00  02  06 

17.  Paid  John  Coz  his  quarter's  wages  ended 

at  Midsum[«»er]  next    01  OS  00 

18.  Paid  to  Jack  for  his  week's  diet  00  07  00 

18.    For  apo[tMJ]  of  Jrasaminpowder 00  02  06 

18  to  21.    Spent  at  London  on  4  days 01  18  06 

25.    Paid  f or  a  new  peiriwig 06  00  00 

25.  Spent  at  London 00  06  06 

26.  Paid  M'  Lawrence  y«  Talour  his  bill  for 

makeing  my  cloaths  end[M$p]  Febr.  1662  24  14  00 

26.  Paid  John  Coz  for  his  diet  8  dayee 00  08  00 

26  &  27.    Spent  at  London  on  2  days 00  14  06 

27.  Given  to  M' Tibbs 00  10  00 

28.  For  washing  my  linnen 00  04  06 

28.    For  my  chamber  rent  3  weeks 00  15  00 

28.  Spent  at  London 00  05  00 

June  11.    Spent  when  Ilay  at  Yokes  11  dayes    00  05  06 

14.     Given  to  Will.  Jessop  for  paoeing  my 

bl[ocA]Mare  01  10  00 

15  to  28.    Spent  at  London  on  6  days 01  00  00 

23.    Paid  to  Jo.  Coz  for  his  diet  00  10  00 

The  sum  is 55  01  00 

24  to  30.     Spent  at  London  on  5  days 02  01  00 

29.  For  the  Description  of  Holland   00  01  00 

30.  Paid  for  a  pa[ir]  of  thred  stirrop  hose    ...  00  08  00 

30.     For  mending  my  Fortmantua   00  08  06 

30.     Given    to    M'   Gifford  for  drawing   my 

BTo[ther]  Francis'  conveyance  to  me  ...  01  00  00 
July    1.     Paid  to  Jack  Coz  for  his  quarter's  wages 

ending  nezt  Michaelmas    01  06  00 

1.    Paid  M'  Terry  for  a  bl[«ic*]  hat  &  new 

dying  another 01  00  00 

1.    Paid  for  washing  my  linnen 00  08  00 

1.    Paid  for  4  Cambrick  handkerchefs  00  14  06 

1.     Paid  for  my  lodging  a  fortnight   00  10  00 

L     Given  to  M'Tibbs'es  man 00  02  06 

1.  Spent  at  London 00  05  06 

2.  For  washing  a  pa[ir]  of  silk  stockings    ...  00  01  00 

2.    For  a  boz  of  Lockyer's  Pills 00  04  00 

2.    Spent  at  Fulham  &  for  horsmeat 00  07  00 

4.    Paid  to  Jo.  Mock  for  shooing  my  horses...  00  02  00 


118        EXPENSE-BOOK   OF   JA.UE8   M\8TEH,   ESQ., 

1664.  £  «.  d. 

July   11.     Spent  at  Yokes    00  02  00 

8.     Spent  at  y«  Wells  00  08  00 

12.     Paid  Jack's  bill 00  04  00 

21.  Spent  at  V  Wells   00  08  06 

26.     Spent  at  y'' Wells    00  06  00 

August  1.  Spent  at  Yokes    00  OG  00 

1.     Paid  to  Go[o(/»ian]    Stone  for  a  browue 

Nag  4  ye[nr»]  old   10  OO  00 

1.     GiTsn  to  Mf  Orme 01  00  00 

5.  Spent  when  I  lay  at  Maidstone  3  nights ...  01  10  00 

6.  Given  to  y*^  Musick  at  Yokes    00  05  00 

8.  Paid  to  Jo.  Cox  for  one  quarter's  wages 
ending  at  CliristitiaH  next  01  05  00 

9.  For  a  pa[(V]  of  wa.\t  shooes  W>  04  06 

15.     Spent  at  Maidstone    00  03  00 

18.  Spent  at  Penshuret OC)  02  00 

20.     Spent  at  Cray 00  02  00 

2.3.     Spent  at  Cockslieath  00  03  00 

Sept.  19.     Spent  when  Ilay  at  Yokes  a  month     00  OH  00 

22.  Given  away  when   I  lay  at  Lamroabv   2 

ni[yA/s]    00  UJ.  00 

24.     Paid  for  a  gilt  sword,  my  old  one,  &  in 

money  01  05  00 

24.     Paid  for  4  yards   ^  ell  of  line  Spanish 

cloath    to    make    me    a    sute,    &    coat 

23"    05  06  00 

24.     Paid  for  play  cal[/e(^]  Love  in  a  Tub  00  01  00 

24.     Paid  for  a  new  christall  to  my  watch   00  02  00 

24.     Spent  when  I  lav  at  London  "l  night    W  05  06 

28.     Paid  for  a  bl[«ci]  fringed  Belt 01  09  00« 

28.     Paid  for  a  pa[»VJ  of  shooes  &  goloshooes  .  00  08  06 

28.     Paid  Jo.  Mock  for  shooing    00  02  06 

The  sum  is 34  03  06 

30.     Given  away  at  my  Brother  Manning's    ...  00  04  04 

Octobers.     Paid  Jo.  Coxe's  bill 00  02  00 

6.     Spent  at  Maidstone    00  11  06 

17.     Spent  at  Cray 00  01  08 

24.     Paid  Jo.  Coxe's  bill 00  04  00 

November  7.     Soent    and   given    away  at  Sir    Jo. 

Pclh&m's 02  11  00 

19.  For  a  pa[ir]  of  woollen  Btirrop  hose    00  02  00 

19.     For  a  little  book  of  Prophecyes    00  01  00 

19.     Spent  at  Loudon  in  4  dayea 00  16  00 

21.  Spent  lit  London 00  10  00 

22.  Spent  at  London 00  02  06 

23.  Paid  to  Jo.  Cox  for  his  week's  diet 00  07  00 

24.  Spent  at  London  in  2  dayes 01  04  00 

26.     Spent  at  Loudon ..  00  07  00 


A.D.  1664. 


119 


1664.  £  (.  d. 

November  26.     Paid  Jack's  bill 00  09  06 

28.     Speut  at  London OO  Oa  06 

30.    Spent  at  London     00  11  06 

30.     Given  to  Sir  Jo.  Pelham's  keeper    00  05  00 

December  1.     Paid  to  Jo.  Co.\  for  his  quarter's  wages 

ending  at  Lady  day  next    01  05  00 

1.  Spent  at  London 00  09  06 

2.  Paid  for  a  white  riding  hat   01  02  00 

3.  Paid  for  a  pa[»>]  of  silk  stirrop  hose    00  12  00 

3.     Paid  for  a  pafirl  of  worsted  hose    00  07  06 

3.     Paidfor  3pa[t>»]  of  gloves  00  06  08 

3.     Paid  for  3  Books  by  M' Stillingfleet    01  02  00 

3.     Paid  for  washing  my  linueu  00  04  00 

3.     Paid  for  my  lodging  3  weeks     00  15  00 

3.     Paid   for    my   man's   lodging   &   for  my 

fireing  00  05  00 

3.     Paid  for  Jo.  Coxe's  diet  &  his  bill    00  07  00 

3.     Spent  at  London 00  06  06 

6.     Speut  at  Xemiock    00  03  06 

3.     Paid  for  a  pa[i>]  of  waxt  Boots,  Sussex  ...  01  05  00 

3.     Paid  M'  Jolly's  hill  for  boots  and  shooes  .  02  12  06 
3.     Paid  to  M'  Tibbs  for  y'  Interrest  of  £200 
for    6    months,    &    for   lnt[erM^]    of 

£50,  £1,  in  all    07  00  00 

Spent  at  Yokes   00  01  06 

Spent  at  London 00  06  00 

Spent  at  London OO  04  00 

Spent  at  London 00  03  06 

Paid  for  Janua  Linguarum  &  a  Cato  00  02  04 

Paid  for  a  pa[«>]  of  silver  buckles   00  03  06 

Paid  for  new  altering  2  laced  bands 00  08  00 

Paid  for  my  lodging  5  ni[yA(g]  &  fireing...  00  06  06 

Spent  at  London  &  for  horsmeat 00  13  00 

Paid  for  21  Hearths  01  01  00 

Given  to  y"^  Poore  of  Merworth    01  00  Ot» 

Spent  at  Cray 00  05  00 

The  sum  is 31  14  04 


10. 
14. 
16. 
17. 
17. 
17. 
19. 
19. 
19. 
20. 
24. 
81. 


The  whole  sum  of  this  year's  exp[«M««]  is  137  18  10 
[1664-5.]  -^— ^— 
January  2.     Given  to  y'  servants  at  my  Bro[iAer] 

Manning's    01  02  06 

7.     Given  away  at  my  Lady  Wyat's,  &  M' 

Gifford's  00  10  00 

10.     Paid  for  a  pa[tV]  of  waxt  shooes  &  soleing 

ano[<A<Tj  pare     00  06  0(» 

12.     Given  away  at  Lammaby  00  03  00 

20.    Paid  for  taxes  out  of  Good.  Golding's  rent    00  11  08 


120        EXPENSE-BOOK  OF  JAMES   HASTEB,   ESQ., 

[1664-5.]  £  ».  i. 

January  23.    Spent  at  Yokes CO  (»  00 

27.  Spent  at  London  3  daycB  00  11  06 

28.  Paid  for  a  boo  [A]  ma[<fe]  by  Pe[<«r]  Molin, 

cal[W]  y«  Capuchin  treated 00  01  00 

28.    Spent  at  London 00  05  06 

30.     Spent  at  London 00  06  06 

3L    Spent  at  London 00  08  06 

Feb.     1.    For  a  boofA]  of  Phisick  by  Mar.  Needham  00  03  00 

1.  Fora  booffc]  cal[Zei]  TheMemoiresDu.  of 

Eohan  00  03  00 

2.  Spent  at  London 00  06  06 

4.    Spent  at  London 00  04  06 

6.    Spent  at  London 00  05  06 

8.  Spent  at  London 00  09  00 

9.  Paid  Jack's  bill 00  03  00 

9.     Spent  at  London 00  06  06 

11.  PaidforM'Talof'sDisswasivefro'W  Popery  00  02  00 
11.     Paid  for  a  bo[oA;]  by  Jo.  Bunyan  tou.  y* 

Besurrection    00  01  00 

11.     Paid  for  searching  in  y«  Pine  0£5ce 00  04  00 

11.     Spent  at  London 00  09  00 

13.    Paid  for  a  gr.  pa[i>]  of  waxt  Boots 01  13  00 

13.     Paid  for  a  partr]  of  spurrs    00  02  06 

13.     Paid  for  a  pa[»r]  of  trouses  00  04  06 

13.    Paid  for  2  pa[tV«]  wh[»<e]  gloves,  1  pa[»>] 

Jessamin  00  06  00 

13.    Paid  to  Jo.  Cox  for  his  week's  diet 00  07  00 

13.  Spent  at  London 00  07  00 

14.  Paid  for  apa[»r]  of  shooes  &  goloshooes  ...  00  08  06 
14.    Paid  for  a  pint  of  inke  &  a  Btandish 00  03  00 

14.  Spent  at  London 00  08  00 

15.  Paid  for  3  weeks'  lodging  &  fireing  01  03  00 

15.     Paid  for  washing  my  linnen  00  03  06 

15.     Spent  at  London 00  06  06 

20.  Paid  Jo.  Coxe's  bill    00  02  00 

27.  Paid  for  a  pa  [ir]  of  waxt  shooes 00  04  06 

28.  Spent  at  Cray 00  03  00 

March  2.     Paid  for  y*  great  Act  of  Assessment    00  02  00 

4.     Spent  at  London  when  I  lay  there  2  nights  00  05  06 

11.     Spent  when  I  lay  at  Maidstone  5  nights...  01  09  00 

14.     Paid  Jo.  Cox's  bill 00  05  00 

18.    Paid  M'  Bridges  for  22  ells  of  Bag  Holland 

at  5' 8"  y«  ell  to  make  6  shirts  06  04  08 

21.  Spent  at  E.  Mailing   00  03  00 

22.  Spent  at  Towne  Mailing    00  04  00 

24.    Spent  at  Tunbridge    00  03  06 

The  sum  is 22  05  10 


May 


1665. 
March  28. 
April   3. 

4. 

6. 
19. 
20. 
21. 
24. 
24. 
25. 
27. 
29. 

3. 

3. 

3. 

4. 

4. 

4. 

5. 

5. 

0. 

6. 

6. 

6. 
11. 
19. 
24. 


24. 

June  5. 
10. 
13. 

13. 
13, 
13. 
13. 
13. 

13. 
14. 
17. 
14. 

22. 


A.D.  1665.  121 

£  a.  d. 

Pnid  Jo.  Coxe's  bill     00  05  00 

Spent  ftt  Cray (X»  Ot  06 

Paid  for  taxes  out  of  Good.  Honye's  rent .  IW  Ul  02 

Spent  at  Maidstone     OO  05  06 

Spent  at  London 00  05  06 

Spent  at  London 00  03  06 

Spent  at  London 00  07  06 

Paid  Jo.  Rich  for  his  week's  diet 00  05  00 

Spent  at  London 00  06  00 

Spent  at  Ivondon 00  07  06 

Spent  at  London 00  08  00 

Spent  at  London 00  08  00 

Siient  at  Fttl ham  &  London  02  Ot  OO 

For  2  im[/M]  of  Jessamin  gloves 00  05  00 

Paid  for  Godbury  of  Conuncts 00  01  00 

Paid  forii  new  Perriwig 03  10  00 

Paid  for  2  lacit  bands  &  cuffs    06  10  00 

Spent  at  London CHI  12  00 

Paid  Jo.  Birch  for  his  week's  diet    00  05  00 

Spent  at  London 00  03  06 

Paid  for  a  gray  stuff  riding  Cloake 01  15  06 

Paid  for  a  pa[iV]  ofshooeB     (tO  05  00 

Paid  for  tny  lodging  3  weeks    00  15  00 

Spent  at  London 00  10  06 

Spent  at  Maidstone 00  04  00 

Spent  at  Cray  &  at  Mailing 00  06  00 

Paid   Go[odinan]   Gammon  for  gathering 

my  Quit-rents  6  yeers  at  Micli[rt«/ma«] 

last  1664 01  10  00 

More  for  seizing  2  Herriots,  M'  Riyers,  & 

M^  .Amhitrst 01  00  00 

Spent  at  Yokes    00  03  06 

Spent  at  London  in  4  dayes  00  18  06 

Paid  for  13  yards  of  stuffe  for  sute  &  coat 

atS'y'viird 01  19  00 

Paid  for  7  ya[rrf»]  of  Taby  at  7'  to  line  it  .  02  01  00 

Paid  to  Jo.Birch  hif<  week's  diet  00  05  00 

Paid  for  a  bo[oA-]cal[W]Tlie  Landlord's  Law  00  01  00 

Paid  for  a  pa[rr]  of  silk  stockings    00  14  00 

Paid  for  2  pa[iV*]  wh[«Ve]  gloves  &  Jessa- 

[tnine]  butter  00  04  00 

Spent  at  London  &  Fulham  00  05  06 

Spent  at  London 00  11  00 

Spent  at  Mailing  00  04  00 

Paid  y*  Sadler's  bill,  whereof  28'  was  a  new 

saddle  &  furniture 02  15  00 

Spent  at  Cray 00  01  06 

Thesiunis 33  12  02 


122 


BXPEN'8£-BOOK  OF  JAXE8    ]£A8TER,    BSQ^ 


1605. 

Jalj     I.     Oiren  «w«t  wltoi  I  hj  mt  S*  Jo.  PeStam's 


a  week 


01    09    00 1 


Aug. 


Sept 


12. 
13. 
19. 
22. 

5. 

7. 
10. 
3L 

9. 
13. 
1& 
16. 


29. 
Octob.  3. 

5. 
21. 
12. 
28. 


Not. 


Dec 


4. 
25. 
25. 

9. 
13. 

23. 

23. 


OiT«n  to  S^  Ham.  Miller'a  Keopcr 00  06  00 

Spent  when  I  went  to  J*  Wdk    00  06  00 

Paid  for  21  Hewths  01  01  00 

Spent  at  Yokes  in  3  weekea  00  14  06 

Spent  at  ilalling 00  04  00 

Spent  at  ^laiditooe 00  06  04 

Spent  at  Tokea    00  06  00 

Spent  at  Mailing  Aforapftrir]  of  |^«««.  00  09  OS 

Pkid  for  tuea  oat  of  Oo.  Ootding'a  nut...  01  03  04 

Oiren  to  M"  Halt's  Keeper 00  08  06 

Spent  at  Tokea   00  16  06 

Thaaaaia 07  17  04 

Spent  at  Cobham     00  06  00 

For  a  pab  of  wortted  stDckiiiga   00  06  00 

Sprat  at  Maidstone    00  04  00 

Paid  for  taxes  oat  of  Oo.  HooTe's  rent  ...  00  06  10 

Spent  at  MaDing  A  at  Yokes  '. 00  09  00 

GiTen  to  Xed  A  BettT  Manning  00  06  00 

Pkid  ior  Uxes  oat  of 'Oo.  Gardner's  rent  .  00  08  10 
Pla[»/)  Jo.  ftone  a  bu.  Walnnts  8*  6*  A 

qwBtl*    00  04  06 

Spent  at  Tnmmibj-  A  Bro.  Mannin^a 00  11  06 

Pud  for  2  pa[trt"  of  wait  Sbooes 00  09  00 

Spent  at  Crar  A  Yoke* 00  10  00 

Spent  at  Yokes,  Cnv,  A  Mailing 00  09  00 

Spent  at  Maidstone  when  I  laj  tli[erw]  1 

nigkt 00  14  06 

Giren  to  Tho.   Morse.    M'  Clementa,  A 

AnLserr. 00  05  00 

OiscntojePboreafMerworth    01  08  00 

«ia 06  06  02 


1.   Gifmftii 


I 


Tbe  vkile  warn  of  tint  reef's  espMi[aw]  is    70    01    06 


Bro.  FVsock'e  man  00  OS  00 

1  niLfM]  A  at  Maid- 

_...    00  14  00 

*tM<d  Kk>T«s 00  06  00 

00  06  06 

00  10 


1666. 
June  21. 

22. 

28. 
July    3. 


3. 
5. 
6. 
9. 

10. 
10. 

10. 
10. 
10. 


«. 

d. 

00 

00 

08 

00 

00 

06 

10 

00 

05 

02 

00 

00 

15 

00 

05 

00 

18 

06 

08 

00 

07 

06 

15 

00 

00 

00 

124        SXPBMSE-BOOK  OF   JAMES  MA8TEB,   ESQ., 

£ 

Given  to  my  Co.  Master  for  hie  advice    ...  01 

Paid  for  halQ/"]  pint  of  Bezoar  water 00 

Spent  at  London  4  nights 01 

Paid  for  a  pa[«>]  of  thinne  rideing  boots  & 

2  pa[«r«]  of  shooes 01 

Pa[»rf]   for    y"   Footboye'a    sute   besides 

makeing    01 

Given  to  my  Cousin  Master  for  his  Advice  01 

Forapa[«r]  of  bl.  silk  stockings 00 

Paid  M'  Terry  for  Bevor  hat 02 

Pa[»Vr]  for  pa[*r]  of  eolltmred]  silk  stock- 
ings, powder,  &  gloves    00 

Paid  for  a  Silver  Belt 02 

Paid  for    6  linnen    caps  and    a   pa[»r] 

slippers 00 

Pa[»a   for  Licence,  Bond,  &c 00 

Pa[»i^  for  a  wedding  Eing    01 

Fa  id]  M''  Bose  for  a  new  glasse  Coach  & 
2  Hamesse  to  it  &  other  things,  beB[trfe»] 

Curtaines 38    05    00 

10.     Given  to  M'  Manby  for  drawing  y*  writ- 
ings £5  and  £2  before,  in  all 07 

10.     Given  to  his  clerke 01 

12.  Given  to  M'    Westwood  20*    Clerke  & 

Sexton  01 

13.  Given  to  y«  Musick    00 

16.  Paid  for  2  ya[r<fe]   ^  ell  silver  lace  for 

sleeves  01 

17.  Given  to  S' Tho.  Riche's  man   00 

21.     Given  to  M' Fidge 00 

26.     Paid  M'  Stokes  for  trimming  for  my  wed- 
ding sute  04 

26.     Paid  to  him  more  for  gloves  to  give  away  .  12 

26.     Paid  M'  Hunlock  &  M"  Bird  flieyr  Bills 

for  trimmed  gloves  &  ot[^er]  gloves    ...  09 

26.    Pa[»rf]  for  a  pa[tV]  sizers  mend[fn5']  Belt 

&  a  new  Cravat  00 

26.     Pa[»i]  for  my  Lodging  &  a  pa[tr]  thred 

stockings 00 

26.    Given  to  y*    Servants  at  my   Fath[er] 

Salmons   02 

26.     Pa[»i]  for  y*  2  coachhorses'  meat  at  Lon- 
don 20  nights  sad.  horses  10  ni.  shooeing  03 

26.     Spent  when  I  lay  at  London  alm[o«#]  a 

month  02 

Aug.  14.     Paid  Richard  Bennet's  bill    01 

9.     Given  to  Sir  Roger  Twisden's  Keeper 00 

9.     Spent  at  Maidstone  &  to  y»  Fidlers 01 

17.    Spent  at  Tunbridge    00 


00 
10 

00 
00 

07 
10 

00 

00 

18 
10 
10 

06 

00 
00 

00 
09 

00 
00 

07 

00 

11 

06 

16 

00 

10 

00 

15 

00 

18 
08 
07 
07 
04 

00 
00 
00 
06 
00 

A.D.  1666. 


125 


1666. 

June    9.     Spent  at  Mailing,  Ac 

July  26.     Pa[»(i]  M'  Gifford  for  M'  Toller's  writings, 

&  his  Clerk  

August  11.     Pa[tW]  to  M' Toller    

29.     Spent  when  I  lay  at  London  3  nights 

29.     Given  to  y' servants  at  D' Salmon's    

29.     Pa[»rf]  for  Horsemeat  then    

31.     Spent  at  Mailing 

July  24.     Paid  M'  Lawrence  his  bill  for  makeing  my 

deaths  fro.  May  1664    

Sep.     9.     Given  to  y*  infected  parishes  in  Kent 

Octob.  6.     Pa[trf]  for  taxes  out  of  Go.  Honye's  rent . 
12.     Pa[id~\    for  taxes   out   of   Go.    Gardner's 

rent  

10.     Given   to   y"    Poore    of    London    at    y* 

Fast 

Sept.  17.     Given  to  Jo.  Downe   

Octob.  13.  Spent  at  Mailing  <fc  before    

Sept.  28.     Pa[jrf]  Will.  Loats'  bill  for  y«  coach  horses 
when  D^  Salmon  was  sick,  and  when  I 

lay  at  Fulham 

28.     Spent  at  Fulham  &  Cray  

Nov.  15.     Paid  for  y^  Life  of  Donna  Olimpia 

15.    Paid  for  a  bo.  ab.  y'  betraying  ot  Ostend  . 

15.     Paid  for  a  bo[oA;]  ab[ou^]  Shipmoney 

15.     Pa[«i]  for  abo[oA;]  a,[bout]  Witchcraft  ... 
17.     Pa[irf]  for  12  pa[c^«]  of  cards  3*,  apap[«r] 

booice    

19.     Pa[»rf]  for  2  ya.  ^  of  black  Cloath  [at]  23' 

21.  T&id    for  2  pa[j>«]  waxt  shooes 

22.  Pa  id    for  2  pa[t>«]  of  worsted  stockings 
22.     Pa[»rf]  for  a  pa[tr]  of  woollen  8tir[rop] 

hose  &  a  pa[j>]  socks 

22.  Pa[trf]  for  a  green  stone  Eing  8",  set  an- 
other 8'    

22.     Ya[id]  for  a  bl.  Belt  w*"  gold  buckells 

22.  Pa[ii]  for  a  Livery  Cloake  for  a  Coach- 
man   

22.     Pa[«V/]  for  Sute  &  Coat  for  Tho.  Smith   ... 

22.  Pa[tW]  for  a  frock  &  a  pa[»V3  Stockings  for 
him   

22.  Spent  at  London  in  11  da.  &  for  horsemeat 
3'  1' ;  whereof  rec[e»i-«i]  for  be[tn^]  of 
a  Jury  3'  

24.     F&[id]  for  3  ells  &  i  of  Holland,  2  pa[t>«] 

[of]  pil[/oio]  bea[r«] 

6.     Given  to  Goody  Bingham  5',  &  spent  3:3. 

6.     Paid  M'  Gregory  for  a  vioU 

*  Left  bbnk  in  original. 


£  I.  d. 

00  09  00 

00  12  06 

10  00  00 

00  13  06 

00  10  00 

* 

00  03  00 

29  00  00 

00  05  00 

00  15  00 

00  02  10 

02  00  00 

00  03  00 

00  07  06 


02  14  00 

00  15  06 

00  01  06 

00  01  00 

00  01  06 

00  01  00 

00  03  08 

02  17  06 
00  09  06 
00  12  00 

00  02  06 

00  16  00 

01  00  00 

04  10  00 

03  00  00 

00  05  06 


00  01  00 

00  17  06 

00  08  03 

14  00  00 


126        EXPENSE-BOOK   OF    JAMES   MASTER,    ESQ., 


1666. 

Nov. 


Dec. 


6. 

24. 
24. 
24. 
24. 

.3. 

4. 
4. 

10. 

24. 

10. 
24. 


15. 


15. 
15. 

18. 


Given  my    wife   to   buy   her  a  new   side 

saddle  and  furniture  05  00  00 

Given  to  my  wife  to  buy  her  a  wrought 

Bedd  10  IKJ  m 

Paj;i./]  for  a  case  of  knifes  12  00  10  00 

Pa[»</]  for  2  )iat8  for  eoacliman  &  footman  00  OH  00 

Pa[frf]  Kich.  Hennet's  bill 00  07  10 

Pa[tWl  for  2  na[i'r»]  ehooes,  &  mend,  others 

fory'footboy 00  05  06 

Spent  at  Mailing 00  03  06 

Pa[iW]  MM'arrv  upon  bill     11  15  00 

Pa[jrf]  M'  Parry  upon  Bond  50"  &  for  y* 

Interrest  of  it 58  05  00 

Pa[«rf]  Jo.  Dnwle  for  2  ya.  i  of  Cloath  for 

acoat    01  02  06 

Pa[i</J  for  taxes  out  of  Go[««f«ia«]  Geld- 
ing's rent 04  08  08 

Pa[ifi]  for  liiittons  &  silke  for  my  coat  ...  00  03  09 

Given  y'- Poore  of  Merworth 01  00  00 


The  sum  is. 


The  whole  sum  of  this  [year's]  expences  is* 


1666[-7]. 
Jan,     8. 
18. 


18. 
18. 

18. 
14. 
26. 
31. 
Feb.    13. 


Spent  and  given  away 

Pa[W]  M'  Turner's  bill  for  y'  charges  of  my 
triall  aglaingt]  S'  Hum.  Miller  for  Tithes 
in  y°  summer  AssiEea  1661  :  Judgment 
going  for  me,  be8[jW«]  Councell's  Fees 

Pa{r'(f]  to  him  more  Keeping  4  courts,  &c. 

Given  to  y*  servants  at  home,  Will,  Jane, 
Betty,  <fec 

Given  to  my  wife  to  Give  y°  Servants 

Spent  at  Mailing 

Spent  at  Mailing 

Spent  at  Yokes    

For  2  bl[nc*]  stonehorses,  6  yee[r«]  old 
this  Spring  

Pa[tf/]  for  1  pa[»V]  wo[«irt>i'«]  silk  stock- 
ings 11:6",  0  ptt[i>]  w[owion'«]  gloves 
11:6"   ._ 

Pa[irf]  for  2  pa[i>]  Jessamin  gloves    

Pa.[itf\  forEveting's  boo[A]  of  Publick  Im- 
ployment  

Pa[»rf]  M'  Terry  for  an  horse  for  my  wife 


01    08    00 


09  01  06 

02  05  00 

01  00  00 

01  00  00 

00  05  00 

00  04  00 

00  10  00 

36  00  00 


01  03  00 

00  OG  00 

00  01  04 

03  00  00 


•  Tho  mim  not  addotl  up.    Thw  Expense-book  is  oonlinued  till  Sept.  29, 
1670,  but  i«  not  once  udded  up  iftcr  this  time. 


A.D.  1666-7. 


127 


[1666-7.] 
Feb.  18. 

18. 

18. 

18. 

18. 
23. 

25. 
25. 

18. 

Sept.  28. 

28. 

28. 
2H. 
28. 

Dec. 

Feb.     5. 

16. 
March  22. 

19. 

16. 


£      ».      d. 

Pa[i<il  for  y"  change  of  £10  into  Gold   ...     01    (W     00 

Pa[i<f]  for  a  pa[i>J  of  Silver  Buckells  00     03     06 

Pa[i</]  for  3  horsea'  meat  ab[ou/]  a  fort- 
night      03     U5     00 

Spent  nt    London    when    I    Inv   tliere   18 

nightH   ." 03     11     00 

Given  to  y«  Servants  nt  D^  Salmon's  00     10     00 

Given  to  y'  Servants  at  Bro[Mer]  Mann- 
ing's      00    08    06 

Pa[irf]  for  3  pa[«>]  of  tanned  Gloves 00    05    00 

Spent  at  Mailing 00     03     06 

P»[i'rf]   for  a  paper  booke,  &  2  quier  of 

paper 00     02     00 

Given  to  my  wife  to  buy  her  a  Wrought 
Bed  [this  entry  it  made]  hefore 

Given  to  her  more  to  buy  her  a  side  saddle 
&  furniture  [already  entered]  before  ... 

Pa[i</]  for  a  Pillion  &  Cloalh,  &c 02     06     00 

PaN'^l  for  a  Safeguard  &  hood 01     OS     00 

Paf f(/]  to  her  for  her  Quarteridge  due  at 

Mieh.  nest   10     00     00 

Pft[j'rf]  to  her  for  her  Quarteridge  due  at 

ChriBtmas  :  66      10     00     00 

Pa[«rf]  to  wife  for  her  Quarteridge  due  at 
Lady  day  r  87 10    00     00 

Pa[i(iJ  to  her  more  in  part  of  her  Quarter- 
idge due  at  Mida.  :  67    05     00    00 

Spent  at  Mailing  &  Tunbridge  8eTe[ra/] 
times     01     10    00 

Given  to  Orolodman]  Dorman  for  cureing 

one  of  my  coach  horses 01     00     00 

Pa[irf]  Rob' Fairman  fory*  Pollraonv,  me, 
Amy  Wife  '. 05    02     00 


The  sum  in. 


March  26.  Spent  at  Stoekbprry  &  at  Bro.  Manning's .  OO  16  06 

07.  Ap.  6.  Given  to  Will.  Loat  00  Q  {tie) 

17.     Pa[ii]    Jo.    Birch    for   his    year's   vrages 

end[»W]  v' 15     05  00  00 

17.  Pa[ri]  his  bill 01  10  OO 

16.     Spent  at  Mailing  &  Maidstone 00  Of)  OO 

18.  Pa[»J]  for  2  Horse  Cloaths,  Pads,  &  Sus- 
cingles 01  01  00 

20.     Pa[»<^    Henry    Field's   hal[/]    yee[r'«] 

wages,  end ['t«^]  March  15  :  66 03  00  00 

1.     Pa[»JJ  for  taxes  out  of  Go[orffna7i]  Honye's 

rent 00  15  00 

1.    P^lid]  for  Uxea  out  of  Go.  Gardner's  rent  00  08  00 


128       EXPENSE-BOOK  OF  JAMES  HASTEB,   ESQ., 


1667. 
May 


1.    PafzW]  for  taxes  out  of  Go.  folding's  rent 

23.     Pafii]  M'  Howard  for  12  ya.  i  of  col[ourerf] 

farrenden  at  7' :  £4 :  07  :  06 :  8  ya.  of 

Taby  to  line  it  at  £2  :  05  :  06  :  ho(vffht] 

y*  laat  summer,  in  all 

23.    Pa[irf]  for  a  laeet  Cravat  13 :  06,  4  pa[tV« 

of']  socks  2",  in  all 

27.    Valid]  for  a  pa.  of  shooes  5*,  for  horsemeat 


June 


27. 

27. 

30. 

1. 
1. 

15. 

15. 


24. 
25. 

25. 

28. 

29. 
29. 
29. 
29. 

July    4. 

12. 

18. 

23. 
Aug.  19. 

19. 

20. 
21. 


15  da.  £2  :  10 :  00,  in  all 
Pa[»rf]  to  my  Wife  in  full  for  her  quar- 

teridge  due  at  Midsummer  next  

Given  to  her  when  she  went  into  Lin- 

eoln8h[tre]  

Pa[»<r]  to  Betty  Burton  for  her  yeer's  wages 

End[j««r]  on  July  10:67    

Spent  at  London  when  I  lay  ther  17  da[y«] 
Pa[irf]  for  two  yeers'  Chimnye  money,  lady 

day:  67    

Pa[trf]  for  Pane  9'  6^,  a  Copper  watering 

pot  2*  2*  y  8  po.*  

Pa[»rf]  for  a  saddle  cloath  3",  headstall  & 

reignes  2*  4''  &  sp[e«^]  at  severall  times 

15"  6*,  in  all    

The  sum  is 


£ 
04 

«. 
08 

d. 

04 

06 

13 

00 

00 

15 

06 

02 

15 

00 

05 

00 

00 

10 

00 

00 

04 
03 

00 
17 

00 
00 

04 

08 

00 

00 

01 

00 

10 

Given  away  at  B.  Walsingham's 00    06    00 

Pa[»rf]  for  a  Sword  w""  a  Silver  handle,  an 

old  one  and  ...  02 

Paftrf]  for  a  wast  Belt  01 

Pa  [id]  for  a  cloath  saddle,  stirrops  &  girts. 

Headstall,  Bitt,  &  reignes 01 

Pa[»rf]  for  a  new  Perriwigg 04 

Fa  id  for  a  pa.  of  Trouses    00 

Pa  id  for  a  gray  Hat  w""  silver  Lace 01 

Pa[tWj  for  Horsemeat  at  London  5  nights, 

&  spent  and  given  away  at  D'  Salmon's  01 

Given  away  at  E.  Manning's    00 

Spent  going  into  Lincolnshire 01 

Spent  at  Newark  20',  at  S'  Edw.  Cook's  20»  "1 

at  S'  Tho.  Grieslye's  12»,  at  Mansfield  20»  Vo4 

at  Scotter's  16* :  a  pa.  of  Boots  6" ;  in  all  J 
Pa[»(r]  for  a  pa[»V  of]  Stockings  for  my 

wife 00 

Given  away  when  I  lay  at  my  Brlother] 

Williamson's  01 

Pa[»rf]  for  Grotius  Annalls 00 


00 

00 

06 

00 

08 

00 

10 

00 

06 

06 

06 

00 

14 

00 

12 

06 

13 

06 

13    00 


05    00 

07    06 
05    06 


*  Sum  not  given. 


02 

06 

05 

00 

07 

06 

14 

00 

A.D.  1667.  129 

1687.  £      t.     d. 
Aug.  28.    Spent  comming  to  London  80*,  and  for 

halfe  yo  Stage  Coach  £3  :  12  :  06,  in  all .  05 

.24.    Given  to  M' mbB 00 

26.  Pa[«rf]  for  9  ells  of  Holland,  at  5«  6*  y«  eUe  02 

Two  ellB  more,  at  7»  v"  elle  00 

Pa[»i]  for  4  yards  of  Dammaske  tableing, 

at7«6'' 01     10    00 

Pa[*({]  for  4  peaces  of  Diaper  tableing  at 

24*  y"  peece,  8  ya.  in  a  peace,  24" 04    16    00 

Pa[»rfJ  for  6  ya.  of  Scotch  cloath  at  18*  y« 

ya 00 

Pa[t<r  for  5  ya.  of  Holland  at  5*  6*  y"  elle  01 
Pa[»<^  for  3  hoUand  at  2*  8*,  all  childbed 

linen 00 

27.  PaTid]  M' Pooles  booke 00 

27.  Pa[»(iJ  Bettye's  bill  12",  spent,  and  given 

28.  away  at  Father  Salmon's  24*,  in  all 01 

28.     Pa[»i]  for  a  pa[»>  of}  shooes,  &  a  pa[tV] 

of  shooes  &  galosh  [m^  00 

28.    Pa[»d]  for  a  peece  of  Dimmethy  20  yards    01 
28.    Q-iven  M'  Pembertoa  ab[ott<]  Trout's  busi- 

nease    00    10    00 

Sep.     9.    Q-iven  to  Jo.  Downe,  &  spent  at  Mail- 
ing, Ac 00    10    06 

11.     Pa[»i]  for  Taxes  out  of  Qloodman]  Honye's 

rent  00    15    00 

14.    Pa[t<^]  for  Taxes  out  of  Qloodman]  Gard- 
ner's rent    00    OS    00 


09 
07 

00 
06 

08 
01 

00 
00 

16 

00 

18 

00 

00 
00 

The  sum  is. 


Octob.4.    Given  away  at  Halland 01 

7.    Pa[»rf]  for  a  Sword,  &  belt  for  a  Trooper    00 

9.    Pa[trf]  for  halfe  bush .  of  Walnuts  00 

19  :  15.    Spent  9'  spfen^]  at  Cray  6«  6*,  at  Mailing  4'    00 
21.     Pa[irf]    Jet.   Hony    for   carrying  several 

things    00 

28.    Pa[»rfJ  Go.  Sanders  for  Tho.  Smith's  sute, 

&  coat  30*,  mending  other  things  18*  ...    01 

26.    Pa[»<ri  Bettye's  bill  for  thred,  Ac 00 

80.    Given  to  Eich.  Bennet 10 

Nov.    2.    Given  to  my  wife  for  her  quateridge  due 

at  Michaelmas  last 10    00    00 

11.  Pa[»«n  for  y«  Child's  Blankets  02 :  18 :  00,  a 
bla[ejfc]  hood  for  my  wife  7',  an  Indian 
Gowne02 :  01 :  00,  a  quilted  Basket  14«, 
Coats  for  a  Child,  1  :  13  :  00,  a  looking 
glass  7*  6*',  lineing  y*  Mantle  &  sleeves 

9",  in  all  08    04    06 

TOt.  XTIH.  K 


18 

00 

13 

06 

02 

06 

19 

06 

15 

00 

11 

06 

10 

10 

00 

00 

130       EXPENSE-BOOK   OF   JAMES    MASTEB,    ESQ., 

1667.  £      «.      d. 

Nov.  25.  Pa[wr)  for  a  Cradle  7»  Q^,  a  pa.  of  Bellowes 
5",  a  Lanthorne  IS*,  a  Chest  of  Drawers 
26',  aSkreene,  mat,  &  cord  9'.  in  all  ...     02    09    00 

25.    Pa[»W]  for  a  lace'tSute  of  Childbed  Linnen    03    04    00 
for  making  a  pl[oin]  Childbed  Sute 00    05    00 

25.  Fi.[i(i]  for  Piimphlete5',a bo[oA:]  ca\[led]  y" 
Buckler  of  State,  &  Justice,  2'  6'',  'a 
Blow  at  modem  Sadducisme  IS"",  a  Propo. 
for.&o.  10^ 00     09     10 

25.     Pa[»</]foraCatol[oyue]ofall  v«Barronet8    00    01     00 

25.     Pa[i:rf]  Bettye's  bills,  two " 02    05    00 

25.  Pa[irf]  for  0  ya.  of  black  Velvet  to  make  me 
a  Coat  25*  y«  va.  07  :  10  :  00,  5  ya.  of  bj. 
Taby  to  line  "it  at  7'  y"  ya.  1  :  15  :  00, 
3  ya.  -J  of  cloath  for  a  Vest  &  Breeches 
£03  :  10",  for  Trimming  to  it  03  :  08', 
in  all    16    03 

25.  Pft[i<r)  for  a  pa.  of  bl.  worsted  stockings 
7',  1  pa.  white  woollen  stir[rffp]  hose  & 
Hoeks  2'  C,  I  pa.  of  Co\[oured'\  Silke 
Stockings  12*  6"' 01     02 

25.     Pa[jrf]  for  18  pa[ir«]  of  Wh[i<«]  womens 

gloves    00    IS 

25.  Pa[((/]  for  an  ell  of  bl.  sarosnet  10*,  a  pa[ir] 
of  Holland  sleeves  9*,  a  po[«rKi]  of 
pouder  4",  Bezoar  Water  &c.  12'  C'',  Tho. 
Smith's  Nurse  10*,  a  pa.  of  shooes  &  golo- 
shoocB  9*,  Horsemeat  2  horses  03  19  00, 

inall 06     13    06 

Nov.  27.  Pa[i(f]  ye  Coachmaker's  bill  13',  &  spent 
fro[«i]  y:  28"'  of  Octob[er]  to  y»  28 
Nov[«nJer]&  given  away 04    05     06 

13.     Given  to  M'' Tibbs  &  his  man    00     10    00 

25.     Given  to  M' Gifford   00     10    00 

25.     Pa[iJ]  W.  Loats  Bill  when  I  went  into 

Lincolniihire     01     08     00 

Dec.  11.  Pa[iW]  for  one  quarter  part  of  an  Hoy 
ab[ou/]  55  Tunne  w'*"  all  now  Tack- 
ling      81     00    00 

11.  For  drawing  y*  writings  &  9p[«i<]  at  Chat- 
ham         0  {tie) 

7,  19,  23.     8p[«i<]  at  Mailing  7",  at  y«  Sessions 

6",  &at  Mail[fnyl  00     15     00 

23.     Given  to  y«  Poore  of  Merworth    01     02     00 

The  sum  is 

The  whole  sum  of  this  yeer's  expences  is 


L 


A.D.  1668.  131 

1667.  £     t.      d. 

Dec.  26.     Given  to  Go[(wfy]  Cooper  j'  Nurse  2'  6* 

30.        S'  Soger's  Keeper  6',  M"  Bagshaw  y« 

[1667-8.]        Midwife  £5,   given  to  y"  servants  M" 

Jan.     8.       Jane,   Will.,  fiich.,  Margaret,  &  Betty 

9.        20»,  spent  8'  3*,  at  Maidstone  4",  Capt. 

Dallison's  man  2"  G"*,  wet  Nurse's  wages 

&c.  3  weeks  13*,  Steven  Gardner  lor 

14.        makeing  y«  Child's  grave  Ac.  3*  6*,  M' 

Clement  for  breaking  ye  ground  in  y» 

18.        Chancell  Ac.  12'  6",  &  spent  at  Mailing 

3"6*,inaU  08    15    09 

81.    Pa[ti]  for   Taxes   out  of   G.   Golding's 

rent  04    08    04 

20.    Fa[»J]  to  the  dry  Nurse  1  mon.  &  given  to 

her  5',  in  all 01    15    00 

25.    Pa[Mn    for    Black  Bird  2',    splenf]    at 

Feb.  1 :  12.      Mailing  3»  6*,  given  to  M'  Parker  &  his 

man  12*,  3  Pfayes  &  other  Pamphlets 

12.        4»,  Gloves  &    ribbon  6'  6'',  sp.  9"  6* 

14.        Powder  &  Gloves  4',  2  Caps  &  6  pa[t>«] 

Socks    5*    B"",    Lodging    &    Horsemeat 

17.        14"  6*,  a  pa[ir]  of  Shooes  4'  6*.  &  spent 

13",  in  all 03     19    00 

20.    Pa[»rf]  Q[oodman]  Watts  y«  Wheeler  for 

4  Coach  Wheeles    02    10    00 

March  21.  PafteH  G.  Sanders  for  makein  2  pa[tV«] 

of  Drawers  00    02    04 

24.    Spent  Ac 00    06    06 

The  sum  is 


[1668.] 

March  27.  Spent  at  Maidstone,  A  Kingsdowne    00    12    00 

31.     V&lid]  for  Taxes  out  of  G.  Honye's  rent...     00    15    00 
3.    Pa[u/J  to  my  wife  for  her  quarteridge  due 
at  Christmas  last  £5  lO*,  more  2  Petti- 
coats £4  10* 10    00    00 

Jan.  15  :  67.     Pa[»<^]  Bob.  Eason's  bill  for  horsemeat 
at  London,  when  father  Salmon  came 

hitherAc 01    02    00 

Apr.  68 :  18.     Pa[trf]  for  25  ya[rrf«]  of  girt  webb  5' 4* 

25.        8p[en<]    Mailing    3",   Clerk's   wages  2' 

May    1.         8p[cn#]  Mailing  4"  6^,  sp[«if]  at  London 

7, 16.         14«,  Pamphlets  4",  Bp[ent]  10»,  sp[«t<]  15', 

giv[«t]  M'  Tibbs  5",  sp[e«*]  at  Fulham 

ACrayl9»6''  04    02    04 

Ap.    28.    Pa[»'rf]  for  taxes  out  of  G.  Gardner's  rent    00    03    00 

K  3 


132        EXPENSE-BOOK   OF  JAMES   MASTER,    ESQ., 


1668. 
May  80. 


June    8. 
8. 


10. 


6. 
19. 

19. 

19. 
24. 

23. 


17. 


July     4. 

6. 

9:11. 

14:   17. 

18:   25. 

Aug.     1. 

12:   15. 


Juno  16. 


July  9. 
Aug.  21. 
Sept.  1 : 5, 

23. 

28. 


Pa[»J]  for  10  j&[riU]  ^  of  Btuffe  for  a 
Bute  &  coat  2"  10^  ye  ya\rd]  £1  9',  5 
ya[r(/«]  Btript  Lutostring  25',  4  ya[r(&] 
i  of  stript  Taffata  22"  O"*,  silver  laco 
£2  0',  in  all 

Pn[«(/]  for  .■}  pa[ir*]  of  Holland  sleeves    .. 

Pa[/"</J  for  a  lace't  Cravat  1G»  6^,  gloves  & 
ribbone  9*,  a  pa[i>]  of  silke  stockinga 
14",  a  gray  Hat  16,  2  pa[i>]  of  Shooes 
10',  11  pa[i>]  of  pearlc  col.  silk  stirrop 
Ho96  10",  one  pa[/r]  silke  stockings 
13'  6'',  1  pa[/r]  worsted  5',  mend[(ny] 
Bword  3',  in  all    

Pa[tii]  for  v"  gr[ea/]  bo[oi]  of  Acts 
PaririV'OTfni]  9",  y«  State  of  Italy  12*, 
a  \it[tU]  holok]  by  J.  C.  12^,  in  all 

PaU'rf]  for  a  Perriwig 

Pa[i(/]  for  0  pa[i>«]  gloves  M"  Pack, 
2  pa[*>«]  Wife    

Pa[/</]  for  IS  ells  of  Gent.  Holland  for  5 
shirts  at  3' 2'' y"  elle 

Pa[^</]  for  6  ya.  of  Scotch  Cloath     

Pa[j(/]  for  Horsemeat  at  Lend  [on]  1 
mouth 

Paf  irf]  y''  Sadlera  bill  23*  &  spent  at  Lon- 
don at  severall  times  £4  18",  pa[jrf]  2 
bills  of  BettycH  30«  06'',  iu  all    

Pa[»W]  M'  Lawrence  y'=  Talour  his  bill  for 
makeing  my  Cloaths  from  November 
1666  to  November  1667.. 

Pa[i(/]  for  one  ycer's  Chimney  money 
ended  at  Lady  day  1668 


06    02    06 
01     02     00 


04     18    00 


00  11  00 

04  10  00 

00  17  06 

02  01  00 

00  09  00 

06  00  00 


07     11    06 

09     16    00 

02     04    00 


Spent  at  Maidstone  SO*,  Thred  2*  e*",  sp[ent 
at  Maidstone  at  y"  Assizes  15',  Bp[en( 
07*06'',  Bp[en(]  at  Rochester  2(r,  8\i[ent' 
at  Tunbridge  13*  06'',  Good.  Dormaii  for 
eureing  y"  Coach  lioree  15",  8p[pn/]  at 
Tunbridge  7', spfenO  11' Oy,  giv[c»]  my 

wife  7'  6'',  8^  Jo. 

8p[en/]  3',  in  all  .., 

Pa[«</]    M' 


Pelham's  keeper  6', 


Agar  for  y*  Charges  of  a 
Dedimus  when  I  tooke  y'  oath  of  a 
Justice  £3  19'  06"',  to  M'  Deeriug  when  I 

tooke  my  Oath  12*,  in  all  

Sp[<frt/]  at  Cray  &c.  6*,  at  Mailing  &c.  6*,  at 

Cocfcsheath  &  Malting  19',  in  all 

Spent  at  Lammaby  &c.  7' 

Pa[i(?]  to  my  Wife  for  her  quarteridge  due 
at  Lady  day  1668  £10,  for  her  qunrter- 


06     18    06 


04     11     06 

01     10    00 

00    07    00 


A.D.  1668.  133 

1668.  £     s.      d. 

idge  due  at  Midsummer  68  £10,  &  £5 
more  in  part  of  her  quarteridge  doe  at 
Mich.  68,  in  aU   25    00    00 


The  sum  is. 


Sept.  80.    Spent  at  Fulham  lO",    a  boo[A]  cal[7«rf] 

y'  Parable  of  y*  Pilerim  G*,  a  pa[»V]  of 

Octo.   2.        TrouzcB  8*  6*,  Bp[en<Jat  London&given 

away  19*,  at  y'  Sessions  at  Maidstone 

13',  inall 02    16    06 

5.    Pa[»<r)  for  Taxes  out  of  G.  Honye's  rent...     00    15    00 

17.  Spent  7',  more  at  London  5*,  a  velvet  Hat  & 
dying  a  Bevor  19*,  a  Hat  for  Tho.  Smith 

24.  5',  Horsemeat  &  standing  of  y*  Coach 
26*  6",  given  at  London  11"  6^  a  Sash 
6«  6^,  given  away  at  BTo[ther]  Wals- 

30.        ingham's  &  at  Uncle  Bourn's  17'  6*, 

inall     04.    18    00 

30.  For  Cradock's  Harmony,  in  money  8*  6^, 
and  Evelin's  Sylva  at  6'  6*;  a  boof*]  of 
my  L[<wrf]  Cookes  abLo»0  Coppy  Holds 
18'>,inall 00    05    00 

17.     PafirfJ  for  Taxes  out  of  Q.  Gardner's  rent    00    03    00 
Nov.     3.     Sp[cnf]  at  y*  Cock  17',  a  mourning  sword 

14.  14*,  gloves  2"  2^,  pi  [om]  Cravats  6*  6«, 
8p[en/]  8«  G-i,  sp[en<]  at  Mailing  8'  6*, 

20.        giv.  awaj  at  Bro.  Manning's  12*  06*,  a 

24.  pa[»V]  of  shooes  4*,  given  M'  Parker  &  his 
man  6",  a  paftV]  of  black  stockings  6', 
a  pa[«V]  woollen  drawers  4*  6*,  White 
gloves  to  give  away  84',  a  pa[»V]  of 
shooes  &  Goloshooes  9",  a  pa[»V]  Wool- 
Dec.    8.        len  Stir[r()p]  hose  2*,  spent  &  given  away 

at  London  in  a  fortnight  50«,  m  all 08    14    06 

3.  For  a  boo[A;]  cailled]  j'  State  of  England 
2'  6*,  A  Conference  het[toeen}  A  Confor- 
mist &  non  Con  [/or»iw«]  18^    00    04    00 

29.     Given    to    M'  Ainger   (Minister,    Little 

Feckham) 01    00    00 

24.     Given  to  y«  Poore  of  Merworth    01    00    00 

24.    Spent    00    09    00 

The  sum  is..  

The  whole  sum  of  this  ye.  expe.  is 


134        EXPENSK-BOOK  OF  JAMES   MA8TEB,   ESQ., 

[1668-9.]  £     s.      d. 

Jan.  6.  G-iren  to  S'  Boger  Twisden's  Keeper  6* 
to  y*  servants  at  home  26*  6*,  8p[«ii^]  at 

22.  Mailing  5'  6^  spent  10«,  sp[«»<]  at  Maid- 
■Peb.  2 :  6.       ston  6"  6*,  for  4  pa[trf]  gloves  6'  S*. 

12.        8p[e»*]  at  Mall[»«yJ  ^,  A  French  Rela- 
tion 12*,  Bp[«»<]  at  London  5',  in  all  ...     03    11    00 
3.    PaW]  for  taies  out  of  Go.  Golding's  rent    04    08    04 

18.  Pa[»i]  to  M'  Tibbs  fiftye  pounds  formerly 

borrowed  of  him,  &  for  y*  Interrest  of  it 
21*  8*,  given  to  him  then  5",  2  lawbookes 

16.  2*,  Given  to  M'  Gifford  20*,  to  Co[tt«»] 

17.  Master  20",  to  Doctor  Willis  20",  to  his 
Apothecary  for  Phisick  19',  to  M'  Phillips 

18 :  19.  for  water  and  for  a  Baser  9*  S*,  pa[»>] 
of  gloves  7',  sp[e»^]  at  London  &  given 
away  when  I  lay  there  one  weeke  36',  in 

all 07    19    08 

Peb.  20 :  68.     Given  to  M"  Waker  y«  Midwife  stay- 
20.        ing  6  weeks  w""  my  Wife  £6,  sp[«n^]  at 

23.  Mailing  9*,  to  Goodman  Mills  for  a  black 
stone  saddle  Nagg  come  5  jye.  old  next 

23.  grasse  £12,  to  Good  [man]  Bishop  for  a 
black  stone  Colt  come  3  yee.  old  next 

Mar.  5 :  68.    Mich.  £1 1,  to  M'  Clement  when  my  Wife 

11.        was    churched    5*,    for    15     Chiineys 

£16  06*  06*,  to  y«  Drye  Nurse  £01 15', 

19.  8p[en^]  at  Mailing  &c.  9',  sp[e»^]  at 
Maidstone  21',  2  pa[»V]  of  gloves  3'  6*, 

in  all («c)    49    00    00 

The  sum  is 

[1669.]  

March  25 :  27.    Given  Nurse  Pack  5',  a  pa[»V]  of 

Ap.  2  :  12.      Spatter  lashes  2'  6'',  spent  3»,  sp[««<]  at 
17 :  21.     Tunbridge  5',  8p[«Ht<]  at  Cray  5',  Clerks 

May  1.  wages  2',  Bp[en<J  at  Mailing  4'  6*,  spfen^] 
at  y«  sessions  &c.  8',  8p[«i<]  at  Maid- 
stone Faire  «fcc.  6«  8* 02    02    02 

July  20 :  68.    Pa[trf]  for  Taxes  out  of  G.  Golding's 

rent  04    08    04 

Ap.  1 :  69.    Pa[trf]  for  Taxes  out  of  G.  Honye's  rent    00    07    06 
15.    Pa[»rf]  for  Taxes  out  of  Ot[podma»\  Gard- 
ner's rent 00    01    06 

May  17.  Spent  5',  8p[en<]  5',  a  bo[o*]  call,  a  Guide 
to  Constables  18*,  spent  at  London  8'  6*, 
inall 01    00    00 

24.  PaTui]  M'  Howard  for  11  yards  of  black 

Farrenden  for  Vest  A  Tunick  6'  6*  y« 
ya[ri]  £3  11',  5  ells  of  bl.  sarsnet  at  8*  6'' 


^^B          A.D.  1669. 

1 

136           1 

H        1669. 

y«  elle  £2  2'  6^,  2  ya.  i  of  bl.  serge  for 
breeches  10",  in  all  £5  19'  ob.  y=  rest  1 
ell  more  of  bl.  Taffaty  for  other  things 

£ 

*. 

H 

^^^^^^^^ 

9'.  in  all    

06 

OS 

00      ^m 

V      May  24. 

Pft[»(/]  to  my  Wife  in  full  of  her  quarter- 
idge  due  at  Mich.  68  £5  &  more  to  her 
in  full  of  her  quarteridge  due  at  Christ- 

1 

mas  68  tenn  poundi*,  in  all     

15 

oo 

00               ■ 

^^H 

PaTtrfl  for  a  Corall  &  Corall  Necklace 

Pa[t(/J  for  a  pa[ir]  of  SLooea  5',  for  make- 

01 

07 

00               ■ 

^^H 

^m 

ing  my  bl.  fringed  Belt  up  12',  a  bo[oi] 
call.  Justice  restored    12\  a   pa[«r]  of 

■ 

^1 

thred  Stirrop  Hose  3»,  a  bl.  sash  &  rib- 

^M 

bon  6-   e-",    a  Perrinrig    £7   10»,   a  bl. 

^M 

Beavor  £2  2*  G"*,  Coats  &  other  things 

^M 

for  my  Boy  25',  2  pa[tV«]  gloves  3"  6^, 

■ 

^M      Jane  11. 

Uorsemeat  for  my  two  Coach  horses  14 
nights  40*  6*,   &  ap^ent]  at  London  & 

n 

Pulham  30*,  in  all    

15 

19 

00              ■ 

^H       June  11. 

Pa[irf]  one  yeere  Chimnye  money  ended 
at  Lady  day  1669  22  Chimuyes    

1 

^B 

02 

04 

00            1 

■       May  21. 

Pa[j(r]  to  my  Wife  in  fall  of  her  quarter- 
idge before  due  at  Mich,  last  £5  &  more 
in  full  of  her  quarteridge  due  at  Christ- 

J 

mas  last  £10    .  

before  (tiei           ^^H 

^^B 

Pa[/(/]  for  a  plaine  Chilbed  sute  23',  a  silver 

__     ^^_ 

^^^^H 

cup  5*,  Coachhire  last  summer  20*  &c.... 

03 

03 

00        ^^ 

^^r 

Pa[iW]  for  Cordial]  water  y°  last  yeere  Ac. 

00 

06 

06              ■ 

^K       June  15. 

Spent  at  y'  Cock  £1  14"  Oe*.  spent  12', 

1 

^^v 

in  all 

The  sum  is 

02 

06 

06              ■ 

1 

Pa[«]  for  a  pft[ir]  of  gloves  2;  spent  30*, 

^J 

H 

mend  niy  coach  15',  Bettye's  bill  8',  spent 

^^H 

■       July    3. 

27',    Lo[r(/]    Carlisle's   Embassie  4^,  6 
pa[ir]  socks  &  2  bandkercheifes  6*  6",  1 
pa  iVj    of   bl.    worsted    stockings   6",   a 

^1 

^^H 

^■^ 

pa[»>]  shooes  5*,  hor»em[en(],  spent  & 

■ 

given  away  29'  6"*,  in  all .. 

Oti 

13 

00            ■ 

^^B 

Pa.  for  Ta.xes  out  of  Gooilm.  Goldiug's  rent 

02 

04 

02              M 

^^m 

Spent  at  y«  Wells  &  given  away  22'  G\  at 
y«  Assizes  at    Eochester  &  Sheernesse 

M 

^^Aug.  7  :  ] 

LO.    22",     at   Mailing   &c.    W,     things    for 

^^H 

■ 

Co[i«in]  Betty  Manning  6'  6"*,  S'  Roger's 
Keeper  6',   G.   Sanders   for  make[»n^] 

^1 

Tho.  Smith's  Cloaths  5',  in  all 

03 

02 

00      ^M 

^^B 

Pa[»J]  for  3  ells  ^  of  Holland  for  6  hand- 
kerchiefs &  2  pa[i>*]  eleeves  21',  8  ells  i 

i 

i 

1 

m 

12    06 


136        EXPENSE-BOOK  OF   JAMES   MASTER,    ESQ., 

1669.  £      «.      d. 

Aug.  26.  of  Holland  at  3'  S-"  y'  ell  for  3  nhirtii 
32',  8  ya.  of  Scotch  Cloath  16',  4  vb.  1 
Scotch  Cloath  7',   Kivfert]  to  ray  Hop- 

Sep.  14.         pickers  o",  a   pa[(rj  snooes  4",  Bp[pn/] 

at  Mailing  Ac.  7' 6''.  in  all  04 

11.     Sp[«if]  3'  6^,  to  a  Ministers  Widdow  6', 

25 :  Oct.  2.     Bp[ent]  at  Cray  5',  8p[«i<]  3',  Bp[efi^]  at 

7.         Mailing  4"  6^  at  y   Seamons   15',  for 

19.        gloves  &  Biaket  when  Little  Salmon  waa 

buried  26'  6"*,  M'  Clement  for  breakeing 

J*  Ground  in  y«  Chancell  10',  G.  Covell 

21.        y"  Clerk   for   makeing  &  pave[t»iyl  y" 

Grave  5',  8p[en<]  3'  6*.  for  a  Saddle  & 

28.        aU   things   to  it  35",  G.   Foster  for  8 

ounces  of  haire  50',  in  all  08    05    00 

Oct.  30.  Spent  4»,  mend[»iy]  y"  Pistolls  &c.  3'  6", 
8n[«i<]  at  Mailing  Ac.  10*,  Nurse  Pack's 

Nov.  20.  Wages  for  nursing  little  Salmon  Master 
at  3*  6''  y'  week  £6,  spent  7',  ribbon  & 
gloves  14"  6*,  a  riding  cloak  35',  2  cravats 
&  2  caps  H'  «•',  a  black  cloath  Belt  11', 
spent  ICr  06"',  Cous[in]  Ma8ter['*]  Fee 
10*,  2  pa[tr]  of  shooes  14',  a  boo[/t]  cal. 
An  humble  Apology  IS"*,  Evelin's  boo[*] 
cal.  Silva  lO*,  Ricaut  of  Turkye  lO",  11 
Cardinalisino  8',  y*  Stat*  of  y"  United 
Provinces  2*,  sjjeut  10',  a  po[Bftrf]  linnen 
powder  4«,  gp[cn/]  21'  OG'',  to  M'  Charl- 
ton for  2  ya,  ^  bl.  Cloath  for  a  coat  45', 
2  caps  &  a  comb  3*,  stockings  &  socks 
3',  gloves  &  ribbon  29',  »et[^iina]  up  a 
pa[iV]  Boots  7*  6^,  new  setting  my 
Diamond  Riug  20*,  8p[cfli]  and  given 
away  15",  sp[«i<]  at  Mailing  &c.  7', 
Bp[i?n^]  at  Sennock,  Dartford,  Cray,  & 
Mailing  20",  mending  my  Wivc's  Watch 
12' 6^  8p[eB*]  &  given  awav  at  Fulham  & 

Cray  21',  Bp[ert/]  2' GJ,  in  all 25     00    06 

Given  to  y'  Poore  of  Merworth  20",  ehang 
ing  y' Clock  BeO  4*,  spent  8'  6*,  in  all.., 

The  sum  is 


01     12    06 


The  whole  sum  of  this  yee.  expo,  is 


1669[-70]. 
Doc.  30. 
Jan      3. 
6. 


Given  to  S'  Hoger's  keeper,  7*  6^,  giv. 
Mother's  servants  10*,  giv.  Bw[fly]  at  S' 
Vere  Vane's  14',  given  to  M"  Waker  y 


A.D.  1670. 


137 


1669[-70].  £      «.      d. 

Jan.  11 :  16.    Midwife  £5,  spent  7"  G"",  blnck  ribbon  & 

22  :  27.     spent  5',  mend,  y'  Conch  Harnessc  10*, 

28  :  29.     spent  2",  Dry  Nurse's  wages  30*,  spent  at 

PTeb.    5.  Lon[</on]  8",  giv.  M'  Ttbbe  &  man  6«,  a 

book  cal.  Systema  Agricultura  0',   De- 

7.         Bcription  Candia  1*,   spent  5*,   a  pa[»>] 

sbooes  5",  spent  8',  M'  Skinner  y'  Apo- 

11  :  16.     thecarye's   bill   23',   a  pa[tr]  of  gloves 

17.  2"  G"",  Friendly  Advice  4'"  part  IS"*,  spent 
2'6-',inall 12     14,    06 

18,  Pa[irf]  y  Apothecarye's  Bill  13'  6*,   ^v. 
19  :  28.        awaQy]  at  London  10*,  car.  S'  Kog.  bm- 

ber  2',  8p[en<]  at  Mailing  4',  sp[en<]  at 

Maidstone  at  y«  Assizes  23«,  in  all    03     01     06 

Pa[i(/]  for  Lace  for  Little  James 00    09    00 

The  sum  is 


Mar. 


2. 
10: 


11. 


12. 
14. 

19. 

20:26. 

28. 

30. 


Spent  4',  sp[«i^]  at  Mailing  &c.  8*  6<', 
Clerk's  wages  2»,  spent  7*  4'',  8p[«n<]  at 
Sessions  7*  6'',  at  Mailing  4* 01     13     04 

Pa[j"<f]  G.  Wats  for  a  pa[ir]  of  fore 
Coach  Wheeles    01    02    CO 

More  G.  Stone  for  y*  Tire,  82  ])o[unds]  at 
3^'' y*- po  [««(/] 01     04     00 

Pa[»rf]  for  1 8  ells  of  Holland,  for  6  shirts, 
3' ed  y"  elle 03     03    00 

Pa[Mi]  Go.  Dorman  for  cureing  my  Horses    00     10    00 

Pa[irf]  G.  Foster  for  more  hairo  for  a 
Perriwig  03    02    06 

Pa[iV/]  for  raakeing  of  it  01     06    00 

Spent  at  Maidstone  5',  3a.  Dunmolc  bill 
for  troopeing  8"  6'',  given  Nurse  Hutchina 
2*  6'',  giv.  away  at  Bro.  "Walsinghara's 
Child's  Christning  27'  6'',  giv.  away  at 
Bro.  Manning's  4',  giv.  M'  Clarke  6'  6^, 
a  voyage  to  Guinnee  ISi",  spent  at  Shad- 
well  3*,  Lobsters  Ac.  l.")*  G"*,  a  pair  shooes 
5',  2  pa[(r»]  wh .  gloves  3'  4'',  spent  4^  S"* 
spent  at  Hampton  Court  &  for  Oats  21", 
Horsemeat  9  daies  29'  6*,  Acts  of  Parlia- 
ment 4*,  given  away  &  spent  at  Fulham 
10",  mend.  Pistolls  4",  spent  at'  Mailing 
4*,  at  London  4'  G"",  sp[enf]  more  at 
Lond[on]  9',  Thomdike's  booke  2«  6*, 
whordomes  of  Bome  IS'',  Baiter's  Cure 
Ch.  Divisions  3",  »p[ent}  5*  6^,  gloves  2*, 
mend,  watch  3*,  8p[pn/j  9»  G"*,  two  coats 


^H^           138       J 

EXPENSE-BOOK   OF  JAMES   MA8TEE,   ESQ., 

1 

1 

^^H 

£ 

«. 

, 

^^^1               June  22. 

A  caps  for   little  James  48',   Worsted 

^^^^_ 

for  V'  Bed  31',  2  pa[jr#]  Drawers  7»  6"», 

^^^^^^^fc 

in  all     

14 

03 

0 

^^^^^V        June 

Pa[iJ]  for  thred  &  Pins  8'  4*,  36  ya.  black 
ribbon   12*  6'*,  a  Bearer  &    Band  42' 

^^^^^               28  :  29.     apfffn/]  at  London  IL*  6^,  spfenO  more 

_ 

^^^^^^P 

2'  G^,  Betty  Burton'^  bill  9"  6",  2  pa[tr«] 
gloTcs  6",  8p[en/]  2"  6'',  a  pa[»V]  of  Boots 

■ 

^^^^"^         July 

1 

■ 

^^H^ 

18",  a  pa[t>]  shooes  6*  6'*,  a  paftr]  bl. 
silke  stockings  14«,  a  pa[t>]  thred  hose  3", 

^^^^^^^ 

1 

^^^^K 

2  pa[»>*]  canvas  hose  5",  horsomeat  10 
da.  30*,  given  away  at  Loudon  &  Cray  16*, 

I 

^^^^V 

Bettye's  bill  6",  lace  &  other  things  for 

■ 

^ 

little  Jame8  23',  gloves  for  Wife  &  ser- 

^^^^_       July 

vants  18",  saddle  cloath  &  horaemeat  7'  2^, 

1 

^^^^B 

sp[«i<]  at  Maid.stone  Assizes  16",  spent 

3",  Bp[e«i]  at  S'  Jo.  Pelham's  16',  6p[enf] 

i.     at  Mailing  3'  6",  giv.  S"-  Hog.  Twisden's 

1 

^^^f              Aug.  2    1 

^^^H 

keeper  7'  6^  S'  Hum.  Miller's  keeper  5*, 
in  all 

Tl 

B 

^^^^H 

14 

12 

Qi 

^^^B 

Pa[t</]   to  my   Wife  for  her  quarteridge 

^^^^K 

ended  at  Lady  day  1G69    

12 

10 

0( 

^^H              July 

Ptt[/</]  to  S'  Vere  Fane  for  y'  purchase  of 
of  my  Broome  Field.  Amy  Wood,  Eob. 
Fairman's  feiid,  &  G[ooJmait]  Comfort's 

^^^^^^H 

House  £10  6  8''  ]>.  aim 

20O 

00 

DC 

^^^^B 

Given  to  my  Cosiii  Master  for  his  paines 

^^^^^^H 

in  dniwiug  y"^  Writeiogs 

02 

00 

0( 

^^^^1 

Given  to  his  Clerke  for  lugrossiiig  them... 

01 

00 

0( 

^^^^V 

Pa[i(i]  M''  Lawrence  y'  Talour  for  makeing 

^^^^r 

my  eloatha  fro.  Novemb.  67  till  now 

16 

10 

00 

^^H              Aug. 

Pafifi]  for  mending  y*^  old  Coach  last  yeere 
Pa[i<r|  for  mending  Tho.  Smith's  Cloaths 

oo 

10 

OOj 

^^M 

1 

^^^H 

4*  6"",  spent  2"  6"*,  more  for  a  pa[i>]  of 

1 

^^^^1 

drawers  for  him  3*  6'',  «p[en<]  at  Mai  iug 

J 

^^H              8cp. 

e'C-J,  Child's  caps  &  stockings  4"  2'',  Lace 
for  y"  Child  19',  mend,  saddle  Ac.  9*  4'', 

J 

J 

^^^H 

1 

■ 

^^H 

James's  chain?  4',  8p[<7j<J  at  Mailing  6", 

^^^H 

mend.  Coach  hames  4*  

03 

03 

Oi 

^^H              Sep.   28. 

Pa[ii/J  Georgu  Baker  three  yeers'  wages 
fro.  June  10  :  67  till  June  10  :  70  at  £5 

^^^^^^^^B 

per  ann 

15 

00 

Oi 

^^^^^P 

More  to  him  for  his  bill  for  things  laid  out 

^^H^        Octo. 

for  me  till  now    

06 

03 

Oi 

Given    away   at    S'  Tho.   Twisden's   10*, 

^^^^h 

2  pa[i>«]  bIio(h>b  9*,  Honsenicnt  &  spent 
at  London  in  two  du.  19',  a.  pa[»rj  of 

^^^^^^F 

^ 

stockings  5',  spent  &  given  away  at  Bro. 

■ 

^^^^^^^B 

Walsiuglium's  17',  8p[e«;]  at  Mailing  4*, 

^^^E              1670. 

1 

139         ^1 

■   1670. 

£ 

«. 

^H 

■   Octo.   9. 

BuryinR  Tlio.  Smith  8',  Betty  Burton's 

^^H 

■    Nur. 

bill   11'  K'',  G.  Dormer  y"=   Farrier  for 
curt'iiiR  uiy  Horeeg  25',  8j)[en/]  &giv[e»] 
away  5',  Clark's  Spanish  luvasion  12'', 

H 

H  Not.  24. 

^^H 

■ 

B{)[e7(/]  ttt  Lond.  9",  sp.  at  Loudon  3", 
Curtis  &  ribbons  4",  a  Coat  for  nie  30*, 
3  Frticks  for  lit[//c]  James  9*6'',  Changing 

■ 

^V         26  :  2H 

hid  Corall  5'  ii",   mend.  3  wat^ches   6*, 

^^^M 

8p[c»i]  at  Lond[c<n]  ll*.  in  all 

PafiW]   for  one  year  and   halfe  Chimnye 

09 

11 

^H 

H   Not.  14. 

^^H 

mouye    ended    at    Michaelmas    70,  22 

^^H 

Chjiunyos 

03 

06 

^H 

H  Not.  24. 

Pa[tW]  M'  Bridges  for  2  ya.  of  Cambrick  for 
2  Cravats  6',  1  peece  of  ordinary  Cam- 
brick  for     Handkerchiefs        ,  18  yards 

^1 

^^^^L 

^^H 

of  white  Callicoe  at  16''  y'  va.  for  window 

^^H 

Curtaines24",0yard8of'whiteDinimothv 

^^H 

at  14'' 7«    («»c) 

^^H 

H  80  Doc.  3. 

Spent  4*6'',  at  Mailing  5' 6'*,  Child's  Stock- 

^^H 

■             21 : 26 

.     iugs  18'',  Dunmole  for  shooes  &c.  6",  to  y* 

^^H 

^    [1670-1.] 

Poorc  of  Merworth  20",  mend.  Jack  & 

^^H 

Jan.     2. 

keys  2*  6'',  to  M'  Vandelure  5',  8p[«i<]  3«, 

^^H 

in  all 

02 

08 

^H 

H    Jan.     4. 

(liven  tti  }A."  Wakery"=  Midwife  

05 

00 

^H 

H 

Given  to  Will.  Loat  &  M"  Jane  5',  to  Betty 
Burton  &  Margret  10»,  4  Waatcoats  for 

H 

V 

Little  James  8',  spent  18'',  in  all  

01 

04 

^H 

■  Feb.     7. 

Va[id]  for  9  ya.  i  of  Scotch  Cloath  at  16* 

^^H 

y-"  yard 

00 

12 

06           ^H 

^^L~^ 

More  for  8  ya.  i  of  Scotch  Cloath  at  2'  y« 

^^H 

yard  

00 

17 

^H 

More  for  2  yards  of*            for  Cravats  for 

^^H 

V*  Footboy   

00 

05 

^H 

H   Feb.     2. 

Lo"st  at  Cards  19*,  ap[ent'\  Mailing  &c.  6', 
given  away  at  MT  Lone's  3",  2  pa[iV»] 

^^H 

^^H 

shoocH  &  mend.  ano.  pa[»r]  10*  6'',  given  to 

^^H 

H         11 

I.     my  Br.  Manning's  2  sonns  5',  at  my  Br. 

^^H 

^B 

Walsingham's  4*,  8p[ffn(]   at   Lond[o«] 
10",  8\}[ent]  at  London  6*  G^,  Intcrrest 

^1 

H 

at  M'  Tibbes's  for  W.  Loafs  money  16', 

^^H 

^■^      22. 

8p[e/i<]    3*,    a   pa[«r]    of    stockings   5', 
2  pa[«r«]  white  gloves  3',  sp[«i/]  7»  O-", 
a  pa[i>]  of  Trouges  4*  6*,  si  ver  buckclls 
for  shooes  5",  a  wast  belt  1 1"  06'*,  Laced 
Cravat  and  Cuffs  23»  6'',  a  silver  sword 

1 

^^^     23. 

21'  and  my  old  one,  spent  &  given  away 

^^H 

at  London  14*  6''     

08 

18 

^H 

*  Blank  in  oritniiil. 

^^H              140        EXFENSE-BOOK   OF  JAHES  MASTER,   ESQ., 

' 

^^H 

£ 

t.      i 

^^B              Feb.  28. 

Pa[fW]  for  a  boFoi:]  call[«'<f]  v'  DeHcription 
of  y«  World  2',   Justice   reyived    18*, 

^^^^b 

Immortality  of  y'  Soule  2',  in  all 

00 

05     0( 

^^^^^ 

Pa[iW]  for  CofttB  &o.  for  y'  Children  £2  7*  6" 

02 

07    06 

^^m 

Giren  to  M'  Cage,  when  M'  Neale  paid  me 

y'  £100  upo[n]  Winterbome's  Morgage 

Given  y'  Clerke  for  makeing  ye  Writings  . 

01 

00    OO 

^^H 

00 

15    0( 

^^^H             March 

Spent  at  Mailing  Ac.  5',  Lace   for   little 
James  4',  mure  for  him  9«  6^,  spent  H*, 

^^B 

given  to  redeem  olaves  in  Turkey  15',  Jo. 
Varaam  mend,  ray  Cloaths  9;  8p[«if]  at 

^m 

^^m 

^^H 

^^m 

Mailing   5',    mend.    Coach  harneB80  6", 

^^H 

^^^L            31  Ap. 

a^[rnt]  at  y*  ARsizes  .'>•.  sp.  more  at  y* 
ABsizes  !)'  6^,  to  Nurse  Hutchinc   for 

^^H 

^^H 

^^^^1          8 

nursing  lit,  Jamee  one  yeare  and  quarter 

^^H 

^^^^B 

at  £7  p.  nnn.  &  a  Crown  over  £9,  spent 
9',  4  va.  1  of  Cambrick  at  4"  6*  y"  ya. 

■ 

^^^^^                1    4 

21"  S""",  3  ya.  of  Callicoe  6*,  A  8  yn.  Scotch 

Cloath  for  Janiee  12',  Bpent  at  Mailing 
5"  U*',  Bp[ifn<]  at  y*  Sessions  6',  8i)[(?«<] 

^^H 

^^^^ft 

^^H 

at  Tunbridge  6',  G.  Dorman  y'=  Farrier 

^^™ 

^^^^P 

5',  Clerk'H  wages  2",  sp[enf]  at  Lond<in 
4"  6'',  Letting  me  blood  5',  in  all  

IG 

09    03 

^^■^       May 

Pa[»rf]    M^   Ailolplmti    for    drawing    my 
Picture  A  my    Wives  in  large  £G  &  my 

Picture  in  little  £2  10",  2  Framos  26',  in 

all 

09 

16    0<] 

More  for  a  Picture  Case  for  y"  lit.  Picture 
Pa[i'rf]  M'  Bird  y"  Attorn.ve's  bill  of  Charges 

01 

05     00 

^^^H 

about  Winterbome  Morgage  at  Shadwcll 

10 

00    00 

^^^H 

Pa[jrf]  for  black  ribbon  for  my  Wife  3'  y" 

do7,eu 

00 

15    0( 

More  for  a  Benvor  Hat  myselfe  47',  an  Hat 

for  my  Footboy  6',  a  Sute  for  him  HO',  a. 

^^B 

coat   for   Kob'   Ea.ion  40",  a    Perriwig 

^^H 

£5  07*  06'i,    a  ante  A  coat  for  my  selfe 

^^H 

£4  10",  a  lacet  Cravat  25*  a  plain  one  .5', 

^^H 

^^^^1             June 

apffitf]  at  London  8',  Paper  A  Peuns 

^^1 

^^^H             Juno 

2'(>'',  in  all    

18 

00  ocn 

Pa[iW]   for  ribbon  A  gloves  4*  6'',  thred, 

^^H^ 

needles  A  Pins  20",  Lace  for  James  12'  S*. 
»[i[e7it]  3'  3*,  pa[j';-l  Roman  gloves  12", 
Essence  G",  1  pa[i>J  of  silke  Htockinges 

1 

M 

^^^^B 

13*,   haire  powder  Ac.    2',   spent  4',  1 
pa[i>]   gloves  2',  white  hood  for  little 
James    3*  G*,    Horsemeat    at    London 

^^fl 

^^H 

^^^^H 

^^H 

£3  14",  Coata  A  Frocks  for  y'  Children 

^^H 

26'.  given  awny  at  London  10",  at  Fulham 

^^H 

^^^^B 

8',  mending  y«  Coach  4'  G'>,  12  knives 

J 

A.D.  1671.  141 

1671.  £      t.     d. 
June  17.         9'  C,  given  away  at  Bro.  Manning's  3', 
23.        Hp[«i^]  at  Mailing  6',  to  two  Nephew- 
Manning's  5",  in  all    11     02     11 

Pa  [/■</]  for  y"  present  State  of  England  2"  6", 
of  France  2',  of  y"  Low  Countryes  2',  of 
Venice  12'',  Baxter  of  y«  Sabbath  18^ 
State  of  Russia  IC,  Poeticall  Historyes 
3'  4'',  Baxter's  principles  of  Love  2',  Ox- 
ford Jests  12'',  pa.  for  tirst  &  second 
part  of  v""  Contt'tnpt  of  y'  Clergy  2', 
Baiter  of  God's  goodncsse  6'',  Machlin's 

Life  GJ,  Acts  of  Parliament  5»  6''  01    05    02 

26.     Pft[»rf]  y"  first  3  months  of  y'^  12  months 
of  y"  Royal!  Subsidy  at  S*'  p[er]  po[M«J] 

for  mv  land  in  Mor worth  £63  p.   ann. 

15'  9'f  Peckham  at  £35  p.  ann.  8»  9'', 
meadow  at  Hadlow  £-1  p.  ann.,  in  all  ...  01  05  00 
May  9.  Pa[jrf]  for  y'  wood  of  a  pa[iV]  of  hind 
Coach  Wheels  2',  a  new  Perch  for  y« 
Coach  16",  an  Eei  [?]  for  it  5",  mend,  it  in 
other  places  ,  one  new  Tier  for  y° 

Wheels  101  po[«n</<]  3'' A  y«  po.  30"    ...     {tic) 
i  July     3.     Pa[(</]  for  15  ells  i  of  Holland  at  3"  6'^  y« 

etle 02    U    00 

More  for  G  ella  }  of  Cambrick  both  for  my 

Wife 01    10    00 

More  for  9  ya.  of  Scotch  Cloath  IS-i  y"  ya. 
13*  6^8ya.  of  Genting  Cloath   13'''6'" 

both  for  y"  children,  in  all 01    07    00 

1^^  Jane  17.     P8[r(/]  to  my  Wife  at  severall  times  in  part 
^K  of  her  Allowance  fro'  Lady  day  69  to 

^H  Lady  day  71  two  yeers  27     00    00 

^H  80.     Given   to  Nurse  Martin   2*  6'',  spent   at 

l^'  Mailing  Ac.  7',  G.  Dorman  curcing  my 

July  1.  Horses  12*,  sp.  at  Mailing  7*  G',  sp.  aty* 
^B  Aug.  6 :  10.  Assizes  12',  given  to  M"  Worrell  5*,  given 
^B  Mother's  servants  8',  S'  Roger's  Keeper 

~    21  :  25.        7*  C,  sp.  at  Tunbridgo  7',  sjx  at  Mailing 
Sep.     2.        Ac.  7'  G-",  sp.  at  Mailing  Faire  &c.  5' 
21.         1200  Bro.  Mannings  Walnuts  6*,  Coach 
\  Octo.   6.         Hamesse  5',  sp.  at  Sessions  &  at  y"  Faire 

11' C,  in  all..  05     03     06 

14.     Spent  at  Mailing  4*,  lost  at  Cards  19',  a 

f  24  Nov.  4.      saddle  Cloath  2*  6'',  spent  at  B'  Mannings 

7  :  15.         4',  sp.  at  Tunbridge  6',  sp.  at  Cray  & 

18.         London  7',  sp.  at  Load  2"  G"",  32  ya.  bl. 

23  :27.     ribbon  8*,  sp.  at  Lond.  T,  sp.  at  London 

Nov.  29.         6*,   sp.   at  Lond.   U",   sp.  at  Lond.   8', 

,Dec.     4.         Horsemeat  at   Lond.  12*,  giv.  to  Father 


142        EXPENSE-BOOK  OF  JAMBS  MASTER,   ESQ., 

1671.  £     s.      d. 

Dec.  4.  Salmon's  servants  10*,  18  ?»[»♦■«]  of 
gloves  for  Wife  17',  4  pa[»r»j  of  gloves 
for  M'  Eabbit  7*,  M*  Gtepe's  bill  j* 
Apothe.  24',  M'  Phillips  for  "Waters  6«, 
Frock  for  Dick  4*,  2  pa[»r]  shooes  9«  6*, 
6.        pa[»V]  slippers  3*  6*,  mend.  y«  corall  8' 6*, 

given  at  Foots  Cray  3«  6",  in  all    09    05    00 

Nov.  18.  P&[id]  for  3  yards  &  halfe  of  Spanish 
Cloath  for  Coat  &  Breeches  for  me  at  19* 

y«ya 08    06    06 

Pa[ta]  for  a  pa[tr]  of  silke  stockings  forme 

28.        14",  a  pa[»r]  of  worsted  stockings  &,  a 

pa[»V]    of    leathern   garters   &,   to  M' 

Tibbs  for  2  months'  Interrest  of  £100 

20« 02    06    00 

24.  Pa[»<r]  for  a  Coat  for  Salmon  Master  12"  6^, 

Blankets  Stockings  &  Petticoats  for  y' 
Children  19',  Coat  for  Nurse's  Child  8«,  a 

peefccj  Eibbon  9«,  Tammy  Ac.  6« 02    14    06 

Pa[»i]  for  D'  Stillingfleet's  booke  ag.  y« 
Papists  4«,  D'  Sharrock's  boo[i]  of  Plants 
2",  an  Answer  to  y'  Contempt  of  y«  Clergy 
12*,  Wagstaffe  of  Witches  18*.  Capuchin 
unmasked  16*,  in  all  00    09    10 

July  22.    Pa[»rf]  Bobert  Evemden  his  yeer's  wages, 

end.  July  11:  71     05    00    00 

Oct.  24.  Pa[t<f|  S'  Vere  Fane  for  2  yeefr*]  quitrent 
of  Johnson's  &  Derricot's  land  due  at 
Mich,  last  71  8-  5*,  &  for  a  Belief  6^*,  & 

for  my  Admission  12*,  in  all 00    10    00 

Pa[»rf]  y*  second  three  months  of  y'  12  mon. 
Subsidy  Merworth  63'  p.  ann.  15"  9*, 
Pecham  36',  8'  9*;  Hadlow  4',  12*;  in 

all  at  3*  p[#r]  po[««<]    01     05     06 

Pa[trf]  y*  third  three  months'  subsidy  for 

Dec.  13.         my  land  in  Merworth  63'  p.  ann.  15'  9*, 
Peckham  85'  p.  ann.  8*  9*,  Hadlow  4' 
p.  ann.  12',  at3*  p[>r]  pofttnrf],inall...     01    05    06 
21.     Ghven  to  y«  Poore  of  Merworth    01    00    00 

[1671-2.] 

Jan.     1.     Given  y«  servants  Will.  Loat  2*  6*,  M" 

Jane  2«  6*,  Betty  Burton  5«,  Margret  &c. 

9.        5",  in  all  15' ;  spent  9",  a  Saddle  &  Male 

Girts  for  a  servant  16*,  sp.  at  Mailing  &c. 

5*6*,  in  all  02    05    06 

25.  Pa[»rfJ  Nurse  Martin  for  her  year's  wages 

ended  Dec.  17  :  71  for  Nurseing  Salmon 

Master 07    00    00 

More  for  make[t«^]  his  Grave  5»,  M'  Cle- 


A.D.  1672. 


148 


B71[.2]. 


ment  breake  y*  ground  in  y'  Chancell  IC, 


d. 


all. 


00 
13 


0() 


Pa[jrfl  6.  Pratt  for  a  Coach  Horge  4  yee.  old 

Pa[i(/]  for  a  black  Coach  Horae  bo[wy/«/] 
at  Smithfield 18 

Pa[;(i]  for  9  yards  of  Scotch  Cloath  13"  e-", 
piiin  &c,  5' 

Pa[«</]  ye  half e  yeer's  Bubsidy  for  G.  Gold- 
ing's  Farme  at  0''  y"^  po[M«rf]  for  halfe 
ayee[r]  eiid[i»y]  Mich.  71  :  £5S  p.  ann. 

Sp[?n/]  at  Maidstone  &  Mailing  7*  6'',  at 
Loiid[£>n]  7'  e**,  Maps  of  England  4",  a 
pa[jr]  of  shooes  &  goloshooes  10*, 
Bp[i5n<]  at  Lond[o»i]  8',  »p.  &  given  away 
at  Lond.  &  Cray  18",  lost  at  cards  6*,  in 
all. 

Pa[iW]  y"  fourth  three  months'  subsidy  for 
my  land  in  Merworth  £63  p.  ami.  S""  p. 
DO.  15«  fl"*,  Peckham  35'  p.  ann.  8*  9'', 
Hmllow  4'  p.  ann.  12<",  in  ail     01 

P&[id]  Tho.  Dunmole's  bill  for  shooes  for 

1  [«■«/«]  James  &  Footboy    00 

March  4.  Pa[»rf]  for  6  ells  J  of  fine  hoUand  at  7*  y« 
elle  47',  &  2  ya.  }  of  Callico  at  18"  y* 
ya.  4',  in  all 02 

Pa[irf]  Nurw  Martin  one  quarter's  wages 
ended  then  01 

Spent  at  Mailing  4",  sp.  at  y*  Assizes  18', 
mending  my  Coach  hamesse  13',  Rob. 
Evernden's  bill  16',  given  to\f[ardg] 
Tunbridge  Market  20",  in  all 08 

Pa[/W]  y"  two  Subsidyes  out  of  Q.  Honye's 
rent  10'  p.  an '.....     00 

Pa[irf]  Betty  Burton's  bill  12',  ep[ent]  at 
Tunbridge  3',  at  Mailing  4",  Merw[or<A] 
Clerk's  wages  2',  given  to  Rich.  Bennet 
25',  sp.  at  Mailing  2"  6*',  Phisick  for  my 
Horses  8'  1'',  more  to  Willard  y'  Farrier 
17',  a  Draw  Net  25',  a  Bit  for  my 
Horse  5'  6*,  sp.  at  Mailing  Ac.  5'  6'', 

in  all 05 

Par»<r)  G.  Wats  for  a  pa[»r]  of  hind 

Coacli  AVheeles  &  Boxes    01 

1670-1.     More  for  a  Perch  14',  an  Ee.x  4',  a 
pa[ir]  of  Futchans  5*,  a  riding  bed  3', 

Iron  worke  3*,  in  all  01 

72.    Given  M' Anger  one  Guimiee 01 

8p[«i/]  at  Tunbridge  4*  6^,  given  yo[uny] 
M' Clement  8'     00 


28:72 


In  Feb. 


May  2 
May  18 


15 

00 

OO 

00 

00 

00 

18 

06 

01     09    00 


03     01     OO 


05 

06 

15 

09 

11 

00 

00 

00 

06 

00 

05 

00 

09 

01 

08 

00 

09 

00 

01 

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09    06 


144        £XF£N8£-B00&  OF  JAMES   MA8TEB,   ESQ., 

1672. 
May  11 


72.    Pa[«rf]  for  one  yecr  &  halfe's  Chimnye 

moner  end.  at  Lady  dav  1672  

May    2.     Pa[irf]  IVI'  Barret  y'  Procter's  bill  for  y« 
8ute  w""  M'  Loane  about  my  seat  in  y" 

Church 

More  to  M'  Loane  to  buy  my  owne  quiet . 

May  27  :  72.     Given  Goodwife  Highland  v*  Midwife 

Pa.   M'  Wibume  for  a  Cloathj  Saddle,  & 

things  to  it  [entered]  afterwards  

Spent  at  Mailing  &c.  8',  more  at  Tun  bridge 

6',  more  spent  2',  lost  at  Bowles  7'  0'', 

given  away  at  Br.  Manning's  .3*,  8p[*n/] 

'      ■        "      "  Smithfield 


£     t. 
03    06 


08  12 

03  00 

02  00 

00  00 


June    1. 

8:  10. 

June  11. 

13  :  18. 

20:24. 


July 

July 
May 


25 


26 
28 


29. 

2. 
27. 

11. 

27, 


Aug.  19. 


July  24. 
27. 
Aug'  3. 
6:  10: 


Jul. 
Aug. 


22. 
17 


at  London  3'  6'',  spent  at 
twice  12'  •*'',  sp.  at  London  18*,  sp. 
at  London  9',  Jessamin  Powder  &  Ball 
8',  a  pa[»/']  of  shooes  &  Goloshooes 
10*,  Paper  &  Inke  IS"*,  6  skull  capps 
3"  (jf,  Df  Gilbert  Water  6',  3  smoothing 
Irons  &  2  pa  [(>«]  stockings  for  James  7', 
8.  Kith  for  water  2*  G'',  given  away  at 
Father  Salmon's  7'  6d,  Horsemeat  at 
London  3',  given  Betty  Burton  &  Nurse 
10',  inalJ      

Pa[«(/]  for  5  ya.  ^  of  Scotch  Cloath  at  22'' 
y"  yard  9'  6*,  20  ya.  \  more  of  Cloath 
32'  G'l,  8  ya.  A  i  more  8*  6^  Bp[en/]  at 
Tunbridge  5',  Bp[*ni]  more  at  severall 
times  9»  6'',  in  all 

Pa[j«/]  Bob.  Evemden  for  his  yeer's  wages 
y°  ended  

Pa[i</]  M'  Wibome  for  a  Cloath  Saddle 
stirrops  leathers  girts  Cloath  &  Bridle... 

Pa[i</j  M"  Bridges  f[or]  a  piece  of  Dim- 
mety  20  ya 

Pft[(y]  M'  'Terry  for  a  white  Caster  &  case 

Pa[/(/]  G.  Sanders  for  raake[in^J  4  pa[ir«] 
of  Drawers  2',  fiKettiiig  2%  Cloath  for 
Dick  12',  ailke  12'',  make[(n^]  4',  Lace 
&  buttons  9',  in  all 

Pa[i(/]  y''  third  &  fourth  quarters'  subsidy 
for  Go.  Gelding's  Farme  at  C  p.  po.  58' 
p.  an.  LaJ[y  Day]  72     

Given  to  my  Wife  upon  account 

Spent  3'  d'',  sp.   at  y'  Assizes  3  da.  9*, 

ap[ent]  at  Tunbridge  4',  lost  at  Bowles 

18.  8',   8p[«»0    at   Mailing   4',   for  Epsom 

Water    4',    G.    Baker's    exp[?n««]   at 

Londo[n]  6»,  spent  3'  C,   S^   Jo.    Pel- 

23.     ham's    keeper   10*,   for  an  Hackney 


OG    03    0 


08  05 

05  00  0 

01  07  (H 

01  00  0( 

00  18  0 

01  10  ot 


01    09    00 
30     10    00 


A.D.  1672.    ^  145 

1672.  £      ,.      i. 

Sept.    3.        Coach  to  bring  my  wife  &  her  father 

hither  when  y"  child  was  sick  40',  8p[e»f] 

7  :  21.        at  Mailing  4"  G"",  at  Mailing  Faire  5«,  Ja. 

Dunmole  rideing  y*  Troop  Horse  2  da. 

23.        7«  6^  given  W.  Loat  2'  6%  in  all 05    11    06 

Aug.  31.    Fa[t<r]  Austin  Hodges  for  a  black  Coach 

gelding  6  ye[ar«]  old     15    00    00 

Sept.  25.    Pa[t(f]  M'  Balfe  Lone  for  his  gray  Mare 

8ye[ar«]old    '. 09    05    00 

28.    Fa[t<r]   for  a  pa[tV]   Gbmbadoes,  bridle, 

snaffle,  &  Halters    00    13    00 

28.    PaCti]  for  30  ells  of  Holland  at  3*  2*  y« 
elle  to  make  skirts  &  smocks  for  me  & 

my  "Wife 04    15    00 

28.    Spent  at  Mailing  4',  sp.  at  y"  Sessions  13*, 

Oct.  13.        a    pa[«>]    of    Trouses    h   Drawers  7', 

18 :  19.        G.  Dorman  y«  Farrier's  bill  6»,  sp[«nO 

23.        2*  6^  shooes  for  y«  Footboy  &c.  8',  2 

Nov.    6.        pa[»>«]   shooes  for  me  9',    sp[en<]   at 

6.        Kingatowne  &  Br.  Manning's  12',  Frock 

27  :  28.        for  Ned  Martin  3"  6^,  sp.  at  London  6', 

sp.  at  London  16',  2  quilted  caps  3'  6*, 

1  pa[«>]  worsted  stockings  &  2  paffr*] 

Dec.    2.        cotton  socks  8",  a  worsted  Camolet  Coat 

9.        27»  a*,  gloves  &  ribbon  11'  6*,  spent  at 

London  21*  6*,  a  french  riding  hat  10«, 

12  :  17.        sp.  at  Fullham  &  London  20"  6",  a  Ferri- 

17  :  20.        wig  5^  05*,  sp.  at  Lend.  7",  given  Father 

Salmon's  servants  10*,  for  an  Hackney 

20  :  21.        Coach  to  bring  me  fro.  London  hither 

35',  sp.  at  London  6' 6^  in  all 17    13    00 

Feb.  1  :  72.    Pa[trf]  Tho.  Stone  for  an  Iron  Grate  for 
y«  Parlour  Chimnye  5  score  &  7  po[»»i»] 

at5*y«score    01    06    09 

PafiVri  more  to  him  for  a  new  Tire  for  y* 
fore  Coach  Wbeeles  4  score  &  13  po.  at 

3iy*po[««(fl  01    07    00 

More    to    G.    Wats  for  y*  makeing  y* 

Wheeles  00     («c) 

Nov.  30.     Pa[trf]  M'  Laurence  for  makeing  my  Stuffe 
Sute  in  June  71  &,  my  Cloath  Sute  in 

Nov.  71    16    00    00 

June  11 :  72.  Pa[irf]  for  Justification  of  y«  Dutch 
Warre  12*,  9  Maps  of  Countryes  8*,  Lord 
Nov.  27  :  72.  Castlemainee  Booke  12'',  Philpots  &  S' 
Charles  Worslye's  bookes  2*,  Baiters 
and  Shepparda  bookes  2",  Eehearsall  2", 
Stubbs  second  Ju8tif[»co<Mm]  3*,  Hu- 
mours of  y*  Towne  12",  Godwins 
VOL.  ivni.  "U 


^^K       146 

EXPENSE-BOOK  OP  JAMES   MASTEK,   ESQ., 

■ 

1 

^^H 

£ 

t. 

d. 

^^M          Not.  27 

72.  Angwe[r]  to  D'  Stillingfleet  4',  The  Gent. 

^^H         Feb. 

Jockey  2*  6-',  Parker's  Preface  12'',  Ger- 

^^^H 

man  Princesses  12'',  in  all  

01 

08 

06 

^^H         Octo.  24 

:  72.     Pa[«(fl  y*  halfe  yeers  Chimny  money 
end.  Mich.  72  

^^^^^M 

01 

02 

00 

^^H        Not. 

Pa 

i<r]  Margery  for  my  Wife    

10 

00 

00 

^^H         Dec. 

Pa 

id    more  to  my  Wife    

id'  Margeiyes  biU    

'id]  more  for  things   for  my  Wife  & 

02 

00 

00 

^^H 

Pa 

02 

00 

00 

^^H 

Pa 

^^H         Dec.  23 
^^H          Jan.  1    72. 

Fames 

01 

01 
01 

12 

05 
00 

00 
00 
00 

Given  to  y'  Poore  of  Merw'orth 

Jiven  y"  Servants   

^^^^^   Sep. 

Pafirf]  for  30  ells  of  Holland  at  3*  2«  y«  ello 
for  6  shirts  and  6  smocks  for  me  &  my 

^^^^^^y 

wife  [entered]  before  

04 

15 

00 

^^^^^   Jan.  S :  72.  Spent   at    Mailing   5',    G.    Sanders    for 

^^^^1 

makeing  my  Wastcoat  &  Dicks  Cloaths 

^^^^m 

15*6''    

01 

00 

06 

^^H        Jan.  21. 

Lost  at  Cards,  at  severall  times,  this  Christ. 

08 

11 

00 

^^H 

Pa[frf]  Ned  Martin  for  setting  up  y"  Horses 

^^m 

Beverall  times  at  Loudon  &  goiug  to  y* 

^^^H 

Farriers  w""  my  Mare 

01 

02 

06 

^^H         Feb.  1    4 

t.  Pa[iW]  G.  Dorman's  bill  14*,    8p[«i/]  at 
MalliuR  4"  6'',  at  Maidstone  &  Tunbridge 

^H 

^^H 

18.  7',  at  Br.  Mannings  4»,  at  London  3"  C, 

^^fl 

^^H 

at  Lon.  5%  Apothe[Mry'«]  Bill  3'  10*, 
Father  Salmon's    servants    10',    horse- 

■ 

^^K         22  Mar. 

meat  Ac.   9",    Tho.    Dunmoles  bill   for 

^^^^K 

shooes  9"  S"*,  sp.  at  Mailing  4"  6'',  Wives 

^^^^^^H 

shooes  4',  sp.  at  y*  Assizes  12»,  in  all    ... 
Pa[«(/]  for  Shooes  for  little  James  12'',  a 

04 

10 

07 

^^^^B 

^^^^^^1 

pa[»r]  Shooes  for  y«  Footboy  3'  2"*,  eip. 
rory'  horses  3',  in  all 

^^1 

00 

07 

02 

^^^f        1673. 



^^H         April 

Pa[»rf]  y«  Clerks  -R-ages  2»,  spent  4",  given 
by  me  &  my  "Wife  at  Nurse  Parker's 

^^B 

^^^^. 

Wedding  20',  sp.  at  Mailing  4*  6'',  sp.  at 
v«  Sessions  10"  6",  Sp.  at  Of  ham  &  Tun- 
bridge 7*  6'*,  mak6[my]  James's  Vest  6', 

^^^^B 

^^^^B 

^m 

^^^^B 

sp.   at  Mailing  &  Tunb.   9',    a  Saddle 
Clonth  &c.  4*  6",  a  little  colt  5',  sp.  at 

^^H 

^^^^^ 

^^H 

^^K^  May  2:  7. 

Lond.   10*,  more  at  Lond.  14',  a  pa[»>] 

^^H 

^^^^h 

shooes  &  goloahoiten  9',  12  Melon  glasses 

^^H 

^^^^P 

&  Saffron  15',  a  Shaggreen  Picture  Case 

^^H 

^          15 

7',  sp.  5',  sp.  5',  Oringes  &  Lobsters  12«, 

^^H 

^^^L^ 

sp.  at  Lon,  7',  sp.  at  i\ilham  3'  G-",  sp.  at 

\ 

A.D.  1673. 


1673. 

June    7. 
18. 

19. 

20. 


Mailing  Ac.  9*,  G-.  Dorman's  y*  Earrien 
Bill  27',  a  Frock  for  Dick  5»,  ep.  at  Lon. 
4•6^inall    

Fa[uf]  for  a  Stuffe  Vest  and  stockingB  for 
James 

More  for  8  yards  of  Spanish  Drugget  for 
a  Coat  &  Breeches  at  3*  6*  y«  ya.  28",  for 
4  ya.  ^  of  stripe't  Tabby  at  10»  y"  ya.  45*, 

in  all 

20.     Pa[trf]  for  mend[»»i^]  my  Wives  saddle  7*. 

a  pa[»>]  silke   stockings  14*,  a  par»r1 

threed   stirrop  hose  8'  6\  a  pa[trj  of 

Garters  2"  6",  Gloves  &  Eibbons  15"  6«, 

24.        Cravat  for  my  selfe  30*,  sp.  at  London 

5*  e*,  Gilberts  Water  6*,  Horsemeat  at 

26.        London  27*  6*',  given  Father  Salmons 

servants  10*,  2  qu.  Orange  flower  Water 

6',  sp.  at  Lond.  &  Br.  Man.  3',  in  all   ... 

May  14.     Pa[»rfl  M'  Terry  for  a  Beaver  Hat  &  Case 

June  28.    Pafijl  for  a  bl.  Coach  G«lding  5  ye.  old ... 

Ta.[id]  M'  Wibome  for  a  Cloath  Saddle, 
!Jitt,  Stirrops  &  Girts  28*,  a  leather- 
Saddle  for  George  Baker  15",  in  all  

13.  Sx)[ent]  at  Mailing  &c.  8*  6*  sp[e«<]  at 
Maidstone  13',  sp.  at  y"  Assizes  11*  6*, 
:  28.  sp.  at  Maidstone  3'  6**,  spent  at  Tun- 
bridge  Wells  15',  oxp.  Ned  Martin  & 
spattcrlashes  8"  7*,  sp.  at  Tunbridge  4*, 
lost  at  cards  16*,  M'  Fanes  Keeper  5*, 
given  to  my  Wife  at  S'  Vere's  Childs 
Cri8tn[tn^]  10",  in  all 

Pa[»rf]  for  Journall  Dutch  Warr  18*,  D' 
Stillingfleet  first  and  second  Answere 
6*  6^  S'  W.  Temple  of  Holland  2*  6«, 
Zelanders  Choice  18*,  Bemarkes  on  y* 
Humors  12*,  2  Playes  2*,  Acts  of  Par- 
IxAlment]  12'',  in  all 

Given  to  my  Wife  upon  account 

Pa[«rf]  for  a  lace't  Apron  for  my  Wife    ... 

Spent  at  Mailing  Ac.  7*,  8p[ea<]  at  MaU- 

18.  ing  &c.  7*,  8p[cn<]  4*,  Given  Tho.  Eason 

10*,  in  all 


147 

£     «.     4. 

10    06    00 
01    08    00 


08    13    00 


July  5  : 
17 

Aug.  11 : 

21, 
29, 
31, 

May  73. 


May  15. 
June  24, 
Aug'  2, 
Sept.  6  : 


06  10  06 
02  10  00 
10    16    00 


02    03    00 


04    15    01 


00  16  00 
15  00  00 
03  10  00 


01  08  00 


Oct.     4.  Spent  at  Mailing  5*,  8p[en<]  at  y"  Sessions 

8.  9'  G*,  G.  Dorman's  Bill  for  cureing  my 

15.  Horses  18',  G.  Sanders  altering  Cloaths 

17.  3',  Trice  y"  Ferrier  for  cureing  my  Prat 


1.2 


148        EXFEKSE-BOOK  OP  JAUE8  HASTES,  ESQ., 

1678.  £     t.      d 

Oct.   17.        Horse  13',  &  for  his  Meat,  Bp[e«<]  at 
28.        Tunbridge  4',  lost  at  Cards  at  sev[erai] 

times  29',  in  all  04i    01    06 

27.  Pa[»<r|  G.  Gilbert  for  a  gray  Nag  6  yee[r*] 

old  last  grasse 08    10    OC 

Jan.  1 :  78.  Pa[»rf]  Nurse  Parker  for  a  yeere  &  three 

quarters  wages,  at  4' ye  yeere,  then  ended    07    00    OC 

Octo.78.    Paf»<r]  Tho.  Evemden  for  two  Chests 01    00    OC 

Octo.   1 .    Pafw Jf or  10  yards  Scotch  Cloath  for  James 

11.        15',  Tape  3',  2  pa[«r«]  Gloves  2',  lost  at 

80.         Cards  10*,  G.  Trice  for  cureing  my  Prat 

Horse  18',  sp.  at  Tunbridge  4*,  shooes  for 

Not.  1 :  11.    Dick  Phillips  10«  6\  sp.  at  Mailing  6'  6^, 

21 :  Dec.  9.    sp.  2«  6^  lost  at  Cards  8",  spent  8»  6*, 

sp.  8«,  inall 04    06    00 

Not.    4.    Paprf]  for  one  yeer's  Chimnye  mony  ended 

Mich.  73  02    04    OC 

Dec.  16.    Pa[»<^M'BoBeforapa[»V]of  CoachHames 

Ije.&i  agoe  5>,  Folepieces  &c.  8*,  in  all    05    08    OO 

Dec.    8.*  Given  to  M"  Highland  y«  Midwife 02    00    OC 

22.     Given  to  y«  Poore  of  Merworth    01    02    06 

The  sum  is 

1678[-4]. 

Janu.  9.     Spent  at  Mailing,  &  G.  Cropps 01    02    06 

19.  Given  M'  Yates  for  Peter  Master's  grave 
in  y"  Chancell  10«,  G.  Covell  for  make- 
[iny]  of  it  &c.  5' 00    15     OO 

28.  Spent  at  Tunbridge  4*,  Bob.  Eason's  Bill 
Feb.     5.        9*  1*,  given  Bell  Walsingham  10«,  lost  at 

11.        Cards   1"  lO*.  given  at  y"  Fast  2«  "" 

71   fid 


17.        sp[«i<]  at  Loudon  7*  6*,  mend[tno]  2 

19.  watches  3»,  Paper  Ac.  2",  given  M'  Tibha 

20.  &  his  man  7'  6*,  Pamphlets  2»  6*,  aplent] 


19.  watches  3»,  Paper  Ac.  2",  given  M'  libbs 
&  his  man  7'  6*,  Pamphlets  2»  6*,  aplent] 
4'  6'',  mend[»«^i  my  sword  7',  4  paftraj 


28.         Gloves  &  12  yarri*]  Eibbon  9*  6*,  Jessa- 

fmine]  Oyle  &  Powder  2',  in  all    05    01     01 

24.  Tt^id]  for  Wild  Fowle  at  London  7«,  2 

peeces  of  bL  Eibbon  21*  6*,  Horsemeat 

25.  at  London  3'  6*,  given  away  to  Path. 
Salmon's  Servants  11",  2  pa[ir*]  Shooes 

26.  to  Jo.  Waker  9",  given  away  at  Br.  Man- 
nings 3»  6*  02     15     06 

14.     PaTtrf]  for  a  Bideing  Coat 01    05    00 

28.    PapJ]  for  a  Perriwig 04    16    00 

•  This  note  is  added  in  a  modem  handwriting,  "the mother  of  W  Daniel 
Master,"  meaning  that  Martha  Master,  who  married  Lionel  Daniel,  was  bom  at 
this  period.    Her  ion,  W"  Daniel,  took  the  surname  of  Master. 


A.D.  1673-4. 


149 


1673[-4]. 
Feb.   23. 

I 

'       Jnne  20  :  73 


t 


» 


Feb.  23. 
26. 

1674. 
Ap.      7. 

July. 
LAug.  17. 

[janu.  2. 
26. 

^Teb.     7. 

Mar.  21. 

■  Ap.      4. 

10:19. 

22  :  25. 
180 :  May  1 


Pa[i(/]  for  Coats  &  Stockings  for  James... 

Pa[iWl  for  Lo.  Claringdon's  Boo[i1 
aglninst]  Creasy  2',  D'  Patrick's  Boo[^J 
ag[nin»<]  y"  Papists  3'  6'',  Burnet's 
Bo[oA']  12^  Squire  a.g[ninit]  j'  Papists 
IS"",  second  part  of  y'  Reheorsall  trans- 
prosed  {sic)  IS"*,  God's  Love  to  Mankind 
2*,   Innocent  Lady  15^,  North  Voyage 

12'',in  all 

Pa[*V]  M'  Farr  for  42  ells  i  of  Hol- 
land at  3*  2'^    

More  for  1  neece  of  narrow  Cambrick  18', 
1  peece  of  Dimety  at  18',  4  ya.  course 
Cloath  2*,  1  peece  more  of  Dimety  20 
ya.  at  18',  in  all  

Given  M'  Gifford  for  Drawing  G.  Hooker's 
Lease  20*,  his  Clarke  for  ingrossing  it 
10'    

Pa[irf]  G.  Gardner's  3*  &  4f>>  q\i[artert] 
Taxes  10^  p[er]  pofunrf]    

Pa[iy]  for  bringing  Christian's  Truuck   ... 

Pa[»rf]  lialfe  ayee[r'«]  Chimnye  mony  end. 
at  La[f/y]  day  74,    

Given  Betty  Burton  5",  pa[i'rf] Betty  Burton 
in  full  for  wages  2'  10*,  giveu  her  more 
5'  

Sp[ffn/]  at  Mailing  &c.  7',  Spatterlashes  & 
gloves  5',  given  M"  Jane  2'  K"",  8p[en<] 
at  Mailing  &c.  6',  sp.  at  y*  Assizes  16', 
Clerk's  wages  2',  gfiven  at  y*  SacrauifffnO 
2',  G.  Sanders  for  makeing  Nich.  Hub- 
bard's Cloaths  2'  9',  sp.  3',  sp.  at  y« 
Sessions  17'  6^,  sp.  at  Tuubridge  4',  Jo. 
Varnham's  Bill  8',  sp.  at  Mailing  4',  in  all 

Pa[»/]  G.  Knight  of  Shibborne  for  a 
bl.  Gelding  

Given  \V.  Loat  2*  G"",  Purse,  Hookes  &c.  5', 
sp.at  London  12' e-*,  Cordiall  Elixer5',8p. 
at  London  11'  C,  a  pa[»>]  silk  Stockings 
for  my  selfe  14',  a  sute  for  my  selfe  bo. 
at  a  Salesman  4'  10',  stuffo  and  Buttons 
9',  2  pa[ir«]  shooes  10',  bl.  Ribbon  for 
ray  Sute  16*  6'',  sp.  7',  a  riding  Hat  for 
me  30*,  sp.  10'  6'',  sp.  at  Mailing  5',  sp. 
at  London  9'  6^,  given  M^  Tibbs  &  his 
man  6',  sp.  at  Lend.  9',  a  pa[i>]  shooes  5*, 
a  pa[t>]  worsted  stockings  6*,  2  pa[i>«] 
gloves  3'  8"*,  given  Fath.  Swmon's  servants 


£      «.      d. 
00    10    00 


00  13  09 
06  14  00 

02  16  00 

01  10  00 

00  01  08 

00  01  06 

01  02  00 
08  00  00 


06    06    06 
18    00    00 


160       KrPENSE-BOOK  0¥  JAMES  UA8TEE,  ESQ., 

1874f.  £      :    d. 

July  10.        12*,  ap.  at  Lond.  &  Br.  Mannings  6",  sp. 
15.        6',  4  Locks  &  Stapells  5*  6*,  sp.  at  y« 

80  :  Aug.  8.  Assizes  17*  G",  sp.  at  Mailing  &  give"  to 
S'  Vere's  Keeper  12»,  S'  W.  Twisden's 

10  :  Sept.  1.  Keeper  3'  6*,  scouring  my  Pistolls  2',  S' 

2  :  5.        Hum.  Miller's  Keeper  8',  sp.  at  Mailing 

6  :  12.        &c.  8',  given  at  y*  &crament4',  Cutbert 

21.        hireing  an  Horse  &c.  6',  mend.  Locks 

29.        2',   sp.  at  Mailing  Ac.   8«  6*,  sp.  4*, 

inall 18    07    08 

Aug.  81.    Given  Tho.  Gardner  for  Cureing  James  of 

aBupture    01    00    00 

Sep.  26.  Pa[»rf]  M'Wibome  for  a  Cloath  Saddle  stir- 
rops  Leathers  &  Girts  23',  a  Portmantua 
Saddle  Bitt  Bridle  Stirrops  GKrts  Crupper 
&  PatroneU  20*,  in  all    02    03     00 

May  21.    Given  M'  Gifford  upo'  8'  Vere's  Arbitra- 

tio[n]  01    00    00 

May  28.  Pa[t<^  for  Manbye's  Abridgment  2*  ¥,  2 
little  BooFA;*]  IS*,  History  of  the] 
Bible  12*,  Historical  Passages  2»  e* 00    07     04 

June  21 :  73.  Pa[t</]  M'  Thomecraft  for  new  set- 
ting a  Locket  for  my  wife  chang[my] 
some  Spoones  Ac 03    00    GO 

Octo.  21 :  78.  Pa[MO  Betty  Burton's  Bill  for  severall 

things  02    16    08 

27  :  78.    Pa[»<f]   Betty  Burton's  Bill  for  severall 

things  02    10    04 

March  5 :  78.    Pa^uT]  for  Lace  and  other  things  for  my 

Ap.  1 :  74.     Wife  &  Children  4"  2",  Lace  for  my  Wife 

May  1.  18*.  2  ya.  Musling  5',  4  ya.  Cambnck  19', 
1:7.  8  ya.  Lace  12'  3^,  2  ya.  fine  Cambricfc 
28.  10*,  Sute  of  Knots  for  my  Wife  16",  Vest 
&o.  for  James  25*,  Petticoat  and  Sto- 
macher for  Wife  5'  12«,  6  ya.  ^  Dam- 
maske  for  Curtaines  at  8'  y*  ya.  2'  12', 
19  ya.  CaUicoe  14*  y«  ya.  22',  Fann  for 

July  1  :  74.    my  Wife  lO*,  Coat  for  Mile]  Franck 

Sept.  22.        &  stuffe  besides  27*,  8  ya.  Lace  for  my 

Wife  19',  in  all  21    09    03 

May  23 :  74.  Pa[kf]  for  a  Point  de  Venee  Gorget  for 
my  Wife  IC,  2  ya.  of  other  Point  3'  8', 
1  ya.  i  more  for  Cuffs  at  10*  y«  ya. 
15',  a  Comet  all  Lace  3',  a  lace'd  Drowle 
to  it  43',  makeing  other  things  4',  in  all  20  00  00 
28.    Pa[»i]  for  lace't  Cravat  &  CufEs  for  my 

selfe 02    10    00 

June   1.    Pa[«Q  M'  Lawience  in  full  for  make[t»;] 

myeloathB  07    00    00 


A.D.  1674. 

1674.  £ 

July    3.     PaPW]  to  my  wife  in  mony  at  Beverall  times 

fro'  March  25.  74  till  now 14 

Octob.  16.  Pa[iJ]  for  a  pendulum  clock  my  old  clock 

&inmoDy30»     16 

Not.  10.     Pa[«Vr|  for  7  ya.  i  fine  gentine  2*  y'  yard...     00 

More  for  3  ells  Holland  6'  6*  ye  elle  00 

More  for  3  ya.  tiffeny  8",  pins  &  Upo  2'  10*    00 

Octo.    3.     Spent  at  Mailing  5',   ep.  at  y"   Sessiona 

8  :  10.         14'  6^,  lost  at  cards  15',  G.  Gardner'« 

21.        taxes  20^,  Tho.  Dunmole's  bill  for  shooes 

Nov.  3  : 7.       17"  6'',  sp.  &  given  away  6"  e-*,  ep.  at 

25.        Mailing  4',  bla.  ribbon  6',  a  roll  of  Span. 

tobacco  ab.  12  po.  15",  giv[e«]  M'  Tibbs 

&  his  man  6',  12  pac[  A-«]  cards  3',  a  pa[t>] 

30.        shooes  &  goloshooes  &  slippers  14',  a 

portmantua  11",  wild  fowle  10'  6^  giT[«i] 

Dec.  2.  Father  Salmon's  servants  11',  sp.  at 
London  &  Br.  Manning's  6',  giv.  Br. 
Manning's  Bayliffe  6',  ep[«n^]  at  Mai- 
ling 4",  in  all    07 

Nov.  25 :  74.  Pa[i(r)  for  4  yards  &  halfe  of  fine 
Spanish  cloath  to  make  me  coat  lined 
w""  y'  same  &  breeches  at  20*  ya.  4'  10', 
makeing  my  sute  w^''  points  to  it  at  a 
salesman's  3i  12'  6\  scarlet  ribbon  13*  6*, 
a  pa[»r]  silke  stockings  14",  worsted 
stockings  6',  a  shoulder  embroid[ere(2] 
belt  37',  a  pa[tr]  worsted  stockings  for 
James  2',  giv[*n]  M'  Atkins  5',  in  all ...     12 

Dec      2.     Spent  at  London  fro'  Nov.  17  to  Dec.  2...     00 

Not.  74.  Pa[i<r|  for  D'  Whitbye's  boo[A]  of  Idol- 
atry 3*  3*,  Cressye's  Answere  to  l^ord] 
Claringdon  12',  Masse  Vindicated  12", 
ExpoBi[i'«o«]  Councill  Trent  18",  Ques- 
[tions']  conc[wiiiii^]  Oath  Allegiance 
6^,  An.  Sail's  Becantation  12^  Case  of 
y"  Bankers  18*,  Comine's  Memoires  4*, 
D'  Brcvint's  sec[onif]  bD[oA;]  ag.  y" 
Papists  3'  G*,  New  Testament  2",  Popish 
Practices  4',  in  aU,  w""  paper  &  wax 01 

Dec.  17 :  74.     Pa[i</]    half   yee[r'«]    chimnye   mony 

ended  at  Michael  [hmm]  74     01 

24  Jan.  2.    Sp[«i<]  at  G.  Crop's  7'  6*,  at  Mailing 

Feb.     1.        5'  e*,  given  to  y"  servants  8'  6*,  shooes 
9.         for  wife  3',  spent  7',   a  pa[ir]  gloves 
2'   e*,   8p[en/]    4',   a  pa[»r]  shooea  5*, 
11.        Bp[«n<]  at  Lon.  14"  G*,  a  perriwig  2'  15* 
in  mony  and  as  much  haire  as  cost  me 
35*  so  in  all  4'  10*,  oringcs  &  chesnuts 


151 


04  06 

10  00 

14  06 

19  06 

10  10 


16    08 


00    00 
15    06 


06    06 
02     00 


18 

08 

00 

00 

01 

06 

10 

00 

152       BZFENSE-BOOK  OP  JAMBS  HA8TEB,  ESQ., 

[1674-5.]  £ 

Feb.  17.  6',  mendpn^]  my  coach  2'  4»,  wUdfowle 
7«  6«,  M'  Tibbs  for  interrest  13'  e", 
given  him  more  5*,  giv[e»]  Salmon 
Willet  5',  a  gr.  pa[tr]  of  worsted  stock- 
ings 10*,  a  pa[tr]  trouses  8"  6*,  given 
18.        Father  Salmon's  servants  12',  6000  pins 

18.  V  9*,  sp.  3'  6*,  given  at  La[<^]  Fane's 
26.        child's  christ[en»n^]  7*  6*,  hat  for  Nich. 

Mar.  6.  Hubbard  4i»,  Pet  lor  mend[»n5']  locks 
11.        &  jack  7»,  sp.  at  Mailing  Ac.  7',  at 

19.  Tunbridge  7",  shooes  mackaroons  &  rib- 
bon 7'  6*,    sp.  at  y«  Assizes  11'  6^ 

23     Ap.        1  ounce  safEron  3',  given  at  y'  sacra- 

4  :  8.        ment  and  clerk's  wages  4',  spent  3'  6*, 

14.        2  yee[r«']  quitrent  to  S'  Vere  Fane  8«  5*, 

19.        sp.  at  y'  sessions  12*  6^,  sp.  at  Mailing 

5*,  given  Covell  y*  clerke  for  his  fee  for 

7  cfildren's  christnings  3»  6^,  in  all 17 

Dec.  21.    Given  y*  poore  of  Merworth 01 

Dec.  30.    Lost  at  cards  at  severall  times 04 

Feb.  4 :  Jan.  23.     Given  M"  Highland  y«  midwife  ...    02 

Feb.  6.  For  y«  Gentleman's  Eecreation  2'  9*, 
Ogilbye's  Virgill  5*,  Lectures  ag.  Popery 
7*  6*,  Sidenbam  of  Baptisme  18*,  in  all . . .    00    16    09 

Feb.  21 :  74.    Pa[»i]  for  D'  Stillingfleet's  An8[wer] 

to  Cressy 00    05    06 

Mar.  31 ;  75.  Pa[«rf]  for  mending  my  coach  harnesse 
5",  a  bit  &  bridell  5',  a  saddle  cloath 
2*  ll*,  Ned  Martin's  for  3  horses  &c. 
4*  S"",  2  frames  for  y*  children's  pictures 
15',  Cutbert's  expences  13*.  in  all 01    18    05 

Feb.  74.    Pa[»i]  Nurse  Beech  for  lookeing  to  my 

wife  two  months  when  she  lay  in 02    00    00 

July  80.    More  to  her  for  6  months*  wages 02    01    07 

May  10.    Pa[»i]  for  halfe  a  yeer's  chimnye  mony 

endied  at  Lady  day  75 01    02    00 

Ap.  17.  Pa[Mri  for  washballs  12'*,  10  pa[c*«]  cards 
2'  6^  children's  shooes  Ac.  14*,  Cut- 
berd's  exp[«t«e»]  at  y'  Assizes  12*, 
paJtV]  8patter[/a]8he8  2' 6*,  in  all    00    06    02 

Ap.  17 :  75.  Pa[«ij  tor  3  ya.  i  lace  7',  5  ja,[rds] 
lace  7"  6*,  9^  ya.  cloath  19',  18  ya.  tape 
18*    01     15    00 

Ap.    17.    Pafti]  Ned  Martin  in  full  for  wages  15    07    06 

26.     Pa[trf]  M'  Adolphus  for  drawing  James's 

and  Franck's  pictures 02    03    00 

May  8.  Spent  at  Mailing  Ac.  7',  2  grosse  corks  8', 
18.  given  M'  Gifford  10",  Bp[cfi<]  at  Lon- 
18.        ao[f»]  6*,  2  paper  books  2»,  Bp[en<]  at 


^^H^^^^^l^^l 

^^^         A.D.  1675.           ^^ 

P 

^M 

H     1675. 

£ 

^1 

■     May   18. 
^     27  Ju.  2. 

Lon[rf<m]  5',  pa[iV]  shooes  5*,  12  Rate- 

^^H 

locks    11',   81).   at  Lo[n(/on]  Full[Artwi] 
&  Br[olher]  Maun[ing'$]  11«,  Gr.  Bay  y" 

^^H 

^^H 

5:  9. 

farrier  9',  sp.  at  Mailing  5',  at  Fevers- 

^^H 

12. 

ham  7",  abated  M'  Smith  for  hoops  10', 

^^H 

u 

Bp.  at  LonUonl  12«  C'*,  in  all 

05 

08     06         ^H 

■      June  15 :  75.     Sp[«rt<]  at  FuIlbafHi]  &  London  12*  G-", 

^^H 

B         18 :  24. 

giTen  M'  Ramond   10',  sp.  at  Lon[(lon] 
6"  B"",  2  pafiV*]  ahooe  Buckelle  5',  Apo- 
thecarye  8  Bill  17"  6\  Combs  &  Pouder 

^M 

■ 

^^^^H 

■ 

6'   G"",  a  pa[iV]    ahooee   &   slippers   8», 

^^^^H 

■     July     1. 

3  pa[i>«]  gloves  G',  sp.  9',  Horsemeat  at 
London  2'  10',   given   Father  Salmon's 

^1 

■ 

Servants  16',  sp.  at  Mailing  4«  G^,  new 
stock  &  Lock  for  a  gunn  10',  given  at 

^^H 

■ 

^^H 

■        U :  29. 

Jo.  Crop's  wedding  by  me  and  my  Wife 
20',  sp.  7'  6'',  given  M-"  Denn  10',  sp.  at 

H 

y"  Assizes  16',  in  all    

10 

14    06         ^H 

H.       Aug.  7  :  16 

Sp[«i<]  at  Mailing  5",  at  London  5", 

^^H 

■                 18. 

Steele  Mouse  Trap  i'G"",  sp.  at  Fulham  10', 

^^^1 

■      29  Sept.  4. 

S'  Vere  Fane's  Keeper  5',  sp.  at  Mailing 

^^H 

■ 

Ac.  9',  S'  Hump.  Miller's  Keeper  3"  6'',  y« 

^^H 

■          14 :  29. 

Ratcatcher  5',  shooes  forNich.  Hubbard 

^^H 

■     Oct.     1. 

6',  a  pa[tr]  Boots  for  me  24',  given  ser- 
vants at  Fulham  &  for  Horsemeat  19", 

H 

H 

sp.  at  Br,  Manning's  3",  given  M"  Jane 

^^H 

H 

2'  O'',  sp.  at  y"  Sessions  11',  Tto.  Duu- 
raole's  Bill  for  Shooes  Ac.  13'  01",  Cut- 

^^^M 

■ 

^^H 

■     Not.  12. 

berd's  Bill  for  Hay  &c.  20',  given  Rich. 
Fuller  A  sp.  at  Eltham  12',  sp.  at  London 

^1 

H 

4',  mending  Sword  &  Belt  8'  6'',  mourn- 

^^H 

H 

ing  shooes  &  goloshooes  11',  Coach  Hire 
Ac.  14",  M'  Phillips's  Bill  for  Spirits 

H 

H 

1'  18',  sp.  at  lioud.  7',  sp.  at  Lo[nJon]  5', 
Hamper  A  Cord  3',  sp.  at  Lond[on]  5', 

H 

H    Dec.  3  :  75 

in  all 

12 

04         ^1 

Spent  at  London  G'  9*,  2  pa[t>«]  shooes 

H 

10*,  spent  at  Fulham  &c.  9'  C",  Mother 

^^H 

■ 

Salmon's  servants  11',  Hat  for  Nich.  5', 
sp.at  Farningham  7*,Hacknye  Coach  fro' 

H 

V 

London  35",  given  y'  Poore  of  Merworth 

^^^1 

Janu.  5. 

20*,  given  mother's  servants  Ac.  12',  sp. 

^^H 

8. 

at  Mailing  Ac.  lO*,  in  all    

06 

06    03         ^H 

13. 

Pa[»'/J  halfe  a  yeer's  chimnye  mony  end- 

^^H 

15. 

[iW]  Mich.  75     

01 

02     00         ^H 

Pa[»(/]   Nurse  Bedell  [Knell]  one  ye[flr'«] 

May  20:  7 

wages  then  ended 

06 

00    00        ^H 

5.     Pa[irf]  for   Lace  for  wife  1'  8*  6<»,   a 

pa[»>]  silke  stockings  for  James  7",  12 

3 

164        EXFEM8B-B00K  OP  JA.UE8  MA8TEB,  ESQ., 

1675.  £      «.      d. 

May  20.  yards  of  Dammaske  at  8'  ye  ya.  4*  16', 
Hat  for  James  w""  silver  lace  20*,  Hat 
22.  for  Nich.  5',  Gloves  for  me  and  y«  Chil- 
dren 6'  6'',  Callico  for  Curtaines  at  12* 

June  26.        ye  ya.  48',  Dimmety  &  Callico  1'  6", 

Tape  for  "Wife  lO*,  in  all  12    02    00 

Nov.  18 :  75.  Paid  for  a  pa[*V]  bl.  silke  stockings  & 
a  pa[»r]  bl.  worsted  stockings  for  my 
selfe  20»,  3  ya.  bl.  Cloath  for  Coat  & 
breeches  3',  a  Beaver  hat  3'  1*  6*,  2  plain 
cravats  7",  pi.  cravat  &  cuffs  10",  Perriwig 

Jan.    27.        4^  lO",  2  caps  <fc  bl.  ribbon  5',  leather  hat- 

Feb.     5.        case  5',  M'  Woodrooffe  for  make[tn^] 

my  mourning  sute      ;  make[*n$p]  Nich's 

8.        bl.  sute  &  for  y*  Cloath  ;  Stockings 

&  gloves  12',  in  all*  

June  27  :  76.    Pa[j</]  M'  Bathurst  for  20  yards  of 

Dimmety 01    00    00 

Ap.  12  :  75.      Pa[»rfJfor  L^ordl  Castlemain's  Book 

June  12.        4*.  Life  of  Pope  Joan  12'',  A  Collection 

Nov.  15 :  75.  Ac.  18^  8  Books  4»,  2  Books  5'  6*. 
Lo[r<l  Hollis's  2  Books  2'  6*,  Eeinolds 
on  y«  Canti[cfa»]  2'  6*,  Luzan  &  La 
Mot's  sermons  18^  Bome's  Fallibility 
25.  12*,  Triple  Crowne  18«,  D'  Cozen's 
Book  2',  French  Memoires  12*,  Histo- 
rian's Guide  12"',  Letters  of  Advice  12*. 
D'  Hammond's  Anno[to]tionB  24*,  State 
of  y«  Empire  2*  6*,  Evelin's  Discourse 
18*.  Naked  Truth  2-  6*,  Netherland  His- 

Aj).  29  :  76.    toriau  5',  Geographicall  Dictionary  12*, 

M!ay  11.  Tillotson's  Bule  of  Faith  4",  Cooke  of 
Trees  3'  6*,  Tillotson's  Sermons  3»  4*, 
Hale's  Contempla[tion«]  4*,  Doct[rt««» 

June    8.        of]  Devills  2%  D'  Stiliingfleet's  Confer. 

2*  6*,  Eeproba[<to«]  reprobated  2"  6*, 

Parson  Smirke  2»  6*,  D'  Stillin[s'^e<'«] 

22  :  76.       Answ.  to  Gk)dwin  6',  Assemblye's  Anno- 

ta[^ton«]  2  voll.  45',  in  all 07    02    04 

Ap.  75.  Pa[t<^]  Alderman  Thomas  for  stufEe  for 
"Wife  and  Children  11'  15«,  more  stufEe 

June  19 :  75.  6',  pa[»>]  thred  stockings  4",  Lace  Cravat 
<fc  Cuffs  3',  Children's  Cloaths  3',  stockings 
wife  &  socks  8"  6*,  W.  Basset  for  gather- 

Aug.  4 :  75.     ing  my  quitrents  at  2'  in  y«  po.  45*, 

in  all     20    18    06 

Sept.  14.    Spent  at  Mailing  &c.  9*,  G.  Sandall  for  car- 

*  Sum  not  given. 


A.D.  1675  AND  1676.  155 

1675.  £     «.     i. 

Dec.    4.        i7[»«^]  of  things  2i4*,  given  M' Osmond 

1675-6.  Clark  15',  G.  Sandall's  BiU  lO",  G.  Eay 

Feb.     1.        y"  Farrier  5",  sp.  5'  4^,  sp.  more  12"  6% 

searching  S'  Tho.  Nevill's  will  10*,  sp.  at 

Lon[(?on]  8",  interreat  to  M'  Heyes  12', 

Cos.  Master  fee20»,  M'Eamond's  fee  10*, 

search  offices  8',M'  Bird's  bill  y*  attomye 

9.        ag.  Priestland  16»3"i,giv.MotherSalmon'B 

servants  6*  G'',  horsemeat  &  coach-hire 

14.         14»,  G.  Sandall  in  full  11«,  eiven  M" 

23  Mar.  4.      Highland  2',  sp.  10»,  sp.  at  MaUing  5*  9*, 

16.        given  M'  Brooke  10»,  sp.  at  y*  Assizes 

13",  given  M"  Crofts  for  lookeing  to  my 

Mar.  27 :  76.  wife  30",  clerk's  wages  2",  sp!  at  Mall- 

Ap.      6.        ing  8"  7'',  given  M'  Tonstall  5»,  sp.  at 

y«  Sessions  12",  M'  Yates's  offering  16^, 

16.        wife  at  La[rfy]  Fane's  Ch[tW«J  Christ- 

\ening\  7"  G"",  shooemaker's  bill  5",  sp.  at 

Br.  Manning's  7*  4'',  stockings  for  me  & 

Nich.  5"  6'',  sp.  at  Lond.  9",  2  pa[»>«] 

gloves  4",  Cos.  Master  fee  10*,  pa[»V] 

shooes  5',  sp.  at  Lond.  6",  M''  Bamond 

10",  sp.  at  London  8',  mend[»n<7]  watches 

4',  2  pa[«>»]  shooes  10",  horse  graase 

&  sp[e»^]  11"  10^,  sp.  at  "Wrotham  5", 

sp.  in  Essex  29",  Bay  y'  farrier  8",  sp.  at 

Lond.  8",  30  ya.  girtweb  7",  Nich's  shooes 

4'  e"",  sp.  at  Lond.  6",  given  M'  Bamond 

20",  in  all 26    16    08 

Junel4:76.     SpentatLondonl2',pa[»V]glove82*,8p. 
6',  Jo.  Crosse  car[ry»ny]  goods  5",  horse- 

21.  grasse  &  shooes  10",   pa[»>]   stockings 
4"  e**,  3  pa[t>«J  socks  2"  6^,  given  Sister 

22.  Willet's  servants  23",  sp.  at  Lond.  4", 
com[t»y]  by  water  to  Gravesend  and  sp. 

28  :  30.  there  25",  sp.  at  Lond.  8"  9^,  sp.  at  Lond, 
17",  shooes  for  me  &  y"  children  8",  lace  & 
buttons  for  Nich's  deaths  15",  straps  & 
July  1.  whip7',lodging&hor8emeatatLond[on] 
12' 6'',  1  qu.  carraway  water  2*  6'',  sp[e»<] 
4'  4'',  M'  Phillips's  bill  for  wine  &  spir- 
rits  40",  Lady-daye's  chiranye  mony  22", 
to  W.  Loat  2'  C,  sp.  3",  sp.  at  y*  Assizes 
10"  6'',  sp.  at  y"  Wells  8"  G"",  wife  \_at\  Jo. 
Crop's  christening  5",  G.  Perch  in  full 
18"  G^,  sp.  at  y"=  Wells  12"  &\  sp.  at 
Mailing  5"  6*,  sp.  at  Mailing  4"  6'^,  G. 
Sanders  in  full  for  makeing  Nich's 
cloaths  wastcoats  &  other  things  3'  4"  6^, 


26. 

May 

2. 

6. 

9. 

9. 

25; 

;27. 

June 

2. 

9; 

il2. 

4 

:  6. 

22. 

29. 

Aug. 

4. 

5: 

10. 

156        KXPBKSE-BOOK  OF  JAMBS  ICASTEB,  £SQ. 

[1676.]  £     «.    i. 

Aug.  12.        G.  Pet  mending  locks  5*  6'',  8'  Vere's 

18.        keeper  5',  sp.  at  y"  "Wells  12*  6*,  given 

28.        Q«.  Baker  5«,  M'  Fane's  keeper  5«,  8' 

W.  Twisden's  keeper  5',  sp.  at  Mall[»«^] 

5'  6*,  8'  Hum.  Miller's  keeper  5*,  sp.  at 

Sept.  2 :  23.    Mall[»ny]  6'  0*.  sp.  at  Sessions  9"  6^ 

Oct.  5  :  21.    manna  &c.  6',  shooes  ^c.  9'  6^,  sp.  at 

Nov.  4 :  15.  Mall[t»jy]  4',  given  G.  Baker  seiz[««y] 

herriot  6',  in  all 21     14    01 

June  26 :  76.  Pa[ti]  M'  Bose,  for  a  new  coach,  my 
old  coach  vall[M«rf]  at  8'  &  in  money 
27'  10*,  besides  12  yards  of  dammaske  at 
12*  ye  va.  7*  4',  curtaines  I  had  before, 
so  in  all   42    14    00 

Dec.  1 :  75.  Pa[»rf]  for  a  peece  of  dimmety  17*  6*,  M' 
Dugdale  in  full  for  linnen  50*,  makeing 
Fri^«*'«]  coat  10»,  make[iny]  James's 

Bute  16*  6*,  in  all    04    14    00 

8  :  75.    Pa[«<r]  for  an  hat  for  James  9',  stockings 
18^  cravats  5*  6*,  4  yards  of  bl.  cloath 

Jan.     5.        serge  86',  a  folding  bedsted  33'  6^,  lace 

May  1 :  76.  for  y«  children  6*,  Margerye's  bill 
1'  10*  06*,  lookeing  glasse  for  wife  1*  14*, 

May    1.        Coatman's  bill  25*  6*,  buckells  &  shooes 

for  y«  children  7"  6*,  in  all     09    09    00 

June  80 :  76.  Pa[»i]  S'  Charles  Bickerstaffe  for  y« 
reversion  of  y*  fee  farme  rent  of  y* 
Mannour  of  Milton  \])y  Sittingboume]  m 
Kent,  after  j*  death  of  y'  old  Dutchesse 
of  Eichmond,  being  120'  06*  8*  p.  ann. 

1200";  being  tenn  yeers'  purchase 1200    00    00 

30.  Given  M'  Norton  for  procureing  SOC  for 
me  21,  to  his  man  7*,  M'  Bamond  for  his 
advice  2',  Cosen  Master  for  his  advice 
40*,  his  clerke  for  ingrossing  y"  deeds  15*, 
acknowledging  j*  deeds  5*,  makeing  y* 
bond8  2*,  inrollingy«deed&c.  33',  inall    09    02    00 

Sept.  29 :  76.     Given  to  mv  wife  at  severall  times  fro' 

Jidy  3,  74  till  now  2  yeers  &  a  quarter    77    09    00 


EiTD  OF  M'  James  Mabisb'b  Exfekse-Booe. 


JAMES  master's  LIFE,  A.D.  1647-8.  157 


After  learing  Trinity  College,  Cambridge,  in  July  1647,  .Tames 
Master  paid  visits  to  various  country  gentlemen.  At  Sir  Tliomaa 
Pelham's  place,  Hallaud  Park,  Laughton,  near  Lewes,  Sussex,  he 
spent  ten  days,  August  23  to  September  4.  He  mentions  passing 
tnrough  Grinstead  aahe  went,  and  through  G-odstone  aahe  returned. 
Mr.  Hevvett  seems  to  have  entertained  him  for  one  night  while  he 
was  Sir  Thomas  Pelhani's  guest.  Sir  Thomas  Pelham's  mother  had 
been  Mary  Walsingham,  the  aunt  of  James  Master's  step-father, 
Sir  Thomas  Walsingham. 

In  September  1647  he  visited  his  uncle  Bourne,  and  Sir  John 
Tonstall  (probably  his  step-sister's  husband),  but  only  for  a  day  or 
so  J  he  also  went  to  Sicbmond. 

In  October,  en  route  for  East  Langdon  Court,  near  Dover,  to 
stay  with  his  cousin  Richard  M.aater  (eldest  son  of  Sir  Edward),  he 
visited  Harbledown  and  Canterbury.  At  the  old  hospital  in  Harble- 
down  he  purchased,  for  15s..  nine  of  the  wooden  bowls,  or  raa/.ers, 
that  were  customarily  sold  there.  Tliree  of  these  bowls,  which  he 
calls  "  cans,"  were  made  of  tamarisk  wood,  and  six  were  of  yew. 
It  is  interesting  to  hear  of  the  traffic  in  these  bowls,  and  to 
learn  the  materials  of  which  they  were  made.  During  his  stay  at 
Langdon  Court  he  went  on  one  day  to  Dover,  and  on  another  to 
Deal,  where  he  was  taken  over  a  ship  lying  at  anchor.  Upon  a 
third  day  he  went  to  St.  Radegund's  Abbey  and  there  visited 
Mr.  Edolph. 

Eeturning,  he  spent  a  night  or  two  at  Canterbury  Deanery, 
which  was  at  this  time  rented  by  his  uncle.  Sir  Edward  Master, 
M.P.  for  Canterbury,  who  was  buried  in  the  Cathedral  ten  months 
after  this,  in  August  1648.  Sir  E<lward'a  portrait,  by  Vandyke, 
was  subsequently  bung  by  James  Master  as  an  ornament  in  his 
house,  Yotea  Court.  He  made  his  way  home  through  Maidstone 
and  Rochester,  to  Scadbury  in  Chislehurst. 

His  travelling  was  done  on  horseback,  and  he  was  accompanied 
by  a  mounted  g^room,  whoso  red  livery  suit  aud  cloak  cost  £5  in 
December ;  a  frieze  coat  for  the  groom  cost  lOs.,  and  four  holland 
caps  were  bought  for  him  at  the  end  of  the  year.  The  groom's 
wagea  were  JE4  per  annum.  Shoeing  the  two  horses  for  five  months 
(July  1  to  Nov.  19,  1647)  cost  only  98.  Mr.  Dell  and  Mr.  Gold- 
well  of  Bexley  received  calls  from  Sir.  Master  in  November,  and  in 
March  1648  he  spent  two  nights  in  CarshaUon.  On  the  3rd  of 
April,  he  went  vid  Stratford-by-Bow  to  Cambridge,  to  make  his 
adieux.  Before  finally  quitting  Cambridge,  he  went  on  the  10th  of 
April  1648  to  see  Audley  End,  the  mansion  of  his  step-sister-in- 
law's  father,  the  Earl  of  Suffolk,  and  spent  two  nights  at  New- 
market, where  racing  obtained  under  the  Commonwealth  as  it  does 
now.  The  two  butlers  of  Trinity  obtained  a  gratuity  of  68.  when 
he  left  the  College  on  the  13th  of  April.  It  is  noted  that  the 
young  gentleman  who  took  Mr.  Master's  College  chamber,  when  he 
left  it,  was  named  "  Fawnes."  Probably  this  was  auother  Kentish 
man,  one  of  the  family  of  Faunce,  whose  descendant  is  Mr.  Faunce 
De  Laune  of  Sharsted,  near  Sittingboume.  We  may  note  the 
purchase  of  a  barrel  of  oysters  and  four  bottles  of  Bhenish  wine, 


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OB   well  as    a    prospectiTe    glass    or    telescope    on   the  24th   of 
February. 

His  fees  on  admission  to  the  Society  of  Lincoln's  Inn  in  May 
1648,  as  a  student  for  the  Bur,  amounted  to  £4  158.,  and  his 
commons  at  Lincoln's  Inn  cost  Ss.  per  week.  One  of  his  amuse- 
ments then  was  coekfighting,  at  which  in  that  mouth  bo  lost  2l8.  in 
two  days. 

At  this  time  Smithfield  was  not  merely  a  market  for  sheep  and 
oxen.  Mr,  Master  bought  there,  for  £13,  a  little  bay  nag  (May  15, 
16-t8),  which  in  June  was  sent  out  to  graze  in  Merewortn  Park,  for 
a  fortnight,  at  a  cost  of  28.  nor  week.  He  had  paid  £20  in  the 
previous  Noveniber  for  a  tall  black  gelding,  with  white  star  on  his 
rorehead  and  two  white  feet.  In  June  following  he  paid  £24  for 
a  sand-coloured  mare. 

In  brilliancy  of  appearance,  the  gentlemen  under  the  Common- 
wealth seem  to  have  lar  eiceeded  anything  we  of  this  age  have 
imagined.  Mr.  Master  bought  in  May  a  gold  and  silver  bit,  and  in 
June  a  blue  velvet  siiddle  with  silver  fringe  and  lace  upon  it. 
When  riding  on  this  saddle,  wearing  liis  white  Spiiniah  leather  boots 
(see  June  !)),  liis  sword  having  its  hilt  double  gilt  (June  13),  and 
his  many  "  points  "  of  ribbon,  he  must  have  looked  rather  unlike 
the  modern  idea  of  a  Purilan  gentleman  of  the  period. 

For  the  anuit-eiiient  of  hawking  he  pureba»ed  (June  24)  two 
common  Bparrtuv-binvks,  and  three  days  later  an  expensive  goshawk 
(an  "  EyesBC  Terc-ell  Gentle  ").  He  paid  12s.  "  for  all  trimming  for 
myself  and  my  hawk  "  at  the  end  of  July.  Ne.xt  July  (1G49)  also  he 
mentions  a  sparrow-hawk  being  brouglit  to  him.  Other  pastimes 
arc  indicated  by  his  dining  at  tlie  cockpit  in  June,  and  his  expendi- 
ture at  "  the  Cherrye  Garden  "  in  July.  The  Cherry  Garden  was 
visited  by  him  every  Julv  for  several  years.  He  attended  at 
Bromley  Fair  on  the  25th  of  July,  and  bought  there  a  cheap  gelding, 
wall-eyed,  for  £(j  Ss. 

In  August,  as  he  contemplated  buying  the  manor  of  Gimmingham 
in  Norfolk,  he  crossed  the  rhames  at  Greenwich,  and  made  a  tour 
through  Essex  into  Norfolk,  having  with  him  three  horses.  He 
visited  Sir  Roger  North  at  Rougham,  spent  one  night  at  Norwich, 
another  at  Cromer,  and  thence  went  tfl  look  at  Gimmingham. 
Returning,  ho  stayed  three  nights  at  Norwich,  went  to  Yarmouth, 
and  thence  came  back  to  stay  at  Sir  Williaiu  Paston's.  Ho  went 
back  during  the  first  days  of  September,  through  Bury  St.  Edmunds, 
Newmarket  (where  he  spent  a  night),  and  Newport  in  Essex. 
Then  he  went  into  Sussex,  getting  his  horses  shoe!  at  Nutley  in 
Maresfield,  and  made  short  visits  to  Sir  Thomas  Pclham  and  Mr. 
Hcwett.  In  the  park  of  the  latter  a  man  was  killed  by  a  stag, 
and  James  Master  gave  lOs.  to  the  widow.  He  returned  through 
East  Grinstead. 

When  at  home  again,  at  Seadbury  in  Chislehurst,  he  went,  for 
shooting  probably,  to  Hail  Place  in  Bexley  for  one  day  (iSept.  28) 
on  his  first  visit  to  Mr.  Robert  Austen,  who  twelve  years  later  was 
created  a  baronet,  and  with  whom  Mr.  Master  seems  to  have  been 
on  familiar  terms  for  many  years  after  this.     He  paid  other  visits 


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in  October,  one  to  Sir  Edward  Bathurst,  and  one  to  Sir  Stephen 
Scott  at  Hayes.  In  the  same  month  he  purchased  three  pounds 
of  tobacco  at  38.  Cd.  per  pound,  and  made  his  largest  payment 
for  a  horse,  viz.,  £iO  tor  a  bay  maro  of  Lord  Dunbar's  breed,  six 
years  old. 

A  dog  match  drew  him  to  Kingston-on-Thames  on  the  9th  of 
November,  and  he  there  won  13g.  in  bets.  In  the  following 
February,  he  lost  lOs.  "  at  a  cock  fighting." 

At  this  time  he  was  engaged  in  some  legal  business.  "  M' 
Hales  the  lawyer  "  got  a  fee  of  lOs. ;  "M"'  Coleburue  the  scrivener," 
first  58.  and  later  lOs. ;  and  "  M'  Woolricli  the  lawyer  lOs."  The 
deeds  (of  conveyance  probably)  wore  drawn  by  Mr.  Colebume  in 
February  1648-9. 

On  the  5th  of  January  1648-9,  he  purchased  a  smart  pair  of 
green  silk  stockiiigw  for  lOs.;  and  two  moiiths  later  he  paid  his 
second  visit  to  Aiidlcy  End,  Lord  Suffolk's  place  in  Essex.  In  the 
following  May  he  seems  to  have  been,  for  a  few  hours,  at  Mr,  Roper's 
house  in  Eltham. 

In  April,  he  bought  Is.  worth  of  oranges  and  lemons,  three 
lobsters  and  a  quart  of  boiling  oysters  for  Gs,  6d.,  and  two  pecks  of 
oysters  for  Is.  6d.  On  the  24th  of  May  he  purchased  in  London 
some  "sack."  He  describes  it  under  two  names:  IGi  gallons  of 
canary  at  5h.  per  gallon,  and  3^  gallons  of  "backrack"  at  4s.  8d.; 
thus  making  togetiier  20  gallons  of  "  sock." 

In  June  he  lost  £3  15s.  at  cards,  in  two  days.  In  July  he  took 
lessons  in  singing  from  Mr.  Cook,  who  charged  258.  for  a  month's 
teaching ;  other  lessons  were  taken  from  him  in  October  for  a 
month,  and  again  in  December  for  b  third  month. 

Preparatory  to  paying  visits  in  Berkshire,  in  August  1649,  he 
obtained  a  gay  suit  of  "right  French  scarlet  "  (as  the  stuff  for  the 
cloak  cost  458.  a  yard,  it  must  surely  have  been  velvet),  lined  with 
taffeta  silk,  and  trimmed  with  thirty  gold  and  silver  flat  buttnns. 
Scarlet  mohair  and  scarlet  "  serge  de  shaloon  "  were  used  for  the 
coat  and  doublet  of  this  suit,  the  materials  for  which  cost  over  £15, 
and  the  making  £4  15s.  Thus  gaily  attired  he  visited  Sir  John 
Hippesley,  at  Warfield  ;  then,  having  baited  at  Twyford,  he  went 
on  to  stay  with  Sir  Humphrey  Forster,  at  Alderraaston.  On  leaving 
Sir  Humphrey's  he  spent  a  night  at  Marlborough,  and  went  on  to 
Bath,  where  he  abode  for  three  weeks,  visiting  the  Cross  Bath  and 
the  Queen's  Bath,  and  losing  £4  lOs.  at  cards.  While  at  Bath,  he 
made  a  day's  excursion  to  Bristol,  where  he  spent  58.  in  purchasing 
"  Bristol  diamonds,"  and  10s.  in  French  plums,  that  is,  "  7  lbs.  of 
prinellaes."  Returning  from  Bath,  in  Septeraher,  he  again  visited 
Sir  H.  Forster,  and  Sir  J.  Hippesley  (baiting  at  Maidenhead  this 
time  instead  of  at  Twyford),  and  crossed  the  Thames  at  Fulham. 

At  the  end  of  October  Mr.  Master  ordered  a  laced  coat,  made 
of  Spanish  cloth  (costing  15s.  the  yard),  and  trimmed  with  19  yards 
of  gold  and  silver  galloon  lace,  which  at  49.  7d.  an  ounce  cost 
50s.  5d.  For  the  making  he  paid  the  tailor  27h.  6d.,  so  that  this 
"  close  coat  kced  "  cost  him  £5  9a.  A  French  castor  hat  and  a 
band  were  obtained  for  328.  6d.,  and  when  October  began  he  set 


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out  for  Essex,  and  paid  a  visit  to  his  eonsin  Mr.  Bourne.  Travel- 
ling everywhere  on  horseback,  he  found  it  expedient  to  provide 
himself  with  a  pair  of  pistols  for  his  saddle. 

During  October  and  November,  he  twice  spent  a  day  at  Mr. 
Roper's  in  Eltham,  and  one  day  he  was  at  Mr.  Knight's,  lie  spent 
three  days  at  the  end  of  November  in  visiting  Yotes  in  Mereworth, 
which  he  determined  to  purchase  later  on.  Certain  -writings  about 
the  property  were  now  prepared  by  Mr.  Colobourne,  the  scrivener, 
to  whom  ho  paid  lOs.  for  them  on  the  1st  of  February  following. 

During  January  1649-50  he  procured  a  smart  waistcoat  of 
■watchet  satin,  trimmed  with  four  yards  of  gold  and  silver  lace;  and 
he  expended  568.  for  96  yards  of  ribbon.  Of  this  ribbon,  72  yards 
were  made  into  96  points;  which  were  subsequently  "tagged"  for  2s. 
His  white  gloves,  with  i  yards  of  ribbon,  cost  Ss. ;  but  his  amber 
gloves  and  their  trimming  were  obtained  for  in.  These,  and  a  sad 
coloured  cloth  suit  of  "  drab  de  Berry,"  seem  to  have  been  ordered 
in  view  of  visits  which  he  paid  in  February  to  Lard  Suffolk's  place, 
"  Audley  End,"  and  to  Newmarket.  His  joiirneys  upon  this  occa- 
sion were  made  in  coaches.  It  would  seem,  from  several  entries, 
that,  when  passing  through  London,  he  was  able  to  hire  a  chamber 
there,  at  this  period,  for  the  trifling  sum  of  -ts.  a  week. 

In  March  Mr.  Master,  upon  seeing  Lady  Ann  Walsingham'a 
child,  gave  28.  6d.  to  the  nurse ;  probably  this  child  was  his  god- 
son and  step-nephew,  James  Walsingham. 

In  Marcn  1650,  he  speaks  of  ginng  lOs.  to  Captain  Jaques,  and 
in  January  165^  he  mentions  cousin  Jaques.  Mr.  Master  had 
maternal  relatives  of  this  name.  His  mother's  aunt,  Elizabeth 
Cowper,  married  Mr.  John  Jaques,  and  was  the  mother  of  Sir  John 
Jaques,  who  died  in  1050. 

A  new  pastime  is  mentioned  in  Api'il  1C50,  when  this  entry 
appears,  "  Lost  at  scales,  28."  In  the  following  month,  legal  pro- 
ceedings were  taken  by  Mr.  Master  against  Sir  Andrew  Cogan,  who 
owed  him  money.  He  employed  Mr.  Kemp,  an  attorney,  to  sue  Sir 
Andrew,  iind  to  take  out  a  writ  against  him. 

Asparagus  was  purchased  on  the  15th  of  May ;  and  a  week 
later  he  united  with  Sir  Thomas  Walsingham  (his  step-father)  in 
purchasing  a  Dutch  goshawke,  which  cost  £5;  while  a  month  after- 
wards he  got  a  "  sparrhawke  "  for  Is. 

In  each  of  the  moiTths  May,  June,  and  July  he  bought  a  new 
horse,  and  from  an  entry  in  July  we  learn  that  he  sent  hia  bay 
mare  and  two  coits  to  graze  in  Buckhurst  Park  (near  "Withyham), 
paying  £2  ISs.  for  their  feed  during  fifteen  weeks.  His  groom'a 
livery  is  nieutioncd  in  the  same  month  as  being  made  of  red  cloth, 
faced  with  ash-coloured  baize. 

The  depreciation  of  silver  money  is  alluded  to  frequently  in  this 
Expense-Bouk.  We  may  speak  of  it,  once  for  all,  here,  in  citing  an 
explanatory  entry  made  on  the  3(Jth  of  July  1650.  'WHien  he  wished 
to  change  silver  into  gold  he  was  obliged  to  give  21b.  4d.  or  more 
for  every  sovereign.  Thus  having  himself  fifteen  sovereigns,  he 
obtained  for  them  in  silver  £16  28.  6d. ;  being  2  Is.  6d.  for  each 
sovereign.     When,  howe»'"-    *>e  himself  wished  to  change  silver 


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money,  amounting  to  £22,  he  obttiined  for  it,  iu  gold,  only  £20  lOs., 
and  a  shilling  over  in  silver — being  charged  not  quit©  2l8.  4d.  for 
each  sovereign. 

An  entry  on  the  8th  of  Auguat  mentions  Sir  Thomas  Piers  of 
Stonepit  in  Seal  (Mr.  Master  writ-es  tlic  name  as  "  Peirco"),  who 
had  married  his  first-couain,  Audrey  Master,  a  daughter  of  Sir 
Edward  Master.  "We  may  notice,  on  the  16th  of  the  same  month, 
the  use  of  the  word  "  vamping  "  for  repairing  a  pair  of  boots  ;  this 
word  "  vamping "  recurs  frequently  throughout  the  book.  Next 
day  he  paid  28.  for  "  dogges  for  the  liawke  ;"  and  a  mouth  later 
bought  cloth  to  lino  the  goshawke's  perch.  In  October,  beef  was 
bought  for  the  goshawk,  and  also  a  nair  of  "  craines." 

For  a  week  or  ton  days  after  tiie  21st  of  August  he  was  at 
Halland,  in  Sussex,  staying  with  Sir  Thomas  Pelham.  There,  as 
usual,  he  lost  money  at  cards  ;  this  time  his  loss  amounted  to  £6. 
While  at  Halland,  his  horse  fell  lame ;  it  was  named  "  Weeks,"  and 
had  been  bought  for  £20  iu  July.  Consequently  he  bought  of  Mr. 
Pelham  (liis  host's  eldest  son)  a  grey  mare,  six  years  old,  giving  for 
it  £15  in  money,  in  addition  to  the  lame  horse. 

In  September  he  spent  a  couple  of  days  at  Oxenhoath  with 
Sir  Nicholas  MiOer.  In  October  he  saw  the  child  of  his  "  sister 
Tunatall "  and  gave  2a.  to  the  nurse;  possibly  he  was  the  child's 
godfather.  The  mother  was  probably  Catherine,  daughter  of  Sir 
Thomas  Walsingham. 

Of  the  bowEng  green  Jamea  Master  seems  to  hare  been  an 
hahitud.  In  October  1650  he  records  his  losses  there  at  £8  18a.  6d. 
They  had  swallowed  up  a  bet  of  £5  10a.  which  he  had  won  from 
Sir  Humphrey  Forstor,  at  a  footmatch.  At  the  end  of  1651,  ho 
enters,  at  £6  lis.,  hia  loaaes,  at  bowla  and  cards,  during  the  year. 

Ten  days  in  October  were  spent  at  Sir  Thomas  Pelham's  in 
Sussex  by  Mr.  Master,  who  in  that  month  caused  the  woods  on  the 
Totes  Estate,  at  Moreworth  to  be  "  viewed  "  on  his  behalf  by  two 
experts  to  whom  he  paid  lOs.  In  the  following  month  he  caused 
the  Records  Ln  the  Exchequer  to  be  searched  respecting  the  title  to 
lands  at  Peckham  and  Swautou,  adjacent  to  Totes.  He  likewise 
took  the  legal  opinion  of  Sir  Charles  Daliaon  as  to  Totea  and  Little 
Peckham,  paying  him  a  fee  of  20a.  Probably  by  the  advice  of  Sir 
Charles,  he  caused  searches  extending  over  a  term  of  fifteen  years 
to  be  made  at  the  ofiBces  at  the  Eolls.  Finally,  he  purchased  the 
property  from  his  stepfather,  Sir  Thomaa  Walsingham,  for  £8000  j 
the  sale  being  completed  on  the  27th  of  November,  Mr.  Master 
spent  four  days  at  Yotea  during  the  first  week  in  December.  The 
legal  expenses  connected  with  the  conveyance  of  the  estate  amounted 
to  £10  28. 

The  sport  of  hawking  was  enjoyed  by  our  Kentish  gentleman  at 
the  beginning  of  November  at  Mr.  Scot's,  probably  at  Hayes 
Place.  He  gave  half-a-crown  to  Mr.  Scot's  falconer.  He  was 
entertained  at  the  New  Tear  in  Lady  Scot's  house  there,  and  gave  a 
gratuity  of  2s.  6d.  to  the  "  musick  at  my  Lady  Scot's."  He  gave  28.  to 
the  music  at  the  same  lady's  house  on  the  20th  of  February.  On  the 
6th  of  January  28.  6d,  was  given  to  the  music  at  home,  at  Scadbury. 

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Christmas  boxes  had  been  given  to  Mr.  Eoper's  groom  (at 
Eltham)  and  to  the  smith's  and  shoemaker's  men.  New  Tear's 
gifts  he  always  presented  to  the  servants  of  his  stepbrother  Wals- 
ingham,  in  whose  house  at  Scadbury  he  was  boarded  and  lodged. 
This  year,  in  January  1650-1,  they  received  from  him  35s.  (that  is 
lOs.  more  than  he  paid  for  a  week's  board  for  himself  and  his  man). 

The  sport  of  "  setting "  has  been  mentioned  before  in  his 
Expense- Book,  aud  on  the  31at  of  January  1650-1  ho  bought  for 
78.  a  spaniel  whelp,  "  to  make  a  setter.''  A  fortnight  afterwards 
he  sent  the  "  bitch  into  Essex  to  be  taught  to  set." 

In  the  middle  of  February  he  visited  Sir  Nicholas  Miller,  at 
Oxenhoath,  and  borrowed  of  him  £1000  at  7  percent;  giving  to 
Sir  Nicholas  a  mortgage  to  that  amount  upon  the  West  Peckham 
lands.  A  lawyer  or  scrivener,  named  Brattle,  was  paid  12s.  for 
drawing  the  mortgage  ;  and  the  same  gentleman  got  lOs.  when  the 
mortgage  was  renewed  twelvemonths  after. 

Archery  was  a  pastime  observed  in  April.  On  the  16th  of  that 
month  he  bought  half  a  dozen  arrows,  and  caused  an  old  bow  to  be 
trimmed  up.  A  shooting-glove,  brace,  etc.,  were  obtained  nine 
days  later. 

In  May  a  "  flight-net "  was  made.  Two  pounds  of  thread 
with  a  pound  and  a  half  of  flax  were  used  for  this  purpose.  In 
December  he  bought  a  cord  for  the  flight-net. 

Asparagus  and  goosebeiTies  were  purchased  on  the  18th  of  May 
for  -Is. ;  and  eight  pounds  of  heart-cherryes  for  4:8.  on  the  9th  of 
July. 

Ripon  claims  celebrity  for  its  spurs,  although  in  the  present  day 
we  seldom,  or  never,  hear  them  specifically  mentioned.  Mr.  Master, 
however,  tells  us  distinctly  that  on  the  19th  of  July  1651  he  bought 
a  pair  of  Bipon  spurs  for  '2a.  6d. 

In  preparation  for  a  visit  of  two  days  in  August,  to  Tunbridge 
Wells,  which  was  at  this  time  rising  into  importance  and  fashion, 
he  paid  considerable  attention  to  his  headgear.  In  July  he  bought 
a  French  shag  hat  and  band,  on  the  19th,  for  148. ;  a  demy  castor, 
on  the  24th,  for  278.  Cd. ;  and  two  days  later  paid  28.  6d.  "  for  new 
dying  my  hat,  and  a  new  lining  to  it."  These,  however,  were  trivial 
payments  in  comparison  with  that  of  £3  10s.  for  a  French  beaver 
nat  on  the  7th  of  October. 

From  Tunbridge  Wells  he  went  on  to  spend  one  night  with 
Sir  Nicholas  Miller,  at  Oxenhoath,  and  gave  gratuities  to  the  ser- 
vants there,  which  amounted  to  7».  t>d.  At  the  end  of  August  he 
visited  Mr.  Edward  Manning  at  St.  Mary  Cray ;  and  he  began 
September  at  his  cousin's,  at  Btonepit,  in  Seal  (fSir  Thomas  Piers), 
At  Hadlow  on  the  11th  he  spent  a  night,  and  inspected  the  Court 
Lodge  at  West  Peckham,  where  ho  ordered  repairs  to  be  done. 

The  responsibilities  of  property  had  made  themselves  already 
felt ;  and  Mr.  Master  had  to  pay  a  fee  of  208.  on  the  10th  of  Sep- 
tember to  Mr,  Turner  (a  lawyer)  for  "  keeping  two  court  barons  " 
for  him. 

A  conte*  "^sit  for  a  fortnight  to  Sir  Thomas  Pelham  in 

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eloth,  a  doublet  lined  with  taffeta  and  adorned  with  216  silver 
buttons,  72  yards  of  sixpenny  ribbon  for  points,  and  2i  yards  of 
fancy  ribbon  (at  la.  the  yard)  to  trim  these  garmonta.  Flanders  lace, 
costing  £3,  made  him  bands  and  cuffs ;  2  yards  of  lace  (costing 
238.)  formed  his  boot-hose  tops;  the  making  of  these  lace  ornaments 
coat  8s. ;  and  at  the  same  time  he  bought  a  band,  cufl's,  and  boot< 
hose  tops  of  plain  cambric  for  more  general  use,  All  these  were 
provided  at  the  end  of  September  and  beginning  of  October  1651, 
and  his  visit  to  Sir  Thomas  Polham  lasted  From  the  13th  to  the  27th 
of  the  latter  month.     During  that  fortnight,  he  spent  £6  there. 

Mr.  Master  returned  direct  to  Scadbury,  in  Chislehurst,  where 
he  gave  half  a  crown  to  "y'  musick  "  on  the  day  of  his  return. 
Similar  gifts  are  entered  on  the  day  after  ChriBtmas  Day  and  on  the 
following  "Twelfth  Day."  Evidently  these  "  Puritan  "  times  were 
not  so  dull  as  we  are  inchned  primd/acie  to  suppose. 

The  interest  paid  for  money  was  very  large  at  this  period.  To 
Capt.  Johnson  and  Mrs.  Dubois  8  per  cent,  per  annum  was  paid  for 
loans  of  £200  and  £.^00  repectively  ;  and  Sir  Nicholas  Miller  got 
£7  per  cent.,  on  £300  which  ho  had  advanced  to  Mr.  Master,  and 
also  on  that  other  sum  of  £  I iKW,  already  mentioned  in  February  1651. 
Hence  we  learn  that  at  this  time  oui*  Kentish  gentleman  was  using 
£1800,  for  the  loan  of  which  he  paid  £131  per  annum.  At  the 
same  time  the  Chamber  of  the  City  of  Loudon  paid  him  only  6  per 
cent.,  upon  £2700  of  his,  which  remained  in  the  handa  of  the 
Corporation.  We  leam  the  cost  of  bedding,  in  November  1651, 
by  the  payment  of  70b.  for  a  "  second-hand  "  quilt  of  green  lilk,  and 
408.  for  SIX  sheets,  also  at  second  hand. 

The  smartness  of  apparel  at  this  much  maligned  period  is  again 
exemplified,  by  the  payment  of  58.  for  a  pair  of  scarlet  worsted  half- 
stockings  (in  Nov.)  and  of  9s.  for  a  pair  of  sky-coloured  silk  "tops" 
in  December.  In  the  following  Fel)ruary  another  pair  of  scarlet 
worsted  stockings  was  purchased  for  Gs. 

The  sword  was  constantly  worn,  and  its  hilt  getting  discoloured 
was  sent  to  be  "  boiled,"  in  November,  when,  also,  a  "  searcloth 
scabbard  "  was  obtained  for  it. 

Another  fortnight  was  spent  in  Sussex,  during  December,  at  Sir 
Thomas  Pelham's,  when  the  sum  of  £7  Is.  6d.  was  expended.  Three 
months  later  a  still  more  expensive  fortnight  was  spent  there  in  Feb- 
ruary and  March  1652,  when  £11  ISs.  was  "  spent.  "  These  sums 
betoken  losses  at  cards. 

A  grey  mare,  having  been  hors  de  combat,  was  put  out  for  treat- 
ment at  Bishopstowne,  for  8  weeks  in  the  three  last  months  of  this 
year;  and  then  in  January  she  was  sent  for  11  nights  to  Ilalfpeny 
the  farrier  to  be  fired ;  he  got  10s.  for  this  blJHtering  operation. 
The  "  Herbert."  mare  was  sold  at  London  in  April  for  £15.  Mean- 
while her  master  bought,  from  Lieut. -General  Fleetwood,  a  "dunne 
stone  nag,  eight  yeers  old,"  for  £.32.  The  General's  groom  got  a 
sovereign,  upon  the  transaction. 

Dancing  lessons  were  taken  by  our  Diarist  in  January  and  Feb- 
ruary 1G52  i  the  dancing-master  coming  to  him  8  times,  for  £1. 

Mr,  Master  spent  two  days,  in  January,  at  Foot'*  Civj ,  "*'Vk«"^^ 

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the  Walainghams  had  propertr,  and  where  his  half-brother,  Francis 
Walsingham,  lived  ten  years  later.  The  first  two  days  of  February 
he  spent  at  St.  Mary  Cray,  with  Mr.  Manning,  who  two  years  later 
married  his  sister. 

The  purchase  of  a  new  saddle,  of  cloth  with  a  fringe  of  gold  and 
silk,  and  other  horse  furniture,  in  January,  preceded  his  appearance 
at  ahorse  race  (at  Carslialton),  where  he  "lost"  £2  ;  but  m  April 
his  losses,  at  two  other  "  horse  matches  "  there,  amounted  to  £5  and 
£3  lOs.  respectively. 

A  "  footmateh,"  got  up  by  Mr.  Howard  (probably  a  son  of  the 
Earl  of  Suffolk),  attracted  Mr.  Master  on  the  11th  of  February.  To 
attend  it,  he  spent  a  night  at  Barnet;  and  in  betting,  or  backing  the 
candidates,  he  lost  £3. 

Not  until  March  (1651-2)  did  he  pay  the  costs  (£8  6s.)  incurred 
in  transferring  to  hini,  9  mouths  or  a  year  before,  the  fee-farm  rent 
of  3  manors  in  Lincolnshire,  which  he  then  purchased.  These 
manors  were  called  Crowle,  Luddington,  and  Enstoft.  They  yielded 
to  him  an  income  of  £137  per  annum,  paid  by  Mr.  William  Pierre- 
poiut,  wlio  seems  to  have  rented  them.  The  local  taxes  upon  this 
rent  amounted,  however,  to  Ss.  in  the  pound. 

The  conveyance  deeds  of  the  property  he  bought  at  Totes  and 
West  Peckham  cost  £5  ;  which  sum  was  paid  to  Mr.  Colebome  in 
August  1652. 

His  Kentish  property  jrielded  him  at  this  time  about  £188  per 
annum.  For  the  West  Peckham  Court  Lodge  Farm  he  received  about 
£75  per  annum  from  "  Goodman  "  John  Miller.  The  tenants  of  Totes 
in  Mereworth  paid  him  £105  per  annum  up  to  Michftclmaa  1651,  when 
he  probably  took  the  land  into  his  own  hands ;  after  that  time  he 
received  oiily  £12  158.  from  Totes.  Goodman  Hony  paid  £5  5b. 
per  annum  for  something  in  or  near  Mereworth.  Goodman  Wats 
and  Goodman  Fenu  paid  £3  58.  for  other  holdings.  In  addition  to 
this  he  received  (in  1651  and  1662)  £162  per  annum  for  interest  paid 
by  the  Corporation  of  London.  Thus  his  total  income  at  that  time 
was  about  £-MX)  per  annum.  What  was  the  cause  of  his  ceasing  to 
receive  the  large  rent  from  Totes  does  not  appear.  Soon  after  this 
time,  he  began  to  call  in  his  capital  which  was  in  the  hands  of  the 
Corporation. 

Large  repairs  were  begun  at  the  Court  Lodge  at  West  Peckham 
in  Ootooer  1651,  and  continued  in  1652.  Boards  costing  £5  lOs. 
were  brought  from  London  by  water  to  New  Hytlie ;  2  lioors  were 
laid,  and  the  thatch  was  renewed. 

Aa,  in  February,  black  ribbons  and  cloth  for  a  coat  were  pur- 
chased, and  in  March  a  pair  of  black  buckram  stockings  (costing 
88.),  I  infer  that  Mr.  Master  then  probably  went  into  mourning 
for  some  relative.  In  November  he  paid  16s.  for  one  periwig,  and 
just  before  Christmas  he  bought  another  for  ISs.,  and  a  pair  of 
"  white  serge  stockings  laced  "  costing  also  15s.,  having  purchEued, 
a  few  days  before,  3  pairs  of  gloves,  and  3  yards  of  black  ribbon. 
On  the  18th  of  *  ""1  occurs  the  unusual  entry  "  given  at  y" 
Sacrament  1'."  entry  appears  on  April  10,  1653. 

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he  spent  there  3s.  6d.  In  December  he  attended  Sevenoaks  Fair. 
Maidstone  Assizes  drew  him  to  the  county  town  (where  he  spent 
378.)  on  the  29th  of  Joiy.  He  dined  at  Greenwich  at  a  cost  of  ISs. 
on  the  2nd  of  August.  Twelve  days  later  he  spent  a  night  at  Epsom. 
For  a  new  suit,  of  Spanish  cloth  clothes,  on  trie  27th  of  August,  he 
bought  18  yards  of  silver  lace  (weighing  14  ounces),  and,  some  ten 
days  later,  a  pair  of  green  silk  "  tops." 

Three  loads  of  upland  hay  coat  him  £8  IBs.,  a  quarter  of  oata 
188.,  and  200  walnuts  la.  in  September  For  Spaniah  tobacco,  in 
November,  he  paid  78.  a  pound. 

His  visits  this  year  included  a  short  stay  with  his  cousin  Eichard 
Master,  at  East  Langdon,  early  in  October,  and  an  expensive  week  at 
Newmarket  and  Lo^  Suffolk  s  place  (Audley  End)  in  November. 

At  the  close  of  this  year  we  near  of  repairs  done  at  Totes,  and 
get  a  glimpse  of  the  rate  of  wages  for  artisans.  Carpenters  and 
masons  earned  each  Is.  6d.  a  day. 

Several  books  were  added  to  Mr.  Master's  library  during  1652. 
The  principal  work  was  Sir  Walt-er  Ealcigh'a  Kistory  of  the  World, 
which  cost  him  20a.  Mr.  Dalison  had  this  volume  still  in  his  library 
at  Hamptons,  not  long  ago,  with  the  autograph  in  itof  "  Ja.  Master. ' 
Alexanaer  fiosse's  Continuation  of  the  Hintori/ costhim  158.  Blith's 
Second  Book  of  Huthandry ;  Perkins'  Reformed  Catholiek ;  ^sop'a 
Fahlet  in  English ;  Cleopatra,  a  romance ;  The  Wild  Ghote  Chase, 
a  comedy;  a  book  about  Chess,  and  another  on  Usury,  were  all 
bought  during  this  year. 

'rhere  is  an  interesting  memorandum  respecting  Mr.  Master's 
final  departure  from  Trinity  College,  Cambridge,  in  1648,  which  I  had 
not  seen  when  I  sketched  that  part  of  his  life.  It  runs  thua  : — "  I 
received,  y'  13  of  Aprill  16-i8,  of  M'  Bradahaw  my  Tutor,  and  M' 
Croydon,  for  y*  Furniture  of  my  Chamber  (which  cost  me  £10  ISs.) 
deducting  a  third  part,  y*  sum  of  £7  lOs." 

He  heard  Chnstmas  "  musick  "  at  Lady  Scott's  (Hayes  Place) 
on  December  13th  ;  and  at  the  house  of  the  rector  of  Cnislehurat, 
the  Bev.  Bichard  Edwards,  on  the  4th  of  January  1652-3  ;  as  well 
as  at  home,  at  Scadbury  (Mr.  Thomas  Walaingham's) ,  on  the  6th  ; 
and  on  each  occasion  he  gave  to  the  performers  2s.  or  3b.  This 
music  at  Christmastide  seems  then  to  have  been  an  honoured  institu- 
tion. Sir  Leonard  Forby  gave  him  music  rather  later,  at  St.  Paul's 
Cray  Hill,  on  the  2nd  of  February,  when  the  performers  got  3s.  from 
Mr.  Master.  The  lady  of  this  house  was  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
Sir  Percyval  Hart  of  Lullingstone,  who  married  Sir  Leonard  Ferby. 

The  apparel  of  Mr.  Master,  on  these  occasions,  may  be  imagined 
from  entries  of  the  purchase,  for  £6  lOs.,  of  Spanish  cloth  (for  a 
suit  and  cloak)  on  January  20th  j  the  expenditure  of  £3  58.  upon 
boots  and  shoes ;  9  dozen  yards  of  sixpenny  ribbon  for  "  points ;" 
2  dozen  yards  of  fancy  ribbon  ;  a  pair  of  jessamin  gloves  (at  Ss.  6d.)  j 
a  pair  of  sea-green  silk  boot-tops  ;  and  on  February  3rd  another 
new  periwig  (one  in  November,  and  one  in  December,  notwith- 
Btanding). 

In  March  1653  he  made  presents  to  some  lady  or  ladies,  as  we 
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and  a  pair  of  women's  green  silk  stockings,  costing  the  large  sum 
of  16b. 

Mr.  Master's  maternal  grandmother  died  in  1653,  I  believe,  at 
Fulham.  She  was  Judith,  daughter  of  JohnCowper;  she  married 
Richard  Bourne,  on  whose  death  she  married  Thomas  Hill,  of  Ful- 
ham, and  she  bore  his  name  when  she  died.  To  her  grandson, 
James  Master,  she  left  £5,  in  token  of  remembrance.  In  coose- 
quence  of  her  death  he  would  wear  mourning,  and  wo  read  of  his 
paying  138.  for  black  taffata  boothose  in  June;  and  lis.  6d.  f or 
black  silk  "  tops "  and  black  gloves  together  with  38.  6d.  for  6 
yards  of  black  ribbon  in  July.  For  making  a  sad-coloured  cloth 
suit,  and  coat,  with  buttons,  he  paid  £6  3s.  Od.  in  July,  but  pro- 
bably the  materials  were  bought  in  May.  In  November  he  paid 
£11  for  making  2  mourning  suits,  and  a  third  suit  of  stuff. 

He  was  at  Loudon,  at  Yotes,  at  Seal,  and  at  Carshalton  in 
April;  at  Chelsea,  Carshalton,  Kingston  on  Thames,  and  at  Had- 
low,  in  May ;  at  Hadlow,  at  Croydon  Fair,  and  at  Yotes  in  June  ; 
at  London,  and  at  Fulham  (2  nights)  in  July.  In  October 
he  spout  a  fortnight  at  East  Langdon  with  his  cousin  Richard  Master, 
having  just  before  attended  the  wedding  of  some  dependant,  named 
John  Hinger. 

He  this  year  purchased  several  books  ;  one  by  Sir  Hugh  Plat, 
one  on  Physic  by  Lady  Kent ;  one  on  the  Jewel  of  Contentment  by 
Burroughs;  three  medical  books  by  Culpepor;  and  a  volume  of 
travels  by  Sir  H.  Blount ;  as  well  as  an  eighteonpenny  book  about 
fruits. 

His  payments  for  hay  wore  large.  A  load  of  marsh  hay,  in 
February  16.53,  cost  £3  128.,  in  March  £3  93. ;  half  a  load  of 
truss-bound  hay  cost  £1  17b.  in  May ;  for  4  loads  of  marsh  hay 
he  paid  £12  Ss.  in  August;  and  he  paid  £5  128.  for  three  loads  in 
February  1634.  Thus,  during  12  months  he  bought  9i  loads  of 
hay,  at  a  cost  of  £26  ISs.  In  1653,  he  also  purchased  9J  quarters 
of  oats,  for  £7  ISs. ;  the  usual  price  being  ISs.  a  quarter.  For  a 
bay  nag,  he  hired  grass,  during  five  weeks,  for  18s.  ;  and  for  a 
sorrell  mare's  meat,  while  "  she  was  at  paceing,"  he  paid  Ss.  in 
December.  Two  bushels  of  beans  coat  him  8s.  in  February.  Ho 
bought  a  little  chestnut  nag,  in  August,  for  £12  Ss. ;  and  a  bay 
stoned  nag,  of  Todbury  breed,  in  November,  from  Lord  Nottingham 
for  £23.  Shoeing  bis  horses  in  1653  cost  him  only  228.  The 
charge  for  "  breaking"  a  youag  horse  in  Saptemborjwas  £1. 

The  custom  of  tho  period,  for  goldsmiths  to  lend  money  (like 
bankers)  is  eiemplified  by  an  entry  in  November.  He  then 
borrowed  £150  from  a  London  goldsmith  named  Abbot;  and  he 
mentions  that  he  did  this  at  Mr.  Abbot's  shop. 

In  September  we  learn  that  he  purchased  a  fourth  periwig,  and 
that  his  other  three  were  at  the  same  time  freshly  curled.  These, 
however,  did  not  suffice.  In  January  1654  ho  purchased  a  fifth 
periwig,  and  caused  the  other  four  to  bo  freshly  curled. 

Of  music  at  Christmastide  1653,  he  mentions  only  that  at  Scad- 
bury  for  which  he  contributed  10s.     His  Christmas  or  New  Year 


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gifts   to  household   servants    of    his   stepbrother  (with  whom  he 
resided)  at  Scadbury,  amounted  to  238.  6a. 

Goloshoes  (galoehei)  are  mentioned  in  January  1654.  He 
bought  them  with  a  pair  of  Spanish  leather  shoes,  over  which  no 
doubt  they  were  to  be  worn !  These,  with  new  cambric  bands  and 
caffs,  3  pairs  of  glores,  3  hats  newly  dyed,  the  5  periwigs,  and  new 
"  tops  "  of  white  serge,  he  needed  for  use  when  paying  visits  at 
Bourne  (Easei)  and  at  Hallaud  in  Sussex  (Sir  Thomas  Pelham's) 
at  the  beginning  of  February.  Six  months  after  this  Sir  Thomas 
died,  in  August  165-t.  Later  on,  in  the  spring,  Mr.  Master  spent 
ten  days  at  Winchester,  in  May.  Next  month,  new  watchet  silk 
"  tops  "  were  obtained,  and  Mr.  Master  mentions  a  fresh  device  for 
his  hair.  He  paid  14s.  for  "  a  new  border  of  haire,  and  curling  2 
others."  Immediately  after  this  purchase,  he  alludes  to  a  visit  paid 
to  his  "  Aunt  Haylton,"  who  has  not  been  mentioned  before.  To 
her  house  he  went  again,  in  September,  for  nearly  a  week,  after 
spending  a  week  with  his  uncle  Sir  William  Cowper,  Bart.,  of 
Katling  Court  in  Nonington.  At  the  end  of  the  same  month  he 
spent  a  week  in  Essex  at  his  cousin  Bourn's,  at  Bobbingworth. 
Thence  he  went  on  to  Lord  Suffolk's  place,  Audley  End,  where  he 
remained,  for  ten  days,  until  the  4th  of  October. 

Business  called  liim  to  Greenwich  at  the  end  of  October  to  sell 
his  hoops.  At  first  I  mistook  these  for  hops  ;  but,  probably,  they 
may  have  been  hoops,  made  from  loppings  of  his  woods  at  Yotes. 
He  attended  Sevenoaks  Fair  on  the  4th  of  December. 

This  year  in  May  he  spent  £22  IBs.  6d.  in  materials  for  making 
a  chariot.  It  was  lined  with  serge,  that  cost  8s.  lOd.  a  yard, 
trimmed  with  silk  fringe  (18  ounces  in  weight)  worth  £2  Ss. 

As  to  horses,  he  in  1654  bought  a  little  black  nag,  7  years  old, 
for  £5  ISs.  in  May ;  two  breeding  mares,  in  August,  from  Lord 
Montague ;  and  a  bald  gelding  (with  4  white  legs)  in  November, 
for  £16  4«.  The  last-named  horse  he  purchased  from  his  half- 
brother  Francis  Walsingham  of  Foots  Cray,  who  at  this  time  could 
have  been  scarcely  20  years  old. 

On  the  11th  and  12th  of  July  he  was  at  Maidstone  for  the 
election  of  Members  of  Parliament  tor  the  county,  It  was  a  very 
lingular  election,  at  which  no  less  than  11  knights  of  the  shire 
were  allowed  to  be  chosen  to  represent  Kent.  Never  before  or 
since  has  the  county  been  so  largely  represented.  At  the  present 
time  (1889)  it  has  eight  divisions  each  represented  by  one  knight  of 
the  shire.  This  Parliament,  elected  in  July  1654,  sat  for  a  few 
months  only.  Its  sessions  began  in  September  and  it  was  dissolved 
in  the  following  January. 

The  books  purchasea  by  Mr.  Master  in  1654,  were  (i.)  Cleopatra, 
Port.  II.  ;  (ii.)  an  English  version  of  Justin  Mjirtyn  a Hitlory ;  (iii.) 
Dianm  ;  (iv.)  Zootomia,  by  Ric.  Whitlock ;  (v.)  The  Academy  of 
Eloquence;  (vi.)  On  Infant  Baptism,  by  Mr.  Carter;  (vii.)  a  book 
written  by  Mr.  Cawdrey ;  (viii.)  Lambert's  Justice  of  the  Peace  ; 
(ix.)  The  Vomplete  Ambassadour  (an  expensive  volume,  costing  lOs.) ; 
and  (x.)  On  Architecture,  by  Sir  Henry  Wotton. 


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JAMBS  master's  life,  a.d.  1655. 


Bearer  hats  appear  amon^  hia  expeiiBea  in  March  1654,  when. 
he  paid  £2  Oa.  6d.  tor  a  Frencn  demy  castor  with  ailk  band ;  again, 
in  the  following  March,  ho  bought  for  £2  58.  Od.  a  similar  hat. 

He  began  the  year  1655  with  a  visit  of  ten  days  to  the  new 
owner  of  Hawland,  in  Sussex,  Sir  John  Pelham  (whose  father  had 
died  in  the  preceding  August)  ;  and  while  there  he  seems  to  have 
ordered  a  sporting  dog,  which  was  sent  up  to  him  in  March. 

His  sister  Elizabeth  [Betty]  had  been  married  to  Mr.  Edward 
Manning,  at  Chislehuret,  on  the  7th  of  July,  1654,  and  for  her  wed- 
ding, I  expect  Mr.  Master  had  bought  13  bottles  of  Rhenish  Mrine, 
which  are  entered  on  the  Ist  of  July  1654,  as  costing  £1  Ss.  Od. 
In  April  1665,  our  friend  seems  to  have  gone  to  reside  with  hia 
sister  and  her  husband,  at  Kevington,  in  St.  Mary  Cray.  He  paid 
to  Mr.  Manning  208.  for  a  week's  board  for  himself  and  his  man 
on  the  5th  of  April  1655.  On  the  29th  of  March  he  made  farewell 
presents  to  the  servants  at  Scadbury,  and  to  the  Sector  (Mr.  Ed- 
wards), upon  his  quitting  the  parish.  After  this,  he  seems  to  hare 
made  their  house  his  home  ;  although,  occasionally,  he  boarded  on 
the  same  terms,  in  the  liouse  of  his  Autit  Raylton.  His  sister's 
first  child,  named  like  his  father  Edward  Mauniog,  was  christened 
on  the  25th  of  April  1655,  and  probably  the  infant's  uncle  Jamea 
was  one  of  his  godfathers.  At  all  eveuta  Mr,  Master  gave  to  the 
two  nurses  lOs.  on  the  occasion,  and  distributed  203.  among  the 
other  servant*  of  the  house. 

Jessamin  gloves  were  provided  by  him  for  the  occasion.  We 
have  seen  previous  eutriee  of  "  Jessamin  gloves,"  but  in  Augfust 
1654,  and  again  iu  May  1655,  we  find  mention  of  "  Jessamin 
butter"  and  hair  powder  together.  No  doubt  the  butter  waa  a 
scented  pomade,  for  use  on  the  hair. 

On  the  14th  of  April  1655,  he  mentions  his  purchase  of  a  pair  of 
French  scissors  (cisers) .  His  ignorance  of  the  orthography  of  the  name 
indicates  that  they  were  then  a  novelty,  introduced  &om  France. 

For  the  firat  time  handkerchiefs  are  mentioned  in  May  1655. 
These  were  probably  for  use  upon  the  neck,  aa  they  had  but- 
tons. Six  handkerchiefs  were  made,  from  an  oil  and  a  quarter  of 
hoUand  costing  9s.,  and  there  were  purchased  with  tho  holland  "  3 
garnish  of  handkerchief  buttons  "  costing  3s.  Another  treble  set 
of  buttons  was  bought  in  June.  Very  smart  was  the  suit  of  clothea 
which  Mr.  Master  ordered  in  this  mouth  of  May.  It  was  made  of 
gold  drugget,  costing  12s.  the  yard,  and  17  yards  were  used  for  suit, 
and  coat  and  doublet.  They  were  made  by  Mr.  Suoad  the  tailor, 
and  cost  altogether  £14  28.  Od. 

In  London  he  dined  at  the  Ordinary,  on  the  4th  of  June  1655  ; 
but  tho  charge  was  only  38.  6d.  In  the  same  month  a  Col- 
lection was  made,  on  behalf  of  the  Waldenses,  or  the  "  Pooro 
Protestants  of  Savoy,"  and  to  that  he  generously  contributed  £3. 
In  September  he  contributed  £1  towards  "  ye  Propagating  of  the 
Gospel  in  New  England."  The  purpose  and  the  very  name  of 
our  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  tne  Gospel  was  thus  antici- 
pated, fifty  years  before  tne  Society  was  formed. 


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ST.    ANSELM'S    CHAPEL,    CANTERBURY 
CATHEDRAL. 

(Fos^iEBLT  THE  Chaph.  OF  Saidts  Fetxb  ajtd  Paul.) 
BY   CANON   SCOTT   ROBERTSON. 


This  chapel,  upon  the  south  aide  of  the  choir's  south  aisle, 
stands  above  the  crypt-chapel  of  St.  Gabriel,  the  paintings 
in  which  were  described  by  me,  and  fully  illustrated,  in 
Archteologia  Gantiana,  Vol.  XIII.,  pp.  48-80, 

Late  in  the  year  1888,  Canon  Francis  J.Holland  gener- 
ously undertook  to  restore  St.  Ansel  m's  Chapel,  and  to  fit  it 
up  for  the  use  of  such  small  congregations  as  would  assemble, 
for  instance,  at  early  morning  administrations  of  the  Holy 
Communion. 

In  the  course  of  the  work  necessary  for  carrying  out  his 
purpose,  certain  discoveries  have  been  made  which  are  of 
interest.  Especially  deserving  of  mention  and  of  record,  is 
the  uncovering  of  a  painting,  in  distemper,  of  St.  Paul, 
shaking  off  the  viper  into  the  fire  at  Melita. 

The  work,  which  Canon  Holland  had  undertaken,  was 
found  to  require  far  greater  labour  and  much  longer  time, 
than  he  or  any  one  could  possibly  have  anticipated.  Before 
describing  it  in  detail,  it  may  be  well  to  recall  to  the  reader's 
memory  what  the  chapel  contains.  It  formed  part  of 
Emulf's  and  Conrad's  work  at  the  commencement  of  the 
twelfth  century. 

On  the  north  side  of  this  chapel  stands  the  elaborately 
carved  tomb  of  Archbishop  Simon  Mepham,  who  died  in 
1333-4  on  the  11th   of  February.     The  record  of  his  inter- 


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ST.  anselm's  ohafel, 


ment  states  that  he  was  buried  in  the  Chapel  of  St.  Peter 
which  is  sitiiated  on  the  south  side  of  the  High  Altar.* 

To  admit  of  the  insertion  of  Archbishop  Mepham's  tomb 
in  1334,  the  lower  portion  of  the  round  shafts  were  cutaway 
from  the  east  and  west  piers  of  that  arch  by  which  the 
chapel  opens  into  the  south  aisle  of  the  choir. 

Probably  the  beautiful  "  Decorated "  window,  in  the 
south  wall  of  this  chapel,  was  inserted  in  some  degree  as  a 
memorial  of  Archbishop  Mepham.  It  was  placed  there  in 
13;](>,  and  part  of  its  cost  was  defrayed  by  certain  friends 
(who  contributed  £8:13:4);  the  remaining  cost  (£34  :  3 :  10) 
being  defrayed  by  the  Prior,  Richard  de  Oxenden,t  who  was 
elected  to  be  Prior  while  Simon  Mepham  was  Archbishop. 

Twelve  years  later,  Archbishop  Bradwardine  "was  buried 
(says  Somner,  p.  133)  in  St.  Anselm's  foresaid  chapel,  by  the 
south  wall."  Thomas  Bradwardine  was  never  enthroned ; 
he  lived  only  five  weeks  and  four  days  after  his  consecration, 
in  1349. 

The  chapel  has  an  eastern  apse,  in  which  originally  stood 
three  windows.  The  roof  of  the  whole  is  vaidted  in  stone,  but 
various  cracks,  in  the  vaulted  roof  and  in  the  walls,  shewed 
that  before  the  chapel  was  fitted  up  anew,  for  present  use,  its 
fabric  should  be  overhauled  and  made  strong. 

When  close  examination  was  made,  as  Canon  Holland 
tells  me,  it  was  found  that  in  the  north  wall  adjacent  to  the 
choir  aisle,  there  had  been  weakness,  and  a  settlement,  at  a 
very  early  period,  in  fact  soon  after  its  erection.  Perhaps  the 
thrust  of  the  choir  roof  had  caused  the  mischief,  or  the  foun- 
dations were  insecure ;  or,  perhaps,  from  both  causes  com-* 
bined,  there  had  ensued  crushing  of  the  stone-work  in  the 
north  wall,  and  even  the  columns  of  the  mural  arcading  had! 

*  "  Quadam  capelU  Sanoti  Petri  nunoupatA  ex  parte  atistrali  lummi  altaris," 
I*  quoted  by  Win.  Somner  (a.d.  1G40)  in  his  AntiqaiHet  of  Canterbury^  p.  183,1 
where  lie  sa.vs  Mepham  wiw  "laid  in  a  tomb  of  black  marble  upon  the  north j 
side  of  St.  Anselm'H  Chapel ;  thnt  .«o  called  at  this  day,  (or  wtieiv  he  was  buried 
there  it  had  another  name"  [St.  Peter's  Chapel,  in  the  margin]. 

f  See  Battely's  Appendix  to  the  Supplement  (of  Somner's  Aniiquitiee),  p.  1,^ 
Ex  arohiviii  EotIos.  t^ant. :  "Memorandum  quod   anno   1336,   factn   fuit   uri»^ 
fenestra  nova    in  Eonlesia  Christi  Cant. :    viz. :  in  Capella  SS.  Petri  et  Fauli 
spostolorum,    pro    quo  expeusio  fiierunt  mini.strata!".  .  .  £12  :  17  ;2.    '' Summa 
£8  :  13  : 4,  data  fuit  a  quiboadam  amiois  ad  dictam  Fonostram.      Beliqua  pecunis 
miniftratn  fuit  a  Priore." 


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suffered  from  aimilar  cnishing.  It  became  apparent  that,  to 
remedy  the  mischief,  a  later  Norman  arch  was  inserted 
within  the  original  Norman  arch,  between  the  chapel  and 
the  apse.  A  strong  wall  faced  with  ashlar  was  also,  then, 
built  up  against  the  northern  part  of  the  apse  and  of  the 
chapel.  This  wall,  Canon  Holland  says,  started  from  the 
northern  part  of  the  eastern  window  of  the  apse,  and  was 
continued  to  the  northern  pier  of  the  arch  opening  from  the 
apse  to  the  chapel.  The  space  between  this  buttressing 
wall  and  the  north  wall  of  the  apae,  was  Bohdly  filled  in  with 
concrete,  and  pieces  of  broken  masonry.  On  the  surface  of 
this  later  buttressing- wall  were  found  evident  traces  of  fire. 

It  is  highly  probable  that,  when  these  buttressing  addi- 
tions were  made  to  the  north  side  of  St.  Auaelm's  Chapel, 
further  support  to  its  foundations  was  obtained  beneath  its 
floor,  by  completely  waliing-up  the  arches  of  entrance  to  the 
apse  of  the  crypt  chapel  of  St.  Gabi'iel. 

Before  touching  the  later  work  inserted  during  the 
Norman  period,  to  counteract  the  mischief  caused  by  roof- 
thrust  or  bad  foundations,  Canon  Holland  caused  an  outside 
buttress  to  be  rebuilt,  the  arches  to  be  reset,  and  two  massive 
iron  girders  (tilled  in  above  and  below  with  solid  masonry) 
to  be  inserted  in  the  main  wall  of  the  Choir  aisle,  adjacent 
to  the  chapel. 

Then  the  upper  part,  of  the  later-Norman  buttressing 
wall,  was  very  carefully  removed,  and  behind  it  was  dis- 
covered the  painting  representing  St.  Paul  at  Melita.  This 
painting  must  have  been  hidden  from  sight  for  more  than 
seven  centuries.  It  had  been  executed  upon  the  original 
wall  of  the  apse,  soon  after  the  chapel  had  been  erected. 
Canon  Holland  states  that  the  colours  when  first  uncovered 
looked  marvellously  fresh,  and,  it  was  evident  that  the  whole 
of  the  original  wall  had  been  highly  adorned  with  colour ; 
red,  blue,  and  rich  chocolate  being  the  prevailing  tints. 

When  the  roof  plaster  in  the  apse  was  knocked  away,  the 
original  Norman  vaulting  was  found  above  it,  but  in  such  a 
shaky  and  dangerous  condition  that  it  became  necessary  to 
take  o£E  the  outer  roofing  of  the  apse,  and  to  pour  in  "grout" 
before  dealing  with  the  Norman  vault  itself.     No  less  than 


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sixty  pail8  of  grout  were  thus  poured  in,  to  fill  up  cracks  and 
to  solidify  the  masonry  of  the  vaulting. 

Two  skilled  workmen,  under  the  able  superintendence  of 
Mr.  Gaymer  of  North  Walaham,  were  occupied  during 
fifteen  weeks  in  "  restoring  "  this  vaulting.  They  removed 
all  the  faxUty  mortar,  they  reset  the  Voussoirs,  or  vaulting 
slabs,  of  Kentish  ragatone,  and  thus,  by  slow  degrees,  they 
completely  restored  the  vault.  The  vaulting  of  the  apse  is 
now  singularly  beautiful  and  almost  unique. 

It  is  Canon  Holland's  intention  to  fill  the  windows  of  < 
chapel  with  stained  glass  (to  be  made  by  Clayton  and  B 
and  to  insert  a  reredos  or  altarpiece,  for  which  Mr.  Pe' 
has  furnished  the  design.     A  new  pavement  of  Hopton  Wood 
stone  has  already  been  laid  down,  and  the  chapel  will  soon 
be  an  example  of  most  perfect  "  restoration." 

The  most  interesting  portion  is  certainly  the  mural 
painting  which  Canon  HoUand'a  work  has  brought  to  light, 
after  it  had  been  hidden  for  more  than  700  years. 

The  painting  is  thus  described  by  that  good  authority, 
Mr,  J.  G.  Waller,  P.S.A.,  in  a  letter  with  which  he  has 
favoured  me: — 

"  The  tempora  painting,  of  St.  Paul  at  Melita,  has  a 
special  interest,  inasmuch  as  that,  so  far  as  I  know,  the 
subject  is  unique  in  the  mediseval  art  of  this  country.  Still 
more  interest  perhaps  attaches  to  it,  from  its  merit,  as  a 
work  of  art  which  must  probably  be  attributed  to  the  middle 
of  the  twelfth  century. 

"It  is  equal  to  anything  I  have  seen  abroad  of  that 
period,  and  it  reminds  me  of  some  of  the  best  mosaics  in 
Italy.  The  date  of  its  execution  can  scarcely  be  far  from 
that  of  the  paintings  in  St.  (Jabriers  Chapel,  in  the  Crjrpt. 
Yet  the  art  is  so  much  better,  that  it  bespeaks  a  more 
intelligent  and  advanced  hand. 

"  The  drawing  of  the  extremities,  especially  of  the  foot, 
is  a  long  way  in  advance  of  any  example  of  that  period, 
known  to  me  in  England;  and  this  is  always  a  test  of  an 
artist's  power.  The  drapery  is  well  cast,  and  gracefully 
treated.  The  colouring  is  generally  good,  and  dehcate 
throughout.     The  blue  background,  which  was  much  affected 


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during  the  twelfth  century,  and  in  the  early  part  of  the 
thirteenth,  is  here  rather  too  powerful,  arising  perhaps  from 
the  fact  of  its  being  a  pure  colour,  and  unbroken.  Time, 
however,  may  have  modified  the  shades  that  go  with  it,  and 
thus  make  it  too  prominent. 

"  The  tinting  upon  the  adjoining  capital  is  so  excellent, 
that  it  reminds  one  of  an  illuminated  letter  in  one  of  the  best 
manuscripts." 

Mr.  Waller  has  not  drawn  attention  to  the  artist's  treat- 
ment of  the  hair,  and  head,  of  St.  Paul.  How  great  an 
advance,  in  art,  his  treatment  thereof  betokens,  in  compari- 
son with  that  displayed  in  the  crj'pt-paiutings,  immediately 
beneath  St.  Anselm'a  Chapel,  may  be  seen  by  referring  to 
the  plates  given  in  Archaologia  Cantiana,  Vol.  XIII.,  from 
the  paintings  in  St.  Gabriel's  Chapel  in  the  crypt.  They 
will  be  found,  in  that  Volume,  opposite  pages  65,  67,  73,  75, 
77,  79,  and  81. 

In  1774,  St.  Anselm's  Chapel  was  in  use  as  two  vestries ; 
one  for  the  Minor  Canons,  and  one  for  the  lay-clerks. 

It  may  be  observed  that,  in  spelling  Archbishop  Mepha,m*s 
name,  I  do  not  use  the  "o,"  which  in  modern  times  has  been 
inserted  before  the  "  p,"  therein.  That  letter  "o"  was  never 
used  in  his  name  during  the  fourteenth  century.  His  name 
was  spelt  as  Mepeham  and  as  Mepham.  The  latter  form  is 
adopted  by  Archbishop  Parker,  liambard,  Somner,  Ducarel, 
Gostling,  and  Hasted.  The  Saxon  name  of  the  Kentish 
village  was  sometimes  spelt  "  Meapaham." 


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DISCOVERIES    IN    ST.    ANSELM'S    CHAPEL, 
CANTERBURY   CATHEDRAL. 

BY  J.    BEIGSTOCKE   SHEPPARD,    LL.D. 


An  examination  of  the  north  or  interioi'  wall  of  the  chapel 
dedicated  to  St.  Peter  and  St.  Paul,  now  commonly  called 
St.  Anselm'a  Chapel,  shews  that  at  some  time  after  the  com- 
pletion of  the  building  it  required  to  bo  propped,  to  save  it 
from  falling,  a  fate  which  was  threatened  by  cracks  appear- 
ing in  many  parts  of  the  vault  and  walls.  To  secure  the 
building  the  architect  strengthened  the  quasi-chancel  arch 
— that  which  divides  the  apse  from  the  area  of  the  chapel — 
by  erecting  concentrically  within  it  another,  and  of  course  a 
smaller,  arch.  He  also  filled  up  about  a  fifth  part  of  the  arc 
of  the  apse  with  a  solid  mass  of  hewn  stone,  built  against  the 
north  wall  of  the  chapel ;  this  mass  of  masonry  abutting 
against  the  eastern  pier  of  the  added  arch  above  mentioned. 
As  this  added  arch  is,  equally  with  the  original  chancel  arch, 
Norman  in  character  and  decoration,  it  must  be  inferred  that 
the  defects  in  the  building  appeared  very  soon  after  its 
erection,  and  that  the  expedients  for  strengthening  the  walls 
were  found  to  be  necessary  before  the  great  fire  of  1174; 
immediately  after  which  the  two  WilUama  introduced  a  new 
style  of  architecture,  in  the  restoration  of  the  ruined  choir 
adjoining  the  chapel.  In  1889,  by  the  generosity  of  Canon 
F.  J.  Holland,  alterations  were  made  in  this  chapel,  and, 
in  order  to  display  the  whole  apse,  the  buttress  waU  (north- 
west of  it)  was  removed.  By  its  removal  a  painting,  repre- 
senting St.  Paul  shaking  off  the  viper,  was  uncovered  high 
up  on  the  north,  interior,  side  of  the  chape) .  It  is  desired  to 
prove  the  age  of  this  painting,  if  possible,  by  evidence  de- 
rived from  the  order  of  superposition  of  the  two  layers  of 
masonry  of  which  the  wall  consisted  before  the  recent  alte- 


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rations ;  that  afforded  by  the  style  of  the  painting  will  be 
considered  by  Mr.  Waller. 

The  buttresa  wall  and  the  chancel  arch  may  be  assumed 
to  be  of  the  same  date,  being  two  contiguous  pieces  of 
masonry  built  to  counteract  the  same  defect  in  the  building ; 
and  the  arch  having  been  shewn  to  have  been  added  not 
later  than  1175,  the  wall  may  be  set  down  as  of  the  same 
date,  and  the  picture,  therefore,  which  it  covered,  of  an 
earlier  one.  In  fact,  it  would  appear  that  as  soon  as  the 
chapel-walls  were  completed  they  were  decorated  with  the 
painting  in  question,  accompanied,  doubtless,  by  others  ;  or, 
at  least,  bj  one  other;  for,  seeing  that  SS.  Peter  and  Paul 
were  the  jointly  invoked  patrons,  it  may  be  taken  for  granted 
that  some  well-known  episode  in  the  life  of  St.  Peter  would 
be  represented  in  a  position  symmetrical  with  that  occupied 
by  the  portrait  of  St.  Paul. 

Another  piece  of  evidence,  not  so  satisfactory  and  con- 
clusive as  that  noticed  above,  is  to  be  found  in  the  fact  that 
at  some  time  a  tire  has  swept  through  the  arch  from  east  to 
west,  and  has  calcined  the  freestone  of  the  arch-jamb  and 
also  of  the  buttress  wall ;  the  mark  of  the  fire  passing  evenly 
and  without  a  break  from  arch  to  wall,  thus  shewing  that 
both  arch  and  wall  occupied  their  modem  positions  when 
they  underwent  the  action  of  the  flame.  On  the  recent 
removal  of  the  wall  it  was  also  seen  that  the  lately  adjoining 
stones  of  the  jamb  and  of  the  wall  were  reddened  to  exactly 
the  same  depth,  a  result  which  could  only  have  arisen  from 
the  calcination  having  been  caused  in  both  by  one  and  the 
same  conflagration.  Now,  if  this  conflagration  were  known 
to  be  that  of  1174,  the  evidence  of  date  afforded  by  the 
architectural  style  of  the  arch  above  noticed  would  be  more 
than  confirmed,  for  it  is  certain  that  the  fire  of  1174  could 
not  calcine  a  wall  built  after  that  date. 

But  it  is  necessary  to  confess,  first,  that  only  the  very 
lowest  part  of  the  wall  and  jamb  is  burnt;  secondly,  that  the 
fire  appears  to  have  been  small  and  local.  This  latter  point  is 
inferred  from  the  fact  that  there  is  a.  focus  of  not  more  than  a 
foot  in  width,  a  point  of  greatest  intensity  of  heat,  just  at 
the  base  of  the  jamb-shaft,  where  the  stone  has  been  burnt 


176         DISOOYXBIBS  IK  ST.  AKSELM'S  OHAFEL. 

until  the  surface  has  accded ;  whereas  towards  the  east,  on 
the  buttross  wall,  in  which  direction  the  ware  of  flame  can 
be  traced,  the  effects  of  the  fire  become  fainter  and  &inter 
in  proportion  as  they  recede  from  the  foeut.  The  question 
then  arises,  Was  not  this  one  of  the  bivouac  fires,  which  tradi- 
tion charges  against  Cromwell's  soldiers,  who  are  said  to  hare 
desecrated  the  church  P  Similar  marks  of  £ire  attributed  to 
this  origin  are  to  be  seen  on  the  bases  of  the  two  western 
piers  of  the  cathedral's  central  tower. 

At  the  utmost,  however,  this  evidence  from  the  fire  is 
only  a  piece  of  superfluous  confirmation,  if  confirmation  it  is, 
seeing  that  the  added  masonry  is  purely  Norman  in  style, 
and  that  no  pure  Norman  features  were  introduced  after  the 
great  fire. 


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THE   ROMAN    STATION    OF   VAGNIAC^  AT 
SPllINGHEAD,  NEAR  GRAVESEND. 

BY   GEORGE   M.   AUNOLD,    ESQ. 


Gibbon,*  in  his  able  siunmarj'  respecting  the  union  and 
internal  prosperity  of  the  Roman  Empire  in  the  age  of  the 
Antouines,  writes  thus : — 

"  All  these  cities  were  cunnected  with  each  other  and  with  the 
capital  by  the  public  highwayg,  which,  issuing  from  the  Forum  of 
Borne,  traversed  Italy,  pervaded  the  provinccH,  and  were  terminated 
only  by  the  frontiers  of  the  empire.  If  we  carefully  trace  the 
distance  from  the  wall  of  Antoninus  to  Rome,  and  from  thence  to 
Jeruealem,  it  will  be  fouiul  that  tlio  great  chain  of  communication 
from  the  north-wcat  to  the  MOUth-east  point  of  the  empire  was 
drawn  out  to  the  lengtli  of  40S0  Eoman  miles.  The  public  roads 
were  accurately  divided  by  milestones,  and  ran  in  a  direct  line  from 
one  city  to  another  with  very  little  reapect  for  the  obstiicleb  either 
of  nature  or  private  property." 

It  is  the  design  of  the  present  paper  to  Bhew  that  a  link 
in  this  great  chain  of  communication  was  the  route  from 
Rochester  througli  Southfleet  to  London,  and  that  the 
Roman  station  of  Vaynmca  was  situate  upon  it,  where  the 
three  parishes  of  Northfleet,  Swanscomb,  and  Southfleet 
meet,  at  a  place  which  for  many  years  has  been  known  as 
Springhead. 

We  find  the  word  Vaxjniacis  once  only  in  the  Itinerary 
of  Antoninus,  where  it  occurs  in  the  second  Iter.     The  some- 

Iwhat  similar  term  Vagnacu  occurs  in  the  fifteenth  Iter  of 
the  supposititious  Richard  of  Cirencester,  in  a  circular 
route  from  London  to  Southampton  and  back  by  the  eastern 
coast  of  Kent. 
The  only  derivation,  of  which  I  had  heard,  for  this 
name,  is  the  adjective  "  Vagus,"  indicative  of  wandering ; 
possibly  in  relation  to  a  stream  "meandering."     Nothing 


•  Decline  and  Fall  of  the  Roman  Umpire,  vol.  i.,  o.  ii. 
vol,.   XVIII.  H 


178 


THE    ROMAN    STATION    OF    VAGNIACJE 


specially  favourable  or  adverse  to  its  application  to  this 
locality  has,  I  am  bound  to  state,  come  to  my  knowledge ; 
but  recently  Sir  Edwin  Arnold  has  suggested  "  stagni  aquie  " 
or  the  "  marsh  waters ;"  the  quantity  of  marshland  would 
not,  however,  have  been  particularly  noteworthy  or  dis- 
tinctive at  Springhead.  At  the  inception  of  such  a  station 
there  may  have  been  no  houses  nor  any  settlement  then 
existing,  for  we  find,  at  twenty  miles  from  Mandnmum 
{Carmarthen),  a  station  denoted  simply  as  ud  x'igesimum, 
equivalent  to  "  at  the  twentieth  milestone." 

To  the  north  of  the  road,  however,  there  was  a  British 
Oppidwm  lying  in  the  forest  of  Swanscomb,  through  a  part 
of  which  forest  this  Roman  way  is  believed  to  have  held  its 
course. 

The  initial  V  is  not  very  unusual  in  Latin  proper  names 
of  places ;  of  the  1 60  names  which  occur  in  the  Itinerary  I 
should  suppose  some  twenty  commence  with  that  letter. 

Taking  Ya^niafa  as  a  nominative  plural,  it  does  not 
appear  that  many  stations  possessed  a  similar  noun  of  multi- 
tude as  coguouien.  The  next  station,  however,  was  Duro- 
hriva*  (Rochester),  the  name  of  which  may  denote  canips  by 
a  running  water,  and  be  well  applied  to  the  Roman  stations 
(Strood  and  Rochester)  on  opposite  banks  of  the  River 
Medway,  and  it  is  probable  that  the  station  Vagniaca  may 
have  derived  its  plural  name  from  being  divided  more  or  less 
into  two  by  the  fleet,  or  stream,  which,  taking  its  rise  at 
Southfieet,  flowed  to  Northfleet  (hence  the  two  names),  and 
there  discharged  itself  into  the  River  Thames. 


•  Dy  somo  writers  Durobrita  is  rather  rpKurded  as  et|iiivaleiit  to  fluminia 
trajeetut,  a  ferry,  which  jiresciit*  the  Bitiiip  idea  of  diiahty  in  the  two  b&nk*.] 
Tho  Roman  renmiiis  in  aird  about  Rochester  have  never  been  adeijuiit'otv  treated 
of,  but  we  oaniiot  hantilj  ilisiiiisu*  it  Trom  our  attention,  becaiiNC,  as  will  be  Keen  in 
tho  dOfjuol,  it  will  be  very  material  to  start  from  the  proposition  that  it  oi^riipied 
the  station  raentioncii  in  the  second,  third,  and  Toiirth  Itinera  of  Antonintis  uj) 
Durobrivit,  the  dativn  of  Durobrivif.  This  claim  can  wari'ely  be  disputed.  In 
Gibson's  comment  on  the  fifth  Iter  he  writes :  "  Tlniutth  the  name  of  Durohriva 
occurs  before  both  in  tho  second,  third,  and  fourth  Iter  of  Antoninus,  it  may  not 
be  unworthy  of  notice  that  all  antii|UHries  havea^'reed  in  those  throe  Iters,  fixing 
that  station  at  Rot-hester  in  Kent,  thou^jh  it  is  not  tpiito  answerable  in  itn 
distance  from  L<oiidon  to  tho  milliary  numbers  of  the  Itinerary,  which  ]da<M>»  it 
twenty-seven  mile*  from  the  la-st-nientioned  city,  whereas  it  is  about  thirty,  j 
which  in  the  main  answers  to  twenty-seven  of  the  Itinerary  according  to ' 
norsley."  Dturobrifa  in  tho  fifth  Iter  was  fixed  bv  Camden  at  Dornford,  by 
Gale  lit  Brig  Ciwterlon,  and  by  Gibson  at  Caistor  in  Korthamjittnishiro. 


AT   SPRINGHEAD,    NEAR   GRAVESEND. 


179 


Another  expltmation  of  this  plural  form  may  be  found 
in  the  circumstance  that  the  Springhead  Valley  bifurcates 
(so  to  speak}  toward  the  south ;  the  one  hollow  running  in 
the  direction  of  Southfleet  Church,  and  the  other  to  the 
south-east  toward  Hazells  and  Northfleet  Green  Farm  ;  and 
these  twin-terminals  of  the  Fleet  might  well  occasion  ahd 
account  for  the  plurality  of  tlie  nominative  VagniactB. 

At  the  period  of  Ctesar's*  invasion  it  may  well  have  been 
that  this  station  Vugniaces  was  non-existent  as  a  popiilated 
place ;  there  is  no  need  to  suppose  that  it,  any  more  than 
Landmium  itself,  was  of  any  considerable  importance. 
Neither  Vagniacee  nor  Lmulmium  finds  any  mention  in 
Ctesar's  Commentaries. 

The  probability  is  that  we  owe  it,  together  with  the  main 
Eoman  military  roads  of  Britain,  to  the  efforts  of  Julius 
Agricola,  Proprsetorin  a.d.  78  under  the  Emperor  Vespasian, 
a  consideration  which  raises  the  question  of  the  probable 
date  of  the  Itinerary  of  Antoninus.  Horsley  thinks  it  should 
be  (as  to  the  British  portion)  ascribed  to  Caracalla,  since  he 
spent  some  years  in  Britain,  and  was  present  at  York  at  the 
death  of  his  father  Severus,  Februaiy  4  a.d.  211.  If  it 
were  ascribed  to  Antoninus  Pius  other  questions  would 
arise. 

This  Roman  military  way  naturally  leads  our  thoughts  to 
London,  and  there  to  the  relic  of  the  "  London  Stone  "  in 
Cannon  Street.  It  is  clear  that  the  island  of  Britain  became 
a  province  of  the  Roman  Empire  under  Claudius  Drusus, 
A.D.  45,  and  it  is  I  believe  unquestioned  that  Loudon  became  a 

•  The  object  of  this  paper  beioK  limited  to  a  claim  "  tlial  the  rt«ul  by  Spring- 
head was  ail  iiitek;rul  part  of  the  i^n-ait  lino  of  romniiinication  between  the 
Kentish  coast  ami  London,  and  that  Springhead  it«elf  was  the  station  ufion  such 
line  called  Vagmaca,"  it  would  answer  no  useful  purj)osc  to  mix  the  inquiry 
with  any  question  as  to  the  routes  taken  by  Julius  Ca>!nr  upon  his  two  sureensive 
inrunions  into  the  county  of  Kent,  for  there  is  uo  necessary  connection  between 
them.  The  British  roads  or  tmckways  had  at  the  period  of  such  invasion 
neither  the  directness  of  line  nor  the  solidity  of  construction  of  those  which  were 
afterwards  formed  by  the  comiuerors.  AVhether  Caesar's  passngo  of  the  river  was 
over  the  Tluinies  at  "  Cowey  Staltos,"  or  really  over  the  Modway,  at  Ayk«ford,  or 
elsewhere,  is  a  question  which  is  still  left  tn  the  research  of  the  antiquani-.  Let 
me  my,  however,  in  memory  of  one  who  lived  near  to  SpriuKhcad  (Mr.  A.  J. 
Ditnkin),  who  desirly  cherishe<l  the  renown  of  Cantium  and  its  four  kingdoms, 
and  who  contended  that  Julius  CiCHir's  most  extended  proj^eas  from  the  sea- 
shore was  still  confined  within  the  confines  of  Kent,  that  hia  oontenlion  carriee 
wiUi  it  many  ar^imonts  that  arc  worthy  of  notice, 

V  2 


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THE    ROMAN   STATION    OF  VAGNIAC^ 


colony  about  the  time  that  Julius  Agricola  was  in  Britain, 
under  tlie  Emperor  Domitian  a.d.  85,  when  it  soon  began 
to  lay  the  foundations  of  that  pre-eminence  which,  once 
acquired,  it  has  ever  since  maintained.  A  strong  reason  for 
the  compilation  being  ascribed  to  a  later  date  is  that  it 
comprises  Constantinople,  and  some  other  places  which  were 
not  founded  till  long  after  the  last  of  the  Antonines.  Mr. 
Wright  gives  the  date  as  A.n.  320. 

Taking  our  stand  at  the  London  Forum  in  the  middle 
principal  street,  or  Prsctorian  way,  afterwards  known  as 
Watliug  Street,  we  should  observe  the  four  military  waj'S 
which  anciently  led  out  from  their  common  centre  in  the 
City. 

I.  The  first  of  these,  with  which  we  are  most  concerned, 
being  the  Trajectus  or  ferry  over  the  River  Thames,  from 
Stoney  Lane  in  South  wark,  entered  London  at  Dour  (water) 
Gate  {(dias  Dovvgate)  and  directed  its  course  to  London 
Stone  (in  Cannou  Street}. 

II.  The  second  Watliug  Street,  or  the  Praitovian  way, 
directed  its  course  from  south-east  to  north-west,  through 
London  City  to  Newgate. 

III.  The  third,  Ermyu  Street,  directed  its  course  from 
south-west,  northward  to  Cripplegate,  taking  its  way  by 
Highbury  Barn  to  Stroud  Greeu. 

IV.  The  fourth,  the  vicinal  way,  led  through  Oldgate 
(later  Aldgate)  by  Bethnal  Green  to  the  Trajectus  or  ferry 
at  Old  Ford. 

Thus  these  four  military  ways  passed  through  the. four 
original  gates  of  the  City,  Newgate,  Cripplegate,  Aldgate, 
and  Dourgate.  During  the  government  of  Julius  Agricola 
(under  the  Emperors  Vespasian,  Titus,  and  Domitian)  the 
civilization  of  the  Britons,  after  the  Roman  manner,  made 
great  advances  both  in  apparel  and  in  the  erection  of  houses 
and  of  temples,  with  all  other  symptoms  of  the  possession  of 
material  resources  and  of  advancing  knowledge,  accompanied 
by  the  cultivation  of  arts  and  sciences. 

The  Roman  road  to  Dour  Gate,  from  the  Kentish  coast, 
proceeded  with  the  directness  of  an  arrow  from  the  sea 
coast  to  Rochester,  whence,  if  my  readers  will  consult  the 


AT  SPRINGHEAD,    NEAR   GRAVE8END. 


181 


annexed  plan,  {reduceil  from  the  Ordnance  Survey.)  they  will 
see  that  it  eoiitiniied  its  course  up  Strood  Hill,  aud  running 
onward  parallel  with  Crutches  Laue  to  the  north  of  the 
village  of  Cobham,  reached  Springhead  at  a  distance  some- 
what under,  and  not  over,  ten  miles,  and  thence  towards 
Loudon,  its  idtimate  terminus. 

I  do  not  mean  to  contend  that  the  Continental  route  was 
then,  fis  now,  wholly  from  Dover  to  London  ;  liecause  it  is 
clear,  from  the  incidental  statements  in  such  authorities  as 
Lucan,  Tacitus,  Ammiauus  Marcellinus,  Ausonius,  and  others 
(whose  testimonies  have  been  gathered  by  Mr.  C.  Roach  Smith 
in  his  interesting  work  on  the  great  Kentish  Casira],  that 
Richborough  was  the  chief  marine  portal  of  Britain,  so  much 
so  that  Ruf.upicE  gave  its  name  to  the  whole  British  coast 
opposite  Gaul,  aud  even  to  the  neighbouring  sea  itself. 

It  is  not,  however,  a  matter  which  affects  our  inquiry ; 
since,  whether  we  take  the  Continental  trajectus  to  have 
terminated  at  that  port,  or  at  Dover  (Dwim),  the  Roman 
■way  in  both  cases  is  short  and  direct  to  Duroverwim  (Canter- 
bury), and  thence  it  continues  its  westward  course  to  the 
capital. 

Before  proceeding  further  let  us  set  down  those  parts  of 
the  second,  third,  and  fourth  Itinera  which  immediately 
concern  ua,  using  the  English  names  of  the  probable  sites  for 
the  purpose  of  better  elucidating  the  argument. 

Itke  II. 
From  the  Great  North  Wall  to  Richborough  481  miles. 


To  London 

407  miles 

To  Novioinagus 

-     10 

To  Springhead  - 

-     18 

To  Rochestor     - 

■        -       9-37    „ 

To  Ospringt; 

-     13 

To  Cauterbury  - 

-     12 

To  Richborough 

-     12—37     „ 

iteu  in. 

From  Londou  to  Dover  66  miles. 
To  Rochester  -  -  -  27 
To  Canterbury  -  -  -  25 
To  Dover   -        -         -         -     14 

66 


481  „ 
Iteu  IV. 
From  Londou  to  Lynine  68  miles. 
To  Rofheater  -  -  -  27 
To  Canterbury  -  -  -  25 
To  Lymnp  -         -        -     16 


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THE    ROMAN    STATION    OF   VAQNlACiE 


Westward  of  Springhead,  the  direction  of  the  road  to 
LondiniitTn  under  the  second  Iter  has  l>eeu  a  matter  exercis- 
ing the  arguments  of  the  learned  with  very  conflicting  results. 
Some  are  for  continuing  its  course  with  the  same  directness 
through  Dartford.  Others  contend  for  a  south-western 
deflection  to  Holwood  Hill  at  Keston,  or  to  Woodcote  near 
Croydon  (alleged  sites  of  the  intenreiiing  station  of  Novio- 
matjics)  turning  thence  to  the  north  to  reach  London. 

Touching  this  digression  to  Noviomatju«,  so  palpably  out 
of  the  direct  route  to  London,  it  has  been  alleged  that  the 
swamps  between  Dartford  and  Crayford,  arising  from  the 
converging  of  two  rivers,  the  Darenth  and  the  Cray  (not 
then  embanked),  created  so  boggy  a  tract  that  the  Roman 
way  was  necessarily  diverted  by  it  towards  the  south-west, 
and  further  that  the  magnitude  (thirty  acres)  and  importance 
of  the  enclosure  at  Keston,  assuming  it  to  be  NoviomMjus, 
justified  such  a  diversion.  Whatever  may  be  ultimat-idy ; 
decided  as  to  the  true  site  of  Noviomagiis,  there  is  nothing 
which  need  be  held  fatal  to  the  claim  of  Springhead  to  be 
the  site  of  the  antecedent  station,  on  the  way  from  Dover  to 
London. 

Hasted,  writing  of  the  camp  at  Keston,  says  : 

"  Others  have  nuppoHed  this  to  have  been  the  romainB  of  Novio- 
matfim,  the  firHt  Konian  station  from  London  towards  Dover;  in 
support  of  which  they  urge  that  tlie  ancient  Hoinan  road,  instead  of 
gonii;  through  Uejitfonl  a»  the  present  one  does,  directed  its  course 
much  more  wouthwanl,  tnakiti;:;  a  circle  to  avoid  the  marslies  betwecu 
Luinboth  aud  Deptford,  wliifh  were  then  passable  with  much  didi- 
culty  from  their  lying  so  very  low  ;  and  as  the  river  was  not  then 
embanked  were  overllowed  upon  all  spring-tides,  iis  they  are  now! 
upon  all  extraordinary  oues."     (Vol.  ii.,  p.  30,  octavo.) 

Here  we  may  turn  aside  to  see  what  other  places  have 
claims  to  be  the  station  of  Vatjniacte.  They  are  chiefly 
Northfleet,  Crayford,  aud  Maidstone,  all  in  Kent.  For  the 
latter  there  is  the  high  authority  of  Camden,  who  connects 
the  word  vatiitu  with  the  River  Medway,  upon  which  Maid- 
stone stands,  and  because  he  thought  it  complied  with  the 
true  distunces  in  the  Roman  Itinerary.  He  was  supported  in 
this  by  Bishop  Gibson,  bis  translator,  also  by  Mr.  William 
'-  ■  •>nd  Dean  Gale ;  and  in  Ainsworth's  Dictionary  I 
.stated  as  a  matter  of  fact. 


AT  SPRINGHEAD,  NBAK  GRAVE8END.     183 

We  have  no  instances,  however,  whatever  of  Maidstone 
being  so  designated  in  the  archives  of  antiquity. 

On  the  other  hand,  Mr.  Souiner,  Bishop  Stillingfleet,  and 
Dr.  Han'is  fix  Novii<mtiijvji  at  Crayford  aud  Vaiiniaca  at 
Northfleet.  In  favour  of  Springhead  we  possess  the  later, 
and  therefore  probably  the  riper,  researches  of  Mi*.  John 
Thorpe  and  Mr  Roach  Smith.  In  Thorpe's  Ciuilumnle  Roff., 
p.  249,  we  read :  "  But  what  renders  Southfleet  most  remark- 
able is  that  here  was  the  Vayniar^  of  the  Eomans,  their 
second  station  from  London,  according  to  the  Itinerary  of 
Antoninus." 

His  authority  is  confirmed  by  Hasted,  who  says : 

"  Somiier  and  some  othnrs  have  placed  the  station  of  the  Koniang 
called  Vaffnincee  at  NorthHeet,  not  far  diHtiiut,  but  the  objection  to 
this  in  that  the  valley  between  Northfleet  Hill,  leaJiug  to  tlie  bridge, 
and  the  oppoHite  hill  westward  from  it,  was  at  that  time  a  broad 
elioet  of  water  ....  therefore  it  is  reasonable  to  suppose  .... 
the  KoiiianN  shajyed  their  fourso  more  to  the  southward  towards 
Southfleet,  where  it  was  more  narrow,  aud  where  they  had  the 
benefit  of  a  fine  sjiring  which  ri.sen  there,  Rtili  known  by  the  name 
of  Springhead."  (HitL  of  Kent,  ii.,  -123.) 

Mr.  Roach  Smith,  to  my  mind,  has  solved  the  whole 
dispute  by  a  judicious  and  natural  solution,  which,  accept- 
ing its  statements,  involves  no  contnidiction  of  the  great 
Antonine  record.  It  is  as  follows,  lu  ArcJueologia  CJanliana, 
Vol.  X.,  p.  171,  he  says: 

"  Noviomagui  therefore  it  may  be  inferred  was  not  situated  upon 
the  nearer  and  direct  road  to  Durohricis.  It  must  then  be  placed 
at  some  spot  southwards,  where  a  road  going  to  it  and  tlieu  pro- 
ceeding to  Vagniac(e  would  give  au  additional  ten  miles.  If  wo  try 
:  to  adopt  the  oniniou  of  Gale  and  others  we  have  a  dilliculty  in  the 
distance,  whicli  would  much  exceed  the  required  eighteen  miles, 
and  then  the  retrogression  to  ItochoHter  to  regain  the  direct  route. 
If  we  place  Vngniucee  at  Sjiringhcad  we  are  supported  by  all  the 
requirements  for  such  a  station,  in  extensive  foundations  of  build- 
ings and  in  antiquities  of  a  general  character;  and  also  tl\e  distance 
on  the  direct  military  road  to  Koehester.  As  regards  Noviomagtu 
being  located,  as  proposed  by  Mr.  KemiK-,  at  Keston,  there  is  the 
same  objection  a«  to  distauce.  It  is  probable  the  place  has  yet  to 
be  discovered  so  as  to  answer  this  requirement.  But  although  it 
appears  to  me  that  we  are  more  justified  iu  placing  Vagniacte  near 
Springhead,  yet  I  have  no  doubt  a  Roman  roail  ran  near  or  through 
the  site  of  Jlaidstone,  probably  direct  from  Loudon  to  the  Portut 
Lemanii." 


184  THE   ROMAN   STATION  OP  VAGNIAC^ 

The  painstaking  and  courteous  Hon.  Secretary  of  the 
Kent  Archffiological  Society,  the  Rev.  Canon  Scott  Bobertson, 
in  the  same  work  (Vol.  XV.,  p.  68),  writes : 

"The  learned  Camden  in  bin  Britnnnia  sought  to  identify  Maid- 
stone wnth  VagniacfSt  a  Komau  Btation  mentioned  by  Antoninus  us 
fi)rming  one  stage  on  the  second  Iter  or  route  given  in  his  Itine- 
rary. Ho  says  it  stood  twenty-eight  miles  distant  from  London, 
betweea  Noviomagus  and  Durohrifie  (Rochester),  on  the  road  to 
DuroL-crnum  (Canterbury).  He  founded  its  identification  mainly 
upon  11  fancied  resemblance  between  the  Saxon  name  of  Maidstone 
and  the  word  Vagniacw.  We  i-annot  endorse  Camden's  conjecture, 
although  it  was  adopted  by  many  learned  writers  after  him." .... 

The  Eev.  Beale  Poste,  in  Archaologia  Canliunn,  Vol.  I., 
p.  154,  says  : 

"  Many  who  read  tboso  pages  will  be  doubtless  aware  that  in 
fixing  a  determinate  site  for  the  Knman  military  station,  Vagniacw, 
T  am  assuming  to  do  that  whieh  has  never  been  attempted  to  be  done 
hy  the  old  antiquaries,  as  Camden,  (tale.  Burton,  Lelaud,  or  Lam- 
barde,  or  by  the  modems,  as  Gibson,  Gougti,  Reynolds,  Hasted, 
Thorpe,  or  Uatcher,  or  even  been  supposed  by  Newton  himself,  the 
learuud  historian  of  the  place.  This  undoubtedly  is  so  ;  for  though 
a  fair  proportion  of  those  eminent  persons  in  the  antiquarian 
department  of  literatnre  may  have  tbought  generally  that  the 
Boniau  station  was  at  Maidstone,  yet  none  of  them  have  advanced 
ao  far  as  to  point  out  in  what  quarter  of  the  present  town  the  pre- 
ciao  spot  was  situated." 

But  to  maintain  his  thesis  the  reverend  author  has  to 
contend  that  the  Roman  way,  from  the  Rutupine  coast  to 
London,  traversed  the  route  to  Rochester  and  then  started  off 
to  the  south  to  Maidstouf,  and  thence  to  Novio7nagii«  at 
Keston,  by  Wrotham  Heath  and  Oldbury  Camp,  by  the  mere 
statement  of  which  detour  the  essential  weakness  of  the 
theory  is  manifested. 

Again,  spenking  of  "  the  Roman  way,"  he  says,  "  When 
the  road  has  crossed  (the  Medway)  at  Radford  (quarter  of 
a  mile  below  Maidstone)  it  ascends  the  gradually  rising 
ground  for  300  or  400  yards,  and  having  reached  a  species 
of  plateau,  or  level,  it  joins  nearly  at  right  angles  the  ancient 
Roman  roatl,  proceeding  in  one  direction  to  Rochester,  and 
in  the  contrary  direction  communicating  with  the  Weald. 
....  I  venture  to  place  Vatjaiaces  at  the  junction  of  the  two 
roads  of  which   ^   '  "ve  just  spoken."  (Ibid.,  p.  156.)     He 


AT   SPRINGHEAD,    NEAR   GRAVE8BND. 


185 


places  another  Vagniaca  at  Aylesford,  and  thus  Justifying 
a  plural  nomenclature  adds,  "  that  in  some  states  of  the 
tides  the  traffic  would  cross  the  river  at  Ritdford  (Maid- 
stone) and  at  other  times  by  the  ford  at  Aylesford."  (Arch. 
Canl.,  I.,  174.) 

It  has  often  heeu  wished  that  the  numerals  of  the 
Itinerary  could  bf  verified  with  the  original  MS.,  but  it 
apiJL'iirs  tlieie  were  no  less  than  nine  excellent  editions  in 
existence  prior  to  1711,  and  Dr.  Gale,  in  the  Preface  to  his 
Commentary,  says  that  ki  these  the  variation  in  distances  is 
very  inconsiderable,  that  in  Iter  II.  the  only  variance  con- 
sisted in  the  fact  that  at  Luguvallum  the  Oxford  copy  for 
twelve  reads  fifteen ;  and  at  Deva  Bentley's  edition  for 
twenty  reads  ten. 

That  the  embarrassment  arising  from  the  difficulty  of 
tracing  the  route  through  Novlovutg\i«  has  been  real  and  has 
provoked  many  attempts  to  solve  it,  is  evident  from  the  cir- 
cumstsmce  that  the  Rev.  John  Landon,  Curate  of  Soutlifleet, 
in  the  last  century  proposed  that,  after  exhausting  the  ten 
miles  from  D-urohrivte  to  Vagninca,  the  march  should  still  be 
continued  for  another  eight  miles  by  overlapping  and  re- 
including  the  prior  ten  miles  traversed,  thus  making  up  the 
eighteen  ;  and  that  this  enumeration  would  then  yield  a 
situation  on  the  River  Cray,  which  he  would  style  Noviomagui!. 
In  this  view  he  was  partly  followed  by  Mr.  A.  J.  Diuikin,  but 
the  following  extract  from  Mr.  Landon's  interesting  letter 
to  Mr.  Hearne,  the  eminent  antiquary,  will  throw  additional 
light  upon  our  inquiry  : 

"  Then!  were  lately  found  in  Mr.  Pedder'a  Barkfields  (or  perhaps 
more  ])rot)erly  Bagficlds,  from  '  V.ag,'  the  first  syllable  in  Vagniac<e) 

ill  Southneet  two  smnll  dilver  pieces There  is  upon  one  of  them 

a  very  fine  and  bold  profile  of  a  woman's  head  with  '  Pkutilla  ' 
round  it  very  |)laitily  to  be  read ;  the  reverse  we  have  not  made  out. 
The  other  Reems  to  be  Hometliiui,'  emblematical  of  Rome,  but  the 
hammer  having  in  some  places  utruck  too  nigh  the  edge,  the  letters 
are  not  very  legible.  1  do  not  remember  whether  I  ever  told  you 
that  near  the  plnce  where  these  pieces  were  found  there  wiis  some 
few  yearn  ago  a  very  fair  milestone  discovered.  It  t^tood  upright  in 
the  ground  with  its  crown  about  four  or  five  inches  below  the 
surface.  1  measured  it  soon  after  it  was  dug  up.  It  was  two  feet 
and  a  half  long,  two  of  itti  nide»  were  sixteen  inches  each,  the  other 
two  fourteen,  its  comers  were  chiselled,  hut  its  faces  were  very 


186  THE   EOMAN  STATION  OP  VAGNIAC^ 

rustic.  However,  upon  one  of  the  sides  was  a  Terjr  fair  X  cut, 
which  was  undoubtedly  to  shew  that  it  stood  ten  miles  from  some 
particular  place.  Now  if  we  only  suppose  the  Bomans  in  placing 
their  milestones  reckoned  upwards,  that  is  to  say,  from  Bwobrimt 
to  Vagniaew,  ten  miles,  ana  place  the  stone  there,  then  this  would 
be  a  convincing  proof  that  Vagniacie  must  have  stood  near  where 
this  stone  once  did,  because  the  distance  between  Vagniacm  and 
Durohrivis  is  always  called  ten  miles,  and  this  I  believe  is  very 
nearly  the  distance  between  DurobrivU  and  the  place  where  the 
stone  was  once  found." 

We  do  not  find  any  elucidation  of  our  subject  in  the  NoHtia, 
written  about  a.d.  450,  nor  in  the  celebrated  Ravenna 
Geographer's  Treatise,  about  the  middle  of  the  seventh 
century,  and  the  same  negative  remark  applies  to  the  other 
authority  ux>on  such  subjects  as  this  enquiry,  viz.,  "Pen- 
tinger's  Table,"  written  probably  at  a  period  between  Con- 
stantine  and  Theodosius  the  Great ;  but  let  us  quietly  re- 
examine the  case  in  favour  of  Springhead  (confining  our 
attention  to  Itinera  11.,  III.,  and  IV.).  Here  we  find  the 
Iter  from  Londiniwm  to  Durobrivee  stated  thrice  in  succession 
to  be  only  twenty-seven  miles,  which  by  this  shortest  length 
of  measurement  must  be  drawn  through  Springhead,  the 
most  direct  and  shortest  route,  for  in  no  other  direction 
could  the  distance  be  comprised  within  such  limits,  thus 
from  London  to  Vagniacts  17i,  from  Vagniaca  to  Rochester 
9i— 27  miles. 

In  reference  to  Roman  as  well  as  other  milestones,  only 
complete  miles,  and  no  fraction  of  a  mile,  are  inscribed  upon 
them,  nor  are  fractions  given  in  any  part  of  the  Itinerary, 
and  hence  when  we  come  within  half  a  mile  of  a  new 
distance  the  stone  would  equally  accord  with  the  next  fol- 
lowing number. 

And  surely  these  three  Itinera,  when  placed  side  by  side, 
remove  all  the  difficulty  which  arose  from  the  interposition, 
in  the  second  Iter,  of  the  station  called  Noviomagvs.  The 
compiler  well  knew  his  subject,  and  has  said  in  effect,  as 
explained  by  Mr.  C.  Roach  Smith,  if  you  proceed  and 
pass  through  each  station  under  Iter  No.  2  it  will  involve 
the  detour  through  Noviomagua,  and  this  will  make  the 
distance  between  London  and  Rochester  ten  miles  more  than 
the  thrice-affirmed   twenty-seven   miles — ^thus   London  to 


AT  SPRINGHEAD,  NEAR  GRAVE8END. 


187 


Noviomagns,  10  ;  Novioniagus  to  Springhead,  17^  ;  Spring- 
hea4l  to  Rochester,  9i ;  totil  37,  which  is  not  an  incorrect 
computation,  if  we  assign  Keston  or  Bromley,  or  some  proper 
place  in  their  neighbourhood,  as  the  equivalent  of  Novio- 
mtigus. 

As  to  the  continuation  of  the  fionian  way  to  Londinium, 
Hearne  writes  :  "  On  the  Dartford  Brent  it  is  very  visible, 
keeping  its  course  south-east,  and  entering  the  enclosures 
appears  again  where  the  plough  has  not  levelled  it  at 
different  places  "  {Cu«luvi<tle  R^>Jf.,  p.  150).  So,  again,  Hasted 
(vol.  ii.,  \).  292):  "The  Roman  road  shews  itself  very  con- 
spicuously  on  the  south  side  of  the  high  road  between 
Dartford  and  the  Brent  "  ;  and  I  have  myself  understood, 
from  Mr.  Roach  Smith,  that  he  had  a  reliable  account  of 
the  opening  in  the  High  Street  of  Dartford  of  an  indubitable 
Roman  military  way  constructed  with  paviors  or  squared 
stones ;  a  fact  to  which  I  assign  much  importance,  and  I  am 
anxious  therefore  to  put  it  upon  record. 

If  any  one  will  st^ind  at  Bexley  Heath  or  Shooter's  Hill, 
and  look  along  the  London  and  Dover  road,  climbing  and 
descending  hill  after  hill  from  Dartford  through  Welling  to 
Blackheath,  he  will  exclaim,  "  If  those  were  not  the  lines  of 
a  true  Roman  way  all  ordinary  experience  is  at  fault."  A 
straigliter  road,  and  one  more  regardless  of  the  undulations 
of  the  country  (and  it  embraces  a  section  of  some  eight 
miles),  could  not  be  traced. 

A  Roman  way  from  Richborough  (the  early  port),  and 
from  Dover  (the  later  port),  to  London,  if  once  shewn  to 
extend  from  Canterbury  direct  to  the  summit  of  Shooter's 
Hill,  needs  no  further  safe-conduct  from  me  to  conduct  it 
surely  to  the  Dour  Gate  of  the  Metropolis. 

The  claims  of  Springhead  would  not,  however,  be  complete, 
as  being  the  site  of  Vagniacaj  in  the  absence  of  Roman 
remains  discovered  upon  the  spot ;  and  these  have  been  con- 
siderable. 

It  appears  that  the  Rev.  John  Landon  took  away  with 
him  many  Roman  coins  found  at  Springhead,  when  he  left 
the  neighbourhood  and  accepted  preferment  in  Lincolnshire ; 
and  we  know,  both  from  Hasted  and  from  Hearne,  that  large 


188  THE  BOMAN   STATION   OF  VAGNIAC^. 

and  continued  discoveries  were  made  by  Mr.  Pedder,  a 
former  lessee  of  Springhead,  comprising  bronze  articles  and 
parched  com ;  and  that  Roman  coins  found  at  Springhead 
were  in  the  possession  of  one  Lane  a  beerhouse-keeper  at 
Betsham  (a  hamlet  of  Southfleet) ;  there  are  also  interesting 
Roman  sepulchral  remains  from  Springhead,  now  at  the 
British  Museum,  where  they  were  deposited  by  a  former 
rector  of  Southfleet,  the  Rev.  Peter  Rashleigh ;  and  in  my 
own  collection,  (wholly  made  during  the  present  century  by 
Mr.  Silvester  and  his  son,  the  late  and  present  occupiers  of 
Springhead,)  I  enumerate  some  1400  Roman  coins,  ranging 
from  Augustus  to  the  departui-e  of  the  Romans,  besides 
bronze  flbulse,  stirrups,  bells,  rings,  a  fish  hook,  and  pins ; 
while  in  iron  there  are  horse-shoes  (part  of  a  mass  of  some 
500  which  were  found  in  a  heap),  a  horse's  bit,  spur,  spears, 
a  billhook,  and  other  implements,  and  since  this  paper  has 
been  in  hand  I  have  met  with  the  foundation  of  a  Roman 
building  yet  to  be  explored. 

Part  of  Mr.  Rashleigh's  discoveries  consisted  of  a  Roman 
family  cemetery,  enclosed  with  walls  of  masonry,  some  fifty 
feet  square.  It  is  in  respect  of  these  that  in  1801  he  wrote 
to  the  Society  of  Antiquaries  as  follows  : 

"The  field  in  which  these  remains  were  found  adjoins  the 
Watling  Street  Eoad,  at  the  corner  of  which  Mr.  Hasted,  in  his 
History  oj  Kent,  vol.  i.,  p.  271,  supposes  a  Roman  milliare  to  have 
been  found,  and  which  I)r.  Thorpe  conjectured  to  have  been  the 
ancient  station  of  the  Romans  called  Vagniacm ;  this  is  likewise 
near  the  Springhead,  which  flows  down  into  the  Fleet  at  Northfleet 
Bridge,  and  which  was  supposed  to  have  been  formerly  navigable  for 
vessels." 

To  conclude,  let  me  add  that  the  topographical  situa- 
tion was  admirably  calculated  for  a  station  in  all  that  con- 
cerned openness  of  country,  pure  water  supply,  river  com- 
munication open  to  the  sea,  besides  its  incidence  upon  the 
Via  Militant,  which  in  its  passage  through  Swanscomb 
Forest  skirted  the  old  British  Oppidum  on  the  right,  as 
indeed  it  had  similarly  skirted  on  the  left  the  Kentish 
settlement  in  Cobham  Park. 


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ON    ROMAN    REMAINS    FOUND    AT 
FRINDSBURY. 


BY   A.    A.    A.ENOLD. 

In  the  last  volume  of  Archteologia  Cantiana  (Vol.  XVII.,  pp. 
189-192)  a  short  account  was  given  of  Roman  remains  found 
near  Quarry  House,  in  the  parish  of  Frindsbury,  near 
Rochester.  Although  nothing  very  important  has  since  been 
found,  it  may  be  well  to  place  on  record  an  account  of  the 
various  objects  which  have  come  to  light  since  the  previous 
report.  It  was  explained,  in  the  former  paper,  that  the  ex- 
cavations of  chalk  which  are  going  on  at  the  Frindsbury 
QuaiTy  are  made  in  sections.  A  strip  of  land,  about  twelve 
yards  in  width,  is  marked  out  along  the  whole  length  of  the 
hill  side,  and  when  this  has  been  excavated,  the  operation  is 
repeated,  and  another  similar  strip  is  commenced.  In  exca- 
vating each  strip  the  site  of  the  Roman  house,  which  lies 
about  I-IO  feet  from  the  old  Quarry  House,  is  cut  through 
and  exposed.  Up  to  June  1889,  about  twenty-four  yards  in 
width,  or  two  such  strips,  have  been  excavated  since  atten- 
tion was  first  called  to  the  spot,  by  Messrs.  Tingey,  the 
proprietors  of  the  works. 

One  of  the  fii'st  and  probably  the  most  interesting  of 
these  discoveries  %vas  made  in  March  1888,  at  the  bottom  of 
a  hole  or  pit  about  twelve  feet  deep.  There,  a  bronze 
statuette  of  a  "  genius  "  or  wingless  Cupid  was  met  with 
(Plate  I.).  It  is  5i  inches  high,  and  was  found  almost 
entire,  the  left  foot  only  being  broken  off.  The  right  band 
is  elevated  and  extended.  Inside  the  palm  a  ferruginous 
stain,  or  trace  of  iron,  suggests  that  originally  the  hand 
clasped  some  object  of  that  metal.  The  left  hand  is  rather 
out  of  proportion  to  the  rest  of  the  limbs,  but  in  other 
respects  the  figure  is  graceful  and  artistic.  A.  statuette, 
almost  in  the  same  attitude,  and  of  nearly  the  same  size,  was 
found  at  Colchester,  about  the  year  1 848,  and  was  figured  in 
the  Journal  of  tlte  British  Arclueological  Association,  vol.  iv., 


190       ROMAN    REMAINS    POUND    AT   FRINDSBTJRY. 


p.  60.  That  Ciipkl  or  Baeclius  bokla  a  bunch  of  grapes  in  his 
right  hand,  and  probably  our  figure  did  likewise.  Mr.  Wm. 
Tingey  has  caused  the  statuette  to  be  mounted  on  a  suitable 
pedestal,  and  retains  it  in  liis  possession. 

In  the  same  hole  with  this  statuette  there  were  found  two 
coins  of  third  brass  ;  one  of  Probus,  the  other  of  Tetricus  the 
younger.  A  few  months  latter,  a  coin  of  Allectus  was 
also  discovered  near  the  same  spot.  As  these  coins  are  all 
of  the  latter  part  of  the  third  century,  it  may  be  inferred 
that  this  figure  became  buried  about  that  period. 

Among  other  Roman  articles  a  considerable  number  of 
bone  and  ivory  pins  were  met  with.  Some  are  rather  elabo- 
rately carved  ;  others  ai-e  plain,  and  of  the  usual  type ;  about 
thirty  were  perfect,  the  others  being  in  pieces. 

Underlying  all  the  above  remains,  at  the  base  of  the  pit 
before  mentioned,  was  found  a  plough-share,  or  coulter, 
weighing  about  9  lb.  10  oz,  (Plate  II.,  fig.  1).  It  was  much 
oiydized,  but  differs  little  from  the  shape  of  those  at  pre- 
sent used. 

A  quantity  of  fragments  of  earthen  ware,  principally  of 
the  sort  known  as  Upchurch  ware,  some  smaller  pieces  of 
Samian,  and  many  tiles  were  found ;  but  on  none  that  passed 
through  my  hands  could  I  find  any  maker's  stamp  or  name. 

There  was  also  the  handle  of  an  amphora  of  large  size, 
of  the  common  pale  stoue-eolour.  A  year  later,  a  piece  or 
segment  of  the  side  of  a  large  vessel  of  the  same  colour  and 
texture  was  kirned  up,  to  which  that  handle  had  possibly 
belonged. 

Besides  these  fragments,  there  were  quantities  of  pieces 
of  mortar,  which  was  undoubtedly  Roman,  with  tile  in  some 
cases  still  adhering  to  them.  There  were  also  found  some 
much- worn  horse-shoes,  of  a  cumbrous  form,  and  considerable 
weight.  On  looking  at  these  shoes  one  is  irresistibly 
reminded  of  the  line  in  Virgil : 

■*  Qu)idrupoiIom<iue  citum  ferrato  oaloe  fati({at." 

The  horn  of  a  deer,  cut  so  as  to  be  used  as  a  tool,  and 
neatly  perforated  at  the  base  for  a  string  or  cord  for  its 
suspension,  wiis  also  found. 

In  April  1889  t.'iP  excavators  were  again  approaching  the 


ROMAN    REMAINS   FOUND   AT   FRINDSBTJRY.      191 


spot  which  had  yielded  these  discoveries,  and  Messrs. 
Tiiigey  kindly  allowed  every  facility  for  watching  the 
operations. 

On  the  29th  of  April,  after  several  previous  visits,  I  went 
to  the  spot,  accompanied  by  the  Rev.  G.  M.  Livett  and  Mr. 
George  Payne,  F.S.A.  In  the  course  of  their  excavations 
the  workmen  disclosed  what  had  evidently  been  the  floor  of 
a  room ;  it  was  bedded  with  a  two-inch  layer  of  beaten 
chalk,  covered  with  innumerable  pieces  of  flue  and  other 
tiles,  and  also  with  pieces  of  plaster,  some  bearing  traces 
of  fresco,  as  well  aa  with  mortar  and  rubbish.  Along  the 
outer  edge  of  the  floor  we  found  the  remains  of  a  wall, 
with  its  inner  face  quite  perfect  for  a  length  of  about  five 
feet.  The  angle  rested  apparently  upon  a  large  block  of 
chalk ;  and  close  to  this  block,  built  up  with  the  rubble 
arfd  rough  stone  of  which  the  wall  was  composed,  we  found 
a  section  or  fragment  of  a  stone  capital  (Plate  II.,  fig.  2a, 
26).  We  hoped  to  find  more  of  the  remains  of  the  house,  but 
the  wall  ended  at  this  point,  and  it  was  pretty  evident  that 
we  had  reached,  or  rather  passed,  the  extreme  comer  of  the 
building. 

We  found  no  trace  of  anything  like  a  tesselated  pave- 
ment, not  a  single  tessera.  The  only  suggestion  of  anything 
like  luxury  or  refinement  were  some  small  remains  of  coloured 
fresco.  The  tints  on  some  of  the  pieces  remained  perfectly 
bright  and  fresh.  The  pattern  on  one  fragment  represented, 
upon  a  red  background,  detached  white  blossoms,  of  an 
acacia-tree  probably  (Plate  II.,  fig.  '1) ;  other  fragments  were 
painted  with  broad  bands  of  various  colours. 

The  nature  of  the  earth  seems  to  shew  that  there  was  a 
shallow  ditch,  outside  the  Roman  building,  through  which 
the  refuse  and  sewage  of  the  house  passed.  Numbers  of 
pieces  of  pottery  have  been  found ;  a  considerable  quantity 
L  of  bone  and  ivory  pina,  one  of  which  contrary  to  the  general 
^B  rule  has  no  head,  but  is  pointed  at  both  ends;  a  bronze 
^B  needle  in  excellent  preservation ;  a  bronze  pin  with  squared 
^B  head  ;  the  fragments  of  a  pin,  or  ornament,  of  jet ;  pieces  of 
^B  Samian  ware ;  fragments  of  bronze  fibulae  ;  and  other  pieces 
^H  of  metal;  a  bronze  ring  (Phite  II.,  fig.  6)  and  a  metal  disc 


192      SOMAN  REMAINS  FOUND  AT  FRINDSBUBY. 

or  badge  (fig.  7),  pieces  of  handles;  and  other  fragments, 
the  purpose  of  which  is  not  very  clear. 

On  the  24th  of  May  1889,  Mr.  Tingey  kindly  brought  to 
me  two  armillse  of  bronze  (Plate  11.,  figs.  4,  5),  one  twisted, 
the  other  plain,  and  a  coin  which  had  been  found  on  the 
previous  day.  The  coin  is  a  large  brass  of  the  Empress 
Faustina  the  younger.  The  armillse  are  very  similar  to 
examples  figured  in  the  Journal  of  the  British  Archaological 
AModation,  vol.  ii.,  p.  101.  A  smaller  one  was  found  with 
other  fragments  in  July  following. 

In  the  early  part  of  1889  a  British  coin  was  also  found 
here.  It  was  presented  by  Mr.  Tingey  to  Dr.  Evans,  the 
learned  President  of  the  Society  of  Antiquaries,  and  of  the 
Numismatic  Society.  He  pronounced  it  be  to  a  new  type  of 
coin,  previously  unknown  to  him.  The  inscription  on  it  was 
"DVBNO";  on  the  obverse  was  a  boar  with  ring  orna- 
ments; on  the  reverse  a  man  on  horseback.  Dr.  Evans 
believes  it  to  be  a  coin  struck  under  Dubnovellaunus,  a 
British  prince  who  vra,s  contemporary  with  the  Boman 
Emperor  Augustus. 

Among  other  coins  which  were  found  here,  during  the 
year  1888-9,  was  one  of  Trajan  and  another  of  Domitian, 
both  of  large  brass  (the  latter  was  in  excellent  preservation), 
and  a  third  brass  of  .^mUianus,  with  the  reverse  "  Apol(lini) 
Conservatori."  A  Quern,  of  conglomerate  stone,  was  also 
dug  up ;  it  was  perfect,  but  has  since  separated  into  frag- 
ments. 

A  vase  of  Upchurch  ware,  of  rather  elegant  shape  and 
curiously  marked,  was  found,  at  a  little  distance  from  these 
Quany  House  works  at  Frindsbury,  in  the  autumn  of  1888, 
at  another  part  of  the  chalk  pit,  on,  I  believe,  the  property 
of  the  Rochester  Bridge  Wardens.  Mr.  Meadows,  the 
Manager  of  the  Beaver  Cement  Company,  favoured  me  with 
a  drawing  of  it  (Plate  II.,  fig.  6). 

The  digging  at  the  quarry  is  still  going  on,  and  under 
Messrs.  Tingey's  obliging  care  for  the  preservation  of  every 
object  of  interest,  we  are  quite  sure  to  learn  if  any  such 
should  be  found. 


^   of   Samian  Ware. 


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ON  ROMAN  REMAINS  DISCOVERED  IN 
ROCHESTER. 

BY   A.   A.   ARNOLD. 


The  South -Eastern  Railway  Company  have  been  engaged, 
intermittently,  since  August  1888,  in  making  approaches  to 
their  new  Bridge  across  the  Medway  at  Rochester.  Messrs. 
Ball  and  Gammon  are  the  contractors  for  the  work  ;  and 
Mr.  Ball,  a  member  of  our  Kent  Archajological  Society,  has 
taken  great  care  to  preserve  all  objects  of  antiquarian  interest 
which  have  been  brought  to  light  during  the  work. 

A  beautifully  made  bowl  of  Samian  ware  (Plate  III,)  was 
found,  in  September  1888,  near  Horsewash,  formerly  known 
as  SI.  Clement's  Lane,  a  nan-ow  roadway  parallel  with  and 
close  to  the  river.  The  spot  where  it  was  found  lies,  Mr. 
Owen  Ball  kindly  informs  me,  about  seventy  feet  from  the 
river  front,  and  at  a  depth  of  from  twelve  to  fifteen  feet 
below  the  surface. 

Near  to  this  was  also  found  a  singular  plate  of  thin 
bronze,  having  a  slightly  i-aised  boss  or  handle  in  the  centre, 
with  rivet  holes  near  the  four  corners.  Probably  it  formed 
the  lid  of  some  box  or  casket.  It  is  too  thin  io  have  been 
used  as  part  of  the  flue  or  furnace  arrangements  of  a 
hypocaust,  as  was  at  first  supposed.  A  plate  of  bronze 
(found  at  Colchester)  shewing  a  similar  handle,  or  boss,  is 

L figured  in  vol.  v.  of  the  Journal  of  the  British  Arckeeological 
Association,  p.  89. 
At  the  same  works  were  found  several  pieces  of  Samian 
ware,  mere  fragments,  but  they  bore,  in  some  instances, 
their  makers'  names.  So  far  as  these  were  decipherable, 
they  are  as  follows  : — 
TOL.   XTHI.  0 


194        BOMAN    REMAINS    POUND   IN   EOCHESTBE. 

AliBAOT 

(B?)RAVCI.— M 

(NV)  MIDI 

MARTIALIS. 

OFROMNI 

SEVmi.     M 

DOCCI.    M.A 

I  have  also  to  record  two  other  recent  discoveries  of 
Boman  Eemains  within  the  city  of  Rochester. 

The  first  was  communicated  to  me  by  Mr.  Banks,  the 
City  Surveyor.  He  had  been  so  obliging  as  to  take  accurate 
measurements  of  the  foundations  of  the  city  wall,  where  it 
was  cut  through,  near  the  Common,  by  the  works  of  the 
South-Eastern  Railway  in  the  early  part  of  the  year  1889. 
The  workmanship  and  the  mortar  were  mediteval,  and  all  the 
remains  down  to  the  very  foundation  were  clearly  of  that 
age;  but  Mr.  Banks  then  called  attention  to  a  fragment  of 
the  wall,  near  St.  Clement's  Lane,  which  he  had  preserved 
when  the  wall  was  cut  through  during  some  drainage  works 
in  1887.  The  mortar  in  this  instance  is  undoubtedly  Roman, 
and  goes  to  support  the  theory  that,  to  some  extent  at  least, 
at  this  point,  the  city  wall  occupies  the  site,  or  rests  upon 
the  foundations  of  the  Roman  work. 

In  Fisher's  Histnnj  of  Roehfster,  p.  3,  the  writer  states  that 
there  is  reason  to  think  that  a  great  part  of  the  present  wall 
of  the  city  is  on  its  original  foundation,  and  that  this  place 
was  first  fortified  by  the  Romans.  It  is,  he  adds,  particularly 
in  the  portion  towards  the  west  end  of  the  North  Wall  that 
Roman  bricks  have  been  used,  and  are  conspicuous.  It  was 
close  to  this  point  that  the  mortar  and  fragments  of  wall  were 
obtained  by  Mr.  Banks. 

A  second  discovery  took  place  on  the  1 1th  May  1889,  when 
one  of  the  sons  of  Mr.  Frederick  Wingent  found,  near  Epple 
Lane,  at  the  foot  of  the  Castle  Hill,  Rochester,  a  coin  of  the 
Empress  Helena,  wife  of  Constantiue.  It  was  in  excellent 
preservation,  of  the  kind  known  as  third  brass.  On  the 
reverse  is  "  Pax  Publka,"  with  a  female  figure  holding  an 
olive-branch,  and  the  i^no^-". 

I  am  the  more  able  to  record  these  few  dis- 


BOHAN   BEMAIN8  F0X7ND  IN  BOCHESTEB.      195 

coveriee,  within  the  city  of  Bochester,  as  the  recent  publication 
by  the  Society  of  Antiquaries  of  Mr.  Geoi-ge  Payne's  valuable 
archseological  map  of  Kent,  called  attention  to  the  fact  that, 
as  Mr.  Payne  writes,  "  there  is  not  a  single  discovery  of 
Boman  remains  recorded  from  Rochester."  In  a  note  to 
his  introductory  chapter  Mr.  Payne  has,  however,  added  a 
brief  reference  to  some  of  the  discoveries  I  have  just  men- 
tioned, and  to  others  related  to  him  by  Mr.  Eoach  Smith, 
F.S.A.,  and  by  Mr.  Irvine.  His  topographical  index  annexed 
to  the  map,  which  focuses  within  seventeen  pages  of  easy 
reference  all  the  recorded  antiquarian  discoveries  in  Kent, 
from  the  time  of  Lambard  to  Boach  Smith,  is  a  monument 
of  patient  labour  and  research  for  which  Kentish  archseo- 
logists,  yet  unborn,  will  thank  him.  He  refers  to  the  dis- 
covery during  the  last  century  of  Boman  coins,  and  of  urns 
and  lachrymatories  on  Boley  Hill  outside  the  city  wall  (see 
Fisher's  History  of  Rochester,  pp.  281-2,  and  Thorpe's  Anti- 
guities  of  Rochester,  pp.  147-148),  but  even  these  few  excep- 
tions do  not  explain,  they  serve  only  to  emphasise  the 
remarkable  fact,  that  notwithstanding  the  importance  of 
Bochester,  as  a  Boman  fortress  and  station,  and  its  occu- 
pation by  the  Bomans  for  about  four  centuries,  "  not  one 
fragment  of  sculpture,  and  not  one  lapidary  inscription  "  left 
by  them,  is  recorded  as  having  been  discovered  within  this 
city. 


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MEDIEVAL  REMAINS  AT  ROCHESTER. 

BY  A.   L.  ABKOLD. 

Arch  beneath  the  approach  to  Rochester  Castle. 

Mant  of  the  members  of  the  Kent  Archeeological  Society 
present  at  the  annua]  meeting  held  at  Bochester  in  1886, 
will  remember  the  "Notes  for  a  Perambulation"  of  that 
ancient  city,  written  by  the  Hon.  Secretary,  Canon  Scott 
Robertson ;  but  probably  few  penetrated  to  the  place  he  there 
described  as  an  "  enclosed  rubbish-yard,"  at  the  top  of  Two- 
post  Alley,  or  inspected  the  remains  of  a  small  pointed  arch 
which  he  mentioned  as  one  of  the  arches  which  supported 
the  road  to  the  main  gate  of  the  castle. 

In  the  course  of  the  summer  of  1888,  this  yard  was 
cleared  from  the  accumulated  rubbish,  ruinous  old  wooden 
buildings,  and  fragments  which  had  covered  it;  and  so  a 
better  view  was  obtained,  for  the  first  time,  of  what  remained 
of  that  arch  and  of  this  part  of  the  old  castle  ditch.  It  is 
now  again  entirely  hidden  from  view ;  a  very  substantial  and 
handsome  building — the  Eochester  Liberal  Club— having 
been  built,  which  covers  the  whole  site. 

When  the  site  was  cleared,  some  photographs  and  draw- 
ings were  made,  and  the  accompanying  illustrations  pre- 
pared from  them  will  give  a  better  idea  of  the  remains  than 
any  description  which  I  could  offer. 

In  the  History  of  Bochester,  published  by  Fisher  in  1772, 
the  writer  of  that  most  careful  and  valuable  work  says,  in 
his  description  of  the  castle : 

"  Three  eides  of  the  castle  were  surrounded  with  a  deep  broad 
ditch,  which  is  now  nearly  filled  up.  On  the  other  side  runs  the 
Biver  Medway.  The  entrance  into  this  fortress  is  from  the  north- 
east. Fart  of  the  portal  still  remains.  On  each  side  of  this  is  an 
angular  recess,  with  arches  in  the  outward  walls  that  command  the 


ABCU   mo.    1,    I.NDKK  CaBTLS   BitlUGt. 

IN  ••  OP  ROCHESTEB  CASTLE. 


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I 


STenues  to  tho  bridge  of  the  castle  to  the  right  and  left.  Over  the 
gateway  and  the  recesscB  was  a  large  tower,  from  this  entrance  is 
an  easy  descent  into  the  city,  formed  on  two  arches  turned  over  the 
castle  ditch.  This  desoont  fn>ai  the  castle  terminated  in  a  street 
which,  in  the  Regitlrum  Roffenise,  is  called  Yonella,  and  was  the 
grand  avenue  from  the  High  Street  to  the  castle,  which  uo  doubt 
procured  it  the  name  of  Castle  Street,*  which  it  appears  by  a  Court 
Eoll  to  have  retained  so  low  at  least  as  1576." 

The  descent  from  the  castle,  as  will  be  seen  from  the 
above  extract,  was  a  steep  roadway  formed  on  two  arches 
turned  over  the  castle  ditch,  and  the  lower  of  these  arches 
is  shewn  as  No.  1  in  our  Plate ;  the  remains  of  the  more 
central  and  probably  the  more  spacious  arch  under  the  road- 
way, spanning  the  moat,  have  altogether  disappeared.  The 
lower  archway,  shewn  in  our  illustration,  was  formed  of 
large  blocks  of  chalk,  with  some  rag-stone. 

I  regret  to  say  that  no  exact  measurements  were  taken, 
but  the  width  of  the  arch  in  its  broadest  port  may  be 
approximately  stated  at  12  feet,  and  the  height  about 
8  feet.  It  was  impossible  to  get  more  than  a  few  feet  into 
the  interior,  which  was  filled  with  rubbish.  The  ditch,  on 
the  south  side  of  this  road  or  causeway,  now  forming  the 
site  of  the  new  Liberal  Club,  had  been  to  a  great  extent 
levelled,  and  wooden  buildings  had  been  standing  there  for 
probably  a  century  and  a  half ;  they  were  altogether  re- 
moved in  1888. 

The  excavations  which  I  have  mentioned  exposed  not 
only  the  arch  tuider  the  Castle  Bridge,  but  also  another 
arch  supporting  the  remains  of  the  castle  wall,  at  the  rear 
of  the  site.  It  is  one  of  those  arches  often  described  as 
"  an  arch  of  construction,"  of  which  other  examples  are  to 

*  The  Castle  Street  wu  afterwards  called  Cwtle  Lane ;  the  portion  leading 
to  the  street  has  for  man}'  yoam  been  a  way  for  rool^pa.<»entter»  only,  and  posts 
having  been  erected — probably  to  prevent  other  tmffio — it  hag  acquired  the 
euphonious  appellation  of  "  Two-post  Alley."  The  upper  part  of  the  thorough- 
fare, nearer  to  the  castle,  where  it  widens  towards  Boley  Hill,  forming  a  shoulder 
or  "epaulement"  to  the  works  (see  the  annexed  map),  obtjuned  probably  from 
that  circuniiitance  the  name  of  Epmile,  or  commonly  Epple  Lane,  by  which  it 
is  sometimes,  even  now,  called.  The  lane  near,  now  known  us  King^e-hoad  Lane, 
leading  from  the  King's  Head  in  the  High  Street,  paiit  the  ancient  enclosed 
burial-ground  to  Boley  Hill,  \s  undoubtedly  the  lane  which,  in  the  grants  from 
Ethelbert  to  the  Church  of  Rochester  (see  Hearne's  Taclru  Roffmtit,  pp.  68 
and  86),  is  called  Doddingherne. 


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MEDIJSVAL    REMAINS   AT    ROCHESTER. 


be  seen  in  Rochester ;  one  especially  in  the  city  nvall,  near 
the  gardens  abutting  on  Crow  Lane.  The  newly-discovered 
arch  of  construction  is  shewn  as  No.  2  in  our  Plate. 

The  new  building  of  the  Rochester  Liberal  Club  covers 
the  whole  site,  which  was  cleared  and  excavated ;  the  lower 
walls  eflFectually  block  up  all  access  to  the  arch  under  the 
castle  bridge,  but  not  to  that  under  the  castle  wall. 

The  entrance  gateway  to  the  castle  and  the  portal  men- 
tioned in  the  History  of  Rochester  have  disappeared ;  but  they 
are  seen  on  the  old  map  or  plan  which  accompanies  this 
paper.  A  great  fragment  of  the  wall,  said  to  be  thirty  feet 
high,  and  about  twenty  feet  in  width,  is  recorded  to  have 
fallen  on  the  19th  March  1806,  with  a  dreadful  crash,  and 
to  have  entirely  destroyed  a  coach-builder's  shed  below  it, 
then  occupied  by  Mr.  Butcher  {Gentleman's  Magazine,  vol. 
Ixxvi.,  p.  274),  which  at  that  time  stood  on  this  site.  Another 
part  of  the  entrance  gateway  was,  I  think,  taken  down 
about  1871,  when  the  castle  gardens  were  first  taken  by  the 
City  Corporation,  and  thrown  open  to  the  public  as  a  recrea- 
tion ground. 

The  moat  or  ditch  round  the  castle  is  described,  in  the 
above  extract  from  the  History  of  Rochester,  as  "  deep  and 
broad ;"  and  how  true  that  description  was  may  still  be 
judged  by  viewing  what  is  now  left  of  it  between  the  new 
Rochester  Bridge  Chamber  (which  stands  probably  on  the 
mouthy  or  nearly  on  the  mouth,  of  the  ditch,  where  it  joined 
the  river)  and  the  top  of  "  Two-post  Alley."  Some  hand- 
some new  houses,  and  the  Rochester  and  County  Club,  have 
been  lately  built  on  the  upper  ridge  overhanging  the  moat, 
and  there  is  a  rapid  and  deep  dip  between  the  back  of  these 
houses  and  the  rear  of  the  houses  in  the  High  Street.  This 
is  still  more  apparent  on  the  highest  point  of  this  ridge, 
where,  if  the  garden-doors  (made  in  the  thickness  of  the  old 
wall)  arc  open,  it  is  seen  that  the  descent  to  the  moat  is 
still  very  steep,  and  sharply  defined.  Even  under  the  altered 
circumstiuices,  this  view  gives  a  good  iden  of  the  depth  and 
imposing  proportions  of  the  moat,  as  it  must  have  been  in 
the  thirteenth  century.  The  other  part  of  it,  above  the 
castle  bridge,  passing  along  the  back  of  Boley  Hill,  through 


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the  castle  grounds  known  as  "  Baker's  Walks,"  and  so  into 
tLe  river  at  the  west  side  of  the  castle,  have  been  more 
effectually  levelled ;  but  for  the  greater  part  of  this  route 
the  course  of  the  moat  can  very  easily  be  traced.  What  may 
be  called  the  Boley  Hill  portion  of  the  moat  was  levelled 
early  in  the  last  century,  as  we  learn  from  the  History  of 
Rochester,  p.  281. 


Map  of  Rochester,  dated  1717. 

In  order  to  illustrate  this  description  of  the  moat  and 
the  Castle  bridge,  and  their  surroundings,  I  am  allowed  by 
the  Wardens  of  Rochester  Bridge  to  annex  a  copy  of  an 
old  map  in  their  possession.  The  original  was  revised  in 
1717  from  a  survey  made  some  thirty -three  years  earlier, 
and  it  shews  better,  certainly,  than  any  map  I  have  before 
seen,  the  proportions  of  the  moat,  and  the  access  to  the 
Castle,  the  Castle  bridge,  Castle  Street,  and  other  points 
referred  to  in  this  paper.  The  map  was  merely  designed  to 
shew  the  houses  and  other  possessions  of  the  Bridge  War- 
dens within  the  city,  and  is  interesting  in  that  respect ;  it 
also  shews  the  South  gate  of  the  city,*  which  stood  between 
the  wall  of  Boley  Hill  House,  now  Mrs.  Aveling*s,  and  the 
opposite  wall  belonging  to  the  gardens  of  the  old  palace  of 
the  Bishops  of  Rochester.  The  arch  of  this  gate  is  marked 
in  the  earlier  copy  of  the  map  made  in  1684  at  a  different 
angle;  namely,  as  crossing  the  road  from  east  to  west, 
instead  of  from  north  to  south,  nearly. 

A  precinct-gatehouse,  beside  the  south-west  entrance  to 
the  Cathedral,  as  shewn  in  the  accompanying  old  map,  is 
mentioned  in  books  of  the  last  century  ;  but  the  memory  of 
it  has  died  out.  In  the  Kentish  Travell^  (edition  dated 
1790),  p.  148,  we  read: 

»  The  author  of  the  Bittorti  of  Rochetter  sayg  in  1771 :  "The  south  gkto 
was  near  Botcy  Ilill,  in  the  road  "to  St.  Margaret's ;  the  hookg  on  which  the  gate 
hung  are  still  in  tiie  wall  at  the  north-east  corner  of  Mr.  Gordon's  garden  ;  the 
gate  i.s  about  nine  feet  wide  ;  tlio  iirnh  was  taken  down  in  the  year  1770."  The 
hooks  are  is'one,  but  the  wall  at  tliis  point  still  shews  where  the  gates  sUiod.  The 
late  Mr.  Phippen,  in  his  Sketcha  of  Rochater,  1862,  absolutely  denied  that 
there  was  erer  a  "  south  gate  "  here.  Our  map  would  no  doubt  have  convinced 
him. 


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OLD  MAP    OF   ROCHESTER. 


"  The  almonry  of  the  convexit  was  at  the  South  West  extremity, 
of  the  church.  It  is  now  the  house  of  the  fifth  Prebendary,  and 
this  Btall  is  annexed,  bj-  Act  of  Parliampnt,  to  the  Provostship  of 
Oriel  College  in  Oxford.  There  ions  within  memory  a  gate,  adjoin- 
ing to  the  gable  end  of  this  house,  which  encloted  thi*  part  of  the 
precinct,  now  called  College  Green." 

In  the  History  of  Rochester  (edition  1772)  we  find  two 
allusions  to  this  gate.  On  p.  97,  speaking  of  the  house  of 
the  fifth  Prebendary,  it  is  said,  "  from  the  dangerous  state 
of  the  adjoining  gatehouse"  it  was  removed.  Again,  we 
read  on  p.  99 : 

"  Beside*  the  gale  at  the  etui  of  Dr.  Olarket  haute,  there  were 
three  other  gates,  belonging  to  the  precincts  of  this  priory,  viz., 
the  Cemetery  Gate,  which  seems  to  be  that  which  is  now  called 
'  College  Yard  Rale.'  ....  St.  William's  Gnt«  was  another  avenue 

into  the  precincts The  Prior's  Gate  was  where  the  grammar 

school  now  (1772)  is." 

The  remarkable  tree*  upon  Boley  (Bully)  Hill,  beneath 
which  the  local  courts  used  to  be  held,  is  also  prominently 
shewn  upon  our  old  map. 

Dr.  Thorpe,  compiler  of  the  liegwtrum  Roffense,  resided  in 
a  house,  near  the  pump  in  the  High  Street,  which  is  marked 
with  th(j  figure  9  in  our  copy  of  the  old  map. 

It  will  be  observed  that  the  old  bridge  shewn  iu  the  map 
stands  further  south  than  the  existing  modern  bridge,  which 
starts  from  a  site  near  the  word  "  Kay  "  in  the  old  map. 

The  extent  of  the  old  Crown  Inn  and  its  yard  is  well 
shewn  upon  the  old  map  ;  on  our  copy  of  it  the  Crown  Inn 
is  denoted  by  the  figure  12. 

Satis  House  is  shewn  (No.  8  on  our  copy  of  the  map)  as 
it  must  have  been  wheu  Queen  £lizabeth  visited  Mr.  Watts 
there.     It  was  altered  and  "  restored  "  by  Mr.  Brooke. 

Boley  Hill  House  (No.  6  on  our  copy  of  the  map),  for- 
merly occupied  by  the  Gordon  family  (mentioned  iu  the  note 
above  on  the  last  page),  is  now  the  residence  of  Mrs. 
Aveling. 

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Foundations  of  a  Wall  of  the  Priory. 

In  a  aeparate  paper  in  this  Volume  reference  is  made  to 
the  assistance  rendered  to  the  Kent  Archfeological  Society 
by  Mr.  Banks  of  Rochester,  the  City  Surveyor.  In  the 
following  instance  we  are  also  indebted  to  him.  He  care- 
fully measured  and  made  a  plan  of  the  foundations  of  the 
medieeval  wall,  which  was  found  under  the  vacant  piece  of 
land  between  the  High  Street  and  the  south  side  of  the 
choir  of  Rochester  Cathedral.  It  waa  thought,  by  some, 
that  the  foundations  of  the  old  City  Com  Cross  might  be 
found  there,  and  bo  in  1887  an  examination  was  made.  If 
any  fragment  of  the  Com  Crofs  had  been  found,  it  might 
probably  have  been  rebuilt  by  the  City,  as  the  Queen's 
Jubilee  Memorial.  There  waa,  however,  no  vestige  of  the 
Cross.  What  Mr.  Banks  did  find  was  the  lower  part  of  the 
wall,  of  stone  and  chalk,  "  de  peira  et  calce,"  which  was 
built  by  the  Monks  of  St.  Andrew  in  pursuance  of  the  licence 
granted  in  the  19th  of  Edward  III.  near  the  gate  of 
St,  William,  between  the  city  and  the  garden  of  the  Priory 
(see  Thorpe's  Registrum  Roffense,  pp.  552-3).  Mr.  Banks 
uncovered  this  work  for  a  length  of  about  eighty-five  feet. 
It  lies  fifteen  feet  from  thu  outer  side  of  the  new  retaining 
wall  against  the  High  Street,  the  top  is  about  three  feet 
below  the  present  surface.  Mr.  Banks  describes  it  as  a 
rubble  wall,  built  of  rough  irregularly  shaped  pieces  of  stone. 
The  base  appeared  to  be  composed  of  large  blocks  of  chalk ; 
the  rubble  work,  of  which  about  three  feet  remains,  was 
about  five  feet  high,  its  base  being  about  eight  feet  below 
the  surface ;  both  the  chalk  and  the  rubble  are  set  in 
mortar,  and  the  chalk  base  spreads  a  little  wider  than  the 
nibble  wall. 


(     202     ) 


ON    A    ROMAN    STATUE    AND    OTHER 
REMAINS  IN  THE  DOVER  MUSEUM. 

BY   QEOBOB   PAYNE,    F.S.A.,   F.L.S. 


In  the  year  1887,  during  excavations  for  the  founda- 
tions of  the  Carlton  Club,  in  the  Market  Place  at 
Dover,    the  statue,    figured    on    the  accompanying 
plate,*  was  exhumed.     It  is  of  oolite,  and  in  its  pre- 
sent   state  measures  about  4  feet  in  height.      The 
figure,  wliich  is  draped  about  the  legs,  is  probably 
intended  to  represent  a  nymph  or  some  tutelary  god- 
dess, who  presided  over  the  sea  or  the  River  Dour, 
which  rises  near  Ewell,  flowing  into  the  sea  at  Dover. 
The  connection  between  the  name  of  that  river  and 
Dubris,  the  Roman  name  of  Dover,  is  unmistakeable. 
The  mutilated  state  of  the  statue  rendered  it  impos- 
sible to  give  an  adequate  idea  of  its  beauty  or  original 
outline,   as  the  surface   had  entirely  decayed   away. 
This  interesting  discovery,  which  was  kindly  commu- 
nicated by  Mr.  Roach  Smith,  F.S.A.,  is  a  novel  feature 
in  the  history  of  Dover,  shewing  that  the  town  was 
adorned  in  Roman  times  in  a  manner  which  was  not 
before  suspected,  and  leads  us  t«  expect  that  remains 
of  a  richer  nature  will  be  met  with  in  the  future. 

We  are  indebted  to  a  member  of  our  Society,  Mr. 
Lambert  Weston,  of  Waterloo   Crescent,   for  finely 

*  From  a  dxawing  kind);  prepared  by  Mr,  Barnard  Hnolc,  ul  SiUiD){bDurne. 


ON   ROMAN    EEMAIN8    IN  DOVER  HIT8BUM. 


203 


executed  and  tinted  photographs  of  other  objects, 
which  liave  been  added  to  the  Dover  Museum  during 
the  past  few  yeai-s.  A  brief  account  of  some  of  these 
was  furnished  to  the  Royal  Archaeological  Institute, 
by  Dr.  Astley  and  Mr.  William  Clayton,*  but  the  fol- 
lowing descriptive  list  of  them,  accompanied  by  illus- 
trations, will  doubtless  be  welcomed : 

From   a   field,   in   the   rear  of    Dover  College,  adjoining  land 
formerly  belonging  to  the  Priory. 

I,  2.  Samiak  patkh.b,  one  stamped  osin,  the  other  c.in.t.tbs.a. 

3.  Urn,  black,  8  inches  x  7^. 

4.  UBif,t  dull  red,  8^  inches  x  7. 

5.  UEN,t  red,  9  inches  x  6. 

6.  TJBN.t  red  brovvD,  9  inches  x  8. 

7.  UB>,t  red  brown,  8}  inches  X  8. 

8.  UnfJ,  black,  4^  inches  x  4. 

9.  MoHTAKU'M,  Htamped  bay  (umut). 

10.  Limpet  8uEi,it  of  very  large  size. 

II.  Glass  Vessel,  globular  body,  4  inches  x  3};  neck,  |  inch 
high. 

12.  Glass  Vessel,  globular  body,  4^  inches   x  3f ;  neck,  Ij 
inch  high. 

13.  TJHJf,  black,  4  inches  x  3^. 

14.  UHrr,  brown,  3  inches  x  5. 

15.  Ueit,  brown,  3  inches  x  4. 

16.  Uhn  of  Durobrivinn  ware,  exterior  roughened  like  oatmeal 
cloth,  3J  inches  X  3. 

17.  Patera,  black,  stamped  itinop. 

18.  Patera,  black. 

19.  Juo,  with  handle,  cream  coloured,  7}  inches  x  6. 

•  Arch.  Journal,  void,  xvi.,  p.  297  ;  xiiv.,  p.  279. 

t  Contain  calcined  boneii. 

t  The  peculiar  custom  of  burjing  single  nhetlv,  with  the  dead,  in  not  un- 
common ;  shells  being  regarded  as  cliarmfi,  hence  they  are  sometimes  found 
pierced  for  use  as  amulets.  Amon^  the  shells  hitherto  met  with  in  graves  are 
cowries,  nerites,  limpets,  and  snails.  These  are  referred  to  in  the  Ifenut  Srit- 
tanica,  in  the  Intenlorium  Srpulchrate,  in  the  Heliquia  DiluriaiHt,  also  by  Sir 
R.C.  Hoare.  Tlicy  wore  found  in  the  Dfvcril  Barrow  by  Mr.  Miles,  as  recorded 
in  the  OmitlemaH't  ilagatim,  and  by  the  late  Uov.  William  Vallauce  at  Silling- 
bourne. 


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20.  Jro,  with  handle,  red,  8}  inches  x  5J. 

21.  Juo,  with  handle,  red,  7  incheB  x  5j. 

22.  23.  Two  BaoNEE  Arulktb,  round. 
24 — 26.  Tbreo  Bronze  Ahsiletb,  flat,  with  fluted  edges. 

27.  Bbonze  Abulet,  twisted. 

Prom  Castlo  llill,  Dover,  by  the  Water-works. 

28.  Bottle-shaped  Vessel,  red. 

29.  Urn,  black. 

30.  Uhn,  black. 

The  following  vessels  were  found  at  Buckland,  on 
the  Dover  and  Folkestone  Road,  ou  property  which 
formerly  belonged  to  Mr.  Kingsford  : 

A.  Urn,  red,  mended  with  bronxe  rivets,  contained  ibonos  and  a 
bronze  fibula. 

B.  Ukn,  brown,  with  boues,  projections  on  the  sides  o£  the  vessel. 

C.  Uhn,  cream  ;  ornamented  with  diagonal  lines. 

D.  Glass  Phxal,  in  the  form  of  a  candlestick ;  the  base  of  which 
was  3i  inches  in  diameter,    the  neck  about  1  inch  wide,  and  the , 
height  7  inches.    This  type  of  glass  vessel  is  uncommon  in  Kenti 
there  are  three  or  four  eiamples  in  the  magnificent  collection  of ' 
Mr.  Oeorge  Joslin,  at  Colchester. 

E.  Vase  of  black  ware. 

F.  Vessel  of  red-brown  ware,  with  two  handles.  [This  was 
not  found  nt  Buckland,  but  in  excavating  on  the  premises  of  Sir  E. 
Dickeson,  in  the  Market  Place  at  Dover.] 

Or.  Neck  of  Vessel  of  yellow  ware. 

H.  Ubn,  black. 

I.  Vaie,  black. 

J.  Vase,  red. 

K.  Ubn,  blue-black. 

L.  Vase,  blue-black. 

M,  N.  CuPH  of  black  ware. 

0.  Vase,  black. 

P.  Bowl,  black. 

Q.  Vase,  yellow  ochre. 

B.  Vase,  indented,  grey. 

8.  Vase,  grey. 

T.  Pateba,  black. 

-tji.ippH  a  Samian  patera  stamped  cnntos. 

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206 


The  foregoing  articles  arc  of  Roman  date  and 
apparently  all  belonged  to  sepulchral  deposits.  Taken 
in  conjunction  with  other  discoveries  which  have 
been  made  in  and  around  Dover  from  time  to  time, 
they  shed  further  light  on  the  past  history  of  the 
locality. 

Mr.  Gordon,  the  Curator  of  the  Dover  Museum, 
kindly  informs  me  that  Anglo-Saxon  interments  have 
recently  been  met  with,  in  excavating  foundations  on 
the  Priory  Hill,  at  Dover.  With  human  skeletons, 
there  were  found  swoi-ds  and  spears  in  a  fragmentary 
condition.  At  the  head  of  one  grave  were  many 
limpet  shells  ;  and  in  another,  jasper  (?)  stones. 

Mr.  G.  Wilks,  Town  Clerk  of  Hythe,  has  obligingly 
communicated  particulars  of  nine  Anglo-Saxon  graves, 
found  on  opening  a  chalk  quarry,  up  the  hill  between 
Folkestone  and  Dover.  The  details  of  these  dis- 
coveries may  be  looked  for  from  his  pen. 


(     206    ) 


ON    A    BRONZE    LIGULA    FOUND    AT 
DARTFORD. 

BY   GEORGE    PAYNE,   J.8.A. 


DiJBiMG  the  Meeting  of  the  Kent  Archaeo- 
logical Society,  at  Dartford  (July  31  and 
August  1,  1889),  Mr.  Ernest  C.  Youens, 
of  that  town,  placed  at  the  writer's  dis- 
posal an  excellent  drawing,  by  his  brother, 
Mr.  C.  T.  Youens,  of  a  Roman  ligula,  or 
spoon-shaped  instrument,  for  ointment  pro- 
bably, 9|  inches  long,  of  unusual  form, 
which  is  in  his  possession.   The  handle  is  7^ 
inches  long,  and  the  blade  2\.    It  was  dis- 
covered, in  company  with  bones,  in  1887, 
near  the  "Walnut  Tree  Tavern,  on  the  west- 
em  side  of  Highfield  Road,  Dartford.  The 
blade,  or  broadest  portion,  is  over  half  an 
inch  (i^)  wide;  and  the  stem  is  over  a 
quarter  of  an  inch  (j^g)  thick  at  its  stout- 
est part.      This  specimen   is  of  bronze, 
richly  inlaid  with  silver,  and  banded  with 
jet,  or  a  similar  black  material.     It  may 
be  compared  with  one,  somewhat  similar, 
that  was  found  in  a  Saxon  grave,  at  the 
fo.i,t  of  Sfnr  Hill,  Rochester,*  which  Mr. 
considered  to  be  of  Roman, 
wo- 

.U««fu,  Tol  uL,  {J.  xzxiT,  flg.  a. 


(    207    ) 


ON   A   ROMAN   RING   FOUND   AT  MILTON- 
NEXT-SITTINGBOURNE. 


BT   GEORGE    PAYNE,   F.S.A. 

In  February  1889  relics  of  an  interment  were  met 
witli  during;  excavations  for  brickearth,  in  fields  occu- 
pied for  the  purpose  by  Messrs.  Wills  and  Packbam, 
at  Milton-next-Sittingbournc.  The  site  of  tlie  dis- 
covery lies  about  two  hundred  yards  to  the  right  or 
south  of  a  footpath  leading  from  the  Milton  National 
Schools  to  Kemsley  Downs,  and  about  three  hundred 
yards  to  the  north  of  the  Roman  cemetery,  discovered 
some  years  since  at  Bex  Hill,*  in  Milton. 

The  workmen  state  that  the  discovery  consisted  of 
a  human  skeleton,  lying  east  and  west,  with  bead  to 
the  west,  accompanied  by  a  glass  vessel,  which  was 
destroyed,  a  buckle  of  gilt  bronze,  an  iron  spear-head, 
and  a  massive  gold  finger  ring,  set  with  a  red  camelian, 
on  which  is  cut  a  winged  Cupid  driving  a  chariot  drawn 
by  two  horses,  thence  called  in  Latin 
a  "  bigte,"  and  in  Italian  a  biga.  As 
this  subject  is  not  dissimilar  to  that 
which  occurs  on  early  Greek  coins  of 
Syracuse,  it  is  probable  that  tlie 
ancient  lapidary  drew  his  design 
therefrom.  The  drawing,  from  which 
the  accompanying  woodcut  of  the  ring  is  engraved, 
was  kindly  prepared  by  Miss  S.  Bowles.    The  subject 

*  Archaoloffia  Cantiana,  Vol.  IX.,  pp.  164-173. 


208        ON  A  BOUAN  EINO  FOUND  AT  HILTON. 

of  the  intaglio  is  engraved  from  a  sealing-wax  im- 
pression of  the  seal.  From  the  presence  of  a  spear- 
head with  the  remains,  we  infer  that  the  interment 
was  made  during  the  Anglo-Saxon  period.  The  inter- 
ment of  a  Roman  jewel  with  the  hody  was  a  circum- 
stance not  unfrequent.  This  is  not  the  first  Eoman 
intaglio  that  has  heen  met  with  in  the  Milton  locality. 
The  writer's  collection  contains  several  molten  rings, 
set  with  engraved  stones,  two  only  of  which  can  be 
deciphered ;  upon  one  is  a  figure  of  Plenty,  with  a  cor- 
nucopia; and  upon  another,  which  is  of  iron,  is  a  figure 
of  Minerva  cut  on  a  red  carnelian.  These  were  found 
on  the  Slay  Hills  saltings,  near  TJpchurch,  as  were 
also  two  which  have  recently  come  into  the  possession 
of  Mr.  H.  Wickham  of  Strood.  The  latter  are  of  silver, 
both  being  set  with  red  carnelian ;  one  bears  the  figure 
of  Perseus ;  and  the  other,  a  cock  upon  two  ears  of 
wheat.  For  the  preservation  of  the  Milton  intaglio 
we  are  indebted  to  the  liberality  of  Mr.  Humphrey 
Wood  of  Chatham,  who  purchased  it  from  a  dealer  in 
that  town. 


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THE  KENTISH  FAMILY  OF  STUBBS. 
WILLS,  AND   EXTEACTS  FROM   RECOEDS. 


I 


COMMUNICATED   BY    HBNRY   STUBBS,   J. P., 

of  danbt,  balltshilnnon. 

Fbom  the  Close   Bollb. 

1.  Beoognunnoe  dated  25  May  1586.  John  Slubbet  Citizen  &  FitihmoDger  of 
JLondon  to  John  Carter  Citixen  k  Fishmonger  in  the  sum  of  £300.  The 
Condition  being  that  said  Stubbes  his  heirs  &o.  ghall  observe  perform  &c.  the 
Covenants  Orant«  Articles  ic.  comjirised  in  a  jiair  of  Indentures  between  him 
said  John  Stubbes  &.  the  said  John  Carter  dated  20  Feb.  last  ^mst. 

2.  Becogniaauce  dated  14  March  loSti.  John  Stttbbi  Citizen  &  Fishmonger 
London  to  Robert  Withers  Citizen  k  Vintner  of  London  in  the  sum  of  £1(KX). 
Whereas  the  above  boundon  John  Stubba  by  Indenture  of  Uargaiu  &  Snlo  dated 
2  Dee.  last  post  and  made  between  him  of  the  one  part  and  the  above  named 
Robert  Withers  of  the  other  part,  granted  sold  Ac.  to  the  latter  "  All  that  newe 
bricke  messuage  or  tenement  with  the  appurten'ncos  late  in  the  tenure  or 
ocoupoc'on  of  the  savd  John  Stubbs  set  and  being  in  the  parrishe  of  Eltham  in 
the  Countye  Kente ''  and  other  jmiperty  (Lauds  &c.)  there,  purchased  by  him 
said  John.  He  said  John  Slubbt  Jf  Mary  his  Wife  if  they  claim  any  right  title 
ko.  to  the  said  property  shall  do  all  such  reasonable  acts  deeds  &o.  us  shall  be 
necessarr  or  required, 

3.  1595.  Indenture  dated  2  Oct.  37*  Elii"'  between  William  Ellyotof  Eltham 
CO.  Kent  Gent.  John  Stubet  son  of  Philip  Stubei  of  Mitham  aforesaid  Yeoman  k 
Margaret  iSlubei  of  Eltham  Widow  late  the  «ifo  of  Soberl  Siuba  of  Eltham 
aforesaid  dec''  of  the  one  part  and  John  llcstonc  jof  Eltham  Gent,  of  the  other 
part  for  the  sale  in  pursuance  of  the  Will  of  the  said  Bobert  Stubes  dated  31  Deo. 
15SH  37"  Eliz"'  for  the  sum  of  £46  to  the  said  John  Restone  of  a  Messuage  or 
House  in  Eltham  and  1  parcel  of  Land  there  in  Easfield  containing  half  an 
acre. 

4.  1611.  Indenture  dated  5  May  0  James  I.  between  Tobye  Stubbet  of  Eltham 
00.  Kent  Yeoman  son  k  heir  of  John  Slubbet  bite  of  the  City  of  London  Fish- 
monger dec',  Henry  Stubbet  of  Eltham  aforesaid  Baker  and  Sugh  Stubbet  of 
Eltham  Tailor  sons  of  Philip  Stubbet  late  of  London  Brewer  dec'  brother  of  the 
said  John  Stubbes  of  the  one  part,  and  Bichard  Slynne  of  Eltham  aforesaid 
Yeoman  of  the  other  part,  for  the  sale  in  consideration  of  £70  to  said  Richard 
of  "  All  that  messuage  or  ten'te"  &c.  "and  garden  ]ilotl  or  small  orchard"  in 
Eltham  aforesaid  now  or  bite  in  the  occupation  of  John  Smyth  Labourer  also  of 
"  all  that  messuage  or  ten'te  "  now  or  late  in  the  occupation  of  Roger  Allen 
Labourer  with  three  roods  of  Land  mora  or  less  "  lying  at  Easte  feildo  in  the 
p'isbc  of  Eltham  aforesaid." 

5.  Indenture  dated  IH  May  1612  between  ffenry  Stubbt  of  Eltham  oo.  Kent 
Yeoman  k  Alice  his  Wife  of  the  one  part  and  Walter  Parry  of  Eltham  aforesaid 
Yeoman  of  the  other  part  for  Mortgage  uf  £40  on  "  All  tliat  messuage  or  ten'te 
called  the  George  "  6ic.  in  Eltham  now  in  the  tenure  or  occupation  of  the  said 
Henry  Stubbs. 

•  88  in  Calendar. 


214      THE  KENTISH  PAMILT  OF  STUBBS ; 

6.  12  May  1635.  Rctotniismw.  Rickard  Stuhbt  of  CiiselMtirit  in  thoj 
County  of  Kent  Gent,  to  Adrian  Evuis  Citizen  &  Clothworkor  of  London  inl 
the  sum  of  £140. 

Ikdektcres. 

a.  Indenture  datod  20  Nnv.  33  Clia*  I.  (1647)  between  James  Bens  of 
Chatliam  oo.  Kent  Sliipwrijfht  &  Miiry  his  wife,  J<u%e  Siahhrt  of  Chi»U>«  [ChUU- 
h*rtl'\  Kent  Widow  &  Elizabeth  Fowler  of  East  Wickham  in  Kent  Single- 
woman  beinp  the  dauijhlers  &  ro-heirs  of  Philip  Fowler  late  of  Enft  Wickham 
aforesaid  dec*  of  the  1"  part,  and  Same  Christian  Leigh  of  East  Wickham 
aforesaid  Widow  of  the  other  part.  The  said  James  Bens  &  Mary  his  Wife  in  con- 
sideration of  the  sum  of  £75,  the  said  Jaiu  Stubhet  in  oousideration  of  the  sum 
of  £5,  and  the  naid  Elii&hcth  Fowler  in  consideration  of  the  sum  of  £80  to 
them  paid  by  the  said  Dame  Christian  Lei||;h  according  to  the  last  Will  4  Testa- 
mont  of  the  said  Philip  Fowler  bearing  date  on  or  about  23  June  1636,  discharge 
the  said  Dame  Christian  from  the  said  sums  and  ^ant  sell  &c.  to  her  that 
Messuage  &c.  iu  Bexly  and  those  Three  Parcels  of  Land  to  the  same  belonpin>r. 

6.  Indenture  dated  12  Ann.  1(>63  between  James  Bond?  of  Chatham  co. 
Kent  Shipwright,  Philip  Sluhbt  Citizen  &  Vintner  of  London,  Uobcrt  Cooiicr  of 
Bcxley  in  said  co.  Kent  Yeoman  son  k  heir  of  Robert  Cooper  late  of  Bexley 
aforesaid  dec''  k  Elizabeth  wife  of  the  said  H-obert  Cooper  party  to  these  presents 
of  thel"*  part,  and  John  Briscoe  Citizen  k  Fishmoiifjpr  of  London  of  the  other 
part,  for  the  sale  of  property  in  Bexley  (o  the  said  Jnhn  Briscoe. 

e.  Indenture  tLitcd  1(5  Nov.  19"'  Charles  II.  between  Robert  Stubbi  of  Stam- 
ford CO.  Lincoln  Gent,  son  k  heir  of  Elizaheth  .SYu4i»  dec""  late  wife  of  John 
Siubbt  of  Bernards  Inn  co.  Midd'  Gent.,  the  said  Elizabeth  being  Burvivin(f 
daughter  A  beiress  of  George  Barnewell  late  of  the  City  of  Bochester  co.  Kent 
Gent,  dec'',  of  the  one  part,  and  John  Brooke  of  the  said  City  of  Rochester 
Tallow  Chandler  of  the  other  part,  relating  to  property  in  8'  Nicholas  jariah  in 
Roclie.»ter  Ac. 

ti.  Indenture  dated  10  Fob.  1*>67  between  Robert  Sluhbt  of  Barnard  Inn 
London  Gent,  of  the  one  pari,  and  John  Marloe  Gent.  Alderman  of  the  City  of 
Boohoeter  oo.  Kent  of  the  other  part,  relating  to  property  in  Stroud  in  the  said' 
CO.  Kent. 

Fhou  the  Kent  FiifES. 

Fine  levied  at  Westminster  in  Trinity  Term  ir"*  Edw.  VI.  between  WilUam 
Stubbi/t  Plaintiff  and  Thomas  Mathewe  k  Alice  liisi  wife  Defendants  of  1  Messuage 
1  Garden  &  6  nare.i  in  Nortijlete  purchased  of  Thomas  k  Alice  for  £40. 

1568.  Pino  levio<i  in  Hilary  Term  7"'  Edw,  VI.  between  John  Slnhbtf* 
Plaintiff  and  John  Hodder  Jt  Mar>;ttrct  his  wife  Defendants  of  1  Messua;;e  with 
appurtonuni-es  in  Chexylfmrti  purchased  of  said  John  &  Marjfaret  for  £40. 

1555.  Fine  levied  at  Westiaiu.st«r  iu  Trinity  Term  Z*"*  A  3"*  Pliilip  k  Mary 
between  Benrg  Stubet  Plaintiff  and  William  Skelton  Defendant  of  2  Mesnuagos 
1  Ram  2  Gardens  fi  acres  of  Land  &  6  acres  of  Pasture  with  the  appurtoniinoot 
in  Elthant  purchased  of  said  WilUam  for  £40. 

EXTEA.CT8   FBOM    ElTHAM    PaHISE    ReQISTEBB. 
Saptittiu. 
1884    July  4    John  Bume  son  of  Richard. 
1586    Thomas  stubes  the  sonn  of  John  baptiz.  y»  5  of  may. 

„        Hiitrlie  stubos  the  sonn  of  phiUip  baptized  the  9  of  October. 
1688    Willitt.  slubbes  the  sonn  of  Jo.  bapt.  the  same  day  (1  Dec). 

„       margaret  stubes  the  daughter  of  pdjllip  bap'z.  code'  (15  Dec.). 

.,        Elizobeth  stiibbcs  daughter  of  phlUip  bap.  the  25  of  January. 
1692    Jane  starky  the  daughter  of  Richard  baptiz.  the  27  of  doce'ber. 
1694    Edward  stubbos  the  sonn  of  John  baptiz.  the  2?  "of  October. 
1696    Phillip  richardson  daugbtor  [wc]  of  richard  bapti.  the  14  of  m»y. 


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EXTRACTS  FKOM  KECORDS. 


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1597  John  Stubbes  the  oonn  of  John  baptiz.  the  ii  of  September  1597. 

leoi  mar^farot  Stubs  filia  Johanni?  Stubs  bap.  22  nouc'b. 

lfit)5  Elizabeth  Stubs  the  liafter  of  Ueudrv  stubs  buijtizod  the  B  of  may  1606. 

„  Clcniput  Stubs  the  somie  of  Tobi  Stubs  Imptized  y'  30  of  iiouember  1605. 

1606  Biohnrd  Stubs  the  son  ne  of  John  Stubs  baptized  the  25  of  December  being 

Christmas  Day  lfi06. 

1607  Miir>.'et  Stubs  the  Dafter  of  Hendry  baptiz.  the  i  of  nouember  1607. 
Ifi09  Elizabeth  Stubbes  the  daft«r  of  tobi  baptized  the  H  day  of  October  1609. 
ICIO  Ann  Stubbes  the  dafter  of  Hondry  baptized  Iho  first  of  uoucmb.  1610. 
liUl  George  Stubs  the  sonn  of  John  Stults  baptized  the  25  of  Aujjiute  1611. 
1613  Phillip  Stubes  the  soono  of  Hendry  Stubes  baptiz.  the  15  of  umy  1613. 
1616  Ann  clarke  bapt.  9  Jan. 

„  the  weeke  before  u  daftflr  of  Binds  baptized. 

„  more  a  Sfinne  of  hondry  Stubs  baptized. 

16.'?7  Nathaniell  filius  Philipp  Stubes  Octo'"  4"'  1637. 

1638  Maria  fiha  Fhilippi  Stubbes  Decemb'  SO"  1638. 

16't0  Anna  filia  Philippi  Stubbes  Nouemb'  25"-. 

1644  Philippus  fil.  Philippi  Stubbes  Jann.  23. 

1646  Henricus  fil.  Uenrici  Stublw  Jul.  26. 

16.17  Esther  filia  Hetirici  Stubbes  Jan.  16. 

1651  Anna  filia  Henrici  Stubbs  Jtinij  1°. 

1656  Infans  inbaptiz.  Uenerici  Stubbs  6  Aprilig. 

Marriage». 

1591  John  Slauter  Alse  stubes  maried  y'  28  of  noue'b.  1591. 

„        Eichard  starky  Elizabeth  stubes  maried  y  3  of  April  1591. 

1592  Rflbnrt  stubes  marjtet  Fowler  maried  y*  9  of  Aprill  1592. 

1594  John  stubbes  &  doryt.  Snopill  (or  Snossill)  maried  y"  12  of  may. 

1595  Richard  Richardson  &  margaret  stubes  were  maried  the  11  of  nouember 

1595. 

1604  Toby  Stubs  A  margaret  slinn  were  ninried  the  17  of  June  1604. 

1605  John  Stubbs  maried  m'  masters  Dafter  of  Chis-selhourst  al  the  tower  the 

2°  of  octob.  1605  and  paved  the  Itulves  hero  Also  to  me. 
1619     Richard  webb©  &  Elizabeth  Stubbes  maried  the  11  of  Apritl  1619. 
1635    Philip  Stubbs  et  An  Nicholson  uupti  fuera  No'b"'  30""  cum  lioeotia 

Facul'. 
1646    Henricua  Stubbea  et  Esther  Owen  SepV  2<*. 
1056    Bobertus  Roee  et  Anna  Stubbs  de  Eltham  7  Deoemb. 

Bvrialt. 

Ales  itubbes  the  wyfe  of  phillip  buried  y*  x  of  Augtut. 

Mar^t  stubbes  y*  daughter  of  philli])  buried  y*  24  January. 

Willia.  Stubes  y*  sonn  of  John  buried  y*  14  of  Aujfust. 

Phillip  stubl)es  w»s  buried  y'  25  inarcho  1691. 

Robort  stubbes  buried  y*  27  of  Jaiuiary  1594. 

Edward  Snopill  buried  the  6  of  marchc  1596. 

M"  Stubs  the  wyfo  of  John  stubs  biiried  the  7"'  of  Septombor  1604. 

A  child  of  toby  stubs  buried  the  6  of  gcpt4?raber  1605. 

Oiild  m'  Phillip  stubs  biuriod  the  6  of  April  1606. 

market  Stubs  the  dafter  of  Hcudri  Stubs  buried  the  22  of  Januuy 

1608. 
Stops  sonn  buried  the  26  of  marche  1618. 
July  12    "  buried  of  the  sicknes" 
first  a  man  from  m'  RidweU 
secondly  clement  Stubbes. 
foodwyfo  stop  buried  the  20  of  octob.  1627. 

Elizabetha  filia  Richardi  Slyn  xenerosi  sepult*  fuit  7  die  Decembria. 
Henricus  Stubbes  sepultu.*  fuit  16  die  (July). 
Natbaniell  filius  Philippi  Stubbes  No''"  14. 
Philippus  Stubbes  Octo.  14. 


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THE   KENTISH    PAMILT   OF   8TUBB8  ; 


Slyni 
1656    Infant  Henriui  Stubbs  27  April. 
'"158  uxor  Henrici  Stu 

(John  Stubbes  was  Churchwnrden  of  Eltham  1699  and  Jofan  Stubes  in  1614!] 

Extracts  fbou  CHiaLEHUBST  Beoistbbb. 

1632    Martha  Stubben  dauKher  of  Richard  Stubbes  and  Jane  his  wife  Christ- 

tHed  one  the  18""  day  of  Aprill. 
1666    Eobert  Base  &.  Widdoe  Stubbs  maried  by  Justice  Palmer  the  4*^  of 

deoembcr  1666. 
1666    M'  Alee  Stubbs  buried  the  30  dsj  of  October. 
1682    nouember  the  23    Jane  the  widow  Stubs  bur*. 

Fkom  Pabish  Reoibteb  of  St.  Petkb's  ad  VrKctrtA,  LoKsoir. 
John  Stubbes  maried  to  Alice  Mubters  the  xxi^**  of  Octob'  1606. 

EXTBACTH  FfiOM  EeOISTEHS  OF  8t.  AjfDBKW  TJlTDEBSUAPT,  LoKDON. 

"  Thonuu  Stubbs  tbe  bodd  of  Phillup  Stubbs  and  Elizabeth  his  wife  was 
baptised  the  6""  day  of  Nouember  16M  by  m'  Saker." 

"  Phillip  Stubs  sonn  of  M'  Phillip  Stub*  and  Elizabeth  his  wife  was  baptized 
y«  2^  day  October  1665." 

"  Elizabeth  Stubs  dofter  of  Phillip  Stubs  and  Elizabeth  his  wife  was  baptized 
the  as""  day  of  September  1666." 

"  Lucas  Stubs  the  Son  of  Phillip  Stubs  and  of  Elizabeth  his  Wife  was  Bap- 
tized on  the  a?"'  of  October  "  1667. 

"  John  Stubs  Son  of  Pbillip  Stubs  it  of  Elizabeth  his  Wife  n'as  Baptized  the 
13"*  of  October  "  1668. 

"  Biofaard  Stubbs  Son  of  Phillip  Stubbs  &  of  Elizabeth  his  Wife  was  Bap- 
tized on  the  26"-  of  September  "  1609. 

"  Richard  Stubbs  Son  of  Phillip  Stubbs  &  of  Elizabeth  his  Wife  was  Bap- 
tized on  the  25""  day  of  decomber  "  1670. 

"  John  Stubbs  Son  of  Phillip  Stubbs  &  of  Elizabeth  his  Wife  was  Baptized 
on  the  1?"  of  January  "  1673. 

"  Charles  Stubbs  Son  of  Phillip  Stubbs  &,  of  Elizabeth  his  wife  was  Baptized 
on  the  27"^  day  of  October  "  1678. 

SuriaU. 

"  Eioliard  Stubbs  Son  of  Phillip  Stubbs  &.  of  Elizabeth  his  Wife  was  Buried 
on  the  e*"-  of  October  "  1669. 

"  John  Stubbs  Son  of  Pbillip  Stubbs  &,  of  Elizabeth  his  Wife  n°as  Buried  on 
the  7"'  day  of  July  "1672. 

■'  A  Female  Still  Borne  Child  of  Phillip  Stubbs  &.  of  Elizabeth  his  Wife  was 
Buried  on  the  8""  of  February  "  1675. 

"  M"  Elizabeth  Stubbs  Wife  of  M'  Phillip  Stubbs  was  Buried  on  the  28** 
day  of  July  "  1680. 

"  Robeoca  Hillier  Widdow  died  in  the  bouse  of  M'  Phillip  Stubbs  It  was 
Buried  the  14'"  of  September  "  1680. 

^m  EXTBACT   FBOM   BKOtSTEBS   OF   BaTTEBBEA. 

^^^P  Marriofft  in  1680. 

■  "  Nouember  Z""  M'  Phillop  Stubs  And  M"  Maroi  Seargant." 

■  1681    i 
^^    1682    i 


ExTBACTB   FBOM   EeoISTEBS    OF  St.     PeTEe'B,    CoKUHILL. 

Baptitmi. 

1681  Aug.  21    Samuoll  son  of  Philip  &  Mercy  Stubbs. 

1682  Aug.    1     Mary  dnu.  of  Philip  k.  Mercy  Stubbs. 


EXTEACTS   FROM   RECOEDS. 


217 


1683 
1689 


Aug.    1 
Sept.    8 


Jacob  son  of  Philip  &  Marcy  Stubbs. 
Samuell  son  of  Philip  &  Mercy  Stubbs. 


Buriali. 
1682    Mar.  90    Richard  ran  of  Philip  Stubs  in  the  South  Isle. 
1083    Sept.    1    Jacob  son  of  PhiUp  and  Ms  ....  Stubbs  in  the  middle  Isle. 
1685    Apr.    1    Charles  Stubbs  in  y*  South  IbIo. 

Marriaget. 
1719    May  28    Vf"  Stubbs  of  S'  Mary  Magdalene  Bfirmondsey  oo.  Surry  k 
Haanah  Story  of  y*  tsamo.    Lioecoe. 

Fbou  Oexeitwich  Parish  Beoibtbbs. 

Baptitfiu. 
Charlea  ion  of  Rebocoa  &,  Charles  Stubbs  woa  baptized  in  Greenwich  Church 
in  Feb.  1736  New  Style  (1734  Old  Style). 

Feoh  Beomley  Reoistee  op  Bubials. 
6  Feb.  1759.    Mary  Stubbs,  widow  of  the  College,  aged  96. 

Fbom  St.  Andrew's,  Holbobit,  Beoisteb  of  Mabbiaoes. 

14  July  1771.  Thomas  Stubbs  of  St.  Andrew's  Holborn  co.  Midd'  Bach'  k 
Mary  Roberts  of  tbo  same  Sp'  marr''  by  liocnoe.  Witnesses  Tho'  Jones,  Elij"" 
Jones. 


From  the  VrisT\EB3'  Compant's  Reqtstehs. 
1  Deo.  1646.    Philipp  Stubbs  fil.  Rioh.  S.  do  Cheslos  in  Com.  Kant  po  : 


Joh'i 


Kent  p'  9  innos  a  Miph'm's  ult. 

Philip  Stubbs  was  Master  of  tho  Company  from  1660  to  1665. 

14  Oct.  1679.  Tlioiriii.1  Stubbs  sou  of  Philip  Stubbs  Citizen  and  Vintner  of 
London  apprEntieeil  to  Philip  Stubbs  Citizen  ond  Vintner  of  London  for  7  years. 

6  Fob.  168U.  John  Stubbs  son  of  Philip  Stubba  Citizen  and  Vintner  London 
apprenticed  to  Philip  Stubbs  for  7  years. 

Markiaqe  Licences. 

14  June  1631.  Richard  Stubbs  of  Chislehurst  oo.  Kent  Gent.  Batch''  aged 
about  24  &  Jauo  Fowler  Sp'  aged  nbout  18  dau'  of  Philip  Fowler  of  East 
Wiokhara  oo.  Kent  Gent,  who  consents — To  be  marr^  at  8'  Faith's  or  at  8' 
Sepulchre's  London. 

28  Oct.  Ifi63.  Philip  Stubbs  of  the  Parish  of  S'  Andrew  Undershatt  London 
Vintner  Bachelor  aged  about  28  years  &,  Elisabeth  Hitler  Maiden  aged  20  years 
daughter  of  Thomas  k  Rebeooa  Hiller  of  the  Parish  of  S'  Dionis  liockchurch 
London  Citizen  k  Upholsterer  who  are  consenting— To  marry  at  S'  Olave's  Old 
Jewry. 

28  Oct.  1680.  "  Phillipp  Stubbs  of  S'  Andrew  Undershaft  Lond.  Vintner 
ued  about  44  years  and  a  Widdower  "  and  "  M"  Mercy  Sarjeant  of  S'  Catherine 
^veohurch  Lond.  aged  about  34  years  and  a  Widdowo  " — to  be  married  in  y* 
parish  Church  of  Battersey  in  Surry. 

29  Jan.  1717-8.  Samuel  Stubbs  of  S'  Mary's  Rotherhithe  oo.  Surry,  Batch', 
aged  upwards  of  28,  and  Anne  Norton  of  Hurstpierpointoo.  Sussex,  aged  upwards 
of  21 — To  marry  at  the  lattor. 

12  May  1733.  Charles  Stubbs  of  East  Greenwich  in  the  County  of  Kent, 
aged  27  years  «Jc  upwards,  Bati^helor,  4  Rebeoca  Wallrond  of  S'  James  Westminster, 
Middlesex,  aged  20  years.  Spinster,  with  the  consent  of  her  mother  Elizabeth 
Wallrond  Widow — To  be  married  at  8'  Alphage's  East  Greenwich  or  8'  Alphage'a 
within  Cripplegate  London. 


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81  January  1761.  On  which  daj  a  Lloenco  issued  for  the  Marriage  of 
Francis  Grojan  of  the  Parish  of  8'  James,  in  the  liberty  of  Wc!<UDinster,  in  the 
Co.  of  Midd',  II  Uiu'holor,  "f  the  age  of  25  yearn,  with  Elizabolli  Stiibb.«  of  the 
nine  jarigli,  ai^fod  HI  yeiim  4  upwards,  a  Spinster— To  be  married  in  the  Parish 
Church  of  S'  James  aforesaid. 

14  March  1761.  Charlet)  8tubbs  of  S'  James'  Westminster  co.  Midd' 
Batofa'  aged  26  &  upwanls  and  Elizabeth  Troubrid^re  of  S'  Marylebone  in 
same  oo.  Spinster  ai^ed  21  &  upward.-i — To  marrv  at  the  former. 

13  July  1771.  Thomas  Stubhs  of  8'  Andrew's  Holboni  oo.  Midd'  Batchelor 
aged  21  &  upwards  and  Mary  Hoberts  of  the  same  pariah  Spinster  aged  21  & 
upwards — To  marry  there. 

23  May  1781.  Joseph  Thomiwon  of  the  Parish  of  S'  James  Westminster 
in  the  County  of  Midd"  Widower  i  Elizabeth  Stubbs  of  the  Parish  of  8' 
Bridjjet'.i  otherwise  Bride  in  the  City  of  Loudon  Widow— To  marry  in  the  Parish 
Church  of  S'  Bridget's  otborwi^  Bride. 

WILLS. 

No.  1.  Will  of  Jobs  Stobbes,  of  Eltliam. 

In  the  name  of  god  Amen.  I  John  Stobbes  of  Eltham  yeoman 
bole  of  mynde  &c. — my  body  to  be  buried  in  the  Churchyarde  of 
Eltham — to  the  highe  Aulter  of  Eltham  it]'  iiij'' — to  the  mother 
(-'hureh  of  RocheHter  xij''.  Item  two  duaaen  of  brede  and  a 
kiklerkyu  of  Ale  to  the  pore  people  of  Eltham — to  my  godchildren 
both  boycs  and  gerlea  my  blesainge  and  grotes  apece — to  Margaret 
my  wif  the  newe  howse  &e.  aa  longe  as  she  is  wedowe — unto  my 
Soime«  Henry  Philip  Richard  Robert  and  John  Stobbea  my  ii  bowses 
on  Chestlest  hctli  in  the  p'ryshe  of  Clicstlc/zarst — to  Alice  my 
yotingeat  Doughter  ij  of  my  host  Beaac  It'm  I  bftiucyth  to  Elizabeth 
Horiip  my  dowghtcr  one  of  my  best  boase — to  Alice  my  wife's 
Dowghter  a  yonge  Bullock — to  John  Litlegrome  one  of  my  best 
Bullocks — to  John  and  Philip  Stobbea  the  Sonnea  of  Harn'  Stobbes 
betwene  them  one  buUocke — unto  my  wif  vj  beaae  and  all  Rest  of 

3uicke  Cattell  abouto  the  house  and  all  the  fieat  of  my  goods  to  be 
euidcd  to  my  wif  and  my  Children  in  equall  porc'ons — Margaret 
my  wif  and  Richard  my  Sonn  Exo".  John  Eolte  and  John  Alec 
Overseers.  Witneascs  John  Rolte  John  Alee  and  Edward  Ehott. 
No  date.     Proved  22  Sept.  1556. 

No.  2.  Will  of  Henry  Stobes,  of  EUlmm. 

14  Dec.  1571.  I  Henry  Stobes  of  the  p'iahe  of  EUam  yeman — 
my  body  to  be  buried  in  the  p'islie  churche  yarde  of  Eitam  so  nye 
unto  my  f rends  aa  mayebe — unto  Catheren  my  wyfe  all  my  howacB 
and  Lands  and  all  the  reate  of  my  gooda  bothe  moveable  and  iin- 
moveablo  so  longe  aa  she  kepethe  licr  my  wydowe  also  if  Kathercn 
my  wyfe  do  marry  that  then  she  shall  hare  my  howaes  that  I  dwell 
in  w"'  the  lands  bolongiuge  thereto  also  then  my  two  bowses  at 
Cbesselhurat  »hal!  Keniayne  unto  my  iij  sonnes  and  also  my  howaes 
at  Eltam  w"'  th'app'ten'nc'e  thereto  belonginge  after  the  decease  of 
my  wife  to  remayne  uuto  my  thre  aounea  that  is  to  seve  John 
Stubes  Phillipe  Stobes  and  John  Stobes  the  youger  unto  tbem  and 
their  haiers  of  their  body  lawfully  begotten  rem'  to  Agnes  and 


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aio 


Margnret  my  douRliters  to  them  also  at  the  Daye  of  the  manage  of 
my  wife  the  otic  halfc  of  my  moveables  as  yt  shallie  praised  by  my 
oyereeera — unto  every  of  my  godchildren  iiij" — unto  the  power  at 
the  daye  of  my  buryall  iij  dozen  of  bread  and  a  etande  of  eale  t^  be 
given  at  the  Churche — a''  wife  sole  Ex't='.  Phillope  Stobs  Richard 
Stobes  and  John  Stobes  ray  brothers  Overseers.  Witnesses  John 
Rolte  Richard  Feltou  John  borne  w""  others.  Proved  the  last  of 
March  1571. 

No.  3.    WiLf.  OF  KiTUERiNE  Haioute,  of  Eltham,  widowe. 


January  1590.     To  Henrie  Stubbs  &  Huqli  Stuhbs  the  children 
my  Sonne  Phillipp  Stubbs,  and  unto  Eiiz""  Shawe  the  dau''  of 
Henry  Shawe  the  elder,  &  unlo  William  the  son  of  Henry  Shawo 


the  younger,  oil  my  goods  are  to  be  equallie  devided  amongst  them. 
To  Tobie  Stubbs  and  Thoincu  Sfubhs,  booh  of  my  late  son  Jolin 
Stubbs,  &  to  Eliz"'  Stubbs  his  daughter  what  the  mother  hatho  in 
her  hands  allreadie ;  aud  to  my  bod  Phillipp  Stubbs,  &  to  Henry 
Shawe  tho  younger.  I  give  to  my  sonne  John  Stubbn  that  which  ho 
did  tiwe  unto  me,  that  I  paid  for  him  unto  Rob'  Sonne  fishmonger, 
and  to  Thomas  Harince  grocer,  both  citi/.ens  of  London.  My  best 
hatte  to  Alice  tho  wife  of  my  son  Phillipp  Stubbs.  To  Katherine, 
the  daughter  of  John  Borne  deceased,  a  sawcer  and  porringer.  To 
J  one  Uodgekins  dau'  of  Eliz"'  Barker,  the  wife  of  John  Barker 
citizen,  a  joyned  chaire.  To  Richard  Browne,  blacksmith,  of 
EUharn,  a  mattriss  w""  flocke  bolster,  <&  a  plaine  bedstead.  To  the 
poor  of  Eltham,  bread  and  Kilderlsin  of  bearo.  1  make  the  five 
children  above-named  my  executors ;  aud  my  overseers  of  this  my 
last  will  Phillip  Stubbs,  Thomas  Swifte,  Henry  Willet,  James 
Swifte,  and  my  goods  being  praised,  after  the  legacies  above  speci- 
fied are  performed,  I  will  that  my  goods  be  divided  into  five  parts, 
to  remanie  in  the  hands  of  the  said  overseers  of  my  will  to  the 
behoofe  of  the  five  children  aforesaid  to  be  paid  unto  them  when 
they  all  come  to  lawful  age.  I  give  to  ffrancys  Shawe,  the  dau'  of 
Henry  Shawe  the  younger,  one  of  my  best  Kyue,  to  be  delivered 
unto  her  father  presently  after  my  death,  or  so  much  money  as  the 
cowe  be  valued  at  the  day  of  her  marriage,  or  at  .  .  years  of  age. 
I  will  that  my  sonne  Phillipp  Stubba  have  th'use  of  my  my  hous- 
hold  Stuffe,  condicionallio  that  he  do  enter  into  sufficient  bonds 
unto  my  overseers  to  sell  bowses  landes  that  was  betjueathed  to  him, 
his  children  also  to  restore  the  said  goods  or  the  valewe  thereof,  as 
they  shall  be  praised,  unto  my  said  overseers,  at  what  tyme  me  they 
shall  demande  them,  to  the  behoof  of  the  said  children.  Witnesses : 
Tlio*  Swifte;  Phillipp  Stubbs,  the  older;  James  Swifte;  Phillip 
Stubbs,  the  younger.         The  marke  of  Katherine  Haighte. 

Codicil. 

The  iiij""  day  March  1590.  I  give  to  my  son  Phillipp  Stubbs 
the  com  wheat  &  oats  with  a  parcell  of  ground  &  five  paire  of 
Geese.  To  John,  &  his  wife  Eliz"',  Stubbs  a  pair  of  Geese.  To 
James  Swifte  vicar  of  Eltham  a  paire  of  Sheets.  I  give  to  Margaret 
Shawo  two  gowues  a  petticoate  &  Kirtle. 


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No.  4.  Will  of  Bichaad  Stubbb,  of  Buislip. 

12  Dec.  1585.  I  Bichard  Stubbe* — my  bodey  to  be  buryed  in 
the  p'iahe  Church  of  Kyslipp — to  my  wyve's  daughter  Margaret 
Nelham  i"  at  the  day  of  her  marriage  but  if  she  dies  before  she  be 
married  then  same  to  he  equally  devided  between  James  Nelham 
her  brother  and  Elizabeth  Biirue  ray  syBter's  daughter — unto  my 
wvve's  eldest  Sonne  John  Nelham  my  best  doake — my  secoude  beste 
Cioake  unto  James  my  wyve's  sonne  and  also  a  Taffata  dowblet  and 
a  new  velvet  Capp — to  Richard  my  wyve's  youngest  sonne  ix*  in 
golde — unto  Will'm  Nelham  my  wyve's  sonne  ix* — unto  Isabel! 
Barmoy  my  servaunte  x' — to  Richard  Turner  our  comon  servaunte 
in  the  Confectionary  i'  also  unto  hia  fellow  servaunte  Thomas 
Vause  v' — unto  Annes  my  wiefe  all  my  goodes  and  Cattails  what- 
Boeu'  unbequeathed  and  she  sole  Ei't*.  Witnesses  Leonard  Davies 
Anthony  Barkell  Raphe  Redinge  and  Will'm  Kyrton.  Proved 
19  Feb.  1585-6  in  the  Commissary's  Court,  Loudon. 

No.  5.  Will  op  Philip  STtrsBH,  of  Eltham. 

From  the  original  will,  which  is  much  damaged,  there  being  no 
registered  copy : 

I  Philip  Stuhbes  of  Eltham  in  y"  County  of  Kent  yeoman — to 
be  buried  in  the  p  .  .  .  .  church  or  churchyard  of  Eltham  aforesaid 
— to  ....  my  welbeloved  wiefe  ....  my  lands  and  tenements  goods 
Chattells  CattoU  ymplements  ....  w"'in  the  p'ish  of  Eltham  in  the 
said  county — And  the  Rent ....  haue  and  take  to  her  owne  p'per 
use  during  her  nuturall  life  So  as  she  the  said  ....  put  iu  security 
and  be  bound  for  keeping  of  my  bowses  Ac.  in  good  and  sufficient 
reparac'ons — if  not  s"  lands  &c.  unto  my  loviuge  soiinea  George 
Stubbe.s  ami  John  Stubbcs  equally  betweeno  thom  during  the  life 
of  b''  Elleuo'  my  wife  paying  to  her  £10  a  year,  s*  lands  &c.  after 
her  decease  unto  my  three  sonnes  George  John  and  Edward 
Stubbes  equally  amongst  them  to  bo  devided — s**  sons  George  & 
John  Es'o" — my  lovinge  freiuds  William  Elliot  and  John  Phillips 
Overseers,  to  whom  3'  4''  apiece.  Dated  16  May  1596.  Signed  by 
a  mark.  WitnesseB  Robert  Groo  ....  Bartholomew  Graue  aud 
Richard  Peacocke.     Proved  27  April  1606. 

No.  6.  Will  op  Robert  Stubbs,  of  Eltham. 

II  Not.  1569.  I  Robert  Siubbes  of  the  parishe  of  Eltham  in 
the  Countie  of  Kent  yeoman — my  bodie  to  be  buryed  iu  the  parish 
Churcheyarde  so  nigno  unto  my  freiuds  as  can  be — Item  Pawle 
Bushebre  oweth  me  xs*  iiij*"  Item  Hicharde  Bore  ow'th  me  1'  Item 
Robert  Ale  oweth  me  fyve  nobles  and  fortie  pence  Item  Harry 
Stubbes  my  brother  oweth  ine  vj"  of  the  last  payment  of  my  parte 
of  the  howBcs  at  Chesilhurst  Item  M''  Cockea  oweth  me  9"  Item 
olde  Moyger  oweth  me  xxvj"  viij''  and  ii''  Item  William  Haiusher 
oweth  me  v'  Item  Walter  Burchett  oweth  me  ij*  Item  Wharton  of 
Depford  oweth  me  iiij"  Item  Person  of  greiinwyche  oweth  me  for 
T  lodes  of  wood  after  iij'  v^^  the  lode  Item  Tyse  oweth  me  xl'  that 


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I 


borowed  of  mo.  Debtos  that  I  owe — unto  M'  Bowe  iiij"  M' 
Keding  liij"  antl  John  Bourne  it"  x'' — unto  my  foure  sonnes  that  ys 
to  say  Edwarde  ISttibbes  Roger  Stubbes  George  Stubbes  and  Robert 
my  Bounes  the  house  that  o!de  Moy-^er  dwelleth  in  to  he  ecjimlly 
devided  betweit  them.  Wituessea  Hurry  Ntubhea  Philippe  Stul)be8 
John  Bourne  John  Graasewith  &  others.  On  9  Jan.  15(j9  Adm'on 
with  same  g'f  to  Mary  Stubbes  the  Relict. 

No.  7.  Will  of  John  Stubbb,  of  Chislelmrst. 

March  the  29  day  1632.  John  Stubs  of  Chthlyeliearsf  perfect 
in  heart  &  mynde  doe  geue  all  my  moueabloH  w"'iQ  doorea  and 
w'hout  wholye  to  Alse  Stubs  my  wyio  to  her  deBcretion  to  dispose 
of  as  shee  pleaseth.  It«m  I  geuo  unto  Margret  Feedome  {?  Fro- 
borne)  my  daughter  and  her  two  children  five  pounds  to  be  paid  at 
three  monetha  after  my  discease. 

By  meo  John  Stubbes. 
Robert  Goslrige. 
The  marke  of  +  Edward  Marten. 

Christopher  Carter. 
The  mark  of  Alse  Rose. 

Adm""  with  same  granted  to  Alice  Stubbes  widow  the  relict. 
No  date  giTen. 

No.  8.  Will  of  Eichabd  Mabtebs  of  Chiblehubst. 

I  Kicharde  Maisters  of  ....  in  y"  Countye  of  Kente  one  of  his 
Ma''"  yeomen  of  .  .  .  . — my  bodye  ....  of  Ewell  in  the  countye  of 
Surrey  to  be  buried — to  my  wiffe  Alece  all  my  Laude  Liinge  in  the 
countye  of  Kent  for  life  rem''  to  my  daughter  A  lece  Stubs  and  hir 
....  lawfullye  begotten — Other  two  daughters  Joan  and  .  .  .  . — to 
my  daughter  Elizabeth  Barker  all  that  my  Lande  colled  ....  in  y« 
parrishe  of  fFootcraye  and  to  her  heirs  rem'  to  her  other  two  sisters 
— to  my  brother  Henrye  Maisters — Wife  Alece  sole  Ex't"  &  resi- 
duary Legatee.  Dated  28  June  1008.  Signed  by  mark.  Witnesses 
Edward  Webb  Thomas  Tyllye  &  John  Lee.  Proved  22  July  1608. 
(From  the  original  will,  which  is  very  much  injured  by  damp,  there 
being  no  registered  copy.) 

No.  9.  Will  of  RicniKD  Stahket. 

1587.  31  Jan.  30"'  Eliz'''.  I  Richard  Starkey  of  Eltham  in  the 
countie  of  Kente  Cooke — to  my  daughter  Marye  .Starkey  a  flock 
bedd  w'h  a  payre  of  sheets  &c. — to  my  daughter  Emerye  a  flocke 
bedd  a  payre  of  «heet«8  Ac.  Ac — to  my  daughter  Jane  Starkey  a  cow 
a  standing  bed  in  the  chamber  w'h  the  fetherbedd  Ac.  Ac. — to  my 
daughter  ffniuncis  Starkey  a  cow  a  standing  bedd  Ac.  Ac. — these 
ray  youngest  daughters  under  16 — to  my  godsonne  and  graundchild 
John  miles  5" — to  my  godsonne  Richard  tlie  sonue  of  Thomas  Batt 
12'^ — to  my  godsonne  Richard  wilcoisonnc  12'' — to  Elizabeth 
Stubbet  my  wine's  daughter  a  bullocke  that  is  now  almost  two  yeares 
olde— to  tobie  Stubbu  and  to   Thomat  Stubbes  mj  wiue's  sonnea 


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10*  a  piece  and  to  Tobie  I  giue  a  rapier—  "Wife  Elizabeth  sole  Ex't" 
A.  reside  Legatee — m''  Jeamea  Tw-ist  our  vicar  oue''8eer  to  whom  5* 
for  his  paiu8 — The  debtea  I  doe  owe  are  these  It'ni  to  Tobie  Stubbes 
xs'  It'm  to  Thomtin  Stuhbes  xx' — Meuiorand'  that  whereas  my 
daughter  fFrauncis  is  deceased  her  legacies  to  said  wife.  Signed  by 
mark.  "Witnesses  .Teames  Taiiyst  Heury  Collinaon  William  Hipges 
Thomas  Phill  Eoger  ^Sshell  &  Robert  Weekes  the  two  last  being 
marksmen.     Provetl  iu  the  Consistory  Court  18  May  1598. 

No.  10.  Will  of  Philip  Stubbs,  junior,  of  Eltham. 

20  Mnrch  1590.  1  Phillip  Stuhhe»  the  younger  oj  Eltham  in 
the  Countio  of  Kent — to  be  buried  in  the  parish  churchyard  of 
Eltham  so  nigh  unto  my  friondes  as  may  bo — unto  Alice  Stubbes 
my  wifFo  all  my  goodes  moveable  and  unmoveable  and  for  my 
hou.ses  and  land  that  was  bequelhed  unto  me  by  my  father  which 
lieth  and  is  within  the  parish  of  Eltham  aforesayd  for  life  if  she 
keep  s''  houses  in  repair,  if  not,  and  after  her  death  to  my  two 
Bonnes  Henry  Stubbea  and  Hughe  Stubbct*  equally,  if  they  both  die 
S.P.  then  to  my  daughters  Katherin  and  Elizabeth  Stubbes  equally, 
also  to  a''  dan"  £5  a  piece  when  21 — 8''  wife  sole  Ei't".  Overseers 
James  Twist  and  my  uncle  Phillip  Stubbes  unto  whom  I  bequeth  x' 
a  peoce  for  their  paines.  Witnesses  James  Twiste  and  Philip 
Stubbes.    Proved  12  May  1691. 

No.  11.  Will  of  Eobeet  Stubbb,  of  Eltham. 

I  Robert  Stuilipg  of  Elthnm  in  the  Countie  of  Kent  Vietiialer — 
my  bodie  to  be  burteil  in  the  Churchyard  of  Eltham — to  my  mother 
Marie  Elliott  the  Wiffe  of  Walter  Elliott  tetine  poundcs — to  Henrie 
Stubbs  the  sonne  of  Phillipp  Stubbes  deceased  20' — to  Hugh 
Stubbes  the  sonne  of  the  foresaid  Phillip  20' — to  John  Burne  the 
Sonne  of  Richard  Btirne  of  Eltham  Blacksmith  20* — my  house  w"" 
the  orchard  yardes  and  other  edificies  about  the  same  w'''  ap'cell  of 
land  lyingc  in  Ennlefeild  by  estimac'on  halfe  an  uker  to  he  sold  to 
pay  debts  legacies  and  burial  expenses  w"'  fower  shillinges  to  be 
given  U>  the  poore  and  foure  dozen  of  bread  and  the  rem''  of  the 
money  arising  therefrom  to  my  coseu  John  Stubbes  the  sonne  of 
Phillipp  Stubbes  the  elder — to  Alise  Parrie  now  dwelHngc  w"'  my 
mother  Elliott  5'  to  be  paid  alao  out  of  money  rec*"  for  8''  house^to 
John  Kettle  my  sword  and  dagger  and  to  Kichard  Bourne  all  my 
apparcll  except  my  best  cloke — all  my  goodes  moveable  and  ymoue- 
able  unbequeathed  to  my  wiffe  Margaret  Stubbes — she  sole  Ex't". 
Overseers  William  Elliott  and  my  coaen  John  Stubbes  the  sonne  of 
Philip  Stubbes.  Dated  30  Dec.  159i.  Witnesses  Jamea  Twist 
Thomas  Lawghton  Phillip  Stubbes  and  Eicliard  Bourne.  Proved 
14  Feb.  1594. 

No.  12.  Will  of  Philip  Fowlkh. 

28  June  1636.  I  Phillip  ffowler  of  Eastwickham  in  the  County 
of  Kent  yeomau — to  be  decently  buried  in  the  Panish  Church  of 


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Eastwickliani  aforesaid — vnto  my  eldeat  tlaugliter  Mary  Bean  tlie 
wife  of  James  Bean  of  Chatham  STiipwright  £70  and  the  Lease  of 
the  Wiiultuill  standing  in  the  Pnrrish  of  Additigtoii  in  the  Connty 
of  Surrey  ehe  paying  to  the  heire  of  Sir  Francis  Leigh  after  hiV 
deceOBO  t"he  yearly  rent  of  £4 — also  to  said  Mary  the  greene  bcdd 
and  bedateed  with  the  curtainos  and  valiana  &c.  Ac. — vnto  my 
youngest  daughter  Elizabeth  Fowler £80 — Lands  Goods  <&  Chattels 
except  as  aforesaid  to  bo  sold  by  Overseers  after  death  of  Wife  Jane 
for  the  payment  of  said  legacies  and  the  overplus  arising  therefrom 
to  bee  equally  dcvided  betvveeiie  the  chililren  of  Mary  Beau  and 
Jane  Stuhbs  my  daughterH  which  are  now  att  this  p''nto  tyme  Irving 
— vnto  my  second  daughter  Jane  Stuhbs  the  yellow  bedd  and  bed- 
steed  with  the  curtainea  and  vallians  the  rugboulsters.nd  blancketta 
belonging  therevnto — more  vnto  my  said  youngest  daughter  Eliza- 
beth flbvvler  my  silver  boule  silver  salt  and  all  my  silver  spoonei' — 
vnto  my  Cosen  William  Robinson  my  Scale  ring  which  I  vsually 
weare  upon  my  finger — vnto  the  poorc  of  the  parrish  Eastwickham 
abonesesaid  20* — Loving  fVife  Jane  sole  Ei't*  &  residuary  Legatee 
— Loving  friends  Thomas  Williams  and  George  Harape  of  East 
Wickham  Overseers  to  whom  10'  a  piece.  Witnesses  ffra.  Cotton 
cler.  George  Hampe.     Proved  by  said  Ex't"  9  Sept.  163G.    (97  Pile.) 

No.  13.  Will  of  Jane  Fowler,  mother  of  Janx  Stfbbs. 

Nuncupative  Will  of  Jane  Fowler  of  W^ickham  in  the  County  of 
Kent  Widow  dated  26  Aug.  1647,  Imprimis  I  give  and  bequoatfi 
vnto  Mary  Benncs  my  daughter  the  wife  of  James  Bennes  of 
Chatham  in  the  County  of  Kent  two  shillings  and  six  pence — vnto 
Jane  Stubbi  my  daughter  the  like  sum'e  of  two  shilliugs  and  six 
pence — Residue  of  Personal  Estate  after  payment  of  debts  and 
funeral  expenses  to  my  loveing  daughter  Elizabeth  flbwler.  Wit- 
nesses 8u.  Leigh  Dorothie  Andrewes  Joane  Buckely.  On  14  Oct. 
1647  Adm""  with  said  Will  annexed  granted  to  Elizabeth  Fowler 
the  daughter,  no  Ex°'  having  been  appointed.  (197  Fiue».)  This 
will  is  registered  over  again  at  p.  210  Fines,  but  for  what  reason 
does  not  appear. 

No.  14.  WiiL  OF  John  Kent  (father  of  second  wife  of  Philip 

Stubbs). 

"  I  John  Kent  the  elder  of  the  parish  of  8'  Olave  Hartstreete  in 
London  Cittizen  and  Vintner  of  London."  To  be  buried  "  in  the 
Parish  Church  of  Alhallowa  Lumbard  streeto  in  Loudon  at  the 
upper  end  of  the  fErst  Isle  in  the  Right  hand  under  the  Window 
where  the  seate  stood."  "  Unto  my  Eldest  son  John  Kent  and  to  my 
Daughter  Mercy  Stuhbg  and  Elizabeth  Upgher "  £5  apiece — 
"  unto  my  worthy  good  ffriends  Doctor  Josiah  Clarke  and  M'  John 
Newton  £5  apiece — "unto  my  youngest  daughter  Elizabeth  Kent" 
£500  when  21  or  married.  Residue  of  Personal  Estate  after  pay- 
ment of  Debts  Ac.  to  said  Wife  Elizabeth  and  to  youngest  Son 
Dixey  equally.  Reversion  of  Capital  Messuage  "  called  the  Mannor 
house  01  the  Marke  "  and  all  other  my  Messuages  Lands  Ac.  "  in 


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224. 


THE   KENTISH   FAMILY  OP  8TUBB8 ; 


the  parish  of  "Walthamstowe  and  Lowe  Loyton  in  the  Coimly  of 
EsBcx  or  either  of  them  Except  Eight  acres  of  Meadow  ground 
belonging  to  the  said  Capitall  Messuage  lyeing  and  being  in 
Leighton  Marsh  nocre  the  Serrj  house  there "  &c.  settled  upon 
said  Wife  for  life  as  her  jointure  "  unto  my  said  youn"e«t  sonn 
Diiey  Kent  and  to  his  Heires  and  Assignes  for  ever  "  he  paying 
Testator's  Debts  Legacies  &c.  if  said  Personal  Estate  be  not  suffi- 
cient for  that  purpose.  Said  AVife  and  youngest  Son  Ext"  and 
Ex"".  Said  D'  Josiah  Clarke  and  M'  John  Newton  Overseers.  Dated 
14  Dec.  16S9.  Witnesses  "  Hen.  Lowes  Geo.  Barry  Legh  Beale. 
Proved  by  both  23  Dec.  1689. 

No.  15.  Admin,  of  Thomas  Stttbbs. 

4  Oct.  1699.  Adm""  to  Thomas  Stuhb»  late  of  Fort  8'  George  in 
the  East  Indies  a  Bach'  dec^  was  granted  to  Philip  Stubbs  the  father. 

No.  16.  Will  of  Aboicdeacok  Philip  Stubbs. 

In  tlie  Name  of  God,  Amen,  I  Philip  Stubbs,  Arch  Deacon  of 
8*  Albans,  being  through  the  mercy  of  God  in  good  bodily  health 
as  well  as  perfect  and  sound  in  mind  and  memory,  yet  considering 
the  certainty  of  death,  and  the  uncertainty  of  the  time  thercoi, 
And  that  I  may  be  the  better  prepared  t^o  leave  this  wretched  world, 
when  it  shall  please  God  to  call  me  hence,  Do  therefore  make  and 
declare  this  my  last  will  and  testament,  in  manner  and  form  follow- 
ing ;  that  is  to  say,  First  and  principally  I  commend  my  Soul  into 
the  hands  of  Almighty  God  my  most  merciful!  Creator,  hoping  for 
pardon  and  remission  of  all  my  sins  whether  of  omission  or  oom- 
mission,  And  that  I  may  be  partaker  of  eternal  happiness  in  his 
heavenly  kingdom,  through  the  moritts  and  mediation  or  my  Blessed 
Lord  and  Saviour,  the  only  Mediator  between  God  and  Man,  Christ 
Jesus.  My  mortal  body  in  the  next  place  I  leave  to  be  interred,  ia 
hopes  of  a  joy  full  resurrection,  but  with  as  moderate  expence  as 
shall  be  consistent,  with  the  most  private  funeral,  with  this  choice 
only  as  to  the  place,  that  if  I  dye  at  S'  Albans  I  would  be  buryed 
und.er  the  Consistorial  Court:  If  at  Launton  Oxfordshire,  in  tho 
Church  Yard  near  to  the  wall  under  the  middle  window  of  the 
Chauncel ;  If  at  the  Royal  Hospital  Greenwich,  in  the  common 
burj'al  ground  the  eastern  part  of  it.  None  to  be  invited  but  the 
charity  children  respectively  of  each  place,  to  whose  education  I 
have  many  ways  contributed,  and  whom  I  pray  God  to  succeed  so 
that  they  may  be  continued  a  blessing  to  many  generations,  as  weU 
as  the  Schools  at  S'  Alfage  and  S'  James  Garlick  Hythe,  now  incor- 
porat-ed  into  Cripplegate  and  Vintry  Wards,  both  first  set  on  foot 
oy  me  when  Bector  of  those  parishes,  and  encouraged  since  by  mo 
till  brought  to  this  happy  Establishment.  Each  child  for  bis 
attendance  and  singing  the  fourth  psalm  to  the  place  of  buryal,  to 
receive  a  pair  of  Lamb  Gloves,  meaning  those  of  8'  Albans,  Tho 
Itoyal  Hospitall,  and  Bish<^*  on  supposition  I  dye  in  or  near  those 

•  Probably  an  error,  for  Ciifplegah. 


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places  ;  otherwise,  wherever  the  Tree  falls  there  let  it  lye.  And 
tor  BUfh  worldly  estate  as  it  hath  pleased  God  to  bestow  upon  me 
in  this  life,  be  it  either  roali  or  nersonal,  goods,  chatteils,  debts, 
ready  money,  plate,  books,  jirinted  or  MfSS.,  (except  my  sermons 
which  I  desire  may  be  all  burnt  by  my  executors  before  my  buryal,) 
houshold  stuff,  or  other  kind  whatsoever  or  wheresoever  (after  such 
debts  as  shall  happen  ti>  be  ovvinE  by  me  at  the  time  of  my  decease, 
and  funeral  charKOs,  are  paid  and  satisfyod)  1  doe  hereby  fully  and 
wholly  give,  devise,  dispose,  and  bequeath  the  same  unto  my  dear 
and  loving  wife  M"  Mary  Stubbs  (with  whom  I  have  iivedt  these 
37  years  in  faithfull  conjugal  affection)  and  to  my  dear  dutiful! 
daughter  Philippa  Marin  Stubbs  conjointly,  so  that  the  right  and 
property  continue  in  my  daughter,  but  the  interest  and  produce  of 
the  whole  surplusage  to  be  for  the  support  of  her  motiier,  during 
her  life ;  and  after  their  decease,  to  their  heirs,  executors,  admini- 
strators, and  assigns  for  ever.  And  I  do  hereby  make  and  appoint 
my  said  dear  .and  loving  wife  M"  Mary  Stubbs,  and  my  said  duti- 
full  daughter  Philippa  Maria  Stubbs,  to  be  joynt  Executrixes  of 
this  my  last  will  and  testament,  requesting  them  to  give  each  of  my 
sons,  vVilliam  and  Charles,  a  ring  of  twenty  shillings  value,  in 
memory  of  a  loving  Father  who  would  have  done  more  for  them  in 
my  life  time  had  it  pleased  God  to  enable  me  further,  and  whom  I 
recommend  to  their  never  failing  affections  in  their  lives,  and  at 
their  deaths,  trusting  moreover  that  these  my  sons  will  ever  re- 
member the  Hock  from  whence  they  were  hewn,  their  Father,  a 
Christian  Priest  after  the  ordering  of  the  Church  of  Christ  Estab- 
lished Nationally  in  Eiigland,  and  their  motlier  of  the  siiine  a  true 
member.  In  confidence  of  whose  following  their  faith  and  practice 
(human  frailty  excepted)  and  their  gratefull  behaviour  towards 
their  only  sister,  to  whom  they  have  ever  been  dear,  in  manifold 
instances,  I  shall  lay  myself  down  in  peace  and  take  my  rest  in 
God's  due  time,  whom  I  humbly  beseecn,  as  who  alone  can  do  so, 
to  make  them  all  dwell  in  safety.  And  in  witness  that  this  is  my 
last  will  and  testament.  All  others  being  cancelled,  I  doe  hereunto 
set  my  hand  and  seal,  this  tenth  day  of  December  1733. 

Ph.  Stubbs. 

Signed  sealed  published  and  declared  by  the  said  Ph.  Stubbs 
e  testator  for  and  as  his  hist  will  and  testament  in  presence  of  us 
who  have  subscribed  our  names  in  his  presence  after  interlining  the 
word  (declared)  as  above  Tho.  Gataker  The  mark  of  Edward  Harris 
Ann  Newling. 

This  Will  was  proved  at  London  the  thirty-first  day  of  October 
1788. 


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o.  17.  WrLL  OF  Philippa  Marta  Stubbs  (daughter  of  Arch- 
deacon Stubbs). 

Will  of  Philippa  Maria  Stubbs  of  Bromley  co.  Kent  Spinster. 
My  bo<ly  T  desire  may  lie  near  the  remains  of  my  much  honored 
TOL.  xviu.  q 


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THE    KENTISH    FAMILY   OF   8TUBBS ; 


Mother.  To  my  nephew  nnd  nieces  Thomas  Mary  Elizabeth  and 
Sarnh  the  son  and  throe  daughters  of  my  dear  brother  and  to  my 
brother's  two  grandchildren  the  sons  of  my  niece  Dufour  5  f^^uincas 
each.  Whereas  by  a  former  will  I  left  the  three  children  of 
my  nephew  Charles  Stubbs  the  same  now  I  leave  the  £100  my 
dear  nephew  left  me  to  his  thrc>e  children  Ann  Elizabeth  and 
William  Trowbridge.  To  the  four  children  of  my  niece  Grojan  10 
guineas  each  ami  to  Charles  Steen  the  son  of  my  niece  Steen  10 
guineas.  To  my  cousin  Sibill  Willis  of  Brentwood  Essex  and  her 
daughter  Philippa  Maria  Willis  5  guineas  each.  To  my  friends  tbe 
three  sisters  of  Hir  George  Pocock  Miss  Rebecca  Kerby  and  my 
cousin  Eleanor  Coward  each  a  ring  of  a  guinea  value.  To  tlio 
twenty  gentlewomen  of  Bromley  College  a  jiair  of  gloves  each  as  a 
small  token  of  the  sence  I  have  of  the  benefit  my  dear  mother 
enjoyed  in  that  Society.  To  M"  Elizabeth  Lambe  all  my  household 
goods  and  to  M"  Dorothy  Lambe  my  wearing  apparel.  To  M" 
Catherine  Stell  one  guinea.  To  M"  Blany  now  in  the  Workhouse 
of  Bromley  anil  Elizabeth  Grainge  the  wife  of  Jonathan  Graiiige 
5'  each.  To  the  Rev.  M'  Bagshaw  and  my  dear  brotlier  WilJiam 
Stubbs  whom  I  make  my  ex""  twenty  guineas  each.  Kesidue  to 
my  brother  with  all  my  books  and  papers  excepting  two  Common 
Prayer  Books  one  for  the  Rev.  M''  Pratt  and  the  other  for  M"  Mary 
Hildcsley.  March  3,  1772.  Witnesses  John  Derby  Mary  Janaway. 
Prove<l  2  May  178(3  by  Wm.  Stubbs  the  brother  one  of  the  ex'ors 
power  reserved  to  the  Rev.  Thomas  Bagshaw  the  other  ex'or. 


No.  18,  Will  of  Lucab  STUBBa. 

I  Lucas  Sfubbi  belonging  to  their  Ma''"  Shipp  "  Bristoll" — to  M' 
Alexander  Cahoon  charilain  an  board  the  aforesaid  shipp  three 
Guynnies  in  cousiderac  on  of  preaching  a  Sermon  next  Sabbath  day 
after  my  decease  if  soe  please  God — to  M''  John  Baxter  Chirurgion 
of  the  said  ship  one  guynny  ho  having  one  pound  Seaveuteen  Shil- 
lings and  Six  pence  of  mine  to  be  paid  to  my  Executor — to  William 
EUic  belonging  to  the  said  Shipp  all  my  waroingapparrcll  aud  liuneii 
and  Chest  and  Instrumonts  and  other  uteusiil  with  Teuu  Shillings 
for  a  ffunei-all  ring  Item  I  give  if  any  Legacies  hath  been  left  to  mo 
dureing  my  absence  from  Loudou  to  this  time  to  my  wellbeloved 
Sister  Elizabeth  Stubbs.  The  rest  and  residue  of  my  wages  due  to 
me  for  my  service  performed  in  their  Ma""  Shijjp  "  Bristoll  "  1  give 
and  bequeath  to  my  loving  fatLcr  Phillip  Stubbs  Vintner  in  London 
makeing  him  my  sole  Executor  of  this  my  last  Will  and  Testameut  if 
my  said  Executor  be  deceased  to  be  equally  divided  to  my  loving 
Brothers  and  Sisters.  Dated  5  May  1G91.  Witnesses  John  Baxter 
Alex'  Colhoun.  Proved  by  Philip  Stubbs  tlio  father  and  Ex"'  11 
Feb.  1691-2.  (50  Fane.)  On  11  Feb.  1G91-2  the  will  of  Lucas 
Stubbs  late  belonging  to  the  Koyal  Ship  "  Bristoll  "  upon  the  high 
seas  dec*  was  proved  &c.     (Probate  Act  Book.) 


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No.  19.  Will  of  Rkv.  Ambrose  Bonwicke.* 


'I  Ambrose Bonwi'ckf 


To  my  Dear  Wife  all  that  my  Mesai 


lage 


Ac.  called  "  Burford  and  Boxland  '  in  Miekiohani  and  all  other  my 
Freehold  Messuages  Lands  &c.  in  that  parish  for  life  if  she  continues 
a  widow  rem''  "to  my  Son  James  and  his  Heirs  "he  paying  £200  "to 
his  Brother  my  Son  John  To  wliich  Son  John  I  hequeath  moreover  " 
£200 — "  to  tny  five  Daughters  Elizabotii,  Domtlica,  Wiuefrid,  Hen- 
rietta, aiid  Marj:;aret  (my  Daughter  Mary  being  already  provided  for) 
to  every  one  of  them  "  £  tOO  when  married  with  their  motner's  consent 
&c. — "  to  S'  John  Baptiat  Colledge  in  Oxford  "  £5 — "  to  the  Library 
of  Merchant  Taylors' School  in  London"  20' — "To  my  Dear  ffriend 
the  Reverend  M^  William  Mussou  and  to  my  Brother  M'  Samuel 
Stubba  "  20"  each  for  a  Ring — "  to  the  poor  of  Rcyeate  half  a  cer- 
tain Bum'e  of  money  which  my  dear  Wife  knows  of  and  tho  other 
half  to  be  equally  divided  betwecne  tiie  poor  of  Headley  and  of  that 
parish  where  I  shall  he  buried  " — *'  I  leave  my  Medals  with  the 
cabinet  wherein  they  are  and  all  my  Books  to  my  Son  James  and 
to  my  Dear  Wife  " — said  Wife  sole  Ext*  &  resid''  Legatee — "  my 
Dear  Brother  James  Bonwick  Esq''  "  to  determine  any  doubt  that 
may  arise  about  the  Will — •"  I  deairo  my  said  Dear  Brother  to 
accept  a  poor  Legacy  of  five  pounds."  Dated  26  July  1722. 
Witnesses  William  Cavvthorpe  Nicholas  Williams  Robert  Arthur. 
On  IS  Jan.  1722-^  Commission  issued  to  John  Bonwicke,  Eliza- 
beth Bonwicke,  &  Dorothy  Bonwicke,  the  Children  &  Administrators 
of  the  Goods  &c.  of  Eiizabeth  Bonwicke  dee''  whilst  she  lived  the 
Relict,  Ext*,  &  reside  Legatee  named  in  the  Will  of  Ambrose 
Bonwicke  late  of  Headly  co.  Surry  dec'',  to  a<lmiui8ter  the  Goods 
&c,  of  the  said  dec''  according  to  the  form  and  effect  of  the  Will, 
for  that  the  said  Elizabeth  Bonwicke  Widow  the  Ext"  before-named 
died  also  before  administering.     (3  Richmond.) 

No.  20.    Will    op    William    Stitbhs,    Registrar  of  Rochester 

Archdeaconry. 

I  William  Stuhb»  of  the  Precincts  of  the  Cathedral  Cliurch  of 
Rochester  Gent. — to  be  buried  in  tho  South  Aisle  of  the  said 
Cathedral  Church  near  tho  gravea  of  my  wife  and  my  infant 
children — to  my  daughter  Sarah  Dufaur  wife  of  M''  John  D.  £200 
— to  my  grand  son  and  godson  William  Joseph  Dufaur  £10  for 
Mourning  and  also  an  Annuity  of  £20  until  he  attains  21  and 
during  his  Clerkship  but  no  longer — to  my  niece  M"  Elizabeth 
Grojan  and  to  M"^'  Thompson  wife  of  M''  Tliomp8i>n  of  Vine  Street 
Piccadilly  London,  and  my  kinsman  William  Stubbes  my  godson,  a 
mourning  ring  each  of  two  Guineas  value — Residue  of  Estate  what- 
soever after  payment  of  debts  and  the  aforesaid  legacies  to  Mary 

*  A  son  of  this  gentleman  by  his  wife,  nU  Elizabeth  Stubbs,  is  thus  alluded 
to,  in  Abbejr's  "The  Englitk  Church  1700—1800,"  vol.  i.,  p.  66.  "  Ambro«e 
Bonwicke  was  not  the  only  example,  in  the  generation  just  before  Wesley,  of 
deep  and  fervent  piety  in  n  student  "  at  the  universities.  Mr.  Abbey  refem  also 
to  Nichols's  Literary  Antcdotit,  v.,  118 — 136. 

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THE   KENTISH    FAMILY   OF  8TUBBS ; 


Stubbs  Spinster  my  daughter — M'  Francis  Grojan  of  Vine  Street 
aforesaid  Attorney,  M''  James  Farquhar,  Proctor  D"  Commons 
London,  and  my  said  daughter  Mary  Stubbs  Exo"  and  Ex't*.  to  each 
of  whom  10  Guineas  for  their  care  and  trouble.  Dated  17  April 
17S9.  On  16  March  1790  appeared  personally  Joseph  Stevens  of 
Doctors  Commons  London  Gent,  and  Thomas  Skeffington  of  th© 
same  Gent,  and  deposed  that  they  believed  the  s''  Will  to  havebtsen 
written  by  Testator.     Proved  17  "March  1790.     (15  i  Bishop.) 

No.  21.  Will  of  Edward  Gascoiohe. 

I  Edward  Goscoigne  Captain  of  his  Majesty's  Ship  the  Dublin  (in 
calendar  *'  of  Kent")— unto  my  Sister  Elizabeth  Macro  the  Interest 
of  Two  thousand  five  hundred  pounds  which  is  in  three  per  Cent. 
Consolid't"'  Bank  Stock  for  the  Term  of  her  Natural  life — unto  my 
beloved  ffriend  and  Brother  Willinm  Stuhbt  of  the  Precincts  of  the 
Cathedral  Church  of  R<iche8ter  All  that  House  and  Houses  Mes- 
suages Tenements  Yards  Gardens  thereunto  belonging  which  I  pur- 
chased of  the  Widow  ?jlliott  of  Kochester  for  him  to  have  and  to 
hold  during  the  Term  of  his  Natural  life  my  Sister  the  said  Eliza- 
beth Macro  having  an  •  Appartment  therein  which  I  leave  ready 
ffurnished — all  the  residue  and  Remainder  of  my  Monies  which  are 
in  the  Bank  and  South  Sea  Stock  to  be  Equally  Devided  between 
Thomiig  Stubbs  Mary  Sfubb*  JSlizabeth  Stubbs  and  Sarah  Stiibbt 
Sou  and  daughters  or  the  above  William  Stubbs  and  mr  late  Sister 
Mary  Stubbs— The  said  £2500  after  the  death  of  said  Sister  Eliza- 
beth to  said  children  equally — to  my  said  Sister  Elizabeth  Macro 
my  Ring  and  Mourning  and  also  Mourning  unto  the  said  Thomas 
Stubbs  Mary  Stubbs  Elizabeth  Stubbs  and  Sarah  Stubbs.  Said 
Willinm  S.  sole  Ex'"^  &  rcsid>'  Legatee.  Dated  15  Dec.  1701.  Wit- 
nesses John  lialling  Georgo  Ilubberd  and  Susan  Railing.  Proved 
10  Jan.  17G5.     (16  Rushworth.) 

No.  22.  Will  of  JosKpn  TnoMPSojr. 

Will  of  Joseph  Thompson  of  Vine  Street  in  the  Pariah  of  S' 
James  Westminster  in  the  County  of  Middlesex  Esquire — unto  my 
grand  daughter  Mar\-  Thompson  Wright  £3000  3  %  Cons.  Bank 
Ann' — unto  my  daugtiter  in  law  Elizabeth  Jackson  the  same — unto 
my  daughter  in  law  Ann  Mawdsley  £3000  3  %  Reduced  Bank 
Ann' — unto  my  son  in  law  William  Troubridge  Stubbs  the  same — 
unto  Catherine  my  god  daughter  now  the  wife  of  M'  Nathaniel  Carr 
of  Warniington  co.  Northampton  Farmer  £500 — unto  John  Low 
Parkinson  of  Widdington  near  Stamford  co.  Lincoln  Farmer  and  to 
Ann  P.  Elizabeth  P.  and  Margaret  P.  of  Northborough  near  Market 
Di'eping  co.  Lincoln  and  Sarah  Carr  wife  of  John  C.  of  Elton  co. 
Hunt'  Farmer  £200  a  piece — unto  James  Crompton  of  Paddincton 
CO.  Midd'  Es«juire  and  John  Groom  of  Brompton  Row  in  said  co. 
Esquire  my  Ex'o"  £100  each — to  each  of  the  servants  living  with 
me  at  my  decease  Mourning  to  be  given — Little  Horse,  Bridles  and 
Saddles  to  bo  sold  and  the  old  Horse  shot — Houses,  Ground  Ronts, 


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Household  Goods,  Furniture,  Plate,  Linen  Ac.  and  Residue  of 
Estate  whatsoever  to  8''  Mary  Thompson  Wright  Elizabeth  Jackson 
Ann  Mawdsley  and  William  Trouhridge  Stubhs  equally.  Dated 
7  Oct.  1812.  Witnesses  Francis  Boring  and  W.  Skillingtou. 
l"  Codicil  dntod  9  Nov.  1814 ;  Joseph  Miliiiigton  of  Folej"  Place 
in  the  parish  of  S'  Marjieboue  iu  the  county  of  Middlesex  Surgeon 
to  be  Ex'o"'  instead  of  James  Crompton  and  to  have  same  legacy  of 
£100.     2"''  Codicil  dated  :  Testator's  goddaughter  Cathe- 

rine Carr  being  then  dead  he  gives  her  legacy  of  £500  to  her  hua- 
ban'd  M'  Nathaniel  C.  of  Warmington  co.  Northampton  in  tru.st  for 
the  benefit  of  his  four  children  by  her  viz.  Edward,  Catherine, 
Joseph  &  Eliza.  WitnesB  Elizabeth  Jackson.  On  13  May  1822 
appeared  personally  Trillium  Troubridye  Sfubl/s  of  Allsops  Build- 
ings in  the  parish  of  M^  Marylcbone  in  the  county  of  Midd'  Gentle- 
man and  dei)o«pd  that  ho  well  knew  Testator  formerly  of  Warwick 
Street  Golden  Square  afterwards  of  Vine  Street  Piccadilly  but  late 
of  Great  Marlborough  Street  in  the  parish  of  S'  James  Westminster 
in  the  county  of  Midd'  Esquire  who  died  1  May  Inst,  and  that  he 
believed  the  said  Will  and  Codicils  to  he  in  his  own  proper  hand- 
writing. Proved  15  May  1822  by  John  Groome  Esq'  and  Joseph 
Millington  Esq'  the  Ei'o".     (284  Herschell.) 

No.  23.    Will  of  William  Stubbi,"  of  N^orthfleet. 

15  July  1553.  I  William  Stubbed  of  the  parishe  of  Northjlete 
in  the  Countie  of  Kent  yoman — to  the  churche  boxe  of  Northliete 
towardes  the  repa'c'ons  of  the  same  churche  twentie  shillinges — to 
euery  of  the  poore  householders  of  the  said  p'iah  of  Northflete  that 
haue  no  ploughe  going  a  bussheU  of  malte  to  be  delyuered  to  euery 
of  them  ageynst  Christmas  next — to  eu'y  of  my  godchildren  xij""  a 
pece — to  every  of  my  wiefe's  children  twentie  shillinges  a  pece — to 
my  BUster  Alice  xx' — to  my  said  suster  Alice's  dought«r  and  her 
Boune  sx*  a  pece — to  Elizabeth  Russell  my  suster  Jone's  doughter 
xl'  And  to  Robert  Russell  her  brother  xx»  And  to  Joane  Russell 
their  suster  xx* — to  Uenry  my  brother's  sonne  xx'  and  to  his  suster 
Joone  twentie  shillinges— to  my  brother  John  my  best  Cote  and  my 
best  Cloke — to  euery  of  my  so'uuts  no  we  being  of  my  household 
iij*  iiij"*  a  pece — And  as  for  all  my  landes  tenemeutes  and  other 
hereditamentes  with  their  appurten'nces  set  lying  and  being  in 
Northflete  and  Gravesende  in  the  Countie  of  Kent  I  will  and  by 
thies  p'nts  give  &  bequeathe  to  Joanc  my  wief  for  termo  of  her  lief 
naturoU  And  the  remaynder  therof  after  her  decease  to  Thomas  my 
brother's  sonne  and  to  th'eyres  of  the  bodye  of  the  same  Thomas 
laufuUy  begotten  foreuer.  And  for  want  of  suche  yssue  the 
remaynder  therof  to  Henry  liis  brother  and  to  th'eyres  of  his  bodye 
laufuUy  begotten  foreuer.  And  for  want  of  suche  yssue  toe 
remaynder  therof  to  Willvam  Stubbcs  tb'oldcst  sonne  of  my  brother 
John  Stubbes  and  to  the  lieyres  of  the  same  Willyam  for  euor. — 

*  The  ooDDootioD,  of  the  maker*  of  the  [oUotring  wUtr 
family,  canaot  be  traced. 


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Item  as  for  my  bargayne*  and  purcbaee  of  all  Buche  landea  whiche  I 
lato  bought  of  our  late  soueraigiie  Lorde  the  Kinge  of  one  John 
Swaynslande  1  will  auJ  bctjueathe  them  to  my  said  Cozen  Thomaa 
and  to  his  heyrcs  for  euor  mi}rc  any  thing  before  reherced  to  the 
contrary  notwithstanding  And  yf  he  eaynot  recover  and  enjoie  the 
said  late  purchnsed  LnndoH  Thou  I  will  that  he  sliall  recover  take 
and  haue  to  his  owuo  use  all  sucho  somes  of  money  as  I  haue  paide 
for  the  same  purchase  Whereof  I  will  that  my  said  wief  shall  haue 
Thyrtie  poundoa  she  bearing  the  costes  and  charges  of  the  sute  for 
recovering  thereof  And  if  my  said  Cosyn  Thomas  recover  the  said 
purchased  Landes  or  any  parcell  of  them  then  1  will  that  my  said 
wief  shall  haue  and  enjoie  the  same  during  her  said  lief  she  paying 
the  costes  and  charges  for  the  Recoii'y  of  the  same  And  also  paying 
to  hym  yerely  during  her  said  lief  three  pounds  at  two  tymea 
uauiiU  And  as  for  Lease  Landes  I  will  that  my  said  wief  shall  haue 
during  her  said  lief  paving  th'acciistomyd  Rentes  and  doing  as  I  by 
the  said  Leases  therot  am  bounde  to  doo  And  after  her  decease  I 
will  tliat  my  said  cosyn  Thomas  his  Eseciitonrs  and  assignes  shall 
haue  all  the  saidc  tease  Landes  and  the  saide  Leases  for  and  during 
the  yeres  which  then  shalbe  in  the  said  Lease  to  com' — Wife  Joan 
sole  Ex't-^  and  rcKid''  Legatee — my  wclbeloved  freinds  Willyam 
Vaughau  of  Dartfurth  in  the  said  Countie  of  Kent  and  llobert  Hall 
of  MyUou  in  the  said  t'ountic  Supervisors,  to  each  of  whom  for 
their  paius  20".  Witnesses  Jld.  Ilarde  Thomas  Boys  Mathew 
Smyth  Anthony  Talven  Richard  Swan  Thomas  Marten  &  Robert 
Pole  s'unte  to  the  naid  Thomas  Marten.     Proved  14  Oct.  1553. 

No.  24.   Will  of  Joan  Stubbs,  widow,  of  Swantcombe  and  Northjlete. 

8  May  2.3  Eli/,"'.  1  Johan  Stubbet  of  the  p'ishe  of  Swanscombe — 
my  bodie  to  be  buried  w'hiu  the  p'ishe  Churcheyarde  of  Northflete — 
unto  the  poore  people  of  the  p'ishe  of  NorthHete  xi*'*^  Dozen  of 
breade  to  be  distributed  at  my  biiriail  and  a  virkin  of  beore — unto 
the  i>oore  people  of  the  p'ishe  of  Swauscombe  xx' — unto  Audrey  my 
daughter  foure  powndcs  of  good  and  lawfull  money  of  England 
one  of  iny  fine  shetes  &c. — unto  Johaa  Dunmowe  th'elder  one 
of  the  daughters  of  Audric  my  Daughter  one  great©  kettell 
and  one  grente  Cheste — unto  Jonan  Dunmowe  the  younger  one 
small  brasse  pott  one  small  kettell  and  one  small  chest«^unto 
I  Johan  Dunmowe  the  elder  &  unto  Johau  Dunmowe  the  youger  my 
olde  feathorbed  w'h  ij  bolsters  a  Coverlettc  and  my  best  blanckett-^ 
unto  Katherino  Kaea  x.\" — unto  Bridgett  Kjiolden  xi' when  16  (said 
Johan  Dunmowe  the  older  and  Johan  D.  the  younger  under  18) — 
unto  Agnes  Harden  daughter  of  my  Cozen  John  Harden  a  ioyned 
bedstedde  a  mattris  withe  ij  eurteins  &c.  &c.  when  23— unto 
Samuell  Harden  my  best  featherbed  a  bolster  &  Coverlet  w"'  a 
blanckett  therto  belongttig  when  21 — unto  Richard  Sniitho  my 
godsoime  G'  S'' — unto  .\lico  Harden  my  shepes  russett  frocke.  It'm 
I  do  forgeue  nicholas  Harden  ii]''  the  W''''  lie  dothe  owe  me — I  do 
clerelie  acquite  and  discharge  the  Eiocuto'''  of  the  last  will  and 
Testament  of  Nicholas  Harden  my  Sonne  deceased  of  ail  sucbe 


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Hum'o  OP  Bum'cB  of  mouoyoranie  other  tliinges  whatsoeu'  the  SAJde 
Nicholas  my  souiie  Iiathe  had  at  aiiie  tyme  of  me  heretofore — my 
CouBin  John  Harden  sole  Ex"''  and  reside  Legatee — John  Beare  the 
younger  Overseer  to  whom  for  iiis  paias  5*.  Signed  by  a  mark. 
Witnesses  John  Beare  the  younger  and  John  Giblett  marksmen. 
Proved  in  Kochester  Consistory  Court  11  May  1582. 

No.  25.   Will  of  Thomat  Stubb,  of  Ulcombe. 

Last  day  but  one  of  March  1509.  I  Thoma*  Stubb  of  the 
parish  of  ulcombe — to  be  buried  in  the  Chajx;!  of  the  Blessed 
V'irgin  Mary  in  the  Parish  Church  of  All  Saints  in  Ulcombe  afore- 
said— to  the  high  altar  there  for  my  tythes  and  oblations  negli- 
gently forgotten  12''— to  the  Lights,  of  the  B.V.M.  4^ — of  S» 
Nicholas  2"— of  S'  John  Bantist  2"^ — of  the  Trinity  and  S'  Mary 
Magdalen  G^ — of  S'  Anue  2''  and  of  S'  Margaret  2".  The  residue 
of  my  goods,  my  debts  and  legacies  paid,  to  William  Stubb  my 
brother  and  John  A  Lincoln  my  Ex""  to  dispose  for  the  welfare  of 
my  soul  the  soul  of  my  wife  and  the  souls  of  all  the  faithful 
departed  and  of  my  benefactors.  Witnesses  John  Hood  Curate 
there  William  Stubb  &  others.     [Testament  in  Latin.] 

Will  of  the  Biiid  Thomas  [in  English]  same  date,  ffirst  I  wiU 
that  my  brother  William  haue  the  graynes  of  myn  encreasso  sowen 
and  A  place  calliJ  Moswell  And  the  Residue  to  be  sold  to  fulfill  this 
my  last  Will  and  my  brother  to  haue  the  avauntage  of  it  at  my 
maist's  pleas' — to  the  Hoode  and  to  o'  ladye  chapell  10*.  It'  I  will 
that  o'on  of  my  best  cou'lettes  shall  remayn  to  the  church  for 
eu'.  It'  I  will  that  maistres  Dorathe  Seyntlog'  [St.  Leger]  haue 
my  wife's  best  gowne  lyned  w'  white  and  purfolid  w'  letewis.  It' 
I  will  that  my  suster  Elizabeth  haue  my  wiffe's  Kussett  gowne 
purfelid  w'  blake  boge.  It'  I  will  that  Margery  my  suster  doughter 
haue  my  kowe  that  is  at  Seuenoke.  It'  I  will  that  Margaret  my 
broder  dought'  haue  oon  of  my  wiffe'a  best  kertilles.  It'  I  will  that 
Johan'e  Jamett  haue  oon  of  my  best  hogges  that  she  can  chose. 
It'  I  will  that  my  brother  William  oon  of  myn  eiecutours  haue  my 
geldinge  my  best  bowe  and  my  woodkuyft'.  It'  I  will  that  John 
A  Lincoln  myn  other  eiecutour  shalkaue  for  his  labo^  vj*  viij''. 
Proved  2  May  1509.     (13  Bennet.) 

No.  26.  Nuncupative  WiU  of  Andrew  Slynn* 

I  Andreu  Slynn  of  the  parish  of  Eltham,  co.  Kent,  on  the  first 
day  of  August  in  the  year  oF  our  Lord  God  IGOl.  I  first  will  my 
Boule  to  Gk)d  and  my  bodie  to  be  buried  in  a  decent  manner. 

I  will  and  bequeth  that  after  my  death  my  two  sonnes  John  & 
Bichard  Slynn  should  have  all  my  goods  and  chattels  eaoually 
devided  between  them  part  and  portion  like  and  to  be  my  full  and 
whole  executors  which  words  or  the  like  effect  as  aforesaid  in  the 
year  1601. 

•  Margaret  Slynn,  or  Slian,  was  married  at  Elthim  to  ToMm  Btubbc. 
17  June  1604. 


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No.  27.  Will  o/Bichard  Slynn*  o/Eltham. 

6  Oct.  1642.  I  give  to  the  pamh  of  Eltham  2(>  To  be  paid  to 
tlie  Churchwardens  tor  bread  to  oe  given  the  first  Sunday  in  every 
month  to  the  poor  and  ueedj.  8'  to  be  givi-n  to  the  minister  to 
preach  a  sermon  on  the  fyfth  of  November,  and  to  give  God  thanks 
of  great  deliverance  from  the  great  Powder  Treason.  Tliis  to  be 
done  by  M'  Owen  as  long  a«  pleases  him,  and  after  by  M'  Bull 
the  parson  of  Northcrey.  20'  to  be  paid  out  of  the  teninieut  that 
John  Smyth  nowe  lyves  in.  To  Thomas  Slynn  my  son  20  pounds, 
and  my  goald  Binge ;  at  the  second  fell  of  the  woods  1  hold  of 
ffrances  Sherman  the  sum  of  50  pounds,  which  will  be  in  a.d.  one 
thousand  six  hundred  and  fyftie,  or  there  abouts,  vf  he  bee  then 
livinge;  and  I  give  at  the  last  fellinge  of  the  said  woods  fyfty 
pounds.  To  my  son-in-law  William  Powell,  my  best  horse.  To 
my  daughter  Jane  Powell,  my  watch.  To  mv  said  Sonne  W" 
Powell,  the  sume  of  £15  to  buy  a  horse,  if  he  be  living.  To  my 
Bon-in-law  John  Kinge,  £40  ;  provided  hee  pay  and  dlBchargo  the 
Bonds,  that  I  and  my  sonne  Tnomas  Slynn  stand  bound  witli  him, 
to  the  company  of  Stapllears.  I  give  to  him  £50,  if  he  and  his 
wife  my  dau'  may  be  then  living ;  if  not,  I  give  the  said  sume  to 
theire  children  to  be  enually  divided.  And  that  my  wife  shall  sell 
the  said  lease  which  I  nold,  then  I  ordain  she  shall  pay  the  sumett 
above  said  to  each  of  them.  I  give  to  Mary  my  sister,  the  wife  of 
Thomas  Arsber,  the  sume  of  4!0',  if  she  be  living.  I  give  to  one  of 
her  children  10*.  I  give  to  H}  thill  20",  and  to  his  sister  EliiabctL 
10*  if  they  be  living.     I  ordaLue  my  wife  Anne  Slynn  sole  executrix. 

No.  28.   Will  of  William  Stubbet  of  Hithe. 

3  March  1553.  "  I  Will'm  Stubbet  of  the  parrishe  of  Hith  in 
the  Couutie  of  Kent  yoman  " — "  All  my  goodes  and  Cattaliea  I  g^ve 
and  bequeth  vnto  Kichard  Stubbes  my  sonne,  my  sole  execute''. 
I  give  to  Margaret  Gallant  of  Sittingbo''ne  for  her  paynes  keping 
me  there,  being  seeke,  tenno  shillinges,  and  a  worsted  kirtell  value 
of  xiij'  iiij"*.  Also  I  willo  that  Will'm  Qeoffry  shalhaue  my  sonne 
Richard  to  bo  his  servant©,  to  thintent  he  may  lerne  bis  occupacion 
and  that  the  said  GeofFry  shalhaue  the  custodie  of  all  my  goodes, 
the  legacies  and  dettes  paid,  for  the  space  of  vj  yeres  " — "  Item  I 
wille  that  George  Payntou  of  Hithe  shalhaue  fortye  shillingea  of 
money  in  occupying,  for  the  space  of  vj  yeres,  and  at  the  ende  of 
Tj  yeres  to  repayo  it  to  my  soune  Richard  agayn  " — Testator  speaks 

•  Dr.  Drake,  in  his  Biitorg  of  the  Htindnd  of  Blackhealh,  ji.  198,  under 
E3thiini,  snys :  "  Sltjin's  Chabity,  Richard  Slynn  by  will  date  nuknowu  gave 
12(1.  a  yenr,  issuing  oul  of  a  hoiisp  and  land  on  tlio  north  indo  of  the  Hifth  Strwt, 
|£Ithani,  to  be  laid  out  in  bread  for  the  poor,  and  8*.  for  n  sorumn  un  tbo  6tb  of 
pKovoinbcr."  In  May  ICSfi  "  Bir  Slyn,  gontleman,"  wn»  a^iessed  in  the  [lariah 
of  Elthani.  The  vicar  Damc-d  in  H.  Slynn's  will  was  Ihp  Rev.  Richard  UvreD, 
who  was  in9litut<?d  to  the  \-ioiiragc  of  Klt'hara  on  the  IStb  of  February  1636-6; 
and  we  hear  of  no  successor  l-o  him  until  1646,  when  William  Overton  was 
*'  recommended  "  to  the  cure  by  the  Purliamentiry  Committee.  In  1654,  bow- 
ever,  '•  Richard  Owen,  clerk,  4e  Eltham,"  was  married  there  to  A.  Kidwell. 


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of  his  wife's  children  in  general  terms. — "  I  will  that  Will'm  Carter 
sbalhaue  hia  cloake,  and  a  bras  pot  whiche  I  haue  in  my  keping, 
w'out  paying  any  thing  for  it.  Also  I  geve  unto  the  said  Will'm 
Carter  all  suche  dettis  aa  is  owing  to  me  at  the  tyme  of  ray  deathe  " 
— Will'm  GeofFryc  to  he  OvcrBoer — Witnesses  "  Thoiii's  (lodfraye, 
of  SJttiugbounie  ;  Eichard  Digyns,  George  Baker,  Thomas  Jekyn', 
and  George  Catmor" — Proved  18  April  1553. 

No.  29.    Will  of  Her.  John  Sfuhbs,  Vicar  of  Newington  by  Hythe. 

8  May  1502.  Will  (in  Latin)  of  John  Sfiibbs  Master  of  Arts 
perpetual  Vicar  of  the  parish  church  of  Newvngton  near  Hithe — 
my  body  to  be  buried  in  the  Chancol  of  the  Cliureh  of  S'  Nicholas 
of  Newington ;  to  the  College  of  Wye  &c. ;  to  the  Church  of 
Newington  ;  to  John  Scries  25*  8''  for  monies  owed  to  him  by  me; 
to  Thomas  ray  servant  my  green  cloak ;  to  Margaret  Williams  & 
Elizabeth  Monshe  &c. ;  Also  I  give  and  bequeath  to  Mivster 
Lawrence  Stubbs,  my  brother,  my  household  stuff,  with  all  other 
my  goods  whom  of  this  my  Will  I  make  Executor — Witnesses  : — 
Sir  'rhomas  Fogg,  IJector  of  the  parish  ctiurch  of  Chcryton ;  John 
(or  Joan)  Nethersole,  Eobert  Monshe,  and  others — Proved  17  May 
1502. 

No.  80.   Will  of  William  Stubbs  of  Ulcomb. 

27  Sept.  1518.  Testament  &  Will  of  William  Sttibbig  late  of 
Ulcombe — "  my  body  to  be  buried  in  the  churcheyard  of  Vlcombe  " 
— "  to  the  high  auter  vj'' ;  To  ow"'  L:uiy  light  iiii'' " — "  1  will  Marget 
my  servant  haue  in  money  vj'  viij*  &  in  nowsold  stuff  to  the  value 

SI*  viij'* ; "  "  To  my  sister  Godlif  .xl" ;"  "  to  Willia'  Andrew  an  old 
etherbed ;  "  "  to  Richard  Stubbis,  my  swerde  and  my  buckler,  and 
a  salett " — "  to  five  power  pepull  v*"  "— "  I  will  that  WiUia'  Claygato 
my  godson  haue  a  plater,  and  ij  pewter  disshes; " — "to  my  god- 
children iiij''  a  pcco  ;  "  "  Johanne  my  Wif,  and  John  Style  "  to  be 
Eit*  &  Ex"'  &  re!<id^  Legatees ;  "  Sir  John  Glowsoppe  Curate  of 
Vlcombe  "  Overseer — Witnesses : — "  Sir  John  Glowsoppe,  the 
Curat ;  Elis  Champe,  Bob'  Smodyng,  with  other  moo  " — Proved  26 
Oct.  1518. 

No.  31,   Will  of  Katertfne  Stubbs  of  Oanterbury. 

14  July  1524.  "  I  Katerpie  Stubbes  "  (in  Cal'  "  of  Canterbury") 
— "  my  body  to  be  buried  in  the  churche  porche  of  Saynt  Augustyn  " 
— "  vnto  the  high  ault'  of  our  lady  of  Northegate  for  my  titlies  and 
oblations  forgoten  xij*"  "  &c. — "  to  the  wiff  of  Robert  Polcher  my 
tawny  gowne" — "to  John  Polcher  an  Agnus  Dei" — "to  John 
Andrewea  wif  a  sawcer  " — "  Sir  Will'm  Kenipe  vicar  of  Northegate  " 
sole  Ex"  &  residJ  Legatee — Witnesses  "  Will'm  Pood,  Johan'e 
Jemett,  Johan'e  Adams,  and  other  moo  " — Proved  29  July  1524. 

No.  32.   Will  of  Thomas  Stubbs  of  Borden. 

20  Dec.  1529.  "  I  Thomas  Stubbys  othre  wyse  callyd  Thomas 
fiobynson  beyng  of  the  p'ishe  of  Borden  " — "my  bodye  to  be 


HUH 


234  THE   KENTISH  FAMILY  07   STITBB8. 

buryed  yn  the  churchyard  of  Borden  aforesaid" — "to  the  high 
ault'  there  for  mv  tythea  forgoten  xx*  Also  to  our  ladye  of  Neese 
XX*  Also  to  the  !6ode  of  Grace  xij""  Also  to  Kyng  Henrr  of  Wynsor 
XX*  Also  to  our  ladye  of  Cortopstreete  iiij*  " — "  Will'm  Harrys  " 
sole  Ex"  &  resid'  Legatee — Witnesses  "  Sir  John  Hethe  vicar  of 
Borden ;  Sir  Petre  Woreseley— Proved  18  April  1530. 

No.  83.  Will  of  George  Stubbs  ofBiltingUm. 

"  I  George  Stubbes  of  the  parrishe  of  Bilsington " — "  to  bee 
buryed  in  the  church  yard  of  Bikington  aforesaide  " — "  I  pve  all 
my  moveable  to  my  wife  and  my  sonne  Thomas  and  my  dawghter 
Alice  to  bee  equally  derided  in  three  severall  partes  and  owte  of 
wives  parte  and  my  dawghter  Alice  parte  by  even  portion  to  the 
maynteyning  of  my  sonne  Thomas  to  the  scnoole  the  wholl  soome 
of  five  powndes  " — said  son  under  22  and  said  daughter  under  21— 
"to  my  sister  Maryon  Jenninges  three  sheepe" — Wife  Bebecca 
sole  Ext" — "Witnesses  :  "  Wyllyam  Dennisterp,  Ursula  Bowman  " 
—Proved  27  July  1587. 

No.  34.  Will  of  Alice  Stubbg  of  Thomham. 

3  April  1602.  "  I  Alice  Stubbes  of  the  p'ishe  of  Thomeham  in 
the  countye  of  Kente  Wyddowe  " — "  my  bodye  to  be  buried  in  the 
churchyard  of  Thomham  " — "  vnto  fErauncys  Hassenden  my  daugh- 
ter two  of  the  ewes  with  their  lambes  w*""  are  nowe  at  her  husbands 
house  at  pasture  " — "vnto  Marye  Houlden  my  daughter  other  two 
if  the  sheepe  w'h  their  lambes  w"*  are  at  the  said  Hassendens  keep- 
onge  "  also  "  one  flockbed  w*h  a  blanket  and  a  cov'lit  w'^''  is  at 
George  Larkins  " — "  vnto  Anne  Larkin  my  daughter  oth'  two  of 
the  sheepe  w'h  their  lambes  " — "  to  my  daughter  fErauncys  one 
lambe  to  the  worthe  of  ten  groats  " — "  to  the  said  Anne  my  daugh- 
ter one  gowne  w*^''  is  nowe  at  Hawles  of  Maydstone  "  &c. — George 
Larkin  sole  Ex" — "Anthonie  Kingsmill  ou'seer" — Signed  by  a 
mark — Witnesses  "  Anthonie  Kingsmill,  Curate ;  Richarde  Archard, 
George  GafEerley  his  marke  " — Proved  12  April  1602  by  said  Ex". 


(     235     ) 


ARCKDEACON    PHILIP   STUBB8. 


BY  CANON   SCOIT    ROBERTSON. 


I 


* 


OsE  of  tlie  firBt  Chaplains  appointed  to  the  Ro_val  Hosnital  for 
Seamen  at  Greenwich,*  was  a  scion  of  the  Kentish  family  ot  Stuhbs. 
His  granilfather,  Richard  .Stubbs  of  Chislehurst,  had  been  attached 
to  the  Uousehold  of  Queen  Henrietta  Maria,  as  "  Clerk  of  the 
Cheque "  ;  and  liin  ancestors  had  reNided  in  Chislchurst  or  in 
Elthatn  for  centuries.  His  father,  Philip  Stubbs,  was  sent  to 
London  at  an  early  age,  and  entered  as  an  apprentice  for  nine  years 
at  the  Vintners'  Company,  when  about  ten  years  of  ago,  6  December 
Ifrk).  Ue  rose  to  be  Master  of  the  Vintners'  Company  between 
16(50  and  1665,  when  he  was  a  young  man  aged  abont  twenty-four, 
and  some  say  he  was  Master  of  that  Company  during  five  years. 
In  the  last  of  those  years  his  son  Philip  was  born. 

Philip  Stubbs,  the  future  Archdeacon,  relates  in  his  Diary  the 
following  incidents  of  his  early  youth  : — 

"1665  Oct.  2.  I  was  bom,  within  the  Parish  of  S'  Andrew 
TTndershaft,  London,  in  which  Parish  l-l  died  of  the  Piague  that 
week  ;  in  the  City  68,590  that  year ;  Lord  !  what  respect  hadst  thou 
to  me  and  my  Father's  House  ?  That  many  should  fall  in  that 
great  sickness  on  the  right  hand  and  on  the  left,  but  no  evil 
nappen'd  unto  me,  nor  did  the  Plague  approach  o'r  dwelling.  Let 
me  thro'  ye  whole  course  of  my  Life  make  Thee  my  refuge  even  the 
most  High,  my  Habitation." 

"  My  Father  was  M^  Philip  Stubs,  Vintner  (son  of  Richard 
Stubs,  Gent.,  of  Chisclhurst  in  Kent,  Clerk  of  the  Cheque  to 
Henrietta  Maria  Royal  Consort  of  K.  Charles  I.).  My  Mother  was 
M"  Elizabeth  Hiller"(Daughter  of  M""  John  («jc)  Hilierf  Upholsterer 

*  There  were  two  chaplains  to  Greenwich  Hospital,  although  the  ohapel  was 
left  unfinished  until  Iho  middle  of  the  eighteenth  centurj'.  There  were  100 
disabled  sesmeD  in  the  Hospital  in  December  1705,  and  350  in  July  1708  ;  460 
in  1728;  and  900  in  1731.  A  temporary  chapel  was  used  until  about  1750. 
Some  of  the  chaplains  were  men  of  mark.  Archdeacon  Stubbs  held  office  from 
1719  until  1738,  when  he  was  succeeded  by  the  Eov.  Nicholas  Tindal,  the 
translator  of  Kopin's  Hittori/  of  England. 

t  Thomas  HiUer's  will,  made  on  the  30th  of  January  1674-6,  was  proved  by 
his  widow  Rebecca,  on  the  1st  of  April  1676.  To  his  wife  he  left  £100,  and  aU 
\ui  goods  and  plate.  His  "  son  "-[in-law]  Stubbs  was  appoiutcHl  ovtTsecr  of  his 
will,  with  a  legacy  of  £10  and  a  gratuity  as  overseer  of  twenty  shillings,  both  to 
be  deferred  until  the  death  or  re-marriage  of  Mrs.  Rebecca  Hiller,  testator's 
widow.  To  his  daiig:htore,  Mary  and  Sarah,  be  left  £50  eaoh ;  and  each  I 
frag  to  be  doubled  if  the  legatee  was  "  dutiful,  obedient,  and  carried  her 
aviUy."    To  his  boos,  Matthew  and  John  Hiller,  £10  each,  conditiooaUy. 


236     ARCHDEACON   PHELIP   8TUBBS    (1665-1738). 


of  London  and  M"  Eebecca  Knowles  of  West  Chester)  who  tho' 
the  fruitf  nil  Parent  of  nine  children  lived  reputably  with  him  for  17 
years  thro'  his  faithfull  ilischarffe  of  almost  all  Dutyn  &  offices  in  hio 
Pariah,  Wan!,  A  Coni])any  ;  and  died  happily  in  y"  Faith  and  Practise 
of  y*  Church  of  England,  notwithstanding  the  tincture  that  might 
have  been  given  or  rccM  from  my  Grandfather's  Principles,  on  mj 
Father's*  side,  who  weakly  suffr'd  himself  to  bo  reconciled  to  y* 
corrupt  church  of  Komc,  ur  from  my  Grandmother's,  on  my  Mother's 
side,  who  thro'  y°  initiuity  of  y"  Times  became  as  easy  a  Proselyte  to 
a  most  Pernicious  Separation." 

"  Lord  !  tny  Progenitors  have  of  y"  made  to  themselves  crooked 
Paths  in  which  whosoever  goeth  shall  not  easily  find  peace." 

"  But  Thou  hast  shewed  me  the  Path  of  Life :  O  hold  Thou  up 
my  goings  in  those  paths,  that  my  footsteps  slip  not." 

"  1G77  Apr.  2S.  After  I  had  laid  a  Foundation  for  y'  Latin 
Tongue  at  M'  Si>eed'8  Freeschool  in  S'  Mary  Aic,  and  for  y'  Greek 
at  M'  Siiell's  Boarding  Scbole  in  Hillingdon,  Midsx.,  where  in  a  literal 
sense  I  became  wiser  y°  my  Teacher  (an  honest,  good  man,  but  no 
Clerk),!  was  transplanted  to  MerehantTaylors'forfurtherimprovem' 
in  Learning,  aa  well  as  advanccm'  in  y"  Vniversity  by  a  Fellowship 
of  S'  Johns,  for  w'''  thia  Schole  was  designed  as  a  Seminary  by  y* 
Founder  of  y"  both,  S'^  Thomaf*  AVhite  Lord  Mayor  of  Loudon  in  Q. 
Mary's  Reign  :  1  continued  here  3  years  under  the  Instruction  of 
the  Rev'd  M""  Goad  {who  tho'  a  long  while  a  Friend  to  y"=  Greek 
church,  and  at  length  in  K.  James's  days  a  profess'd  Romanist  is  s' 
to  his  Honor,  to  have  bred  up  not  one  Scholar  cither  Papist  or 
Dissenter)  and  2  under  M'"  Haatcltfie ;  w"  of  a  sudden  upon  the 
unhappy  second  ni^"  of  my  Father  (a  Widower  w""  children  to  M™ 
Marcy  Serjeant  a  widow  w"'  3)  at  a  juncture  w"  I  had  probably  been 
elected  to  a  Scholarship  of  S*  John's  on  the  tirst  of  S'  Barnabas 
neit  following,  I  was  hurried  away  to  Oxon,  and  entered  Gomm'r 
at  Wadham  April  1G8§  under  the  tuition  of  the  Rev'd  M'  Thornton, 
Fellow  of  y'  House  and  Chaplain  to  the  Right  Rev'd  D'  Sprat 
Lord  Bishop  of  Rochester.  '  There  are  many  devices  in  a  man's 
heart ;  nevertheless  tho  Counsel  of  y*  Lord,  that  shall  stand.' — 
Prov.  xix.  21." 

"  168i.  I  was  elected  Scholar  of  Wadham,  ivith  4  more,  out  of 
22,  in  this  order  ;— W"  Ruddle,  AV™  Hodges,  Philip  Stubs,  Robert 
Wynne,  Richard  Willis  {D'  Gilbert  Ironsyde,  being  Warden)." 

At  Oxford  he  matriculated,  from  AiTadham  College  on  the 
23  March  1633  (New  Style),  being  seventeen  years  of  age.     His 


1 


•  Philip  Stubbs  (vintner),  tho  fatlior  of  Arolideacon  Sttibbs,  i?  spoken  of  by 
Anthon)-  Wood  (Athena  Oxoaieiuea,  p.  282)  as  a  descendant  of  the  aiitlior  of 
Th«  AHotomy  of  Abuses  (London,  l&HS,  8vo  ;  1595,  4to),  and  of  The  Theatre  of 
the  Papers  Monarch)/  (London,  158-1),  who  wn»  also  named  Pliilip  Stubbs.  whom 
A.  Wood  calls  a  rigid  Calvini.'it.    This  author  lived  in  Cheapsidc,  London,  in 
1693,  and  bad  near  relations  niimed  Justinian  Stubb?,  M.A.,  of  Gloucester  Hall, 
Oxon;  and  John  Stulilxf  of  Lincoln'R  Inn,  gent.     It  is  not  known,  however,  iuj 
what  wiiy  tho  Archdeacoa'n  father  could  have  been  connected  \rith  Philip  Stubba,! 
the  Elizabethan  author.    Certainly  the  Vintner  was  not  a  descendant  of  thoj 
Author.     Katharine  Stubbs,  the  wife  of  tho  Author,  died  at  Burton-on-Trent  oa] 
the  14th  of  December,  1590. 


ARCHDEACON   PHILIP  STUBBS    (1665-1738).     237 


abilities  enabled  him,  as  he  has  told  us,  above,  to  win  a  Scholarship 
in  1684,  and  he  took  his  B.A.  degree  on  October  the  20th,  10S6.  He 
proceeded  to  the  degree  of  Master  of  Arts  on  the  15th  of  .Tune  16S9, 
and  obtained  a  Fellowship  at  Wadham  College  in  IGS)!.  In  the 
same  year,  says  Wood  (Ailiente  Oxonienseg,  p.  HOC),  "he  was 
appointed  the  Repetitiouer  of  the  four  Salter  Sermons,  which  he 
performed  to  the  applause  of  all." 

For  a  time,  he  was  curate  to  Mr.  Henry  Halsted,  in  London, 
at  St.  Benet's  Gracechurch  with  St.  Leonar<r8,  Eastcheap.  While 
he  was  curate  there,  the  Bishop  (Compton)  of  London  held  a,  Con- 
firmation in  St.  Benet's  Church,  on  tiio  l-lth  of  March  1692-3,  at 
which  function  the  sermon  was  preached  by  Mr.  Stubba,  from 
Heb.  vi.  2.  This  sermon  was  published  immediately  after.  He 
had  previously  preached  at  Guildhall  Chapel,  before  the  Lord  Mayor 
(Sir  John  Fleet)  and  the  Court  of  Aldermen,  <ui  Sunday,  Nov.  2Qth, 
1692,  a  sermon  On  Public  Bnpfiam,  which  was  also  published. 

The  rector  of  Philip  Sttibbs'  native  pari-sh,  St.  Andrew  Under- 
shaft,  from  1670  until  1691,  was  Ur.  Robert  Grove,  who  in  1091 
became  Bishop  of  Chichester.  This  prelate  selected  Mr.  Stubbs  to 
be  one  of  (j's  chaplain.s,  but  his  early  death,  in  1696,  prevented  his 
doing  anything  for  his  chaplain. 

The  Bishop  of  Rochester  collated  Mr.  Stubba  to  the  rectory  of 
"Woolwich  on  the  16th  of  May  1694,  but  he  retained  that  benefice 
only  five  years  and  a  few  months  ;  uevertheless  throughout  his  life 
he  retained  a  keen  interest  in  seamen  and  their  welfare.  While  lie 
was  rector  of  Woolwich,  Mr.  Stubbs  married  (in  1690,  when  thirty- 
one  years  of  age)  Mary  Willis,  daughter  of  the  Rev.  John  Wilhs, 
who  had  been  rector  of  West  Horndon  iu  Essex  for  forty  years 
(1656 — 96),  and  who  was  succeeded  in  that  benefice  by  his  second 
son  Edward  (brother  of  Mrs.  Stubbs).  Her  father  died*  at  Brent- 
wood Weald  in  the  year  in  which  she  was  married,  probably  before 
her  wedding  took  place.  This  liidj,  who  was  thirty-two  years  of 
age  when  she  married,  bore  him  two  sous,  William  and  Charles,  and 
a  daughter,  Philippa  Maria.  She  survived  the  Archdeacou  for 
twenty-one  years,  during  twenty  of  which  she  resided  at  the 
Bromley  College  for  Clergymen's  Widows.  She  died  there  in  1759, 
at  the  advanced  age  of  niuety-five,  and  was  buried  in  Bromley 
Churchyard  on  the  5th  of  February  1759.  Her  will  was  made  in 
1747,  on  the  22nd  of  May,  and  contained  nothing  more  than  the 
direction  that  her  daughter  Philippa  Maria  should  inherit  whatever 
she  possessed,  and  be  her  sole  executrii. 

When  Mr.  Stubbs  left  Woolwich  he  was  presented  by  the  Hon. 

•  In  his  will  (proved  Oct.  13,  1696)  Mr.  Willis  left  his  oldest  son  John  (of 
King's  CoUeKe,  Cambridge)  the  weddiL|»  ring  of  his  wife  (who  lies  buried  in 
West  HorndoQ  Chancel),  some  books,  and  £10  for  mourning.  To  his  djiughter 
Mary  £10  per  annum  for  twenty  years,  £10  for  mourning,  two  diamond  rings 
that  bad  been  her  mother's,  and  one-third  part  of  all  his  moveable  goods.  To 
his  son  Edward  (hie  8ole  e.xeontor)  certain  books.  To  his  son  B«njamin  £10  a 
yeor  till  he  was  Master  of  Arts,  then  £5  more,  and  when  he  should  become 
Bachelor  of  Diviuity  £5  more.  To  Fra*  Morgan  of  Kingsthorpo  twenty  Bhillings 
to  buy  one  glass  to  his  coach  door. 


238      ARCHDEACON   PHILIP   8TUBBS    (1665-1738). 


Dr.  Henry  Compton,  Bishop  of  London,  to  the  rectory  of  St. 
Alphage,  London  Wall,  to  which  he  was  instituted  on  the  10th  of 
September  1699.  A  few  months  after  he  had  become  rector  of 
St.  Alphape,  he  caused  a  book-plate  to  be  engraved  with  the  anna, 
crest,  and  motto,  described  by  Samuel  Kent  in  1716  in  his  book 
called  The  Orammar  of  nernhiry,  as  borne  by  Mr.  Stubbs.* 
Beneath  were  these  words,  "  Philippus  Stubs,  A.M.,  S''  Alfegi, 
Rector,  apud  Loud.  1700."  His  grandson  Charles  had  the  same 
arms  engraved,  u])ou  his  book-plate,  by  W.  Dorling  of  Great  New- 
port Street,  about  a.d.  1765.  The  llev.  Philip  Stubbs,  while  rector 
of  St.  Alphage,  was  Lecturer  at  St.  James's  Church,  Garlickhithe, 
and  on  the  death  of  Dr.  Forbes,  rector  of  that  parish,  the  Bishop  of 
London  collated  Mr.  Stubbs  to  that  benefice  also,  on  the  10th  of 
August  1705.  In  both  these  parishes  (St.  Alphage  and  St.  James)  he 
was  instrumental  in  founding  day  schools  for  the  children  of  his  flock. 

He  was  active  in  the  development  of  the  Christian  Knowledge 
Society  in  1698—1704,  and  of  the  Society  for  the  Propagation  of 
the  Gospel  in  Foreign  Parts.  He  was  elected  a  member  of  the 
8.  P.  G.  Sept.  15, 1702  ;  and  he  wrote  its  first  Report,  on  the  last  page 
of  which  (issued  in  1704)  was  printed  the  following  Hesqlutiou : 

"At   a    Court    held  at  St.   Martin's  Library,   Feb.   4,  1703-4. 
Resolved  that  the  thanks  of  this  Society  bo  given  the  Rev.  M'  Stubftj 
for  the  great  care  and  pains  he  hath  taken  in  preparing  the  Ne» 
Account  of  the   Proceedings  of  the  Society.     Resolved  that  this 
Order  be  printed  at  the  foot  of  the  said  Account." 

The  Rev.  James  Charles  Blomfleld,  rector  of  Launton,  has 
Bupphed  many  of  the  following  particulars  respecting  Archdeacon 
Stubbs,  one  of  his  predecessors  in  that  benefice. 

An  article  "  On  Reading  the  Church  Service,"  written  by  Steele, 
in  The  Speciator,  No.  147,  dated  Saturday,  Aug.  18,  1711,  refer 
to  Mr.  Stubbs,  aud  is  an  interesting  testimony  to  his  great  credit. 

His  portrait  was  painted  by  T.  Murray  in  1713,  and  it  was 
engravea  by  John  Faber  in   1722.     On  the  engraving,  the  motto ;] 

•  "  The  Eev.  Mr.  Philip  Stubs,  M.A.,  Arobdeacon  oC St.  Albans,  bears:  Sabu\ 
on  a  bend  or,  bctwoeu  three  pliooiis  argent,  aa  many  fortuauU  gttUt. 

"  Cbbst  :  A  demi-englc  displaid  or,  holding  in  bLi  bill  an  oak  branch 
fruoted  proper. 

"  Motto  -.  '  Dominus  Bxaltatio  Mes.' " — Tit  Orammar  of  If&raldn/. 

Those  arms  are  also  givon  in  Bobson's  BritUh  Heraldry,  1830,  BerryV 
Encyclopedia  of  fferaldry,  aud  Burke's  General  Armory. 

When  the  Archdeacon's  great-grandson's  grandson,  Mr.  Henry  Stubbs,  J.P., 
applied  to  (he  Heralds'  College,  in  18S0,  for  a  coiifirmation  of  these  arms,  the 
Heralds  said  the  coat  had  been  granted  to  the  Stubbses  of  £ly ;  and,  as  be  could 
not  trace)  nuj  connection  between  himself  and  that  family,  the  College  would 
grant  to  bim  a  coat  similar  to  that  used  by  the  Archdeacon  (without  authority, 
the  Heralds  suppose),  but  differenced  as  follows  : — 

Grant  of  Arms,  29  March  1880.     "  Abms  :  Sable,  on  a  bend  between  three  ] 
pheons  or,  as  many  round  buckles  y«2«« ;  on  a  ohief,  of  the  secood,  three  stumps 
of  trees  eradicated  proper. 

"  Cbbst  :  A  stump  of  a  tree  eradicated  proper  ;  thereon  a  demi-e&gle  dia> 
played  or,  collared  table,  holding  in  the  beak  an  oak  branch  also  proper.  The 
engraved  book-plato  of  Mr.  Henry  Stubbs  shews  these  arms,  as  seen  in  our 
illustration. 


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ARCHDEACON   PHILIP   STUBBS   (1665-1738).      239 


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over  tlie  portrait  is  "  In  minimo  fidelis  "  ;  and  undemoatb  his  name 
is  "  Archidiaconorum  minim  ua." 

TJiere  aro  soino  MS.  letters  of  Mr.  Stubbs  iu  tbe  Bodleian  Library 
at  Oxford.     We  may  here  mentiou  the  purport  of  five  of  them  : — 

1.  Dated  "  Sion  College,  Aug.  30,  1707,"  was  addressed  to  Mr. 
Heame,  the  famous  autiquary,  respecting  a  small  gift  of  books 
from  him  to  the  Bodleian  Library. 

2.  Dated  "  Tittin-Hangar,  Herts,  July  3,  1707,"  was  addressed 
to  Mr.  Walker,  the  author  of  "  Tbe  Sufferings  of  the  Clergy,"  and 
speaks  of  his  nbaence  from  London  on  a  visit,  and  of  some  little 
help  he  had  rendered  to  Mr.  Walker. 

3.  "M' Stubbs'  Bond  to  the  RtRht  Rev*  Father  in  God  John, 
Lord  Bi-sbop  of  liondon,"  dated  20  March  1713-4,  "  in  behalf  of  John 
Stubb,  Clerk,  that  the  said  John  S.  at  or  before  the  e.xpiration  of  3 
months,  shall  depart  from  this  kingdom,  and  sail  for  the  province 
of  Peusilvania,  and  being  there  arrived  shall  live  and  servo  as  Her 
Majesty's  Chaplain  at  Radnor  in  the  aforementioned  province. 
Signed  by  Ph.  Stubbs  in  the  presence  of  Philippa  Maria  Stubbs  and 
William  Lane."  We  cannot  trace  any  connection  between  this 
John  Stubbs  and  Mr.  Philip  Stubbs. 

1.  A  letter  to  the  same  Dr.  Johu  Eobinson,  Bishop  of  London, 
dated  "  Eoyal  Hospital,  Greenwich,  Nov.  27,  1714,'  asks  "for  a 
Chaplaincy  to  the  King  or  Prince,  from  which  I  was  kept  back  iu 
the  late  reign  by  a  Prime  Minister,"  etc. 

5.  A  letter  to  the  same  Bishop,  dated  "R.  H.  G.,  Sept.  13, 1715," 
offers  to  go  into  residence  in  his  London  living,  and  to  leave 
Greenwich,  in  consequence  of  the  Bishop's  late  charge  to  liis  clergy 
about  non-residence.  Soon  after  this  correspondence  with  the 
Bishop,  the  latter  preferred  him  to  tho  Archdeaconry  of  St.  Albans, 
on  Oct.  6,  1715,  and  four  years  later  the  Bishop  collated  him  to 
the  rectory  of  Lauuton  in  Oxfordshire. 

In  1719  our  Kev.  Philip  Stubbs  (rector  of  Garlick  Hithe, 
London)  w'as  named  in  the  will  of  Dr.  Wolf'ran  Stubbo  (Vice- 
Master  of  Trinity  College,  Cambridge)  for  tbe  reversion  of  his 
three  manors  in  Norfolk,  in  case  of  failure  of  his  own  heirs,  viz., 
after  Edmund  Stubbe  (nephew  of  testator)  and  his  heirs  male,  and 
after  the  Rev.  John  Paris  of  Trinity  College,  Cambridge,  and  his 
heirs  male,  Philip  would  inherit.  What  connection,  if  any,  there 
was  between  Archdeacon  Stubbs  and  Dr.  Wolt'ran  Stubbe,  his  de- 
scendants cannot  discover. 

The  Archdeacon  went  to  Launton  to  reside,  and  bis  first  entry  in 
the  parish  registers  is  dated  Dec,  20,  1719.  Two  traces  of  him  exist 
there — (1)  the  careful  way  in  whicb  he  kept  the  registers  ;  and  (2) 
8  large  pewter  basin,  intended  probably  to  hold  water  in  the  font, 
on  which  an  iaacription  is  scratched  in  rude  letters  by  some  country 
workman :  "  The  gift  of  the  Eev^  Archdeacon  Stubbs,  Rector  of 
this  parish,  April  1719."  This  basin  was  probably  a  thankofferiug 
on  his  induction  to  the  living. 

He  resided  at  Launton  for  nineteen  years,  and  was  only  absent 
when  he  made  the  yearly  Yieitation  of  his  Archdeaconry,  and  when 
bis  duties  as  Chaplain  called  him  to  Greenwich. 


240      ARCHDEACON    PHILIP   STUBBS  (1665-1738). 

In  1735  his  bandwriting,  as  seen  in  the  parish  registers,  began  to 
fail ;  and  a  letter  of  bin  to  I)r.  Bawlinson  (preaerved  in  the  Bodleian 
Library),  dated  "  R.  II,  G.,  Sept.  19,  1737,"  shews  that  he  waa 
then  aDsent  from  bis  usual  home  at  Launton,  and  that  Home  dark 
cloud  was  orershadowing  the  setting  of  bis  days.  The  letter  runs 
thus  : — 

"  S'.  This  owns  the  receipt  of  yours  of  the  17"",  aud  apprizea 
you  that  I  am  so  embaraas'd,  at  present,  with  the  unhappy  affairs  of 
an  unfortunate  sou,*  that  I  can  attend  to  no  other  business  but  the 
extricating  him  out  of  difficulties,  in  y'  midst  of  which  I  am  involved 
at  present;  in  about  a  fortnight's  time  I'll  prepare  those  sheets,  if 
possible,  which  you  mention,  aud  am 

"  Y'  friend  &  Serv' 

"  P.  S." 

In  November  1737  he  was  at  home  again,  at  Launton.  His 
last  entry  in  the  Registers  is  dated  July  29,  1738.  In  the  fol- 
lowiug  September  he  was  at  Greenwich,  where  ho  dietl  on  Sept. 
13,  aced  73. 

The  tombstone  over  his  grave  ia  still  preserved  in  the  mauso- 
leum at  Greenwich,  and  is  inscribed : 

"  Here  lyos  till  the  last  day 

What  waa  mortal 

Of  the  RoV  M'  Philip  Stubbs,  B.D., 

Archdeacon  of  S'  Albans, 

Chaplain  to  Greenwich  Hospital, 

end 
Rector  of  Launton,  Oxfordshire. 
What  he  truly  was,  that  day  will  discover." 
A  stained-glass  window  has  recently  been  erected  to  hia  memory" 
in  Launton  Church. 

Mr.  Henry  Stubbs  informs  me  that  "Watts,  in  his  Bibliotheca 
BrUannica,  gives  the  names  and  dates  of  publication  of  nineteen 
sermons,  and  four  addresses  to  the  clergy,  which  were  published  by 
Archdeacon  Philip  Stubbs  during  his  life.  In  1701  he  published  also 
an  octavo  volume  of  "  Sernions."  Mr.  Henry  Stubbs  also  discovered, 
in  the  History  of  Serfs,  by  Clutterbuck,  a  statement  that  "  The 
pavement  under  the  nave  [of  St.  Albans  Abbey]  is  said  to  have 
been  laid  under  the  direction  of  the  Rev.  Philip  Stubbs,  some  time 
Archdeacon  of  St.  Albans,  and  paid  for  out  or  the  produce  of  a 
legacy  bequeatlied  to  him  by  a  lady  now  unknown." 

•  Probably  this  wa«  tho  younger  son,  Charles  Stubbs,  who,  having  been 
admitted  to  the  Freedom  of  the  City  of  London,  as  a  member  of  tho  Pishmongors' 
Company,  Mny  8, 1730,  seems  through  reverses  to  have  gone  into  tho  Navy,  and 
was  ilescribcd  (at  death)  as  belonging  to  H.M.S.  Ckic-hetltr.  When  he  died,  in 
1741,  Ihe  value  of  his  estate  wag  sworn  to  be  under  £20.  We  learn  this  from 
an  entry  iu  the  Register  of  the  Archdeaconry  of  Middlesex,  which  states  that 
administration  was  granted  to  Rebecca  Stubbs,  his  relict,  on  the  26th  of  February 
17-12. 

Tho  Archdeacon's  elder  «in,  William,  was  a  flourishing  Proctor  of  Dortors* 
Commons,  and  Begiatror  of  the  Archdeaconries  of  St.  Alb&aB  and  Uoohesler. 


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ON   A  MONUMENT  AT  BOUGHTON-UNDER- 

BLEAN. 

LETTER    FROM    SIR    EENRT    DRTDEN,    BART. 


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Dear  Sir, 

Many  years  ago,  when  Mr.  Wright  was  Vicar  of 
Boughton,  I  was  much  puzzled  by  the  inscription  on 
a  slab  in  the  church.  I  had  then  but  little  time  for 
examination  ;  Mr.  Wright  said  it  was  the  tombstone 
of  Archbishop  Simon  do  Meopham ;  but  I  see  no 
evidence  of  that,  and  Dean  Hook,  in  his  Lives  of  Ihe 
Archbishops,  states  that  he  was  buried  in  the  Chapel  of 
St.  Peter,  at  Canterbury.  In  1881  I  went  to 
Boughton  to  carefully  study  it,  and  take  rubbings 
and  accurate  drawings  of  it ;  but  I  am  unable  to 
make  sense  of  the  inscription,  and  send  this  notice 
chiefly  in  the  hope  that  some  one  else  may  be  able  to 
do  so.  The  slab  is  of  a  grey  shelly  material,  per- 
haps Purbeck  marble,  7ft.  O.^in.  by  2ft.  11  ^in.  It  is 
much  decayed.  It  has  on  it  the  incisions  for  an  ela- 
borate cross  of  brass  with  a  long  stem  rising  from 
steps.  In  the  four  spaudrils  of  the  cross  are  four 
circles  which  probably  contained  the  symbols  of  the 
Evangelists.  The  sinkings  have  perpendicular  sides  and 
rough  bottoms,  and  they  have  remains  of  pitch  in  them. 
Along  the  edges  is  an  inscription  in  Lomhardic  letters, 
with  a  line  above  and  below.  Probably  the  letters  and 
lines  had  brass  in  them,  thoiigh  it  is  possible  that  they 

TOL.    XVUI.  B 


242      MONUMENT   AT   BOTTGHTON-UNDER-BLEAN. 

were  filled  with  pitch  only.    Instances  of  single  letters 
and  lines  of  brass  occur  at  a  few  places. 

This  inscription  differs  from  all  the  common  forms. 
Many  of  the  words  are  perfectly  plain ;  but  I  cannot 
make  consecutive  sense  of  them.  The  following 
guess  is  given  in  the  hope  that  it  may  suggest  a  more 
accurate    decipherment : — s/*one  :  Eir  -.  ceste  :  flace ■.  qtt-.  n— 

ERBI  •  -  EKBI  :  NOME  :  ABOCIX)N  :  GRAUNT  :  EN  :  FIST  :  DEV  :  PBBSOITE  : 
CtAHB  :  VLBDON  EB4 I  -  LALJrs . 

The  man's  Christian  name  was  Simon,  and  he  was 
surnamed  Abocton  (Bough ton),  but  I  cannot  even 
guess  at  the  words  before  "  nome,"  though  the  letters 
which  remain  are  clear. 

Does  peraone  mean  "parson,"  or  "person,"  or 
•'  nobody  "  ?  I  do  not  know,  however,  whether  per- 
sone  for  "  nobody  "  was  used  in  old  French.  I  have 
no  doubt  about  "  Valme," 

The  letters  in  the  plate  are  accurate  as  to  relative 
position. 

Yours  faithfully, 

Henry  Drtden, 

Camons  Ashbt,  Oct.  2, 1889. 


To  the  Bev.  Canon  Scott  Bobebtsok. 


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THE  TICARS  OF  THORNHAM-CUM- 
ALDINGTON. 

BY   REV.    JOHN   CAVE-BKOWNE,    M.A. 


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The  |)arieih  of  Thornham,  called  in  DomcBdaj  Book  Turnham,  and 
in  the  Lambeth  Ref:;i8t«r8  uniformly  Thorneham,  appears  to  have 
originally  comprised  two  principal  manors — that  of  Thornham 
proper  and  that  of  Aldiugtou — each  having  its  own  church ;  both 
manor  houses  and  churches  lying  within  half  a  mile  of  each  other. 
Aldington  was  subsequently  divided  into  two  parts,  which  were 
distinguished  by  the  names  of  Aldington  Septvans  and  Aldington 
Cobham  ;  these  were  eventually  reunited  in  the  person  of  Heury 
Brokehill,  in  the  lime  of  Queen  Elizabeth.  The  history  of  the  two 
neighbour  churches,  with  which  we  are  specially  concerned,  for  many 
years  ran  side  b_v  side,  though  not  quite  in  parallel  lines,  until 
after  frequent  convergence  and  collision  the  one  was  merged  int-o 
the  other,  and  that  of  Aldington  eventually  disappeared  in  the 
united  ])ari«h  of  Thornham. 

In  the  days  of  the  Confessor  the  manor  and  advowson  of  the 
church  of  Thornham  were  held  by  Sybern  Biga,  but  at  the  time 
of  the  Domesday  Survey  they  were  held  under  Odo,  Bishop  of 
Baieux,  by  Radiilphus  de  Curvaspina  (llalph  de  CVookthorne  or 
Crowthorn),  from  whom  they  passed  into  the  hands  of  Gilbert 
Magminot;  and  from  his  de.icendanla  they  were  held  by  a  fjimily 
which  took  its  name  from  the  place,  of  whom  Robert  de  Thorneham 
the  representative  in  the  reign  of  Henry  11.  This  Robert  de 
Thornehaui  by  charter  conveyed  the  church,  with  its  advowson  and 
certain  lands  in  the  parish,  for  the  endowment  of  an  abbey  of  the 
Auguetinian  Order  at  Combewell,  better  known  in  after  years  as 
Cumbwell,  near  Goudhurat,  in  this  county. 

Stephen  de  Thumeham,  the  survivor  of  his  two  sons,  confirmed 

jt,  which  was  ratified  in  a   charter  of  "Inspeiiraus"  by 

""      From  tlie  smallness  of  the  endowment  the  character 

.via  11  few  years  after  changed  from  an  Abbey  into  a 

Vicarage  of  Thorneham   became  from  that 

til  and  inwloqunto  to  siipi>orl  the  difjnity  of  an  abbot, 
im,  about  the  year  1215,  on  the  represontntion  of  the 
■  'he  Abbey  to  a  Priory.  The  original  Chart<>r  for 
•n({  the  "  Cumbwell  Priory  Deeds,"  in  the  College 
t:T  of  Intperimtf  and  Coiifirmatio!!  by  the  Prior 
■I.  Thev  arc  printed  in  erleHto  in  Archaoloffia- 
r,  p.  214  (Charter  XVIIl.) ;  the  Intter  in  Vol. 

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24)4   THE   VICAE8   OF   TUOENHAM-CUM-ALDINGTON. 


time  an  appanage  of  Combewell  Priory.  Philipott  is  cle* 
incorrect  in  stating  {Villare  Cantianum,  p.  341)  that  it  was  to  the 
college  at  Lingficld  that  Ilobert  de  Thornenam  granted  this  church  ; 
with  which,  he  goes  on  to  say,  "  it  remained  cloistered  up  till  the 
general  suppression  "  ;  for  as  will  appear,  every  presentation  to  the 
Vicarage  from  1300  to  1582  is  expressly  recorded  in  the  Lamlieth 
Registers.  Moreover  it  would  seem  to  have  been  one  of  the  best 
and  most  imjiortant  pieces  of  Church  preferment  in  the  gift  of  the 
Priory ;  for,  with  two  exceptions,  each  of  the  successive  Vicars  ia 
styled  "  CapellanuB,"  as  having  belonged  to  the  Priory  body.  Un- 
fortunately from  the  loss  of  all  the  earlier  registers,  through  Abp. 
Kilwardby's  carrying  them  off  to  Rome,  it  is  impossible  to  trace  the 
series  back  beyond  the  time  of  Abp.  Peckhaiii  or  rather  his  suc- 
cessor Abp.  Reynolds,  in  whose  Primacy  occurs  the  first  name  we 
can  place  on  the  list  of  Vicars  of  Thobnuam. 

GuLiBLMiTS  DE  MoLKBscHE,  On  whose  resignation  was  appointe<l 
JosEPHUS    DE    GoDWYNESTOJiE,   Capellanus,   1316.     {Reynold's 
After  whom  came 
Hilton,   Presbiter,    1322,   on  resignation.      {Ibid., 


Reg.,  f.  IG''.) 

HUOO    DE 

RiCABDtra  DE  FFEEBTON,  1323,  On  resignation.     {Ibid.,  f.  250'".) 
.TonAJfNEs  DE  Ledeb,  Capellanus,  132(i,  on  resignation.     {Ibid., 
f.  256«.) 

Hesriccs  de  Thyndesne,  1326,  on  death.     {Ibid.,  i.  264'".) 
GuLiEtMus  DE  .Stalewobtu.     No  date  given. 
Galfbidus  Smyth,  136-1,  on  death.     {Islep'g  Hey.,  f.  306''.) 
OuLiELMUs  Pyohtesle,  1368.     {TTitllesey's  Reff.  J.  G9^\) 
Johannes  db  Malltno,  13S5.     {Courienay's  Reg.,  f.  257'".) 
RooEnus  IIoBTON.     No  date  given. 

Johannes  Preston,  1425,  on  death.     {Ohichele's  Beg.,  f.  ISS**.) 
Thomas  Betle,  1427,  on  resignation.     {Ibid.,  f.  l"!**.) 
JoH.vNSES  Masuam,*  1433.     {Ibid,  f.  199".) 
But  before  following  on  the  Hat  of  its  subsequent  Vicars,  some 
ftceouut  must  bo   given   of    the   sister  church    belonging    to   the 
adjacent   manor   of    Aldington.      This    manor    had    according    to 
Domesday   Book   been  held    by   one  Ansgotus  de   Roucestre,  but 
within  the  next  century  it  had  passed  into  the  hands  of  Willelmus 
filius  Hcltonis  (William   Fit/.-Helto),  who  ajjpears   to    have   also 
granted  the  ailvowson  of  the  Ciiurch  of  St.  Peter  attached  to  it  to 
Combewell  Priory.     The  following  is  the  list,  as  far  as  the  Lambeth 
Registers  help  us,  of  the  Vicabb  of  Aldington: 

AUTHOBITT. 

Peckham's  Reg.,  f.  40. 
Islep's  Reg.,  f.  261». 

*  The  two  vicarages  eoem  to  have  been  united  in  the  person  of  John  Mashan 
who  bud  \xxn  uj)poiutcd  to  Aldiujjlon  iu  1431,  niut  the  record  of  his  appoint^ 
ment  to  Thoruham  two  years  after  is  expressly  to  the  joiut  euro  of  "  TUoruehum 
cum  Aldington." 


NAME. 

DATE. 

PATBOK. 

WiLELMDB    MaBBCAX, 

1279 

Prior  and 

Diaconus. 

Convent. 

EOBEBTUS    KiLESBT, 

1352 

Abp.  by 

Presb. 

lapse. 

THE   VICAES   OF   TUOUNHAM-CUM- ALDINGTON.  2i5 


ACTHOKITV. 

IsUp's  Beg.,  f.  26G^ 
Ibid.,  f.  267». 
Sudbury's  Reg. ,i.\2,7^. 

WiUhsei/'i  Reg., 

f .  93^■ 
Courtemig't  Seg., 

f.  248". 
Chicheles  Reg.,  f.  Qe"". 

7i«/.,  f.  191V 


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KA.ME.  DATE.        PATRON. 

RoBEBTiTB  DE  Dkrbv,  1353     Abp.  by 

Presb.  lapse. 

Johannes  Wymteoh,  1354     Prior  and 

Prcsb.  Convent. 

Heskk'us  Fokdyngton,  1370    Ditto. 

Presb. 

WiLLELMua  Tailloub,  1372     Abp.  by 

Presb.  lapBe. 

Johannes  Taillob,  1382     Prior  and 

Presb.  Convent. 

WiLLELMHs  Wtlltm,  1418     Ditto. 

CapeU. 

Johannes  Mabsau,  1431    Ditto. 

Capell. 

From  this  it  will  be  Reeu  thnt  the  church  nt  Aldington  fared 
far  worse  in  the  appointment  of  its  Vicars  than  its  neighbour  of 
Thornham  had  done,  for  no  less  than  three  times  within  twenty 
years  (1352 — 1372)  did  the  nomination  lapse  to  the  Archbishop 
through  the  neglect  or  indifference  of  the  Prior  and  Convent. 
Moreover,  on  several  occasions  the  Archbishop  felt  called  upon  to 
interfere,  as  it  lay  in  his  diocese,  for  the  better  regulation  of  ecclesi- 
astical affairs  in  the  parish. 

For  instflnce,  in  IStiO,  within  a  fpw  weeks  of  his  coming  to  the 
Primacy,  Archbishop  Wittiescy  found  the  church  of  Aldington  in 
so  neglected  a  condition,  "  wittiout  Vicar  or  even  Curate,''  that  he 
called  on  William  Pyghtesle,  then  Vicar  of  Thornham,  to  undertake 
all  the  necessary  spiritual  duties  tboro.*  The  following  year  the 
Corabewoll  Priory  eiorcised  their  right  of  nomination,  and  appointed 
Henry  Fordington,  and  two  years  after  William  Taillour  wivs 
instituted  by  the  Archbishop  by  lapse.  Between  him,  however,  and 
the  Prior  and  Convent,  a  very  serious  dispute  arose  as  to  the 
Vicarial  income,  which  was  settled  by  the  Arclibishop  assigning  the 

•  Willelmus,  etc.,  etc.,  dilecto  Alio  domino  Witlelmo  de  PyKhtesIe,  Vicario 
Ecclerie  Paroohinlis  de  Thorneham  noatre  TMocesis,  !>nlut«in  in  Christo.  Cum 
DOB  Vioariam  Ecclesic  Parochialis  de  Aldington  jiixta  Tbornoham  Dccanatu.s  de 
Sutton  nostre  Diocesis  Vicario  et  alio  Ciuvtn  quocuni|uo  penittu  dostitutam  et 
carcnt«m  propter  illiu.t  exilitateiii  et  aliao  causa*  veras  (per  ?)  liters*  in  hac  parte 
moventcs,  Vicarie  Ecclesie  dc  Thorneham  prodicte  oideni  unione  oonjnnpere 
intendimuii  ct  unire  ad  Kerendum  ij^tur  interim  Ciiraiii  Vicarie  dicte  Ecclesie  de 
Aldynirton  ct  aninmnnu  ParochiaDoruui  ejusdciu  et  adminii'troiidum  cisdcm  sua 
sacramcnta  et  sacrainculalia  Eoclemastics  in  £cck«ia  dc  Tlioracham  prodict«  scu 
in  ipsa  Ecclesia  de  Aldyu^ton  quntiens  opus  fuerit  prout  melius  videri«  cxpcdire 
necnou  ad  percipiendum  rei'ipicndum  et  habendum  omnes  et  onmimodn*  oblationes 
dcoimaa  et  obventiones ad  Vicarinm  dicte  Ecclesie  de  Aldyn(,'lon  et  ejus  Vioarium 
pertineDt«8  de  consuetudinc  ordiriatione,  ut  de  jure  tibi  uostra  auotoritate 
ordinaria  plena  cotioediums  potcstato.  Curamque  oionem  supradictain  Vicario 
ejusdom  qui  pro  Ivrnpore  fuerit  inoumbens  non  obstante  quod  dicte  Ecclesie  do 
Thorneham  Vicariua  perpetuus  existcns  per  to  vel  alium  interim  exercendnui 
admittimiu  et  committimus  per  presentes  queodani  nobis  pla/juerit  durature. 
Datum  Loiidini  sub  siKillo  uostro  i^uo  utimur  in  present)  Vlo  Id.  Fob.  Anuo 
Domini  McccLXvni.     ( WittUtej^t  'Regitter,  fol.  »'•.) 


24.6   TUB   VICAES   OF  THORNHAM-CUM-ALDINGTON. 

entire  income  to  the  Vicar,  subject  to  the  payment  of  ten  shillingB 
twice  a  year  to  the  Priory.  To  the  letter  which  conTeyed  this 
decision  of  the  Archbishop  a  special  interest  attaches.  It  was 
dated  4  June  1374,  and  a  not*  is  appended  to  the  entry  in  the 
Lambeth  Register  that  on  the  t'oUowiug  day  Archbishop  Wittlesey 
died.*  So  it  would  seem  that  one  of  Archbishop  Wittlesey's  last 
official  acts  was  to  endeavour  to  promote  order  ancl  peace  at  Alding- 
ton, as  one  of  his  first  bad  been. 

The  Prior  and  Convent  continued  to  exercise  the  right  of 
appointing  to  Aldtngtiin  as  distinct  from  Thornham.  and  for  two 
turns  Archbif<hop8  CouHenay  and  Chichele  accepted  and  instituted 
their  nominees  ;  only  tlic  latter  Archbishop,  in  the  case  of  William 
Wyllym  in  IHS,  imposed  a  condition  of  regular  resi<lence  {eontiinte 
et  pergonaUter  reside  II  diim) .  However,  in  lKj3  Archbishop  Chichelef 
again  endeavoured  to  bring  about  the  union,  but  apparently  with 
little  success,  for  in  lt.53  .'\rchbishop  Kemj>et  found  it  necessory 
to  make  another  attempt  to  enforce  it.  But  it  was  left  to  .Arch- 
bishop Wnrhani  to  carry  out  the  final  annexation  of  Aldington  to 
Thoniham.f 


*  Compositio  inter  Friorem  et  Conventum  de  Combewell  et  Vicarium  de 
Aldin^n.     (  Wiltleteit'M  Regitter,  f.  68*.) 

Omnibus  in  C'hristo  iidelibus  i|ui  prosentos  litenu  inspertitis  Willelmus 
Dei  providentia  Cantuariciisis  Ari'hie))i.iscopu8,  etc.,  etc.,  salutem  in  Domino 
SL'iujiilorniim.  Ciiiii  iiuppr  iiitor  JicliijioTOS  viron  Vrioreni  ct  Convpntuni  de 
CninlM'well  ordiiu.s  S.  AiifTUstiui  iiuslre  Diooesin  Rrlesiam  Parocliialpiu  de 
Aldvnton  juxta  Bcri^listodo  dirto  iii>stre  Dioccsis  in  pmi-rios  usus  obtinpnlc«  ex 
mrto  una,  ut  doininiim  'VVillplmum  Taillour  cjusdem  Ecdej<ie  Parocbialis  nunc 
Vicarium  ex  dtpni.  occasionp  pxilitatisi  Viojirie  predipte  orh  cnram  nobis  fuiaset 
materia  i(nestioni»  sivp  litis,  nns  tandem  pro  bono  ]iauis  et  »tilitat«  diotc  Eoclosie 
et  aniiimriuii  I'nrochianonini  I'jusdpui,  dp  oonKMisu  dipti  Priori*  pt  Conventus  ao 
doiuini  Willdini  Vip:irii  siipcrdipU  pxpreswi,  pliam  aiict«riUte  nostra  ordiuaria, 
ordinavimiis  et  statiiimu.s  cjiiod  diftus  dominus  Willplmus  Vicarius  pro  loto 
tempore  guo,  et  gui  suoccssorps  qui  pro  temjiore  tucrint,  pro  siiis  temporibus 
successivi.i  percipient  et  habebuiit  nomine  Vicarie  pup  predicto  et  i>orcioais 
ejusdein  omnes  et  omnimoda.'toblaUones  ac  deoimaa  tam  majores  quam  minorcg  et 
obvenlione,"  alias  quasouuque  nd  dictam  Ecclesiam  pprtinpnk'S  et  miHsa  Parotdiiani 
proveiiicnt<>!i  qiialiacunque,  et  dictus  dominua  Willelmus  Viairiit"  et  suocessores 
sui  pri'dicti  solvent  anniiatim  diotis  Priori  et  Convuntui  in  Prioratu  corundem  de 
Combewell  decern  golidoa  sterlinffos  ad  duos anni  tenninos  viz.  ad  Festam  Omnium 
Sanctiirum  et  Pasoham  ppr  equales  fiorcioiies  ferio  obvenciouum  et  decimarum 
(juiis  dicU  Rc!i(fiosi  viri  nomine  dicto  Eeclesie  pcrei{>erc  coiisueverant  pt  hnbere  ; 
dictii«!  insu|«r  doiiiiiius  Willelmus  Viearius  et  sucoessoro.s  sui  cjui  pro  tpmporo 
fuorint  omnia  onera  cidpm  Euclesie  incumtientia  (}ualitprcunque  tam  ordinaria 
quam  extroordinarin,  etiam  que  dictua  Prior  et  ConventUB  ibidem  subirc  so- 
lebant  subeant  et  agiioscant.  Quo  omuiii  et  sin^uln  lier  prcgont«8  nratras  literas 
nitincamiis  approbumus  ct  etiam  cunlirmamua.  In  oujus  rei  testimonium 
siKillum  noHtrum  feoimus  hiie  apponi.  Dtitum  apud  Lamhcth  iij  nou.  Junii 
KCCCLXXIIIJ  (1374). 

Memo,  written  by  contemporary  hand  ut  foot  of  this  entry  : 

"  Die  lune  viz.  ipiinto  dip  mcnsis  Junii  Anno  Domini  MCOCLXXIIU  bono 
raemorio  dominus  Wi!lplmn>i  <lo  Wittlesey  Cautuarieiisis  Archiepiscopus  in 
Manerio  suo  de  Lamlielb  obiit." 

t  Archaoloffia  CantioHa,  Vol.  II.,  p.  29. 

i  So  deplontble  did  he  find  the  state  of  things,  "  disputes,  oomplaintA,  oon- 
tentioL'  <iey  "  being  the  order  of  the  day  botireeu  the  two  parishes,  or 


THE    VICAUS    OF   THOKNHAM-CUM-ALUINGTON.  217 


f. 


Johannes  Manntng,  1455.     {Bourchier's  Beg.,  f.  G2''.) 

Jacobub  Cuibcue.  No  date  given.  (See  Newton*  Maiditone, 
.  39,  amoni?  the  Wardens  of  Corpus  Christi  Fraternity.) 

Jon^NNES  PitiTT.     No  date  given. 

RoBEETUs  Habetb,  1487,  on  resignation.  (Morton't  Reg., 
132".) 


rothrr  between  Bdnnrd  Brokeliill,  the  then  Lord  of  the  Mauor,  with  the 
inhabitnnts  of  Aidin^rfon  on  the  one  hand,  and  the  Prior  of  Combewcll  «-ith  the 
Vicar  of  ThornlMin  ou  the  otiror,  that  vtith  tiie  ("oiiciirrt'uoe  of  the  Prior  and 
Convent,  wlio  wore  tlio  patrous  of  both  churches,  Archbisliop  Warham,  as 
appareotl,v  the  ouljr  means  of  restoring  peace  aivd  liarmuuy,  adopted  the  strong 
measure  of  enforcing  union  between  the  two  parishes  hj'  onieriug  that  all 
services,  eioept  on  siiecial  dnyn,  shuuld  bo  discontinued  iit  Aldington,  which 
should  heuocforth  cea.se  to  be  a  parish  ;  that  if  Mr.  Brookehill  dosired  to  have  any 
massed  perf firmed  there,  nil  must  l>c  at  liis  own  expense  ;  there  Ix'ing  only  reserved 
for  him  and  his  wife  the  right  of  liurial  in  the  Aldington  burial-ground ;  that 
the  celebration  of  the  Sacrament  f^hould  be  utterly  discontinued  there,  and  all 
&icruinental  ve.s»els  removed;  that  the  font  should  l>e  utterly  demolished;  that 
in  future  all  tithes,  oblations,  etc.,  belnnidng  to  .aldington  should  be  jmid  to  the 
Viosr  of  Thornbam,  and  that  the  Church  of  Thornham  should  henceforth  be  for 
all  uses  and  purposes  the  Parish  Church  for  both  manors. 

The  original  letter  runs  thus  (Ahp.  Parker't  RegMer,  vol.  ii.,  f.  PI*") : 
ITniversis,  etc.,  etc.  Willelmus  (Warham),  etc.,  etc.  Cum  nuper  coram 
nobis  certe  lites  querele  discordie  et  controversie  oocasioue  celebrationis  Divin- 
onun  et  administrationis  Sacrnmenlnrum  ct  Sacramentaliuni  in  Ecclesia  sivo 
Capella  de  Aldington  Bcclesie  Parcx*hiali  de  Thorneham  nostre  Diooesis  Cautu- 
ariensis  nnita  et  anneia  ac  suj)cr  unionc  huju.smodi  inter  Edwardum  Brokehil 
et  alios  inhabitantes  Ville  sive  Uamelctte  de  .4ldington  predicte  ex  una,  ac 
Priorem  et  Conventum  Monasterii  sive  Prioratus  de  Combwell  Ilectores  sivo 
Proprietariog  Ecclesic  sive  Ca^wlle  de  Aldington  jiredicte,  nocnon  Magistnim 
Ricardura  Hewe?  ( Hughes  ?)  Vuyirium  ppqiotuuni  prefatc  Ecclesie  Parochiahs  de 
Thorntliani  una  cum  dicta  Capella  de  Aldington  eidem  Ecclesie,  ut  prcfcrtwr, 
unita  et  anueia  ex  altera  orte  fuerint  et  [lendebant.  Tandem  partes  predicte 
pro  bono  pacis  in  future  inter  oos  hnbende  super  litibus  querelis  discordiis  et 
controversiis  hujusmodi  inierimt  inter  se  concordia  in  hunc  (qui  sequitur) 
modum. 

Imprimis  conventum  concordatum  et  conchisum  est  inter  partes  predictas 
quod  indie  S.  Petri  ad  vinoula  dtctus  Vicarius  de  Thornehatn  pro  temiiore 
existeus  celcbrabit  seu  cclebrarl  faoict  jier  Capellanum  Secularem  Missam 
utrasque  Vesperas  et  Matutinas  congruo  ct  debito  tempore  jitxta  modum  con- 
luetum  aliarum  Eceledarum  in  hujusmodi  festo  usitatum  in  dicta  Ecclesia 
sive  Capella  de  Aldington  ab  antiquo  dicte  Ecclceio  de  Thorneham  unita  et 
annexa  eo  quod  supradicta  Capella  unita  ut  prefertur  fuit  in  faouorc  ejusdem  8. 
Petri  erecta,  nccnou  in  die  ....  (on  four  appointed  festi^-als). 

Item  conventum  concordatum  et  conclusum  est  inter  partes  mcmoratas  quod 
oonfirmatur  imio  sive  annexio  alias  facta  de  Ecclesia  do  Thorneham  el  Aldington 
predioUs  per  bone  memoric  .]ohanuem  (Kcmpe,  1453)  quondam  Cantuariensem 
Arohiepiscopuni  predcccssorem  nieum.  Item  conventum  concordatum  et  oon- 
oluBum  eft  inter  partes  predictas  quod  prefatus  Edwardus  Brookehil  ac  ejus 
heredes  et  suooeesores  necnon  inhabitantes  quicumque  in  manerio  vooato  Alding- 
ton Manerio  invenicnt  et  preparabunt  omnia  oruamenta  et  alia  neoessaria  ad 
cultum  Diviuum  ibidem  colebrandum  ct  ministranduin  dictis  festo  et  diebiu 
juxta  formam  siiperius  recitatam.  Item,  etc.,  etc.  (ut  supra)  quod  Hoebit  eidem 
£dwardo  Brockehil  habere  unum  Capellanum  Socularcm  ad  celebraudum  ibidem 
^^  (Uinasp;  pro  animabus  amioorum  suorum  diebus  uou  fcriatia  suis  propriis 
^H  sumptibus  et  espeusis  absque  i>rejudi<'in  EiTlesie  Parochialis  et  Virarie  de 
^H  Thorneham  prediotis.  Item  tut  supra)  quod  prodiotus  Edwardus  de  Brnkehill  et 
^H      ejus  uxor  eligeol  sibi  sepulturam  in  dicta  Capella  sive  Cimiterio  de  Aldington 


^ 
^ 


248    THE   VICARS   OF   THORNHAM-CTJM-ALDINGTON. 

NrcHOLAra  Hahhtson,  1504,  on  rcBignation.     {Warham's  Reg., 
f.  32l«.) 

GuLiELMCs  Masse,  1506,  on  resignation.     {Ibid.,  f.,  328''.) 
RiCABDiTs  Hewes  (HroHKs?).     In  1526-7  he  WM  Vicar. 


predicto  et  quod  Vicariiis  de  ThorDeham  pro  tempore  existcns  vcl  cjiL«  dcputatua 
soneli  et  eosdem  et  non  plures  salvo  jure  semper  dicte  Ecdcsie  et  \'icario  de 
Thorneham.  Item,  etc., etc.  (iit  supra)  quod  Ca]>ellanU8  ibidem  .«ic  cclebrans  pres- 
t«bit  juraiueiitumapresbitcriisstipeiidariisjuxtaconstitutumprouiiioneinca  pnrto 
edittt  proindo  late  iic  debite  publicata  prestari  folitur  prefato  Vioario  d«  Thome- 
hsni  cuif;unf|ue  pro  tempore  eiistenti.  It<jm,  etc.,  etc.  (ut  supra)  quod  imposterim 
divta  Capellu  (ii?  .\liiin>fton  non  vocetur  Ecclesia  Paroehialif,  sed  penitus  ex- 
tinifiiatur,  iieijue  liwbit  in  futuro  alicui  ministraro  ibidem  aliqiin  Sacranienta  vel 
Sttcrunientaria  excepti.-s  diebus  antcdicti.«  et  quod  inbubitantes  ibidem  imposterim 
vocenlur  I'.irnubiani  de  Tiioriieliaui.  Item,  etc.,  etc.  (ul  supra)  quod  .Sacra- 
meutuni  £iirlmristicum  non  remaiieat  in  dicta  CapcUa  in  pixidc  et  si  ibidem 
remaneat  tunc  liccbit  Vicario  do  Thorneham  pro  tempore  exist«nti  hujusmodi 
Sacramontum  una  cum  pi.\ide  ad  dictom  Ecclesiam  do  Thorneham  Eua  propria 
auctoritntc  deferre.  Item,  etc.,  etc.  (ut  supra)  quod  non  licebit  alirui  Prcsbitero 
8<K!ulftri  vel  IleKulnri  baptizare  aliqucm  in  foiitc  llapti/,m.ili  ibidem  nunc  ereclo  vel 
in  futuro  eriirendo  el  quod  hujuimoili  fon.s  nunc  eroctus  vel  crigcndus  demoliatur 
extin^uatur  ct  pcnitus  tollatur  iicr  diciiim  A'icarium  et  ejus  guocessores  guiR 
projiriis  auctoritatibus.  It-em.  etc.,  etc.  (ut  supra)  inter  Priorcm  et  Conventum 
de  Comtwwell,  dictc  Ecclesie  de  Tbornehara  et  Capelle  de  Aldington  cidcm 
Ecclesio  unite  et  annexe  proprietarios,  ct  j)refatum  Ma^strum  Ricardum 
HewcB (nc)  Vicariumant«lictum  quod  ipse  Mayjistor  Ricardiis Hewes  toto  et  omni 
tempore  suo  ct  sul  successores  omnes  et  sinpuli  ibidem  Vicarii  pcri)etuis  futuris 
teinporibus  babeUunt  et  eorura  quilibet  hnbobit  omnia  et  singula  decimu 
raajoros  et  minorea  nuptii!  et  minutas  ac  alia  emoluracut-i  quecunque  provonientia 
et  existentia  infra  fines  et  limites  Capelle  et  Ilamelette  do  Aldington  etiam 
glebarn  eidem  Capelle  ab  antiquo  speotantem  et  i)ertinentera  in  redemptionem 
etcommutati'iiiera  cujusdam  anuue  pcngionis  quaui  VicariiLi  do  Thorneham  pro 
tempore  eiisrieai  habere  recipore  et  vendioarc  solebat  ab  oadem  Eccle.sia  et 
Rectoria  do  Thornpliain  predicta. 

Undo  nos  Willelmus  Archiepiscopus  Cantiiarieiisis  Prim-is  et  Legntus  ante- 
dictus  oupiens  et  vnlens  .lumniopere  ut  hujusmodi  lites  diac-ordie  qucrele  oontro- 
versie  pretcxtu  premissorum  oxorto  et  ali<iuaudo  contuiuate  omnino  paoifiocntur 
eitingiientur  et  in  perpetuum  tollantur  tu;  ut  jiax  tirma  unitas  concordia  tran- 
quilitasct  amicitia  uti  inter  bonos  Christanos  fieri  decet  inter  partes  suporiug 
nominatas  eorum  sucoa-isoros  pro  perpetuis  futuris  tcmporibiLs  habeantur  et 
foveaulur.  Instantiam  potitionem  et  supplii'aliones  ]iartium  prcdiotarum  et  de 
earum  exprcsso  consensu  et  asscngu  dicta  concordia  et  cetera  promis.sa  quatcnus 
ad  nos  attinet  et  de  jure  possumus  auctoritato  nostra  ordinaria  approbamug 
acceptamus  paritor  et  ratifioamus  eoque  omnia  et  singula  superius  reoilata  rate 
ct  grate  habemus  pariter  et  aocepte  eiwpio  assousum  ct  consonsum  nostros 
prcbemus  expres.sos  neciion  unionom  annexionem  et  incorporatlonem  alias  do 
Ecclesia  sive  CapcUa  de  Aldington  predicta  prefate  Eoclesie  Paroohiali  de 
Thorneham  per  bone  meniorie  Jolmnnem  quondam  Cantuarieasem  prodeces-soreni 
noslrum  factam  coiifimiamus  et  roboramus  et  ad  majoreni  cautelam  nostram 
Ecclesiam  sive  Gai>cllam  do  Aldington  liictam  Bcclesio  Parocbiali  de  Thorneham 
ad  in.stantiam  [wtitionem  ct  .«uppli(i;itiononi  [lartiuni  predictarum  et  do  earum 
exprcsso  consensu  do  novo  unioninius  annoximus  el  incori»oRinius  auctoritate 
nostra  ordinaria  per  prosoutes. 

Datum  in  Manerio  do  Ottoford  secuudo  die  mensia  Jniuiarii  Anno  Domini 
Millesimo  Quinqungcsimo  viginti-.sextti,  et  nostre  translationis  vigiuti-tertio. 

Et  nos  Prior  et  C!onvetitus  aiitedicti  omnia  el  singula  premissa  superius 
specificata  approbamus  a«;coptamus  et  ratiScaraus.  In  cujus  rei  teetimoniuiu 
sigillum  nostrum  apposuimus  datum  in  domo  nostra  Capilulari  xxx  die  mensis 
prodiole  auno  supnidicto. 


THE    VICAES   OF   THORN  HA.M-CUM-ALDINGTON.    249 


Thomas  HponES,  1531,  on  resignatinn.  (Warham't  Reg.,  f.  405''.) 
EiCARDCB  HuoHEs,  1532,  on  resignation.  (Ibid.,  f.  416".)  This 
Richard  Iltighes,  in  whose  incumbency  the  union  v/aa  deter- 
mined, was  the  last  nominee  of  Combewell  Priory  to  the 
Thoniham  Vicarage.  Within  five  years  of  his  appointment  it 
had  shared  the  fate  of  all  the  Hinaller  Priories,  and  the  advow- 
8on  had  been  granted  to  Sir  John  Gage,  Comptroller  of  the 
Royal  Household.  From  him  it  soon  passed  to  Sir  Edward 
Wotton,  who  aiready  owned  Thornham  manor,  which  he  in- 
herited through  a  daughter  and  heiress  of  the  Corbies,  a  family 
whose  name  still  lingers  in  the  parish,  attached  to  some  fields 
lying  near  the  church  farm.  From  the  Wottons  it  passed  to 
the  Dertiigs,  then  by  sale  to  a  succession  of  lay  patrons. 
Richard  Hughes  died  in  the  year  1550,  and  Sir  Edward  Wotton 
then  exercised  the  right  of  presentation  in  favour  of 
Rali'H  Parshalf,  {Cranmers  Register,  f.  411''),  in  whose  case  and 
that  of  each  successor  the  appointment  is  expressly  made  to  the 
Vicarage  of  Thornham  cum  .\ldington.  After  him  came 
Robert  (tkenkiiode,  1553.  (Cranmer'a  Reg.,  f.  423'.) 
William  Mehick,  1572,  on  death.  {Pnrkerit  Reg.,  f.  OP.) 
AirrHOXY  BROWNSToyE,  1587.  (Whifgift'g  Reg.,  i.  ^76".) 
Thomas  Retsold,  1597.  (Hasted's  Hutory.) 
Benjamin  Cuauuier.  S.T.P.,  1599.»  (Whifgift't  Reg.,  f.  256".) 
John  Crompe,  M.A.,  ou  deposition,  1614.  (JMoCx  Reg.,  f.  4(18.) 
This  John  Crom[ie  is  the  only  one  of  the  Vicars  of  Thornham  of 
whom  any  history  has  been  traced  out.  Ho  belonged  to  Corpus 
Christi  College,  Cambridge,  and  was  the  author  of  a  rolurae  of 
sermons  entitled  "  Collections  out  of  St.  Augustine  and  some 
other  Latino  writers,  unon  the  first  part  of  the  Apostles'  Creed, 
etc.,  first  preached  in  Kis  parish  church  of  Thornham  and  now 
enlarged  for  more  public  use,"  dated  1638.  He  dedicates  his 
little  volume  to  "  Katherine  Lady  Stanhope,  Dowager,"  whom 
he  styles  "  the  present  patroness  of  my  Living,"  and  goes  on  to 
say  "  from  your  family  I  received  not  only  the  first  but  all  the 
points  of  my  present  maintenance,"  an  allusion  which  ia 
explained  by  her  having  been  the  eldest  daughter  of  Thomas, 
Lord  Wotton,  and  having  married  Henry,  Lord  Stanhope. 
Each  of  the  five  preceding  vicar»had  also  been  apmiiuted  on  the 
presentation  of  members  of  the  Wotton  family.  Then  followed 
the  period  of  the  Commonwealth,  during  which  John  Crompo 
seems  to  have  been  left  in  undisturbed  performance  of  his  duties, 
and  the  little  parish  to  have  been  spared  the  excitement  of  some 
Puritan  intruiler.  On  his  death,  the  year  after  the  Restoration, 
and  after  a  peaceful  iucuinbeucy  of  nearly  half  a  century,  one 
John  Godden,  belonging  apparently  to  a  Thornham  family,  and 
of  the  City  of  Loudon,  who  had  purchased  the  advowson, 
presented  William  Sutton. 

*  Benjamin  Cliarricr  tendered  his  rosipnation  in  1613,  but  it  was  refused, 
and  ho  was  rormally  deprived  in  the  followiag  year,  wlien  John  Croiupe  was 
appointed. 


250  THE   VICAKS   OP   TUOENHAM-CUM-ALDINGTOX. 


"William  Sutto.v,  1661.  {Juxon't  Reg.,  f.  129».)  From  Mr. 
Godden  the  advowson  eeems  to  have  passed  to  James  Herbert, 
Esq.,  and  Judith  his  wife,  who  presented,  on  the  death  of 
William  Sutton, 
Hesbt  Debi>-o  in  1673.  (Sheldon's  Reg.,  f.  359*.) 
JosATHAJi  SoAS,  1720.  (Wake's  Reg.,  f.  314''.)  Jonathan  Sosn 
was  presented  to  the  benefice  by  Colonel  William  Cage,  whose 
son  John  (Hasted  says)  sold  the  manor  and  advowson  to  Sir 
Edward  Bering.  Uasted  also  states  that  Sir  Edwaj-d,  in  1 740, 
sold  the  advowsou  of  the  vicarage  to  Joseph  Smallwell,  who  again 
sold  it,  in  1753,  to  Mr.  Henry  Hodson.  This  gentleman  j)re- 
seuted  his  son  and  heir  to  tlie  benefice  in  1768.  From  the 
Uodsons  it  passed  to  the  Phillips,  the  Wilder,  and  the  Barney 
families.  Mr.  Soan  was  of  Corpus  Christi  College,  Oxford,  and 
was  elected  Fellow  of  Pembroke  CoUege  in  1712.  Tliornham 
Parish  Church  retains  substantial  evidence  of  his  liberality  and 
piety  Lu  the  silver  paten  which  bears  the  following  touching 
inscription  : — "  Tua  ei  Tuis,  Deus  Jesu,  |  in  usumque  Tui,  apud 
Thorn hamenses,  |  in  Agro  Cantiano,  Altaris,  |  E  manibus  J.  Soan, 
Vicarii,  iudigni,  |  recipere  digneris.  Amen.  |  a.d.  1747." 
Henbv  Hodson,  1768,  on  death.  {Acts  and  Institutions.)  Henry 
Hodson  was  also  Rector  of  Sandhurst,  and  Chaplain  to  the  last 
Duke  of  Bolton. 
JouK  Hodson,  1782,  on  death.     (Ibid.) 

WiLLiiM  Samuel  Pakr  Wilder,  1829,  on  death.     (Ibid.)  _ 

Ellis  Bcbeouoiib,  1833,  on  resignation.     (Ihid.) 
John  MacMahon  Wildeb,  1838,  on  resignation.     {Ibid.) 
Euwakd  Kaye  Buenei',  1849,  on  resignation.     (Ibid.) 
Edward  Geoboe  James,  1880,  on  death.     (Ibid.) 
Gilbebt  Coventry  Master,  1880,  on  resignation.     (Ibid.) 
John  Dubst,  1888,  on  resignation.     (Ibid.)     Present  Vicax. 


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ROSES    FARM    IN    BROOMFIELD. 


OOMMUKIOATBD    BY    J.    D.    NORWOOD,    ESQ. 


ExTE.vcTB  froTii  Dccda  and  Documents  relating  to  Roses  Farm, 
situate  in  the  parishes  of  Broonifield  and  Ulcoinb,  in  the  County  of 
Kent. 

10  Hen.  VI.,  4'!'  Oct'  [1432].  Richard  Monde  of  the  parish  of 
Broninfield  conveja  to  his  Son  William  Monde  of  Broonifield,  Laud 
with  all  Houses  &c.  called  Wnlit/shagh  formerly  called  Tnune. 

25  Hen.  XI.  [141-7].  Alicia  Tomlyn  (Widow  of  John  Tomlt.v 
of  Broonifield)  releaaea  to  W  illiam  Monde  three  acres  of  Land 
called  East  Croft. 

37  Hen.  VI.  [14.59].  William  Monde  of  Broomfield  enfeoffs 
Wti.i<i.\M  Boos  of  throe  acres  of  Land  lying  together  in  the  field 
called  £:nst  Croft. 

39  Ueu.  VI.  [1461].  William  Mondk  of  Broomfield  conveys  to 
William  Rose  of  Broomfield  a  Mes.tunge  ivith  j^ardeu  adjacent  and 
fire  pieces  of  Land  namely,  1,  Colcerhagh;  2,  The  Hemp  Hagk ; 
3,   Croslonnt/gmede ;  4,  Crostonshaices ;  5,  Battuscroft. 

N.B.  It  is  stated  in  the  iodorsetneut  ou  this  Deed  that  Peter 
Gbyme  inhabited  the  above  House. 

1461.     William  Monde  conveys  to  William  Rose  personalty. 

5  ¥A\y.  IV.,  20"'  Dec'  [1466].  William  Mosewell  of  Broomfield 
conveys  to  William  Monde  aud  William  Robe  Laud  called  Stone 
Bridge  in  Vlcomb. 

1  Richard  IlL,  20  Febn-  [1483].  William  Rose  the  Elder,  of 
Broomfield,  conveys  to  William  Robe  the  Younger,  son  of  John 
Robe  of  Wge. 

13  Hen.  VII.,  Sepf  4  [1497],  John  Mason  of  Broomfield  con- 
veys to  William  Rose  of  Futershnm  three  pieces  of  Laud: — No.  1 
infields  called  Bunbergfi-hies ;  No.  2  contains  IJ  acre  adjacent  to 
No.  1 ;  No.  3  coutains  1^  acre.  Query,  to  whom  did  W"  Rose 
sell  these  premises  ?     Or  did  he  dispose  of  them  by  Will  ? 

11  Eli/..  [15G9].  Richard  Warham,  of  Wingham,  Gent.,  con- 
veys to  Edward  Wahhim  of  Fatri.xhourne,  three  Messuages  or 
tenements,  and  6U  acres  of  Land,  in  Broomfield  and  Ulcomb,  in  the 
occupation  of  John  Fetherstone. 

28  Eliz.  2(J"'  July  [158C].  William  Warham  of  Hothfieid  in 
Kent  Gent"  conveys  to  Nicolas  Milleh.  of  AVrothain,  Yeoman. 
one  messuage  or  tenement,  outhouses  &  63  (y)  acres  of  Land 
situate  in  the  parishes  of  Broomfi.eld  and  Ulcomb  Lu  the  occupation 
of  John  Welbke  (Cooper). 


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ROSES   FARM    IN   BROOM  FIELD. 


1  James  I.,  1"  April  [1606].  Wai-tkk Tatmjh,  of  Hollingboume, 
Gk!nt°,  conveys  to  Nicolas  Miller  the  Elder,  oif  Wrothara,  Gent", 
in  consideration  of  £132,  23  acres  of  Land  in  Broomfield,  abutting 
to  limd  of  the  said  Nicolas  Milleb  against  the  east — Also  5  acres 
abutting  to  land  of  the  said  Nicolas  Millkb  east  west  north  and 
south — All  which  premises  were  then  in  the  occupation  of  Josepu 
Hatch.* 

12  Charles  I.  [26  July  1636].  Jaites  Miller  (youngest  son  of 
Nicholas  Miller,  of  Wrotham,  in  Kent,  Esq")  conveys  to  Solomok 
Wood,  of  Wonneshill,  Gent",  Rotes  Fitrm,  in  consideration  of 
£532  Ifis. ;  namely.  All  that  Manor  Lordship  Messuage  or  tenement 
in  Broomfield  known  by  the  name  of  the  Manor  of  Roses,  situate 
in  the  parishes  of  Broonifidd,  Ulcomb,  and  Leeds,  or  some  or  one  of 
the!!),  then  or  late  in  the  tenure  or  occupation  of  Peter  Hunt  and 
Joseph  Hatch. 

8'"  Feby  1717.  Richard  Wood  (Grandson  to  the  above  named 
Solomon  Wood)  subsequently  became  owner  of  Rote*  Farm,  and 
by  his  Will,  of  this  date,  devised  the  same  (subject  to  his  Wife 
having  a  life  interest  in  a  half  part)  equally  bietween  his  five 
children,  John  Wood,  (Solomon  Wood,  Gkorge'Wood,  Ann  Wood, 
and  Benjamin  Wood.  His  Will  was  proved  in  the  Archdeacon's 
Court  of  Canterbury  21"  of  May  171S. 

25  and  26  March  1724.  John  Wood,  Solomon  Wood,  and 
Geoiuse  Wood  convey  by  Lease  and  Release  their  three-fifth  parts 
of  the  above  premises  to  William  Cox  in  fee. 

9  and  10  Nov'  1726.  Ann  Wood,  Spinster,  conveys  by  Lease 
nnil  Release  her  one-fifth  part  of  the  above  premises  to  William 
Co.x,  of  Roses  Farm. 

28  and  29  Sept'  1735.  Benjamin  Wood  conveys  by  Lease  and 
Release  his  one-fifth  part  of  the  above  premises  to  the  said  Willlam 
Cox  in  fee  simple. 

26  April  1740.  William  Cox,  by  his  Will  of  this  date  devised 
his  messuage,  farm,  lands  and  premises  "  wherein  be  then  lived,"  in 
Broomfield,  to  his  son  Robert  Cox  in  fee  simple.  This  William 
Cox  died  in  1743,  and  his  Will  was  ])roved  in  the  Archdeacon's 
Court  of  Canterbury,  13  Sept.  1743. 


•  On  » tombttoDe  in  Broomfield  Churchyard  is  this  epitaph : — "  Here  lyetb 
the  body  of  Joseph  Hatch  of  Flconibe,  Belirouuder,  who  depiirtc<I  Ibis  life  the 
14th  dny  of  September  iu  the  year  1639  ;  beside  of  liis  Mother  and  of  his  Brcthreu, 
aged  78  years." 


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THE  CRYPT  OF  CANTERBURY  CATHEDRAL. 

Firtt  Beport  of  a  Committee  appointed  "  to  make  an  Antiquarian 
Investigation  of  the  Cathedral." 


To   THE   UZhJS  AND   ChAPTEE   OF   CaNTEKBURT. 

In  preHDnting  our  first  report,  we  deal  only  with  esplorationB 
that  have  heen  carried,  out  in  the  CRYPT. 

There  ie,  at  the  wc»t  end  of  the  Crvpt,  an  accumulation  of  earth, 
to  the  avenlge  depth  of  18  or  20  iuehes,  covering  the  bases  of  tho 
vaulting  Hhat'ts.  TliiH  accumulatiou  lesBens  in  depth  as  \vc  proceed 
eastward ;  so  that  at  the  Lady  Cbapel  it  does  not  exceecl  six  or 
eight  inches. 

The  West  Wall  of  Chypt  is  probably  Phe-Nobmak. 

"When  the  accumulated  earth  had  heen  cleared  away,  from  the 
base  of  the  central  portion  of  the  west  wall,  there  was  found  upon 
the  wail  a  remarkably  fine  smooth  facing  of  hard  plaster,  which  es- 


masoury 


tended  some  2  feet  beneath    tho  present  surface.      The 
bcneatli  the  plaster  was  mainly  of  Kentish  ragstone. 

This  facing,  of  plaster,  exists  also  behind  the  columns  of  Prior 
Ernulf's  westernmost  vaulting  shafts,  which,  to  the  eye,  had  seemed 
to  be  "  engaged  shafts."  Tho  plaster,  and  that  part  of  tho  wall 
which  it  covers,  must  therefore  have  been  in  situ  before  a.d.  1096. 
Eruulf  certainly  found  the  wall  and  plaster  there,  and  he  retained 
them.  Probably  Archbishop  Lanfranc  had  done  so  likewise  in  a.d. 
1070. 

The  squared  masonry,  of  Caen  stone,  in  the  upper  portion  of  this 
western  wall,  so  strongly  resembles  Lanfranc  s  masonry,  still  to 
be  seen  in  the  lower  part  of  the  walla  of  the  nave,  that  it  may  very 
probably  be  considered  as  liis  work. 

In  that  case  the  lower  portion  of  the  west  wall  must  have  been 
part  of  the  pre-Norman  crypt ;  and  the  character  of  the  plaster 
seems  to  sugEest  the  possibility  that  it  may  have  formed  part  of  the 
original  building,  granted  to  St.  Augustine,  by  King  Ethelbert. 

Abch  Blocked  cp  at  North-West  Corner  op  Cbtpt. 

On  tho  north  side  of  the  west  end  of  Ernulf's  cryT)t  (a  few  feet 
from  the  west  wall)  there  is  a  large  Norman  arch,  which  we  believe 
to  have  been  blocked  up  after  Ernulf's  time. 


254   THE  CRTPT  OF  CANTERBURY  CATHEDRAL. 

A  stone  was  removed  from  the  centre  of  this  blocking  wall, 
and  entrance  was  then  obtained  to  a  considerable  cavity,  12  feet  long 
by  4  feet  wide ;  within  which,  however,  nothing  was  found. 

Pbobablk  Esd  of  LAJfTRAsc's  Cetpt. 

In  the  central  alley  of  the  Crypt,  immediately  to  the  east  of  the 
fourth  pair  of  detached  columns  (counting  from  the  west),  excava- 
tions have  laid  bare  traces  of  the  foundation  of  a  thick  wall  com- 
posed of  fragments  of  Caen  stone,  flints,  and  a  little  travertine, 
embedded  in  a  large  proportion  of  pure  mortar.  This  foundation 
which  has  a  (doubtfully)  apse-like  curve,  occurring  as  it  does  at 
about  the  place  to  which  the  crypt  of  Lanfranc  is  believed  to  have 
reached,  may  well  be  accepted  as  marking  the  eastern  termination 
of  his  crypt. 

Thb  Laj)t  Chatel  iv  the  Cbtpt. 

An  examination  of  the  Lady  Chapel  has  shewn  that  its  eastern 
floor  is  composed  of  slabs  of  the  staiiigmite  which  (according  to 
Professor  AVillis)  formed  the  pavement  of  Conrad's  choir  before 
the  fire  in  1 1 74. 

The  foundations  of  the  altar  have  been  traced,  extending  from 
the  east  wall. 

Cardinal  Morton's  ledger  stone,  stripped  of  its  monumental 
brass,  was  not  disturbed,  but  the  sounds  produced  by  blows  upon 
its  surface  prove  undoubtedly  that  his  vault  lies  beneath  it ;  although 
his  monument  stands  at  some  dist^ince  away,  south-west  of  this 
ledger  stone. 

EbHTLP's   EASTEUJf    RECTAjrOtTLiB   ChaPKL. 

Eastward  of  the  Lady  Chapel,  the  furthest  extremity  of  Ernuirs 
crypt  has  been  traced.  It  terminated  in  a  Rectangular  Chapel,  aa 
shewn  upon  Professor  Willis's  Plan  (opposite  page  39  of  his  Archie 
tectural  Jligtort/  of  Cnnierbun/  Cathedral). 

The  middle  of  the  outer  face  of  its  east  wall  (which  is  4  feet 
wide)  touches  the  western  side  of  the  circular  base  of  the  eastern- 
most vaulting  shaft  of  English  William's  central  arcade,  erected 
in  A.D.  1180. 

Probable  Position  of  Becket's  Coffin  fhok  1170  to  1220. 

Between  the  west  face  of  the  above-mentioned  wall,  of  the 
Eectangniar  Chapel,  and  the  next  vaulting  shaft  of  English  William, 
westward,  nothing  of  any  importance  was  discovered  ;  but  a  hollow, 
extending  about  3  feet  below  the  surface  and  filled  in  with  rubble, 
seemed  to  indicate  the  position  occupied  by  the  coflin  of  Archbishop 
Becket  from  a.d.  1170  until  a.d.  1220  when  it  was  translated  to 
the  Shrine,  east  of  the  Choir.  It  will  be  remembered  that  the 
Tomb  of  Becket  stood  upon  this  site  from  A.r.  1170  until  a.d. 
1538. 


THE    CKTPT  OP  CANTERBURY   CATHEDRAL.      255 


Fbaoments  of  Staiitkd  Glass. 

In  the  earthen  floor  at  the  Bouth  side  of  this  place  were  de- 
poBited  very  many  fragments  of  stained  glass,  of  various  dates 
and  patterns. 

Stzps  of  Appkoack  to  "  Altah  of  the  Tomb  of  St.  TnoMAS." 

Around  the  circular  base  of  the  west-erumost  of  English  "William's 
central  vaultiui^  shafts,  we  discovered  two  long  steps  of  Purbeck 
inarhle.     They  were  broad,  but  very  thin. 

The  ttppef  step  was  so  chiselled  as  to  fit  closely  round  the 
eastern  half  of  the  circular  base.  The  lower  step  fitted  the  western 
half  thereof  in  like  manner.  These  were  originally  stops  of 
approach  to  the  "Altar  of  the  tomb  of  St.  Thomas"  in  the  iliddle 
Ages. 

Stone  Cotfin  (n). 

About  4  feet  west  of  the  lower  step,  in  a  direct  line  (from  east 
to  west)  with  the  centr.tl  vaulting  shafts,  the  narrow  end,  or  foot  of, 
a  stone  coffin  was  discovered.  The  coffin,  which  was  6  ft.  2  in.  long, 
was  broader  at  the  west  end  than  at  the  east.  It  was  hewn  out  of 
a  solid  block  of  Portland  oolite,  and  was  covered  with  a  thin  slab 
of  Merstham  or  Reigate  fire-stone,  utterly  unfitted  for  such  a 
purpose. 

Fbaomekts  of  Whought  Masoket. 

The  earthen  floor  on  all  sides  of  this  coffin — as  in  the  entire 
area  of  the  Eectangular  Chapel — was  full  of  large  fragments  of 
wrought  masonry,  which  had  formed  small  arches,  elaborately 
moulded  in  the  Early  English  style  (circa  a.d.  1220—1230).  Small 
round  shafts  with  their  caps  and  bases  were  also  discovered  there, 
as  well  as  other  fragments,  less  in  number,  that  had  beeu  parts  of 
Norman  arches. 

An  Etfiot. 

The  head  and  the  base  of  a  Bishop's  or  Archbishop's  effigy 
beneath  a  canopy  have  also  been  found  in  this  same  place.  They 
are  sculptured  in  Purbeck  marble,  in  high  relief. 

An  Eablt  Flooe. 

The  section  of  an  early  floor,  composed  of  vfhite  plaster  half  an 
inch  or  an  inch  thick,  was  clearly  traced  while  excavating  these 
blocks  of  stone.  It  was  about  6  inches  below  the  level  of  the 
present  surface. 

This  Pabt  of  the  Cbtpt  wab  Walled  off  from  1546  to  1838. 

This  portion  of  the  Crypt  received  unique  treatment,  soon  after 
the  dissolution  of  the  Monastery  of  Christ  Church.  It  was  walled 
off  from  the  rest  of  the  Crypt,  and  became  completely  private  in  a.d. 
1546.     It  was  in  that  year  appropriated  to  RicharJ  Thoniden,  the 


266   THE  CETPT  OP  OANTBEBURY  CATHEDRAL. 

Bccond  Bishop  of  Dover,  under  the  name  of  the  "Vault  called 
Beoket'e  Tomb."  Thornden  bad  been  a  monk  of  the  Priory  of 
Christ  Church  from  the  ye&T  1512  until  ita  dissoiution,  when  he 
became  one  of  the  Prcbcodaries  of  the  Cathedral. 

As  this  "  Vault  t-alled  Bccket's  Tomb."  was  used  as  a  private 
cellar  (from  which  the  public  were  excluded  between  the  years  1546 
and  1838),  the  moulded  masonry  in  its  earthen  floor  must  have 
been  placed  there  before  a.d.  1546.  The  labour  of  making  a  level 
floor  out  of  such  masses  of  masonry  must  have  been  very  great. 

Stone  Coffin  (i). 

"Wlien  the  above-mentioned  stone  coffin  was  examined,  it  was 
found  to  contain  human  bones,  not  placed  in  any  regular  onler,  but 
gathered  together  near  the  middle  and  upper  portion  of  the  coffin, 
and  mingled  with  much  earthen  debris.  No  member  of  your  Com- 
mittee saw  the  coffin  until  the  upper  portion  of  the  lid  had  been 
removed,  if  indeed  the  lid  had  remained  complete  until  the  time  of 
this  exploration. 

Contents  op  Coffin. 

At  the  head  of  the  coffin  was  a  boulder-like  stone,  hollowed  on 
ita  upper  surface,  as  if  to  form  a  pillow.  It  had  been  broken 
across  the  middle. 

It  was  found  that  nearly  all  the  bones  of  a  complete  human 
body  were  present  in  the  heap.  They  were  those  of^  an  adult  of 
full  stature,  and  of  at  least  middle  age.  But  there  is  no  distinct 
evidence  to  shew  to  whoui  they  belonged. 

CONCLDBION. 

In  concluding  this  our  first  report,  we  may  be  permitted  to 
thank  the  Dean  and  Chapter  for  giving  us  permission  to  make 
these  eiploratioiia  (which  are  of  undoubted  historical  and  anti- 
quarian interest),  and  also  Mr.  H.  G.  Austin  for  hia  valuable  and 
cordial  assistance. 

We  are,  Gentlemen, 

Your  obedient  servants, 

Chablks  F.  Houtledob. 

J.    BbIOSTOCKE    SlIEPFARD. 

W.  A,  Scott  Eobeetson. 


April  i&th,  1888. 


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SURGICAL  REPORT  ON  A  SKELETON  FOUND 

IN  THE  CRYPT  OF  CANTERBURY 

CATHEDRAL. 

BT    W.   PUGIN   THORNTON. 


I  WAS  shewn  the  bones — niiied  up  together  in  a  bos — in  Mr.  H. 
G.  Austin's  house  on  January  the  25th,  1888.  The  condition  thoy 
were  in  gave  no  idea  of  the  probable  date  of  their  interment,  but 
they  appeared  to  be  very  old. 

Having  arranged  these  bones,  I  placed  those  of  the  body  and 
limbs  on  a  board  in  nnatoinieol  order  |  the  bones  of  the  skull  1  fitted 
on  a  mould  of  modeller's  clay. 

Taking  the  bones  iu  the  order  of  body,  limbs,  and  skull,  the 
following  is  the  result  of  my  examination  : 

There  were  the  bodies  of  19  out  of  the  24  Vertebra  (spine), 
acme  having  all  their  processes.  Also  large  portions  of  tho  Sacrum 
(the  lower  end  of  the  spine),  and  numerous  pieces  of  the  Pelvi-i 
(hip).  Both  Clavicles  (collar  bones)  were  perfect.  None  of  the 
ribs,  with  the  exception  of  the  Ist  on  the  right  side,  were  entire, 
but  there  were  many  broken  pieces. 

None  of  the  bones  of  the  arms  or  legs  were  missing,  excepting 
the  right  Patella  (knee-cap).  There  were  a  few  of  the  small  bones 
of  each  hand,  and  a  large  number  of  the  feet.  Tho  finger  and  toe 
bones  are  not  fully  represented  in  our  Plate. 

The  bones  of  the  face  were  for  the  most  part  perfect.  The 
greater  portion  of  the  right  Superior  Maxilla  (upi)er  jaw)  was 
missing,  only  the  outer  2-3rds  of  the  dental  portion  having  been 
found.  The  inner  \  of  the  right  ascending  ramus  of  the  Inferior 
Maxilla  (lower  jaw),  and  its  left  condyle  and  coronoid  process,  were 
missing. 

There  were  5  teeth ;  right  and  left  upper  caninet  (eye  teeth), 
Ist  lower  bicuspid,  and  2nd  right  lower  molar  (Ist  and  4tfa  double 
teeth). 

The  Occipital  bone  (back  of  the  head)  was  very  nearly  perfect.  ^ 

VOL.  xvm.  8 


258   SURGICAL  EEPOET  ON  A  SKELETON  POUND  IN 


It  was  in  firm  articulation  with  both  ParietalB  along  its  superior 
borders.  There  waa  no  foramen  magnum^  nor  any  portion  of  the 
bone  anterior  to  a  line  drawn  from  the  posterior  margin  of  the 
foramen  magnum  to  the  jugular  processes. 

Of  the  two  Parietals  (the  bones  forming  the  upper  halves  of  the 
sides,  and  the  hinder  portion  of  the  crown,  of  the  head),  the  left 
was  the  most  perfect.  It  was  in  close  union  with  its  fellow,  with 
the  Frontal,  as  far  as  the  coronal  suture,  and  with  the  Occipital. 
The  right  Parietal  was  much  smaller  than  the  left  on  account  of 
a  piece  missing,  which  was  broken  off  ju»t  above  the  temporal  ridge, 
and  1  to  1^  inches  outside  the  sagittal  suture.  It  measured  accord- 
ing to  the  apertiire  in  the  skull  2\  inches  by  1^  to  If  inches.  The 
fracture  across  the  crown  of  the  skull  has  evidently  been  caused 
very  recently,  probably  duriog  the  removal  of  the  bones  from  the 
Crypt.     This  was  the  case  in  the  fracture  of  the  left  Femur. 

The  Frontal  bone  (forehead)  formed  a  continuous  brow,  ex- 
tending from  one  external  angular  process  to  the  other.  The 
right  half  of  the  Frontal  is  almost  perfect,  but  the  left,  2  inches 
above  the  orbit,  is  broken  into  pieces. 

The  right  temporal  bone,  in  which  the  ear  is  situated,  consisted 
of  its  petrous,  mastoid,  and  the  greater  part  of  its  squamous 
portion,  the  latter  with  its  zygomatic  process,  but  only  a  piece  of  the 
squamous  portion  of  the  left  Temporal  was  found. 

The  bones  of  the  body  and  limbs  gave  the  ideaof  great  strength. 
The  rough  places  on  the  bones,  where  the  muscles  were  inserted, 
especially  on  the  arm  and  leg  bones,  were  larger  and  rougher  than  is 
usually  met  with  in  skeletons. 

The  Clavicle*  (collar  bones)  were  thick  and  rough,  and  each 
measured  Q\  inches. 

The  arm  and  leg  bones  also  appeared  thicker  in  their  circum- 
ference, especially  the  Femure  (thighs)  than  are  ordinarily  seen. 
They  measured  in  length  as  follows : — Right  Humerus  (arm),  13^ 
inches;  left,  13^.  Eight  Radius  (forearm),  9^-| ;  left,  9 J.  JJJna 
(outer  bone  of  forearm),  lOJ.  Femur  (thigh),  from  notch  between 
outer  and  inner  condyles  to  upper  border  of  neck,  17J  inches ;  from 
bottom  of  internal  condyle  to  top  of  great  trochanter,  18f ;  from 
same  to  top  of  head,  19|.  Tibice  (legs),  15 i.  FihdcB  {onter  bones 
of  legs)  were  too  much  fractured  for  accurate  measurements. 

Taking  the  length  of  the  skeleton,  on  its  right  side,  as  it  Jay  on 
the  board,  with  the  bones  in  an  unbroken  line,  and  in  close  order, 
from  the  plantar  surface  of  the  Os  Calcis  (heel)  to  the  superior 


THE  CEYPT  OP  OANTERBURT  CATHEDRAL.   259 


border  of  the  Olaviele  (collar  bone),  it  meftsured  60  inches. 
Allowing  4  inches  for  the  cervical  -vertebrw  (neck),  G  for  the  skull, 
and  1^  for  the  soft  parts  (skin,  etc.),  the  total  height  of  the  living 
body  would  be  71^  inches,  or  6  feet  11^  inches. 

Now  the  allowance  of  4  inches  for  the  neck  is  smal],  and  so  also 
is  6  inches  for  the  head,  which  measiiremont,  it  is  said,  should  be 
•Jth  of  the  total  height.  So  taking  5  inches  for  the  neck,  8  for  the 
head,  and  2  for  the  soft  parts,  the  height  of  the  body  would  be — 
and  this  would  be  a  full,  but  no  estravagant,  computation — 6  feet 
3  inches.  Comparing  this  measurement  with  that  suggested  by  the 
length  of  the  long  bones,  it  would  seem  that  the  living  body  of  this 
skeleton  stood  more  than  G  feet  in  height,  probably  G  feet  2  inches. 

The  skeleton  was  that  of  an  adult  man,  rather  above  middle  age, 
say  from  45  to  55.  Mr.  Luther  Bell,  the  surgeon-dentist,  in  this 
town,  judged,  from  the  condition  of  the  five  teeth,  that  the  age  was 
about  50  years. 

With  regard  to  the  skull,  it  waa  undoubtedly  of  large  size.  Its 
circumfereuce,  with  the  tape  over  the  brows  and  greatest  promi- 
nence at  back  of  the  head,  was  22 J  inches.  The  men«uromeut  across 
the  orbits,  from  right  to  left  external  angle,  was  with  the  tape 
5J  inches,  with  the  calipers  just  upon  5  inches.  From  the  occipital 
protuberance  to  immediately  above  the  nasal  bones  with  tlio  tape 
121^  inches,  with  the  calipers  8  inches.  (This  last  caliper  measure- 
ment I  have  given  from  memory,  having  lost  the  record  of  it.) 

In  connection  with  these  measurements,  according  to  phreno- 
logical science,  the  breadth  of  tbe  brow  would  give  large  perceptive 
qualities ;  the  rising  appearance  of  the  fore  part  of  the  skull  would 
shew  much  intellect ;  the  flat  appearance  at  the  centre  of  the  head 
would  denote  worldliness  ;  and  the  immense  volume  of  skull  at  the 
back  indomitable  energy. 

With  regard  to  any  injuries  which  may  have  happened  to  this 
skuU,  it  will  be  seen  that  the  crown  is  perfect,  there  being  a  con- 
tinuous rtin  of  bono  from  the  back  of  the  head  to  the  forehead, 
which  varied  in  breadth  from  5  to  6  inches. 

The  sides  of  the  skull  are,  as  shewn  before,  the  damaged  portions. 
On  the  right  side  the  Frontal  extended  back  in  an  unbroken  surface 
to  join  the  right  Temporal.  This  right  side  might  have  been 
fractured  by  a  blow  from  a  mace  or  pickaxe,  but  not  by  a  sword-cut. 
On  the  left  side,  by  far  the  greatest  injury  seems  to  have 
occurred.  Here  there  was  an  aperture  from  5  to  6  inches  long, 
extending  from  a  line  drawn  upwards  from  behind  the  position  of 

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260 


SUROICAX  REFOBT  ON  A  SKELETON. 


the  ear  to  the  centre  of  the  forehead.  Besides  the  loose  pieces" 
of  hone,  partly  filiing  up  this  aperture,  there  was  another  piece, 
about  an  inch  broad  and  1^  long,  not  repreeentod  in  our  Plate, 
lying  opposite  the  junction  of  the  Frontal  and  left  Parietal  bones. 
This  unrepresented  piece  of  bone  had  a  continuation  of  the  coronal 
suture  marked  upon  it.  Accordingly,  if  this  be  Thomas  a  Becket's 
skull,  no  pieces  of  bone  of  any  size  could  have  been  removed  to  be 
kept  as  relics. 

It  is  remarkable  that  the  edge  of  hone  which  forms  the  upper 
border  of  this  aperture  is  almost  in  a  straight  line  for  5  to  6  inches, 
80  that  if  this  left  side  of  t!ie  skull  was  injured  by  force  during 
lifetime,  or  aft-er  death,  it  is  unlikely  that  it  would  have  been  done 
by  a  pickaie  or  a  mallet,  but  it  might  have  been  caused  by  a  heavy 
cutting  instrument,  such  aa  a  two-handed  sword. 

Extending  from  the  upper  edge  of  this  aperture,  there  is  a 
crack  in  the  skull  about  an  inch  and  a  half  long,  which  might 
have  been  caused  during  lifetime,  inasmuch  that  it  only  goes  through 
the  outer  plate  of  the  bone ;  and  also,  had  it  been  made  after  the 
bone  of  the  skull  had  become  dry,  it  would  have  appeared,  in  all 
probability,  as  a  rough  fracture. 


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FOUNDATIONS  OF  THE  SAXON  CATHEDEAL 
CHURCH  AT  ROCHESTER, 

BY   THE   REV.    GREVLLB   M.    LIVETT, 

XmOB  CLSOit  ASD  PBBCXSTOB. 

In  the  autumn  of  the  year  1888  the  Dean  and  Chapter  of 
Rochester,  acting  under  the  advice  of  Mr.  J.  L.  Pearson,  R.A., 
decided  to  proceed  at  once  with  the  underpinning  of  the 
west  front  of  the  cathedral  church,  preparatory  to  its 
restoration.  The  work  was  put  into  the  hands  of  Mr.  Johu 
Thompson,  contractor,  of  Peterborough.  In  the  course  of 
the  excavations  some  important  discoveries  were  made,  and 
it  is  the  object  of  this  paper  to  record  them,  and  to  shew 
their  relation  to  the  histoi-y  of  the  church.  The  present 
west  front,  which  is  Norman,  marked  in  blue  outline  in  the 
larger  part  of  Plate  I.,  was  found  to  rest  upon  an  earlier 
wall,  also  of  Norman  date,  which  had  been  demolished  to 
within  about  2  feet  6  inches  of  its  foundations,  marked  red 
in  the  Plan.  In  this  paper,  therefore,  I  shall  call  the  exist- 
ing front  Later-Norman  work,  and  the  remains  of  its  pre- 
decessor I  shall  call  Early-Norman,  The  Early-Norman 
work,  however,  must  not  be  confused  with  the  still  earlier 
Norman  of  Bishop  Gundulf,  though  it  belongs  to  his 
time.  Gundulf'a  work  will  be  called  by  his  name,  except- 
ing when  the  first  Norman  church  is  referred  to  as  a  whole, 
and  then  both  works  are  to  be  included,  since  the  Early 
Norman  front  was  built  to  complete  Gundiilf's  unfinished 
church.  The  remains  of  the  Early-Norman  west  front  were 
not  the  only  interesting  discovei-y  we  made.  Kunning 
under  and  through  its  foundations,  were  discovered  the 
foundations,  and  portions  of  the  walls,  of  a  building  of  far 
earlier  date  than  the  earliest  of  the  Norman  works.  These 
older  foundations  underlie  the  northern  half  of  the  present 
west  front,  and  are  marked  black  in  the  Plan.  They  doubtless 


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nary  picks  were  not  stout  enongh  to  deal  with  it,  and  that 
strong  iron  chisels  had  been  especially  made  for  the  purpose. 
At  the  bottom  of  the  fonudations,  at  this  point,  a  large 
"aaraen"  stone  was  found,  embedded  in  the  mortar:  it 
is  now  in  my  garden.  Then  followed  the  discovery  of  the 
foundations  of  the  apse,  inside  the  present  building.  Later 
on,  the  junction  of  the  apse  with  the  north  end  of  the 
sleeper-waJI  was  disclosed.  The  upper  part  of  the  internal 
quoin  had  been  removed,  to  make  way  for  a  modem  circular 
brick  drain.*  Lastly,  the  junction  of  the  apse  with  the  east 
end  of  the  south  wall  of  its  nave  was  found.  This  was  the 
most  important  "  find  "  of  all ;  and  our  thanks  are  due  to  the 
Dean  and  Chapter  for  the  leave  they  gave  me  to  have  two 
days  of  extra  digging  to  try  to  discover  this  junction.  Its  im- 
portance lies  in  the  fact  that  it  has  afforded  us  the  best 
example  of  the  masonry  of  the  actual  walls.  Even  here  the 
wall  remained  to  a  height  of  only  about  1  ft.  8  in.  above  the 
foundations,  A  slight  sketch  of  the  masonry  may  be  seen  in 
Plate  n.,  No.  3.  The  quoin  consists  of  two  ferruginous  sand- 
stones, faced,  and  of  large  size;  the  angles  are  much  worn  away. 
A  suggestion  of  hen-ing-botie  work  will  be  noticed,  and  also 
the  use  of  an  11 -inch  Roman  brick  (of  a  drab  colour).  The 
work  is  exceedingly  irregular,  and  the  joints  large.  The 
mortar  is  very  hard,  and  made  of  a  sharp  flint  sand,  with  a 
few  sheila  and  some  charcoal  in  it.  Sketch  No.  3  also  shews 
the  two  courses  of  Roman  brick  which  alone  remained  to  mark 
the  line  of  the  apse  on  this  side.  The  Roman  bricks  were 
of  different  colours,  drab,  buff,  and  red,  some  broken,  some 
whole.  There  was  also  a  portion  of  a  flue-tile.  All  these 
were  evidently  old  materials,  used  again.  Portions  ol 
the  apse-wall  remained  on  the  foundations  elsewhere,  as] 
shewn  in  the  Plan,  but  they  consisted  merely  of  one  cours 
of  long  roughly-squared  stones,  some  of  tufa,  others  of  Kentish 
rag.    The  walls  were  2  feet  4  inches  in  thickness. 

A  section  of  the  foundations  is  given  in  Plate  II.  (No.  6). 
The  dimensions  vary  sUghtly,  but  the  depth  is  about  4^  feet, 


*  Bodies  were  found  near  the  oeotre  of  tlie  sloepor-wail,  which  had  sppft- 
rently  been  partly  worked  away  to  receive  them.    It  may  be  an  error  therefo 
though  it  i^  convenieut,  to  call  this  a  sleoper-wall. 


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and  tbe  width  aboiit  4  feet.  On  the  iaaiae  tbe  rertial  inU 
of  fioondBtioD-work  ii  n^ahr  and  iuify  amootli;  oo  tlM 
ontnde  H  is  rerr  roogli  and  waetem.    Where  they  pass 

under  the  north  torrei  f&oni  the  inside)  the  foundations 
are  wider  at  the  top  than  at  the  bottom,  as  shewn  in  the 
section ;  on  the  op|wite  side  the  rererae  is  the  case.  Hie 
material  is  the  ssaae  hard  moHar  alreadf  described,  with 
small  p^>bles  in  it,  and  Uocks  of  Kentish  rag  laid  in,  with. 
out  attempt,  it  seems,  at  regolar  conrsing.  They  rest,  gene- 
rally speaking,  on  the  maiden  soil,  which  is  found  aboat 
seren  feet  below  the  present  lerel  of  the  road  in  front  of  the 
cathedraL  Bat  the  Saxon  boilders  do  not  seem  to  have 
been  rerr  particular  in  this  matter,  for  the  eastern  part  of 
the  apse-fonndations,  where  they  emerge  from  under  the 
north-west  turret  on  the  inside,  lies  orer  a  pit  or  ditch  of 
soft  black  earth.  The  eastern  side  of  this  pit,  or  whatever 
it  was,  was  very  plainly  seen  in  the  excavation  made  in  this 
comer.  It  ran  about  north  and  south.  From  the  black 
mould  right  underneath  the  foundation-work,  I  extracted 
a  piece  of  very  rough  pottery,  a  piece  of  Roman  brick, 
oyster-shells,  bones,  and  charcoal.  It  may  be  that  this 
unsound  bottom  caused  a  settlement,  which  would  account 
for  a  large  crack  that  we  saw  in  the  foundation-concrete, 
extending  right  down  to  the  bottom,  just  at  the  point  where 
the  Early-Norman  respond-foundations  run  up  to  it.  This 
fault  must  have  occurred  before  the  church  was  demo- 
lished in  Norman  times,  and  is  a  confirmation  of  the  truth 
of  the  record  which  tells  us  that  Gundulf  found  the  church 
almost  ruined  from  old  age,  paene  vetustate  dirtitam. 

3,  A  description  of  the  graves  and  burial-ground  remains 
to  be  given.  Mr.  Irvine  tells  me  he  found  that  the  ditch  of 
the  foundations  (Norman),  of  the  north  aisle  wall  of  the  pre- 
sent church,  cut  through  a  Saxon  burial-ground  along  its 
whole  length,  and  that  it  did  not  reach  the  bottom  of  the 
ground  used  for  that  purpose.  In  the  recent  excavations  we 
found  a  somewhat  remarkable  Saxon  grave,  near  the  north- 
east comer  of  the  north  turret.  It  is  marked  in  the  Plan. 
It  lay  between  5  and  6  feet  below  the  level  of  the  roadway 


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hard  by*  The  sides  were  fonned  of  large  stones,  three  on' 
one  side  aad  four  on  the  other,  set  close  together  in  a  loose 
ajid  soft  mortar.t  The  stones  did  not  extend  the  whole 
length  of  the  grave,  and  there  was  none  at  the  head  or  foot. 
The  tops  of  the  stones  were  on  a  level  with  one  another,  and 
there  was  mortar  on  them,  suggesting  the  existence  origin- 
ally of  a  covering  slab.  It  is  possible  that  when  this  was 
removed  some  of  the  supports  were  removed  also.  J  The 
width  of  the  grave  inside  was  1  foot  6  inches,  and  its  depth 
1  foot.  The  bottom  was  formed  of  a  bed  of  mortar,  on 
which  there  was  a  thick  coating  of  brick-dust.  On  this  the 
body  lay,  covered  (when  found)  with  mould.  That  this  waa 
a  Christian  burial  is  evident  from  the  absence  of  any  knives, 
weapons,  or  personal  ornaments,  usually  found  in  the 
graves  of  pagan  Saxons.  Its  character,  its  depth  below  the 
surface,  its  position  in  relation  to  the  apsft,  all  point  to  the 
likelihood  of  its  having  been  one  of  the  earliest  of  the  Saxon 
burials.^ 

Another  body  was  found  under  the  steps  inside  the  cen- 
tral west  door,  on  the  right  hand  side.  This  was  one  of  the 
first  discovered,  and  I  did  not  see  it.  The  fact,  however,  is 
worth  recording. 

The  Saxon  burial-ground  was  again  tapped,  when  search 
was  being  made  for  old  foundations,  in  front  of  the  southern 
jamb  of  the  central  doorway.  The  underpinning  of  this 
part  of  the  west  front  had  been  completed  some  time  before, 
and  the  foreman  distinctly  remembered  cutting  through  some 
masonry  at  a  low  level  thereabouts,  so  I  determined  to  use  part 


*  The  Burfaes  of  the  graveyard,  called  in  modioval  limes  Green  Church 
Haw,  is  DOW  miiuh  hij^her  than  the  road. 

t  Al  the  Toot  of  the  grave  there  was  miioh  ef  this  mortar,  and  in  it  two 
pieces  of  white  plaster  aad  some  bita  of  a  much  harder  mortar. 

t  The  faces  of  those  stone?  arc  not  rectangular  :  they  taper  slightly,  like  the 
Toussoirs  of  an  arch.  The  backs  are  roughly  wedxe-shaped,  the  line  of  the  ridge 
running  at  right  angles  to  the  tapering  sides.  All  thiii  points  to  the  fact  that 
in  this  grave  the^-  were  not  serving  the  purpose  for  which  they  were  made. 

§  I  saw  the  Saxon  grave  in  ])o.sition,  but  I  did  not  soo  the  removal  of  the 
body,  nor  of  some  black  mould  which  liiy  beneath  the  grave,  and  which  con- 
tained some  bones  and  shreds  of  rrjuRh  black  ware.  Examining  the  spot  after- 
wards, I  clearly  paw  the  luiiiJen  sjil  undisturbed  at.  the  tide  of  the  hole  which 
had  held  the  black  mould  and  tvare.  At  the  bottom  of  the  hole  there  were  signs 
of  burnt  wood  in  a  damp  pasty  condition. 


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267 


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of  the  two  days  of  extra  digging,  allowed  by  the  Dean  and 
Chapter,  in  trying  to  rediscover  it.  The  hole  was  dug  so  as 
to  escape  the  concrete  recently  laid  down.  From  3}  to  4  feet 
below  the  paving  line  we  reached  a  bed  of  very  rough  mortar, 
varying  in  colour,  but  chiefly  yellow,  containing  bits  of 
tufa,  of  Eoinan  brick,  and  Roman  mortar.  It  was  bedded 
upon  a  layer  of  chalk  and  flints.  Charcoal  was  found  plen- 
tifully strewn  over  it.  On  this  bed  rested  bodies  looking 
eastwards,  and  lying  close  up  to  the  Saxon  foundations. 
There  were  no  weapons  or  personal  ornaments.* 

•  Underneath  the  hed  of  mortar  on  which  the  bodies  laj  there  wag  a  stniluia 
of  mould  and  rubhijih,  mther  hard  towards  the  bottom,  and  containing  bits  of 
Bonian  ware.  It  was  from  this  level  wo  got  the  Samian  fragment  which  i* 
figured  in  Plate  II.  (No.  7).  It  will  be  noticed  that  the  jKittcr's  name, 
cinxjl  .  .  .,  iB  worked  into  the  pattern  down  the  side  of  the  vessel.  From  the 
black  moist  mould  at  the  bottom,  immediHt«Iy  above  the  maiden  soil,  which  lies 
about  7  fcot  below  the  jiaving  line,  were  taken  up  (in  my  absence)  the  pieces  of 
n  large  uru  of  coarse  ware,  much  broken  by  the  workman's  pick,  but  I  do  not  think 
it  was  perfect.  Among  the  fragments  were  the  necks  of  at  least  three  other 
urns,  one  fire-marked.  The  bottom  of  the  large  nm  oune  out  fairly  o^jmplete, 
and  in  it  there  was  a  great  number  of  minute  bones  (?  Arvicola),  together  with 
the  pieces  of  a  small  vessel  of  Upchurch  ware  of  good  quality.  It  had  evidently 
been  broken  by  the  workman,  and  the  foreman,  Mr.  Fitxjohn,  who  took  groat 
intereet  in  these  matters,  worked  away  at  the  pie<;es,  and  contrived  to  restore  the 
▼eesel  almost  complete.  An  outline  sketch  of  it  is  given  in  Plate  II.  (No.  8).  It 
stands  2}  inches  high,  and  measures  6  inohes  across  the  top. 

In  the  level  which  I  have  just  desoribed  we  found  the  masonry  wo  were 
looking  for.  Some  of  the  bodies  rested  partly  upon  it.  We  first  hit  upon  an 
external  quoin,  the  fiijccs  of  which  happened  to  be  nearly  right  with  the  diroo- 
tioD  of  the  Saxuu  church.  The  outline  of  the  quoin  is  marked  in  the  Plan. 
Its  southern  face  di.'uippcared  into  the  modern  concrete ;  it«  western  face 
we  followed  up  until  it  nearly  reached  the  foundations  of  the  south  wall  of 
the  Saxon  church.  I  could  not  interpret  the  evidence  of  the  junction  of  the 
two  works:  it  was  verv  rough;  nor  could  we  ascertain  the  thickness  of  our 
new  wall.  Its  foundations,  measuring  only  18  inches  in  depth,  had  been  sunk 
through  the  black  mould,  and  rested  on  maiden  soil.  They  consisted  of  flints  and 
rag-stones  set  in  a  yellow  sea-shore  mortar.  Portions  of  the  wall  remained  on 
them.  Its  mortar  was  harder  and  stronger.  At  the  quoin  two  R<}man  bricks 
were  set  in  the  foundations  with  wide  mortar-joints,  and  above  them  there 
remained  one  of  the  9quare<l  quoin-stonee  of  tufa.  The  rubble  wall  was  made 
of  flint's  und  rougli  blocks  of  tufa,  one  of  which  shewed  a  small  portion  of  facing 
of  a  fine,  compact,  white  plaster.  This  will  be  preserved  in  the  crypt.  It  has 
the  charcoal  adhering  to  it  on  another  side.    The  quoin  was  left  in  ritu. 

In  the  course  of  the  excavations  many  pieces  of  pottery  of  various  kinds  were 
found ;  also  a  boar's  tusk  nnd  the  core  of  horn  of  the  bot  longifrom ;  and 
many  broken  Roman  bricks,  flange  tiles,  and  flue  tiles.  A  very  interesting  frajif- 
medt,  measuring  only  6  inches  by  2)  to  3),  of  a  stone  3  inches  thick,  came  from 
somewhere  under  the  nave  floor.  It  is  rudely  sculptured  on  bulb  sides  in  what 
Mr.  St.  John  Hope  calls  "strap  pattern,"  and  shews  plain  signs  of  red  and 
brown  oilour,  which  is  easily  rubbed  off.  See  Sketch  No.  10.  "rhe  lines  on  the 
bottom  look  like  part  of  an  inscrifition.  It  will  be  preserved  with  the  other 
fragments  in  the  crypt.  Another  stone  of  interest  was  founl  built  into  the 
Later- Norman  plinth  :  it  is  a  portion  of  a  Saxon  sepulchral  slab,  and  shews  on 
intorlooed  pattern  and  the  hind-quarters  of  an  animal  sculptured  on  it  (No.  9). 


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This  is  all  I  have  to  say  now  about  the  building  and  the 
burial-ground.  Mr.  Chas,  Roach  Smith  kindly  came  to 
look  at  the  masonry  at  the  junction  of  the  apse  with  the 
south  wall,  and  he  gave  his  opinion  that  it  was  "  not  Roman 
work,  but  close  on  Roman  times."  Mr.  St.  John  Hope  came 
down  from  London,  and  saw  part  of  the  apse  and  of  the 
sleeper-wall,  and  he  has  since  expressed  to  me  a  strong 
opinion  that  the  remains  formed  part  of  the  church  of 
King  .^thelbert.*  It  is  the  only  conclusion  we  can  come 
to ;  and  if  the  discovery  from  its  limited  nature  is  not*  very 
important,  it  is  exceedingly  interesting  as  giving  us  some 
knowledge  at  least  of  one  of  the  very  earliest  churches  built 
in  our  country.  It  was  doubtless  built  by  Saxon  hands, 
though  it  shews  some  Roman  influence,  either  traditional  or 
direct.  The  materials  probably  came  from  destroyed  Roman 
buildings ;  the  foundations  of  such  have  at  various  times  been 
found  in  two  or  three  spots  not  far  distant,  at  a  low  level  in 
the  ground.  What  the  rest  of  the  ground-plan  of  the 
church  was,  it  would  be  impossible  to  say,  with  any  certainty, 
from  the  existing  data.  The  substantial  foundations  along 
the  chord  of  the  apse  must  have  supported  something,  and  I 
am  inclined  to  think  there  may  have  been  a  chancel  arch,  as 
at  Brixworth,  but  I  have  not  ventured  to  indicate  it  in  the 
Plan.  At  Brixworth,  too,  the  aisles  commenced  some  thirty 
feet  west  of  the  apse,  and  the  apparent  want  of  aisles  at 
Rochester  might  be  accounted  for  by  a  similar  arrangement. 
The  foundations  run  westward  under  the  strip  of  grave-yard 
in  front  of  the  cathedral  church.  Perhaps  a  trench  may  at 
some  future  date  be  dug  here  and  there  in  that  ground,  in 
order  that  the  whole  of  the  ground-plan  may  be  recovered. 
It  has  been  suggested  that  the  outlines  of  the  apse  and  walls 
shovdd  be  marked,  in  some  way,  on  the  floor  inside  and  on  the 
pavement  outside  the  west  front,  and  that  the  following 
words  from  Beda  should  be  inscribed,  within  the  lines,  on  the 
floor    inside :     a.d.     604    eei   iBDiLBEECT    ecclesiam    beati 

ANDKE^    APOSTOLI    FECIT. 


*  Mr.  A.  A.  Arnold,  Mr.  O.  U.  Arnold,  and  Mr.  George  Payne  alio 
portions  of  the  work  at  different  times. 


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n.  The  Eaelt-Noeman  West  Froitt. 

1.  The  first  thing  the  great  Norman  arcbit«ct  Gundulf 
did,  in  the  city  of  Eochester,  -was  to  build  a  massive  square 
tower,  at  a  distance  of  160  feet  from  the  Saxon  church  east- 
ward. No  one  knows  for  certain  what  purpose  the  tower 
was  meant  to  serve  in  the  first  instance,  but  seventy  years 
later  it  was  being  used  as  a  campanile.  It  is  shewn  in  solid 
black  in  the  small  Plan  of  Plate  I.  Gundulf  had  been 
bishop  only  a  few  years  when  he  replaced  the  four  secular 
canons  who  remained  in  the  impoverished  college  by  twenty 
Benedictine  monks,  and  set  about  building  a  new  and  larger 
church  for  them.*  He  was  enabled  to  do  this  by  the  re- 
covery, with  the  king's  help,  of  certain  lands  which  Odo  of 
Bayeui  had  usurped,  "After  a  brief  interval,  therefore,  when 
the  old  church  had  been  demolished,  the  new  one  was  begun ; 
a  circuit  of  oflices  [for  the  monks]  was  conveniently  arranged  ; 
and  the  whole  work  finished  within  a  few  years  by  the 
munificent  help  of  Lanfranc."  So,  with  certain  inaccuracies, 
wrote  the  monk  of  Rochester  thirty  or  forty  years  after- 
wards ;  and  he  adds  that  when  all  things  were  ready  Lan- 
franc went  in  solemn  procession  with  the  monks  and  clerks 
to  the  grave  of  Pauliuus  in  the  old  church,  and  translated 
thence  his  sacred  relics  into  the  new  church.  This  transla- 
tion took  place  in  the  year  1087,  which  is  doubtless  the  date 
of  the  close  of  Gundulf 's  building  operations.  Two  other 
facts  are  equally  certain  :  (i)  the  Saxon  church  was  not  de- 
molished before  the  new  one  was  begun ;  and  (ii)  Gundulf  had 
not  finished  his  church.  So  much  as  he  did  accomplish  is 
shewn  in  solid  black  in  the  small  Plan.  Now  arise  the  ques- 
tions :  (i)  Why  did  Gundulf  complete  the  south  aisle  wall  and 
the  great  arcade  on  the  south  aide  of  the  nave,  and  stop  half- 
way on  the  north  side  P  (ii)  When  was  the  work  taken  up 
again  and  finished  ?    The  answer  to  these  questions  may  be 


*  It  will  bo  noticed  that  tho  church  orientates  nearly  due  south-east.  This 
is  owinij;  to  the  fact  thnt  Gundulf  was  in  a  strait  for  want  of  space  :  he  could  not 
go  further  north  (towards  the  east)  on  account  of  his  tower,  so  he  arranged  that 
the  tower  should  fait  into  the  comer,  between  hb  north  transept  and  choir  aisle 
walls,  and  he  could  not  go  further  south  (towards  the  west),  or  he  would  not 
have  had  room  for  his  circuit  of  offices  between  the  nave  and  the  south  wall  of 
the  oit^r. 


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drawn  from  the  fact  that  previous  to  the  year  1423,  when  the 
chm'cb  of  St.  Nicholas  was  built  upon  a  piece  of  land  in 
Green  Church  Haw,  given  hy  the  monks  for  the  purpose, 
the  parishiouers  of  St.  Nicholas  worshipped  in  the  nave  of 
the  cathedral  church.  There  is  e\adence  in  the  Reiji*trvm 
Roffefiise  that  the  altar  of  St.  Nicholas,  "  parochial  in  the 
church  of  St.  Andrew,"  existed  towards  the  end  of  Gundulf 's 
episcopacy.  Doubtless  this  was  only  a  fulfilment  of  Gun- 
dulf's  original  intention,  that  the  nave  or  a  part  of  it  should 
be  assigned  to  the  parishioners,  though  such  intention  is  not 
expressly  recorded.  This  being  the  case  it  seems  hkely 
also,  as  Mr.  St.  John  Hope  has  already  pointed  out,  that 
GunduK  was  content  to  build  the  monks'  part  only  (except 
that  he  was  obliged  to  comjDlete  the  south  aisle  in  order  to 
have  a  wall  against  which  to  place  the  monks'  cloister),  and 
that  he  left  it  to  the  parishioners  to  build  their  part,* 
The  Early- Norman  foundations  we  have  discovered,  belong 
to  a  building  which  is  quite  distinct  from  that  of  Gundulf ; 
but  they  cannot  be  more  than  a  few  years  later  in  date. 
They  are  doubtless  the  work  of  the  parishioners  of  St. 
Nicholas,  undertaken,  say,  between  the  years  1093  and  1100. 
Some  twenty  to  twenty-five  years  later,  when  the  Norman 
style  had  lost  its  early  rude  and  plain  character,  the 
first  Norman  church  was  enriched,  and  partly  rebuilt  on  the 
old  lines.  This  work  was  probably  begun  by  the  great 
builder  Ernulf,  and  completed  by  his  successor  John  de 
Canterbury,  for  the  church  was  dedicated  in  the  year  1130 
on  Ascension  Day.  The  Later- Norman  front,  which  is  built 
on  the  remains  of  its  predecessor,  was  no  doubt  the  latest 
work  of  this  partial  rebuilding  of  the  first  Norman  church ; 
a  rebuilding  which  might  be  called  the  second  Norman 
church.     With  regard    to  the   Saxon  church,   it  probably 


*  Tlio  lint  Bite  of  the  altar  of  St.  Kioholos  is  not  ktiown.  Early  in  the  four- 
teenth century,  it  was  tub  pulpito,  at  the  east  end  of  the  navo.  Mr.  St.  John 
Hope  reminds  me  tliat  Guudulf  must  liave  built  a  certaio  amount  west  of  the 
oroHiDg  to  carry  the  ttinuts  of  the  croiising  arches.  Of  course  it  is  possible  that 
he  may  have  originally  meant  to  build  the  whole  church  at  onoe,  and  that  he 
stopped  for  want  of  funds,  just  the  later  Gothic  builders  stopped.  It  is  clear 
that  his  pkn  and  design  were  us  plaio  and  inexpensive  us  possible.  For  further 
information  on  the  subjcot,  and  For  a  full  aooount  of  the  altar  of  St.  Nicholas,  I 
must  refer  the  reader  to  Mr.  St.  John  Hope's  Note*. 


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remained  standing  for  the  use  of  the  parishioners  until  the 
building  of  the  Early-Norman  front  made  it  necessary  to 
demolish  the  eastern  parts  of  it.  The  western  part,  how- 
ever, was  standing  after  that,  for  the  remains  of  Bishop 
Ythamar,  who,  according  to  Weever,  had  been  buried  in  the 
nave  of  the  Saxou  church,  were  not  removed  until  the  epis- 
copate of  John  de  Canterbury.  This  removal  probably 
marks  the  final  destruction  of  the  old  church. 

2.  In  laying  down  the  Early-Norman  wall  and  founda- 
tions  in  the  Plan,  I  have  treated  them  in  the  same  way  as  I 
treated  the  Saxon  work.  I  did  not  see  the  excavations  on 
the  south  side  of  the  central  doorway ;  sufficient  signs  of 
the  position  of  the  quoins  on  the  outside  remained  after  the 
holes  had  been  filled  up.  On  the  inside,  however,  this  was 
not  the  case,  and,  as  no  notes  or  drawings  are  forthcoming, 
I  am  obliged  to  assume  that  the  Plan  corresponds  with  that 
of  the  north  side  except  in  one  particular.  It  is  said  that 
some  barrel-loads  of  loose  chalk  were  taken  up  from  under 
the  respond  of  the  great  arcade.  As  Gundulf  used  loose 
chalk  wherewith  to  fill  his  foundation-ditches,  it  seems 
likely  that  these  came  from  the  end  of  the  sleeper- wall  of  his 
arcade.  I  have  therefore  indicated  such  a  Gundulf  sleeper- 
wall  in  the  Plan  by  black  dotted  lines.  It  is  also  said  that 
under  the  north  side  of  the  same  respond  there  was  a  deep 
sinking  of  masonry.  Not  having  sufficient  data  I  could  not 
indicate  its  position.  It  is  possibly  some  Roman  foundation- 
work  made  use  of  by  Gundulf  in  connection  with  the  sleeper- 
wall,* 

The  longitudinal  section,  No.  4,  Plate  II.,  shews  the 
junction  of  the  two  works  in  the  foundation-ditch  under  the 
south  aisle  wall  in  the  westernmost  bay.  GundiJf 's  ditch 
was  not  much  more  than  three  feet  deep,  and  did  not  reach 
maiden  soil.  About  one-third  of  it  was  filled  with  loose 
gravel,  and  then  a  quantity  of  chalk  in  small  lumps,  such  as 


•  Fouudations  of  Roman  walls  wen?  found  by  Mr.  Irvine  in  front  of  the  south 
uslewall.  Mr.  BoachSmitb,t«<^  tells  me  he  bos  seen  the  foundations  of  a  Roman 
wall  running  diagonally  across  Boloy  Hill,  near  the  County  Magistrates'  o£Soe. 
There  were  doubtless  several  Roman  buildings  vrithin  the  vralls  of  the  city,  but 
their  remains  are  too  low  down  in  the  ground  for  us  to  be  able  ever  to  get  to 
know  much  about  them. 


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could  be  dug  with  an  ordinary  garden  spade,  were  thro?ni 
in.* 

The  Early-Norman  builders  went  down  deeper,  and 
reached  the  reddish  earthy  river-sand,  containing  flints, 
which  constitutes  the  maiden  soil ;  and  they  adopted  a  new 
method  of  filling  their  ditch.  First,  a  double  layer  of  flints 
was  laid  in  and  covered  with  sand  mixed  with  a  little  lime. 
Then  the  ditch  was  filled  with  four  layers  of  chalk  and 
sand.  This,  Mr.  Irvine  remarks,  was  evidently  meant  to  be 
a  great  improvement  on  the  old  method,  but  the  builders 
were  probably  using  up  materials  left  by  Gundulf,  for  when 
the  ditch  was  opeued  up  agiiin,  by  Mr,  Thompson's  men, 
under  the  west  front,  in  the  recess  near  the  comer  turret, 
thoy  found  the  use  of  chalk  abandoned,  and  flints  used 
throughout  in  similar  layers,  and  set  in  mortar  and  red 
mould  alternately.  The  depth  of  this  work  varied  from  3^ 
to  4  feet,  and  the  thickness  of  the  several  layers  varied 
considerably.  The  newer  method  was  followed  all  along  the 
west  front.t  A  still  further  improvement  was  noticed  under 
the  north  aisle  wall  in  the  first  bay,  where  I  had  an  oppor- 
tunity of  making  a  close  examination  of  the  foundations. 
The  Early  Normans  widened  their  ditch  here,  and  made  its 
southern  face  run  across  to  join  the  apse-foundations,  as 
shewn  by  the  dotted  line  in  the  Plan,  Plate  I.  The  plan  of 
operations  here  (see  Section  2)  had  been  to  lay  down  a  bed 
of  mortar  some  three  inches  in  thickness,  and  on  it  to  throw  a 
layer  of  flints.  This  in  turn  was  covered  with  red  sandy 
mould,  and  the  whole  was  rammed,  and  that  so  eflFectually 
that  we  found  it  very  hard  work  to  remove  the  flints  with 
the  pick.  All  this  had  been  done  four  times,  and  then,  at 
the  top,  came  a  layer  of  flints  and  mortar  without  mould, 
on  which  the  foundation  footing  appeared.  The  mortar 
was  very  loose,  and  contained  pieces  of  a  fine  white  plaster 
in  considerable  quantities — both  wall  and  floor-plaster,  appa- 
rently— ^as  well  as  a  smaller  number  of  fragments  of  thin 


*  On  the  chsJk  tvro  oourses  of  stooe  foundation,  11  inches  deep,  were  laid. 
These  have  disappeared  from  the  south  aisle  wall  (exterior),  but  Section  1  shews 
them  as  the;  were  found  by  Mr.  Irvine  under  the  north  aisle  wall. 

t  See  Section  No.  9  in  Plato  II. 


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Roman  stucco.  Among  the  flints  I  found  what  appeared  to 
be  a  portion  of  a  Roman  quern-stone. 

I  have  described  the  contents  of  the  Early-Norman  ditch 
somewhat  at  length,  first,  because  it  indicates  the  progress 
of  the  work  from  the  south  side  round  to  the  north ;  and, 
secondly,  because  it  proves  beyond  all  doubt  that  it  was 
quite  distinct  in  point  of  time  from  Gundulf  s  work.  The 
rubble  walliug  is  also  distinctly  of  later  character,  though 
one  cotdd  scarcely  push  its  date  into  the  twelfth  century. 
Two  bits  of  the  wall  are  sketched  in  Plate  II.  (Kos.  2  and  4). 
The  joints,  filled  ■with  a  fine  yellow  sand  mortar,  are  wide 
and  irregular.  Otherwise  there  seems  tx»  be  nothing  calling 
for  remark  in  the  masonry,  except  it  be  the  use  of  their 
bonding  courses.  In  one  of  the  examples  this  bonding 
course  is  slightly,  but  only  slightly,  suggestive  of  herring- 
bone work.  The  earlier  rubble  walling  of  Gundulf  has 
much  more  strongly  marked  features.  An  example  to  be 
seen  in  the  south  aisle  (interior)  shews  moat  decided  herring- 
bone work,  in  addition  to  the  courses  of  thin  and  also  of 
bigger  stones  which  occur  in  the  Early-Norman  work.*  A 
second  example  of  Gundulf 's  may  be  seen  in  a  portion  of 
the  north  aisle  wall  (exterior),  where  the  courses  are  much 
the  same  size,  and  all  consist  of  stones  set  herring-bone-wise, 
with  a  larger  stone  set  straight  here  and  there  oidy. 

If  these  differences  shew  a  distinction  of  date,  there  are 
enough  points  of  likeness  to  bring  the  Early-Norman  work 
close  to  that  of  Gundulf.  In  both  cases  the  walls  rest  on  a 
stone  foundation  (generally  of  two  courses)  of  Kentish  rag, 
which  is  only  just  wide  enough  to  carry  comfortably  the 
pilaster  buttresses.  In  both  cases,  walls  and  buttresses  rise 
from  tbe  footings  mthout  plinths ;  and  in  both  cases  tiifa 
is  used  for  all  the  quoins,  and  Kentish  rag  for  the  faces  of 
the  rough  walls  and  footings,  with  flints  inside.     The  mea- 

Lsurements  correspond.  The  footing  of  the  Early-Norman 
work  is  generally  about  1  foot  4  inches  in  depth  and  about  a 
foot  wider  than  the  wall  on  each  side.  Sometimes  a  third 
wall 
lion 


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This  bit  of  Gimdulf's  work  ig  very  similar  to  that  of  tbe  same  architect's 
walling  in  St.  Leonard's  Tower,  Mailing,  which  is  figured  in  Parker's  Introduc. 
lion  to  Oolhic  ArekiUcitirt. 

VOL.  xvin,  t 


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and  thin  course  is  found  between  the  two  larger  courses,  as 
may  be  seen  in  Section  2.  The  Plan  shews  that  at  the  end 
of  the  aisles  the  wall  of  the  front  is  much  thinner  than  else- 
where, and  that  the  footing  is  correspondingly  wider  on  the 
inside,  and  consists  (as  may  be  seen  in  Section  3)  of  a  single 
course  of  stones  of  great  size,  very  rough,  the  joints  of  which 
contain  flints.  The  projection  of  the  buttresses  is  74  or  8 
inches.  That  of  the  clasping  buttresses  of  the  corner  pinna- 
cles may  have  been  slightly  greater.  They  were  not  exposed 
at  either  end,  but  I  conclude  that  the  supports  of  the  corner 
pinnacles  of  the  west  front  were  treated  in  this  way  (as 
shewn  in  the  Plan),  because  it  was  the  treatment  which  Mr. 
Irvine  found  adopted  in  the  south  transept  of  the  first 
Norman  church.  The  thinness  of  the  wall  at  the  end  of  the 
aisle  would  point  to  the  same  conclusion. 

The  ground-plan  indicates  a  very  plain  front.  Perhaps 
the  most  interesting  oE  all  our  discoveries  connected  with  it 
is  that  of  the  bases  of  the  jamb-shafts  of  the  central  door- 
way, which  was  wider  than  its  Later-Norman  successor,  but 
not  so  deeply  recessed.  There  are  two  bases  remaining  on 
each  side.  The  material  is  tufa.  Those  on  the  south  side,  by 
an  an-angement  of  the  new  plinths,  will  remain,  not  always 
open  to  view,  but  accessible.  Including  the  mortar-bed 
they  stand  about  7^  inches  high.  Base  and  quoin  are 
worked  together  in  one  stone  in  the  ordinary  way.  The 
plinths  are  square,  the  mouldings  almost  plain,  and  worked 
to  a  shallow  central  keel,  suggestive  of  the  double-ogee 
moulding  so  common  in  the  perpendicular  style,  but  reversed. 
The  bases  on  the  north  side  have  of  necessity  been  covered 
again.  They  are  figured,  however,  in  Plate  II.  (No.  1).  One 
of  them  repeats  the  moulding  just  described,  and  the  other 
shews  two  plain  rounds.  The  mortar- joints  are  large,  vary- 
ing in  width  from  1  to  IJ  inches.  The  bases  stand  upon 
the  platform  which  carries  the  door- step.  The  bases  of  the 
shafts  of  the  innermost  order  of  the  arch  have  disappeared, 
but  the  outlines  of  their  mortar-beds  could  be  traced  on  the 
door-step  on  each  side,  so  that  they  must  have  stood  higher 
than  the  others.  The  platform  which  carries  the  bases  and 
the  step  is  18  inches  wide,  and  about  20  inches  above  the 


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foundation-footing.  This  fact  alone  would  tell  us  that  some 
of  the  Early-Norman  wall  was  underground  from  the  first. 
Moreover,  it  is  impossible  that  the  sujface  of  the  ground 
should  have  risen  two  feet  and  more  in  twenty-five  or  thirty 
years — the  interval  between  the  building  of  the  early  and 
later  fronts,* 

A  glance  at  Section  5,  in  Plate  II.,  shews  that  the  near- 
ness of  the  remains  of  the  Saxon  wall  to  the  Early-Norman 
doorway,  and  the  height  of  those  remains  in  the  ground, 
together  preclude  all  possibility  of  the  surface  of  the  ground 
being  so  low  as  the  Early-Norman  footing.  Moreover,  we 
found  a  pathway  running  right  up  to,  and  on  a  level  with, 
the  top  of  the  door-step,  which  pathway,  from  its  very  posi- 
tion, must  have  been  older  than  the  Later-Norman  work, 
and  almost  certainly  coeval  with  the  Early-Norman  door- 
step. Its  material,  too,  looked  very  much  like  that  used  in 
the  Early-Norman  foundations.  It  consisted  of  two  layers 
of  plaster,  with  flints  and  red  sandy  mould  between,  the 
■whole  being  about  8  inches  thick.  I  unfortunately  failed 
to  see  either  of  the  bases  actually  cleared,  and  so  can 
only  suppose  that  the  path  sloped  down  on  each  side  to 
allow  the  bases  to  be  seen.  On  the  interior,  the  original 
wall-plaster,  a  very  firm  and  hard  white  piaster,  was  found 
on  the  Early-Norman  wall  running  right  down  to  the 
footing,  so  there  ninat  have  been  a  considerable  descent  into 
the  nave  of  the  church.  This  awkward  armngement  was 
perpetuated  and  exaggerated  by  the  Later-Norman  builders. 

We  found  no  signs  of  the  respond  of  the  Early-Norman 
arcade  on  the  north  side,  but  its  foundations  remain  and 
were  used  to  carry  the  Later -Norman  respond.  They  run 
eastwards,  and  abut  upon  the  foundations  of  the  Saxon 
apse,  indicating  the  Hue  of  the  sleeper- wail  of  the  arcade. 
I  have  ventured  to  shew  this  sleeper-wall  beyond  the  apse 
"  conjecturally."  It  is  doubtful,  however,  whether  the  arcade 
itself  was  ever  raised,  for  no  signs  of  it  have  yet  been  found 
in  the  Later-Norman  arcade,   while  on  the  south  side  the 


*  There  ii  reason,  hoTrever,  to  believe  that  it  was  in  this  iDterral  that  the 
little  strip  of  grroiind  between  the  west  front  (northern  part)  and  the  remains  of 
11m  ball  demoliaheU  Saxon  ohuroh  was  used  as  a  burial-ground. 

•Si 


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FOUNDATIONS   OF  THE   SAXON 


Later-Norman  arcade  uiidoubtedly  is  in  the  main  Gundnlf*s 
work.*  In  fact,  it  is  a  question  whether  the  Early 
Normans  did  aft«r  all  quite  finish  their  church.  Perhaps 
funds  failed,  and  they  were  content  for  a  time  with  some 
temporary  structure  on  the  north  side  to  support  a  tem- 
porary roof.  It  is  significant  that  on  the  Early-Norman 
footing  of  the  north  aiale  wall,  as  shewn  in  Section  2,  there 
remain  only  two  courses  of  the  Early  Norman  walling, 
not  plastered,  and  that  between  them  and  the  overlying  course 
there  is  at  least  an  inch  of  mould.  This  overlying  course  is 
undoubtedly  Later-Norman  work.  It  is  of  tufa,  and  has  in 
one  spot  some  of  the  original  plaster  adhering  to  it.  Its 
mortar  is  grey  and  shelly,  and  quite  different  from  the  yellow 
sand  moi'tar  used  by  the  Early  Normans  in  their  walling.  The 
work  above  this  is  modern.  The  question  thus  raised  seems 
to  be  the  only  one  of  any  real  difficulty  that  has  cropped  up. 
It  is  not  of  any  great  importance  to  us  now,  but  it  should  be 
borne  in  mind  in  future  researches. 

m.  It  has  already  been  said  that  the  Later-Norman  front 
was  the  closing  work  of  what  was  practically  a  rebuilding 
of  the  first  Norman  church.  It  has  suffered  considerably 
at  the  hands  of  restorers.  The  north  pinnacle  was  rebuilt 
in  its  present  odd  octagonal  shape  in  the  sixteenth  century. 
The  north  turret  was  rebuilt  and  finished  off  with  a  battle- 
ment at  about  half  its  original  height  in  the  worst  style  of 
the  middle  of  the  last  century.  At  the  same  time,  probably, 
the  bases  of  the  central  doorway  and  the  double  plinths 
throughout  were  restored  away,  and  a  single  plinth  sub- 
stituted, leaving  only  a  few  of  the  original  stones. f  .  A  little 


*  This  waa  dUcovered  by  Mr.  Irvine.  The  lower  orders  of  the  arches,  nod 
the  upper  orders  also  on  the  aisle  side,  are  all  of  tufa,  now  plastered  over. 

t  It  is  this  single  plinth  that  is  shown  in  the  Plan  in  blue.  At  the  south- 
weit  corner  the  duuble  plinth  remained  as  a  guide  to  the  architect,  and  it  liaa 
jait  be«n  restored  throughout.  The  bases,  too,  of  the  central  doorway  have  been 
replaced.  I  waa  at  first  led  to  believe  that  the  repairs  which  destroyed  the  htwes 
and  double  plinth  were  made  by  Mr.  Ciittin>;hain  in  183fi,  but  a  li.>it  of  Mr.  Cot- 
tiiighatn's  work,  wliich  Mr.  A.  A.  Arnold,  the  Chapter-clerk,  handed  to  me,  and 
of  which  I  found  a  duplicate  amon);  surue  jiapers  relating  to  the  fabric  which 
the  Dean  kindly  allowed  me  to  look  through,  makes  no  mention  of  any  such 
repairs.  The  mortar  used  i-s  most  distinctive — a  very  tough  white  mortar  with 
green  vesicles  in  it— and  was  found  to  have  beea  used  also  for  the  (wo  courses  of 


^^    CATHEDRAL  CHURCH  AT  ROCHESTER.     277 

later  it  was  evidently  found  that  the  south  tarret  was 
unsafe,  and  so  little  did  tlie  guardians  of  the  fabric  of  that 
day  appreciate  their  splendid  inheritance  from  the  past,  or 
their  grave  responsibOity  to  the  future,  that  they  adopted 
the  ready  cure  of  lopping  off  the  top  of  it.*  The  whole 
front,  except  perhaps  the  beautiful  centiul  doorway,  is  now 
in  a  perilously  dangerous  condition,  and  the  hideous  shores 
cannot  be  taken  down  before  it  has  been  wholly  restored. 
The  whole  of  tlie  face  of  the  wall  up  to  a  considerable  height 
has  broken  away  from  the  rubble  core,  and  cracks  are  deve- 
loping themselves  in  great  numbers.  The  foundations  were 
found  in  a  most  unsatisfactory  state.  The  wall  overlaps  the 
Early- Norman  wall  on  which  it  is  built  by  as  much  as  from 
8i  to  4  feet  along  the  southern  part  of  the  exterior.  The 
Later-Norman  builders,  to  widen  the  foundations,  simply 
dug  a  trench  along  the  earlier  wall  and  foundations,  but  by 
no  means  to  their  full  depth,  and  filled  it  with  material  of 
the  same  character  as  that  of  their  predecessors,  but  less 
compact  and  serviceable.!  The  face  of  the  waU  above 
is  very  thin,  seldom  more  than  six  inches,  and  scarcely 
bonded  into  the  wall  at  all.  One  only  wonders  how  any 
part  of  it  has  stood  so  long.  The  careless  way  in  which  the 
masons  of  that  day  put  up  their  work  is  well  illustrated  by 
Section  3,  which  shews  how  they  placed  the  materials  of 
their  walling  on  the  footing,  and  against  the  face  of  the 
earlier  work,  without  attempting  to  bond  them  in.     Under 

toundBtioD-work  under  tlis  north  turret  (see  Section  7),  and  for  the  iteps  inside 
tho  small  west  door.  Moreover,  the  tooling  of  the  faced  stone  points  to  the 
last  century.  So  that  I  have  now  to  come  to  the  conclusion  that  these  repairs, 
traces  o(  which  may  still  be  seen,  arc  of  the  same  date  as  the  north  turret ;  and 
this  beiiijf  the  case,  for  the  woriL-i,  "  Cottingham's  plinths,"  in  Sections  3  and  6, 
we  must  read,  "  eighteenth  century  plinths,"  and  for  "  Cottingham's  repairs  "  in 
Section  7,  wo  must  read,  "  and  fouudations."  Cottingham's  repairs  at  the  west 
front  consisted  in  takiug  down  and  rebuilding  in  Bath  stone  the  great  window 
and  the  battlemento  above,  and  of  partiully  repairing  the  stone-work  of  the  two 
corner  turrcta.  Cottingham's  repairs  here  and  elsewhere  cost  nearly  £10,000. 
r  *  A  great  deal  has  beeu  doue  in  the  present  century  (more  than  £30,000  has 
i  been  expended  by  the  Dean  and  Chapter  since  1840),  and  much  more  remains  to  be 
done  to  make  amends  for  the  apathy  and  neglect  of  past  ages,  and  to  put  the 
fabric  into  a  condition  of  safety. 

t  The  material  contained  more  Kentish  rag  tlian  the  Early  Norman,  evi- 
dently obtained  from  the  destruction  of  ihc  earlier  wall.  Some  fragmenU  of 
apparently  unused  Norman  mouldings  were  found  in  this  foundation-work. 
One  fragment  shewed  a  triple  nebulo  mouldiug,  and  a  second  shewed  a  oounler- 
uompony.    They  are  sketohed  in  Plate  II.,  Nos.  5  and  6. 


278 


WEST   KND   OP    EOCHBSTBR  CATHEDRAL. 


the  north-west  turret  we  found  a  stronger  foundation  than 
elsewhere,  but  even  there  it  did  not  reach  the  solid  ground.* 
It  consisted  of  great  blocks  of  tufa  and  rag-stone,  taken 
evidently  from  the  destroyed  Early-Norman  front,  and  tallies 
with  the  mass  of  masonry  which  Mr.  Irvine  found  in  front 
of  the  north  aisle  wall  in  the  first  bay,  and  proves  the  cor- 
rectness of  his  inference  that  the  Later-Norman  architect 
meant  to  flank  his  front  with  towers — a  design  which  he 
evidently  abandoned  later  on.  Mr.  Irvine  found  no  such 
preparation  made  on  the  south  side. 

It  is  perhaps  worthy  of  remark  that  the  walls  of  both  the 
early  and  later  fronts  taper  towards  the  north.  The  early 
builders  worked  by  "  rule  of  brow."  The  Later  Normans 
used  Caen-stone  for  all  their  facings  and  mouldings;  and 
they  used  up  all  the  tufa  which  their  predecessors  left 
behind  them,  but  in  no  case  did  they  use  it  where  it  would 
be  seen.  The  plaster  floor  of  the  Later-Norman  nave  was 
cut  through  in  several  places  during  the  excavations.  A 
moveable  slab  has  been  laid  down  in  the  present  floor  near 
the  respond  of  the  north  arcade,  where  the  old  floor  may  be 
seen  seven  inches  below  and  running  up  to  the  bottom  of 
the  plinth  of  the  respond.  The  plaster  floor  was  very 
uneven.  It  was  found  upon  the  Early-Norman  footing, 
inside  the  north-west  doorway  (as  shewn  in  Section  -3),  from 
whence  it  ran  up  on  to  the  foundations  of  the  apse,  over  a 
triangular  bit  of  foundation  work  inserted  by  the  Later 
Normans  into  the  corner,  at  the  junction  of  the  said  footing 
and  the  apse,  to  support  the  turret. f  Where  there  was  no 
stone-work  for  it  to  rest  upon,  the  soil  was  prepared  by  a 
layer  of  flints,  on  which  the  plaster,  full  of  cockle-shells,  was 
laid.  It  formed  a  hard  and  durable  floor.  Mr.  Irrine  found 
similar  floors  under  the  choir  and  transept-crossing. 

So  my  task  comes  to  an  end.  It  only  remains  for  me  to 
thank  Mr.  W.  H.  St.  John  Hope  and  Mr.  Irvine  for  informa- 
tion and  advice,  and  Mr.  Thompson  and  his  foreman  for 
the  kind  facilities  they  afforded  me. 

*  See  the  iDtoresting  Seotion,  No.  7,  shewing^  works  of  three  period! ;  but 
of.  note  t,  p.  270. 

t  The  outline  of  this  bit  of  foundjition  work  ii  aheira  br  a  threo-dotted  line 
in  the  P'— 


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ST.  PAUL'S  CRAY  CHURCH. 

BT  MAJOR  AXFBED  H  BALES,  F.S.A. 

St.  Paul's  Cbat  Chcrch  is  one  of  the  five  uncient  purieh  churches 
which  take  their  name  from  the  little  Btream,  callea  by  courtesy  a 
river,  the  Cray,  which  rises  in  the  parish  of  Orpington,  and  flowing 
along  its  own,  the  Cray,  valley,  for  a  few  miles,  unites  with 
the  Darent  near  the  head  of  Dartford  Creek,  and  the  two  together 
are  soon  after  lost  in  the  Thames. 

The  Cray  is  a  clear,  bright  stream,  found  to  be  particularly 
valuable  for  paper-making  and  calico-printing,  both  of  which  facts 
afford  a  testimony  to  its  excellence  ;  and  to  the  last  it  preserves  its 
clear  brightness.  It  has  the  distinction  of  which  many,  even  great 
rivers, cannot  boast,  of  giving  a  surname  t«  five  churches  and  parishes; 
viz.,  St.  Mary's  Cray,  St.  Paul's  Cray,  Foot's  Cray,  North  Cray, 
and  Crayf  ord. 

Looking  first  to  Domesday  Book*  for  the  earliest  probable  men- 
tion of  these  churches,  we  find  that  four  Cray  Manors  are  recorded, 
including  Crayford  then  called  Erde,  and  in  addition  to  St.  Mary's 
Cray,  which  was  originally  a  chapelry  to  Orpington.  As  the  rest 
are  identified  in  a  list  of  the  churches  in  the  Diocese  of  Rochester, 
written  in  the  first  half  of  the  twelfth  century,  referred  to  in  the 
Ttxtus  Roffenti»,\  it  follows  that  the  church  which  was  then  called 
Rodulfe's  Craie  must  be  that  which  is  now,  like  Crayford,  under  the 
invocation  of  St.  Paulinus  of  York.  J 

We  find  the  church  mentioned  as  Creypaulin  in  the  taxation  of 
Pope  Nicholas  IV.,  c.  1291,  when  it  was  assessed  at  the  annual 
value  of  £7  68.  8d.  ;§  and  in  the  assessment  by  King  Henry  VIII., 
where  it  is  called  Fowles  Gray,  aliat  Paul't  Cray,  with  the  dedication 
of  St.  Paulinus,  and  the  annua)  value  was  set  down  at  £12  ISs.  4d.{| 
We  must,  of  course,  bear  in  miad  the  changes  in  the  value  or 
money.  In  two  records,  dated  respectively  ISl*  and  1315,  it  is 
calle<l  Paulynet-craye.^ 

'  Larking,  Kent  Domuday,  p.  26. 

t  Hearno,  Ttxttu  Uoff^ntit,  p.  230.  All  theN  ohurohea  were  e(}ually  uiesRed 
for  a  payment  of  9d.  eaon.     See  aim  Haatod'!!  Hijriory  of  Kent,  folio,  vol.  i.,  143, 

X  Of  Tork,  as  distinguished  from  St.  Paulinos  of  Treves.  This  St.  Paulinoi 
was  the  first  Archbishop  of  Tork,  and  subae<iuently  was  translated  to  Itochester, 
and  Wis  buried  in  the  Cathedral  there,  G^win,  CcUalogve  of  EnglM  BUhopi, 
p,  522. 

§  Taxation  of  Pope  Nickalat  IV.    Record  Office  Edition,  p.  6a, 

II   Bacon's  Liber  Begit,  p.  852. 

f  Ptdee  Finium;  see  Archaologia  CmUiana,  Vol.  XII,,  p.  606,  and  XIII., 
u,  289. 


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ST.  Paul's  ceat  ohtjech. 


The  church  itsflf  is  very  picturesquely  situnted  on  the  east  side 
of  the  road,  from  which  and  from  the  river  flowing  beside  the  road, 
the  ground  risea  rather  sharply,  and  the  edifice  is  singularly  rural 
of  aspect ;  its  west  tower  and  spire  gain  size  by  their  position  at 
the  end  of  the  church,  and  dominate  the  approach  ;  while  the  view 
of  the  interior,  when  seen  through  the  open  door  and  terminating 
in  the  bright  glass  of  the  east  window  is  thoroughly  effective  and 
eccleaiastical.     The  orientation  is  1°  south  of  east. 

The  description  of  the  building  given  by  Ireland,  the  follower 
of  Hasted  as  a  County  Historian,  runw  thus:  "The  church  con- 
tains two  aisles,  and  one  chancel,  with  a  pointed  steeple  at  the 
west  end."*  This  description  certainly  has  the  merit  of  brevity: 
and,  with  the  eiplnimtion  that  the  term  aisle  was  formerly  used 
somewhat  indefinitely,  is  correct  so  far  as  it  goes;  but  for  the 
purposes  of  modern  archajology  some  little  expansion  and  precision 
are  requisite.  We  may  describe  the  church  at  the  present  time  as 
consisting  of  a  west  tower,  nave  and  south  aisle,  chancel,  north 
vestry,  and  south  chantry.  There  is  no  chancel  arch,  nor  any 
indication  that  there  ever  was  one. 

Barely,  indeed,  arc  there  any  existing  records  of  the  foundation 
and  construction  of  any  early  parish  church,  and  even  the  history 
of  very  important  city  churches  is  generally  wanting :  we  have, 
therefore,  to  construct  their  history  as  well  as  we  can  from  what 
we  can  see  and  from  what  we  can  gather  from  comparison  with 
other  buildings  ;  in  fact,  then,  archaeology  is  analagous  to  osteology, 
where  the  professor  has  but  a  few  evident  facts  before  him  from 
which  to  construct  in  imagination  the  rest  of  the  skeleton  ;  and 
frequently  it  happens  that  old  churches  present  us  with  problems 
which  are  either  insoluble  or  of  doubtful  solution.  St.  Paul's  Cray 
Church,  however,  though  much  different  from  its  original  appear- 
ance at  the  time  of  Domesday,  when  it  is  first  mentioned,  happily 
still  furnishes  us  with  a  good  deal  of  its  own  history. 

The  existing  structure,  which  superseded  that  mentioned  in 
Domesday,  formerly  consisted  of  a  west  tower,  nave  with  north  and 
south  aisles,  a  remarkably  well-developed  chancel  with  a  chantry 
adjoining  it  on  the  north  and  also  opening  into  the  aisle',  the  whole 
erected  in  the  Early  English  period,  and  early  in  that  style — say 
between  the  years  12(X)  and  1220 ;  a  south  chantry  was  added 
probably  towards  the  close  of  the  same  century.  The  material  of 
the  walls  and  exterior  is  flint,  fairly  fftced,  and  the  interior  and 
dressing  of  clunch  or  stone  ;  the  walls  throughout  are  of  great 
thickness.  The  internal  dimensions  of  the  building,  as  we  now 
see  it,  are,  in  feet  and  inches,  as  follows : — 

Tower  9:7  x  9:5.  Tower  arch  3  feet  deep.  Nave  29:8  x  18:6. 
South  aisle  34:10  x  14:11.  Chancel  35:3  x  17:G.  Vestry  15  x  9:6. 
South  chantry  15x15:7.    Extreme  length  75:3.    E.xtreme  width  4S:1. 

The  tower  has  no  staircase,  as  often  occurs  in  flint-built  churches, 
since  that  material  is  singularly  uasuitahlo  for  the  purpose.     The 

*  Ireland,  H\$lory  of  Ike  Cmaly  of  Kent,  xy.,  p.  522. 


PiAW  OF  THB  Church  of  St.  Paui.[iiiu]8  Chat,  Kbwt. 
iSeaU,  20  feet  to  J  imelt.) 


ST.   PAUL  8   CRAY  CHURCH. 


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arcade  between  the  nare  and  aisle  will  be  noticed  as  being  unuBually 
gonri  for  a  parish  church  like  tho  present  unpretetidiug  Btriictnre, 
and  especially  considering  the  want  of  stone  fit  for  decorative  pur- 
pose. The  arches  are  rather  lofty  and  finely  proportioned,  and 
nave  a  semi-circular  sub-arch,  and  on  the  aisle  side  a  hood  mould. 
The  western  respond  has  a  well-moulded  cap,  extending  across  and 
including  a  xmall  roll  or  shaft  worked  in  cither  outer  angle.  The 
pillars  are  circular,  and  unusually  slender ;  that  to  the  west  has 
a  moulded  cap  similar  to  the  western  respond,  but  the  other  corre- 
sponds in  Btyle  with  the  eastern  respond,  the  caps  being  much 
richer,  and  carved  with  heads  and  foliage,  rather  rudely,  perhaps, 
but  with  a  strongly  marked  character  in  themselves,  as  well  as 
definitely  fixing  their  date.  So  rude  is  some  part  of  the  work,  that 
without  careful  notice  it  may  bo  taken  as  an  example  of  inartistic 
touching  up  by  rustic  masons.  The  accompanying  illustration  re- 
presenting the  east  respond  will  shew  it  better  than  any  description. 

On  the  opposite  or  North  side  are  two  arches  of  the  destroyed 
arcatle,  blocked  up,  and  now  hidden  by  the  growth  of  ivy.* 

The  .South  aisle  is  stated  to  have  been  rebuilt  in  18.39,  wider 
than  it  was  previously ;  which  latter  particular  seems  very  probable 
since  early  aisles  were  generally  narrow ;  previously  it  had  a  high- 
pitched  gable,  and  at  the  East  end  a  window  of  three  lights  which, 
of  course,  must  have  been  an  insertion  in  the  original  building-t 

The  caps  of  the  arch  between  the  chancel  and  uorth  chantry, 
though  somewhat  damaged,  afford  excellent  examples  of  Early 
jEnglish  foliage,  as  wilt  be  seen  by  our  illustration ;  the  sub-arcn 
is  semi-octagonal.  An  arch  on  the  west  side  of  this  chantry  (now 
the  vestry)  appears  to  be  almost  serai-circular;  it  is  built  up.  In  the 
side  of  the  same  building  is  a  lancet,  4  feet  high,  but  only  8  inches 
wide,  splayed  internally  to  3  feet  3  inches, 

At  the  east  end  of  the  chancel  was  a  triplet  of  lancets  placed 
far  apart ;  these  were  evidently  blocked  up  and  plastered  over  in 
the  scventeentli  ceutury  when  a  barbarous  window  was  inserted 
and  subsequently  built  up,  which  in  its  turn  gave  place,  at  the  time 
of  the  "  restoration  "  after  mentioned,  to  the  present  window,  in 
favour  of  which  nothing  can  be  said,  though  the  stained  glass  with 
which  it  is  filled,  and  which  was  presented  by  the  Rev.  Q.  L.  Langdon, 
the  Hector  then  and  now,  is  bright,  rich,  and  sparkling,  and  far 
superior  to  most  modern  glass.  The  outline  of  the  original  laucels, 
which  became  apparent  when  the  oast  end  was  stripped  of  plaster, 
has,  judiciously,  been  preserved  for  inspection  ;  it  is  a  pity  the 
triplet  was  not  re-opened  instead  of  putting  in  the  new  window. 

As  to  the  date  of  the  original  south  chantry  we  can  only  make  a 
rough  estimate  from  a  coffin-lid.  The  chantry,  which  goes  with  the 
ownership  of  the  mansion  called   St.  Paul's  Cray  Hill,  had  fallen 

*  They  are  shewn  in  an  engraving  in  the  Omtleman'i  Magazine  for  1S41. 

t  Oextlenum't  Magatint,  1841,  vol.  i.,  p.  862.  An  oxc«llonf  description  and 
account  of  the  church  in  its  tlien  state  by  my  good  friend  Mr.  J.  (j.  WuUcr  and 
his  late  brother ;  an  account  which  is  very  accurate  and  singulorty  in  advance 
of  the  arolueology  of  nearly  a  half  century  ago. 


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into  ruin,  and  the  arches  opening  from  it  into  the  church  had  been 
built  up  or  de«troyed  many  years  ago,  and  prior  to  the  "  restoration  " 
of  the  church,  which  occurred  in  1856  and  1861,  when  the  chantry, 
at  the  suggestion  of  the  Rector,  was  entirely  rebuilt.  In  the  course 
of  digging  foundations  six  stone  coiEn-lids  were  dug  up ;  of  these, 
one  was  selected  and  set  upright  against  the  west  wall  of  the 
chapel,  and  the  others  were  re-interred.  The  one  which  we  see  is 
certainly  of  early  date. 

A  porch  in  front  of  the  tower  was  built  (so  far  as  one  may  trust 
a  non-prot'essioual  drawing  made  more  than  half  a  century  ago*) 
towards  the  latter  part  nf  the  fifteenth  century ;  it  was  removed  at 
the  "restoration"  of"  the  church,  but  the  mark  of  its  gable  is  visible 
on  the  tower  wall. 

About  the  same  time,  or  rather  earlier,  was  erected  a  wooden 
chancel  screen  of  good  design  and  workiivaiiship,  as  we  can  see  from 
the  panels  which,  after  subsequently  forming  part  of  the  altar- rails,+ 
now  etiibellish  the  vestry  door. 

Then,  in  the  sixteentli  century,  a  holy-water  stoup  was  formed  oi 
the  south  of  the  west  dotirway  iiiside,  of  little  interest  in  itself,  as  so 
frequently  happens;  and  probably  at  the  same  time  was  constructed 
a  staircase,  leading  to  the  rood-loft  a^-ross  the  chancel,  as  shewn  by 
the  upper  doorway  visible  at  the  entrance  of  the  chancel  on  the 
south  side. 

When  the  north  aisle  was  destroyed  is  a  matter  of  which  we 
have  no  record,  but  considering  that  the  windows  in  the  present 
north  wall  of  the  nave,  set  in  the  maaoury  which  blocks  up  the 
arches,  are  of  the  latest  period  of  Cilothic  architecture,  say  towards 
the  end  of  the  siitceuth  century,  we  may  fairly  conjecture  that 
the  destruction  of  the  aisle  took  j)lace  at  that  date.  A  good  many 
vouBsoirs  of  the  nave  arches  are  worked  up  casually  in  the  con- 
struction of  the  re-erected  .south  chajiel. 

Then  came  the  "restoration  "  in  1856  and  1861,  when,  in  addi- 
tion to  t!ie  works  already  referred  to,  the  west  doorway  with 
foliaged  caps  and  dog-tooth  moulding  in  Early  English  style,  cut 
in  rather  coarse  grit,  vms  erected,  as  alno  the  window  over  it,  both 
being  intended  as  a  reproduction  of  what  previously  e.xisted ;  the 
south  aisle  windows  were  put  in,  and  much  stained  glass  was 
presented  ;  the  south  chapel  was  rebuilt  of  Hiut  with  stone  dressings 
still  glaringly  white;  a  west  gallery  and  the  high  pews  were  happily 
swept  away.  The  floor  levels  have  been  altered,  bo  that  from  west 
to  east  is  nearly  a  continuous  upward  slope,  avoiding  steps  aa  far 
as  may  be. 

Prior  to  the  "restoration"  there  existed  what  is  described  as 
"  a  vile  altar-piece  "  with  portraits  of  Moses  and  Aaron,  and  the 
Royal  Arms,  surmounted  by  a  glaring  crimson  curtain.  Moses  and 
Aaron,  in  grisaille,  may  still  be  seen  in  the  south  chautry. 

•  Eicellent  Lithoi^Taphic  Views  of  the  Seven  Churcties  on  tUo  River  Cray, 
by  tlie  Rov.  E.  Uarcns  (nfterwsrda  Archdeacon  of  Herks),  a  member  of  the 
Berens  family  of  ICeviDgtoD,  St.  Mary  Cray,  were  publuibed  about  the  year  188S. 

t  Sir  Stephen  Glynne,  Churchet  of  Kent,  p.  321. 


If 


3.   PAULB.  CBAY_CHUBCE^^^^^^ 


C^edCoffmS^.B«^^°-' 


8T.  Paul's  ceat  chuboh. 


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I 


The  font  is  modem,  and  calls  for  no  remark ;  the  former  font  is 
described  as  of  a  plain  barrel  shape  ;•  it  wa«  unfortunately  destroyed 
in  an  attempt  to  remove  it  more  than  half  a  century  ago. 

On  the  west  door  the  lock,  enclosed  in  a  huge  wooden  box, 
shoots  two  bolts  together,  and  on  it  is  roughly  cut ;  "  Jonir  Mock 
Mad  this  Lock  1637." 

Although  there  is  no  record  of  the  endowment  of  any  chantry, 
we  find  that  there  was  a  small  endowment  for  the  maintenance  of 
a  lamp,  which  Beems  to  have  been  the  only  thing  seized  by  the 
Commissioners  appointed  by  King  Henry  VIII.  or  by  his  suc- 
ces.'for;  it  remainea  in  the  hands  of  the  Crown  until  the  reign  of 
Queen  Elizabeth.  Whether  the  lamp  was  to  burn  in  honour  of 
the  patron  Saint,  or  at  what  altar  or  before  what  statue,  does  not 
appear.  AU  that  we  do  learn  is  from  the  account  rendered  to  the 
Queen  by  "  Lancelot  Lovelace,  gent.,  collector  for  the  County  of 
Kent,  of  ileuts  of  all  Colleges,  Chantries,  Free  Chapels,  Fraternities, 
and  Guilds  whatsoever ;  together  with  all  manors,  lands,  tenements, 
and  other  thing.s  situate  in  the  said  County,  and  lying  and  e.xisting 
in  divers  iiarishes,  villes  and  hamlets  within  the  jurisdiction  of  the 
Court  of  the  Lady  the  Queen,  ami  the  Duchy  of  Lancaster,  which 
should  come  to  her  by  the  Act  of  Parliament  passed  on  the  -tth 
November  of  the  first  year  of  his  Majesty  King  Edward  VI. 
(1547),  and  the  statute  of  Colleges  and  writings  in  accordance ; 
and  according  to  the  tenor  of  the  ConimiBsion  of  the  said  late  King 
dated  the  lith  February  in  his  second  year"  (1548).  The  account 
runs  from  the  Feast  of  St.  Michael  the  Archangel  in  the  15th  year 
of  the  reign  of  Queen  Elizabeth  (1573),  for  one  whole  year. 
After  this  preamble  one  expects  to  hear  of  some  important  property, 
but  it  only  consists  of  a  rent-charge  of  xii''  on  a  parcel  of  land 
called  "  Le  Lampe  Yarde,"ie8timated  at  one-siith  of  an  acre.t 

The  church  possesses  but  one  monument  of  much  antiquity, 
which  is  the  stone  coffin-lid  already  adverted  to  as  having  been 
found  in  digging  out  the  site  for  the  re-erection  of  the  south  chapel. 
In  form  it  narrows  from  1  foot  lOJ  inches  (bevelled  to  1  loot 
8}  inches  at  the  head),  to  1  foot  3  inchea  (bevelled  to  1  foot  I  inch) 
at  the  lowest  part  remaining  ;  for  tho  lowest  part  is  now  either  lost 
or  under  the  pavement ;  the  present  remains  being  4  feet  long.  Its 
moulded  edges  shew  that  it  was  intended  to  rise  above  the  level  of 
the  pavement.  On  the  upper  surface  is  a  cross  with  foliage  in  low 
relief.  The  eicellent  work  of  Dr.  Cutts  on  Monumental  Slabs  and 
Orotiet — the  only  work  on  the  subject — has  no  design  which  at  all 
corresponds  with  this. 

Half  a  century  ago  there  were  in  the  nave  a  plain  coffin-shaped 
stone  and  n  slab  despoiled  of  its  inlaid  brass. J 

luvoutoriea  of  the  (Church  goods  here  were  taken  by  tho  Royal 
CommiasionerB  appointed  in  the  reiga  of  King  Edward  VI.  on  two 


*  Glynne,  (*i«re*«*  of  Kent,  p.  321. 

t  Minister's  Accounts ;  Duchy  of  Lancuter,  Ko.  1496,  bundle  75. 

;  OentUnuM'$  Uagatine,  \&i\,  i.,  p.  3G5. 


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ST.    PAUL  S   CRAY   CHUHOH. 


occaeionB,  the  first  of  which  wns  in  his  third  year,  that  is  between 
the  28th  January  1549  and  the  27th  January  1550,  and  the  second 
occasion  was  on  the  23rd  November  1552,  being  in  his  sixth  year. 
The  first  of  these  luventiiries,  as,  indeed,  is  very  generally  the  caBO 
with  all  HiU'h  Inventories  prior  to  the  sixth  year,  cannot  now  be  found, 
though  their  existence  is  frequently  mentioned  in  the  second  set. 
In  the  interval  between  the  two  dat^s  there  had  been  stolen  a 
chalice  and  paten  of  silver,  parcel  gilt,  weighing  9  ounces  ;  what 
vessels  were  used  in  the  eelebnitioa  of  the  Holy  Sacrament  after 
the  disappearance  we  cannot  tell,  for  there  is  no  further  mention  o£ 
a  chalice  or  paten  in  the  later  Inventory. 

The  second  Inventory,  which  states  that  Thomas  Tarbokk  waa 
parson,  aud  Richard  Lane  and  Richard  Spencer  were  churchwardens, 
recites  that  it  was  reported  to  the  Commissioncre  that  in  addition 
to  the  loss  of  the  chalice  and  paten,  there  had  been  sold  three  brass 
candlesticks,  twenty  pewter  bowls,  and  one  pewter  holy  water 
stock,  and  the  proceeus  applied  to  the  reparations  of  the  church. 
The  pewter  bowls  had  held  lights  on  the  occasion  of  ecclesiastical 
festivities;  four  still  remained,  and  their  use  is  described  in  the 
Inventory. 

It  was  also  reported  that  in  the  same  interval  a  vestment  of  blue 
satin*  had  been  stolen ;  it  is  curious  to  note  in  a  series  of  such 
Inventories  the  estraowlinary  number  of  things  stated  to  have 
been  stolen.  The  list  of  church  goods  hero,  in  1552,  is  larger  than 
one  would  have  anticipated  as  subsisting  at  the  date;  they  com- 
prised the  following  articles.t  ahz.  r — 

A  vestment  {ch{^»ul>le)  of  crimson  velvet,  with  cross  of  green 
silk  aud  gold  wire,  with  branches  (i.e.,  scroll-work)  of  white,  yellow, 
and  green ;  with  amice,  stole,  and  fanel  to  the  same,  complete. 

A  vestment  of  white  silk,  with  cross  of  sanguine  (crimson)  silk, 
with  branches  of  red  and  green  silk  ;  with  amice,  albe,  stole,  and 
faael. 

A  vestment  of  black  aatin,  with  cross  of  changeable  (shot)  silk, 
with  birds  and  flowers  upon  the  cross ;  with  amice,  albe,  stole,  and 
fanel. 

Three  vestments  of  thread  chequered  work,  with  crosses  of  the 
ae  work. 

A  cope  of  crimson  velvet  with  garters. 

An  old  cope  of  thread  chequered  work,  no  doubt  corresponding 
with  the  vestment  so  described. 

Two  corporaxes  of  linen  cloth,  good  and  bad. 

A  brass  crysmatory. 

Four  lead  cruets. 

Four  linen  altar  cloths,  two  towels  of  diaper,  and  one  of 
linen. 

Two  linen  surplices. 

•  The  t«rm  te»lme»l  wag  froquontly  used  as  oompriaing  the  suit  of  GuoUaristio 
vastmeata  for  priest,  deacon,  sod  subdoacjn  of  correspoiidiug  pattcru. 

t  Given  at  leugth  in  Arehaologia  Cantiana,  Vol.  X.,  p.  288 ;  in  an  article 
on  Church  Goods,  edited  by  Canon  Scott  Qobertson. 


ST.   PAUL  S   CRAY   CHTJECH. 


285 


A  braes  croBB  and  a  copper  cross. 

Four  bowla  of  pewter  and  lead  to  set  tapers  on  in  tlie  rood-loft. 

A  Bible  of  the  largest  rolume,  and  tbe  Paraphraais  of  Erasmus. 


I 


BELLS. 

The  Inventory  winds  up  with  four  bells  in  tho  steeple,  and  a 
Saints'  bell,  a«  remaining  iu  1552.  Of  course  the  Saints'  (sanctus) 
bell  has  disappeai-cd  with  its  use,  but  of  the  others  one  is  still 
happily  subsisting;  it  is  one  of  tho  thirty-six  now  rcmaiuiug  iu  the 
county  which  can  claim  au  antiquity  prior  to  the  year  IK-K),  and 
therefore  holds  a  place  in  the  leading  rank  of  church  bells  of  the 
county.  The  more  definite  date  of  this,  and  the  others  of  a  jrroup 
of  six,  formed  a  problem  to  which  the  late  Mr.  Stahlschuiidt" 
(one  of  our  highest  authorities  on  the  subject)  devoted  great 
considcratioQ ;  and  no  man  was,  from  his  study  of  the  bells  them- 
selves, and  from  bis  singular  research  respecting  them  and  their 
founders,  more  competent  to  solve  it.  So  far  as  we  can  gather 
his  opinion  upon  this  group  of  belle,  so  modestly  and  cautiously 
eipressed,  to  which  with  liis  care  for  eiact  accuracy  he  avoided 
affixing  any  precise  date,  and  contented  himself  with  placing  the 
facts  before  tiie  archieological  world,  after  making  it  as  clear  as  the 
light  of  hie  great  research  enabled  him  to  ;t  and  so  far  as  wo  gather 
from  the  bell  itself,  the  date  appe-ars  to  be  prior  to  and  certainly 
near  the  year  140U.  The  legend  belongs  to  what  ho  rightly  terms 
the  transitional  period  between  the  use  of  the  Lomhardic  and 
black-letter  type  ;  the  capitals  are  of  the  former  character  and  the 
remainder  of  the  latter.  The  stop  is  a  peculiar  form  of  cross  in- 
scribed on  a  diamond ;J  and  for  other  ornamentation  there  is  a  shield 
bearing  a  chevron  between  three  laver-pots,  which  appears  four 
times  over,  above  tho  legend  on  the  shoulder  of  the  bell ;  a  stamp 
which  occurs  also  three  times  on  a  bell  at  St.  Paul's,  Canterbury. 
Mr.  Stahlschmidt  inclines  to  the  opinion  that  if  the  bells  in  this 
group  were  not  the  work  of  William  Dawe  (a  great  founder,  1385- 
1418),  they  can  only  be  ascribed  to  William  Wodeward,  and  as 
he  survived  William  Dawe  it  is  quite  possible  that  some  of  tho 
stamps  belonging  to  tbe  former  may  have  passed  into  the  possession 
of  the  latter;  or  that  there  may  have  been  a  partnership  between 
them,  which  would  account  for  a  simultaneous  use  of  the  stamps. 
The  painstaking  research  of  our  author  discovered  documents  dated 
1393,  1395,  and  1118,  in  which  William  Dawe,  Founder,  is  men- 
tioned.    It  will  be  evident  to  all  accustomed  to  inscriptions  of  this 

•  With  great  regret  all  interested  in  the  subject  will  refer  to  him  as  late ; 
be  died  last  summer  uf  consumption  nut  Iod^  after  hi«  return  from  Madeira 
Most  careful,  painstaking,  and  acuurate  as  a  catnftaimlagigt  and  gtudeut  of 
arohKology,  aod  the  liistory  and  lives  of  founders;  eminent  in  various  ways; 
always  courteous  and  pleasant.  All  who  knew  him  personally,  or  from  his  works, 
must  regret  bis  loos. 

t  See  rA«  Church  BelU  of  Kent,  by  J.  C.  h.  Stahlschmidt,  pp.  27-29. 

t  Ibid.,  fig.  7,  p.  28, 


286 


ST.  Paul's  oba.t  chuech. 


date  that  Lombardic  capitals  with  blacli-letter  text,  are  just  whsC 
one  would  expect  at  the  date  attributed  to  these  bells.  The  legend 
which  is  round  the  shoulder  of  the  bell,  runs  thus : — 

4*  iof)innti  Criiti  (Tare  iSiauarc  ^ra  fiobii  Orarr. 

The  initial  cross  is  identical  with  that  on  a  bell  at  Kemsiug  in  this 
county,  and  in  the  work  referred  to  it  is  fi".  7,  p.  23.  On  the  top 
of  the  bell,  just  above  the  legend,  are  four  shields  all  alike,  and  each 
bearing  the  charge  of  a  chevron  between  three  laver-pots  ;  it  is  also 
figured  as  No.  12,  appearing  at  p.  28.* 

Another  bell  bears  the  following  inscription  ; — 

BRYANVS  ELDREDGE    ^    ME  FECIT,  1624. 

Bryan  Eldredge  or  Eklridge  was  one  of  a  family  who  together 
and  successively  carried  on  tlie  business  of  hell-founders  during  a 
century  and  a  half.  Bryan  cast  a  very  large  number  of  bells  in 
Surrey  and  the  home  counties  ;  he  died  in  16-10. f 

The  remaiuiug  bell  bore  the  legend, — 

PRAISE  THE  LORD  A  1597.    A.W. 


0 


are   those   of 
in  this  county 


but  was  recast  by  Warner  in  1859.      The  initials 

Aiithouy  Wakefield,  an  itinerant  Sussex  founder 

ho  cast  bells  for  Cranbrook  and  Ilawkhurst,    as  appears  by  the 

pariah  accounts. J 

With  regard  to  the  ancient  church  plate,  we  have  already  seen 
that  the  only  chalice  and  paten  which  the  church  did  possess  had 
been  stolen  in  the  short  interval  between  the  visits  of  the  two 
CommisBions.  The  earliest  now  there  is  a  chalice  bearing  this 
inscription  ;  "  The  Commuuioa  Cup  of  St.  Paul's  Cray,  to  be  Kept 
by  the  Minister  for  the  time  being.  1718.  The  gift  of  W'"  Scrafton, 
Citizen  and  Salter  of  London."  The  Hall-marks  are  almost  worn 
out ;  presumably  the  donor  was  the  father  of  William  Scrafton, 
A.M.,  then  Rector.§     The  rest  of  the  plate  ia  quite  modem. 

PARISH  REGISTERS. 

The  Parish  Registers  commence  in  1579,  and  the  first  volume 
comprises  nearly  two  centuries.  The  first  part  up  to  the  year  1600 
ia,  as  wo  bo  often  find  to  bo  the  case,  evidently  a  transcript  from 
the  original  notes,  and  incomplete ;  thus  in  the  first  and  several 
other  years  there  are  but  three  or  four  entries  of  births,  marriages, 
and  deaths,  which  were  made  in  one  coutinuous  record  as  the  events 

*  The  ingcriptionB  and  detail  are  taken  from  Stahbclimidt'g  work  on  The 
Church  Bellt  of  Kent,  p.  247  :  The  first  bell,  especially,  is  oot  easy  of  access, 
and  is  so  hemmed  ia  by  the  bell-frames  in  a  cramped  space,  that  I  have 
trusted  to  that  author's  well-known  accuracy,  without  full  verifiiation. 

t  Surreif  Bell*  and  London  Bell-Founderi,  by  Mr.  Stabl Schmidt ;  the  will  of 
Bryan  is  given  at  p.  113,  and  a  pedigree  of  the  family  at  p.  121. 

I  Stahlschmidt,  Vhureh  Beilt  of  Kent,  p.  GO  and "2-18. 

§  The  Begiiter  Book  contains  a  note  of  his  induction  to  the  Uving  by  Mr, 
Wilson,  K«>t«r  of  Chislehurst,  on  7  December  1703,  and  the  entry  of  hia  burial 
7  Feb' 


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287 


occurred ;  and  in  the  entry  of  one  marriage  the  particular  date  and 
the  name  of  the  woman  are  not  Btated.  At  the  earlier  periods  the 
entries  of  baptisma  give  the  names  of  tiodparents. 

From  the  commeuciiient  in  1579  down  to  the  year  1600,  the 
handwriting  is  very  good,  hut  the  ink  faded;  from  Kill  to  the 
hoginuiug  of  1635,  fine  and  uiinute ;  from  the  end  of  1638  to  the 
beginning  of  16-12,  it  is  good  ;  from  1678  to  the  end  is  beautiful  j 
all  the  rest  is  more  or  less  had.  Between  the  years  1642  aiidil662 
the  usual  ditTicultiea  occurred  in  consequence  of  the  Parliamentary 
Act  for  the  appointment  of  Civil  Registrars  ;  and  there  are  notes 
that  nothing  was  registered  (i.e.,  in  the  Church  Kegister  Book), 
from  16-12  to  1654,  and  in  1660  "  no  register."  Civil  marriages  are 
not  referred  to,  but  in  1662  are  several  entries  of  children,  not  as 
baptized  but  as  born.  The  Great  Plague  does  not  seem  to  have 
extended  to  this  parish.  Burial  in  woollen,  upon  affidavit  of  the 
fact,  is  recorded  from  1678. 

The  entries  themselves  relate  to  none  but  simple  villaeers,  except 
that  we  find  the  baptism  on  29  June  1611  of  Anna,  daughter  of 
Lawrence  Snelling,  then  parson  here;  and  the  baptisms  of  sundry 
children  of  John  Ashley,  spoken  of  as  Minister  or  Rector,  who 
became  the  Ecctor  in  1662  and  was  buried  2-i  July  1703,  aged  63, 
having  been  "Minister  onwards  of  41  years."  Thomas  Nott,  pariah 
clerk,  was  buried  1  January  1668,  and  John  Chucks  26  June  1715. 
Of  other  noteworthy  residents  we  hud  but  one  person  so  important 
as  a  knight;  ho  was  Sir  Leonard  Ferby  ;  his  daughter  was  buried  in 
1632,  and  he  himself  on  29  April  1679.  Many  members  of  the 
Ferby  or  Fereby  family  are  recorded  in  the  register  from  as  early 
as  1594.  A  wedding  by  licence  was  a  rare  thing — even  the  titles 
Gent,  or  Mr.  seldom  occur.  Statins  Snelcker,  marchant  of  the 
Stilliard  of  London,  was  buried  25  Nov.  1610;  Mr.  Thomas  Fryth  in 
1688,  and  Mr.  Thomas  Gregory,  Citizen  of  London,  and  Mr.  Uenery 
Frith  in  1697,  were  buried  in  the  chancel. 

Some  of  the  surnames  are  unusual,  such  as  these  during  the 
earlier  period ;  Stoneshed,  Gellibrand,  Chittendou  or  Chyttiugton, 
Baythoyte,  Ferby  or  Fereby,  Libbis,  Eleo  and  Baisden;  early  in  the 
eighteenth  century  are  Furlouger  and  Keeble;  Everist  in  1732  is  a 
name  which  the  Rector  informs  me  is  still  surviving.  The  name  of 
the  family  of  Chapman  occurs  during  a  long  period  from  at  least 
1676,  from  whom  probably  the  Rev.  E.  W.  Chapman,  the  present 
owner  of  St.  Paul's  Cray  Ilill,  is  a  descendant.  The  estate  was 
bought  from  Sir  Leonard  Ferby  by  one  of  the  family,  Richard 
Chapman,  who  in  1726  left  to  the  parish  £2  per  annum  towards  a 
permanent  endowment  for  the  education  of  poor  children. 

The  Christian  names  in  this  register  are  of  the  ordinary  type ; 
Joane  is  not  uncommon ;  but  Tamsyu  occurs  in  1587,  and  one 
Gideon  Rigault  was  buried  in  1712. 

I  cannot  conclude  this  account  of  the  Church  and  Registers 
without  acknowledging  the  kind  courtesy  of  the  Rev.  G.  L. 
Langdon,  the  Rector,  who  has  afforded  me  every  facility  for  the 
examination  of  the  Plate  and  Registers. 


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SHELDWICH   CHUECH. 


BY   CANON    SCOTT   ROBERTSON. 

Sheldwich  Church,  dedicated  to  St.  James,  is  built  close  to  the 
high  road  from  Faversbam  to  Ashford  which  form«  the  western 
bouudiiry  of  the  parish  ;  a  most  peculiar  position  for  a  church  to 
occupy.  Parts  of  the  original  Norman  Church  remain,  still  in  titv 
and  still  visible,  at  the  west  end  of  the  nave.  In  fact,  as  we  enter 
bj  the  western  doorway,  through  the  tower,  we  find  an  original 
Norman  wall  both  on  the  north  and  oti  the  south  sides  of  the  nave. 
On  the  north,  it  extends  only  to  the  commencement  of  the  new 
arcade,  of  three  bays,  erected  in  1888.  lu  that  northern  fragment, 
however,  we  still  see  the  western  iamb  and  part  of  the  arch  of  a 
small  Norman  window,  close  beside  the  western  arch  of  the  new 
arcade. 

Opposite  to  the  position  of  that  Norman  window  stands  another, 
of  which  the  whole  outer  arch,  and  much  of  tho  inner  arch  (widely 
splayed  originally,  but  now  walled  u]>)  can  still  be  seen,  in  tho 
south  wall  of  the  nave.  Further  east,  there  is  a  good  Norman  south 
doorway,  small,  but  complete,  which  is  still  iu  use,  and  is  approached 
through  a  new  south  porch  given  in  18S9  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Herbert 
Horderu  of  Throvvley  House,  which  stands  opposite  to  Sheldwich 
Church.  On  tho  west  side  of  this  Norman  doorway,  a  holy  water 
stoup  (of  the  fourteenth  or  fifteenth  century)  remains  on  the 
exterior.  In  the  thirteenth  century  nothing  was  done  to  thia 
church,  or  whatever  was  done  has  disappeared. 

In  the  fourteenth  century,  however,  the  church  was  enlarged, 
and  more  light  was  obtained  within  it,  by  the  insertion  of  good 
decorated  windows,  and  by  tho  addition  of  a  northern  chancel  and 
&  southern  transept  or  chantry-.  The  northern  chaucel  seems  to  have 
contained  an  altar  dedicated  to  St.  Mary,  and  the  southern  chapel 
one  to  St.  Margai*et.* 

A  beautiful  triangular  window,  with  a  wheel  centre,  having 
flamboyant  tracery  or  the  nearest  approach  to  it  we  may  find  in 
England,  was  inserted  in  the  eastern  gable  of  tho  nave,  early  in  the 
fourteenth  century.  This  very  remarkable  window  has  rouud  balls, 
in  tho  hollow  mouldings,  around  all  its  tracery.  These  balls  are  the 
nearest  approaches  to  be  found  in  Kent,  to  the  ball -flower  ornament, 
so  common  during  the  reign  of  Edward  II.  in  Herefordshire  and 
counties  adjacent  to  it.     The  window  can  be  better  understood  by 

•  At  the  Visilatioti  of  Archbishop  Warhsm  in  1611  it  was  "  presented  that 
St.  Margaret's  obanool  is  decayed." 


290 


SUBLDWIOH    CflUKCH. 


EYT  :  ME  I  RCI.  The  final  letters  ECI  stand  south  of  the  initial 
cross,  and  the  initial  letters  BEY  stand  north  of  it. 

Eeginald  de  Deyk,  or  Dyke,  came  to  reside  at  Lees  Court  in 
consequence  of  his  marriage  with  Lora,  widow  of  the  second 
Sampson  atte  Lese.  Reginald  de  Deyk  was  Sheriff  of  Kent  in 
1356,  and  kept  his  shrievalty  at  Lees  Court  in  this  parish. 

His  wife  s  eldest  son,  Richard  atte  Lese,  who  ultimat-ely  suc- 
ceeded to  the  estate,  was  Lord  of  the  Manor  of  Sheldwich,  and 
serred  as  Sheriff  for  Kent  in  1368.  He  was  chosen  Knight  of  the 
Shire  in  1366,  and  sat  in  the  Parliament  that  was  summoned  to 
meet  at  Westminster  on  the  4th  of  May  in  that  year.  The  member 
for  Canterbury  city  in  that  Parliament  was  (by  a  curious  coinci- 
dence) named  John  Sheldwich.  When  Richard  atte  Lese  died,  in 
1394,  he  was  buried  in  the  north  chantry  of  this  church,  and  a 
handsome  canopied  brass  upon  the  floor  there  commemorates  him 
and  his  wife  Dionisia ;  it  bears  effigies  of  both. 

The  inscription  upon  the  brass  is  not  now  complete  ;  originally 
it  ran  thus :  "  Hie  jaceiit  dominus  Ricurf/us  atte  Lese  miles,  & 
Dionisia  uxor  ejug,  qui  quiJem  Hicardut  ohiit  xx"  die  Augusti  anno 
domini  m''ccc"lxixiiiij  quoruwj  animabug  propiiiefur  Deus  Amen." 
This  monumental  brass  has  been  engraved  in  Boutell's  Monumenfal 
Braties  of  England.  Tormerly  it  was  covered  with  the  flooring  of 
a  pew,  but  it  has  now,  by  the  direction  of  the  Vicar  (Rev.  B.  S. 
Maiden),  been  laid  carefully  in  the  north-east  of  the  north  chanoel 
where  it  is  entirely  visible. 

The  Lady  Dionisia  died  in  1404,  and  by  her  will  desired  to 
be  buried  here  in  the  Chapel  of  St.  Mary  the  virgin.  Her  will  was 
dated  April  23rd,  14<>1,  and  was  proved  on  the  IGth  of  September 
following  b}'  her  executor  John  Cely.*  Sir  Richard  atte  Lese  left 
no  children,  and  the  Jtianor  went  ultimately  to  John  Norton,  who  had 
married  Sir  Richard's  niece  and  heiress  Lucy,  daughter  of  Marcellus 
atte  Lese.t  The  Atte  Lese  arms,  "  Gules,  a  cross-crosslefc  ermine," 
seem  to  have  been^dopted  by  the  Norton  family ;  these  anna 
remain  still  in  a  north  window  of  the  north  chantry ;  they  are 
repeated  four  or  five  times  in  that  window. 

In  the  high  chancel  of  St.  James  is  the  monumental  brass  of 
Joanna  the  first  wife  of  William  Mareys.J  She  died  on  the  Slat 
of  October  1431  and  waa  buried  here.  Mr.  Steinm*u§  says  she 
was  a  daughter  of  William  Langley  of  Knolton,  whose  arms  appear 

•  Archbisbop  Anindd'a  Hegistcr,  i.,  214. 

t  Jfarcellu-s  had  another  dau^'hter  aud  coheiress,  named  Cecilia,  who  married 
Valentine  Baret  of  Perry  Court  in  Preston.  She  and  her  husband  fwho  died  in 
1440)  are  commemorated  by  a  monumenfail  brasa  in  the  ohanoej  of  Preston 
Church. 

t  Her  huaband  WiUiam  Mareys  (son  of  John  Mareys)  was  an  esquire  of 
the  body  to  King  Henry  V.,  and  afterwardi  to  Cardinal  Beaufort.,  uncle  of  the 
King.  William  Mareys  survived  his  Inst  lord  for  twelve  years,  and  died  in  1469, 
jirobably  at  Mukciiade.  His  second  wife  was  Joanna,  daughter  of  Bartholomew 
Bourne  of  Sharstcd,  and  tvidovr  of  Thomas  Braumslon  of  Makenade,  in  Preston. 
She  survived  him  nntil  1465,  when  she  was  buried  in  Preston  oUurohyard, 
beside  her  first  husband  Thomas  Bmumaton. 

$  Tht  Topographer  and  Oeiualoifitt,  vol.  iii.,  192. 


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SHELDWICH    CHURCH.  291 

on  the  brasa.  A  shield  bearing  the  Mareys  arms  is  detached,  but 
preserred.  Her  e£Egy  is  on  a  small  scale,  and  shews  three-quarters 
of  the  length  of  her  body,  nude,  but  nearly  encircled  by  a  winding 
sheet,  the  top  of  which  is  gathered  up  on  the  left  side  of  her  head. 
In  her  hands  she  holds  a  heart  inscricied  t'ftc  |  tlt'Ct,  which  signifies 
"  JcBU  merci.''  The  inscn'ijtion  is  "  Hie  jaeet  in  misericoi-dia  dci 
Johanna  quondam  uior  Willf/nii  Mareys  armigeri ;  |  que  ab  hujus 
mundi  vita  migravit,  ultima  die  mensi*  Octobris,  Anno  Dowimi 
in°cccc''xiii''.  CujuB  animam  deiM  ad  ritam  eternam  perducat. 
Amen." 

Likewise  in  the  high  chancel  is  a  small  parallelogram  of  brass  on 
the  floor  inscribed,  "  Hero  Ijcth  the  body  of  John  Bclke  I  gent, 
eldest  Bonno  of  Valentine  |  Beike  of  Sheldwich,  who  died  a  | 
bacheler  March  the  30^^  A"  Uiii.  I  1633  icUtis  sua?  67."  This  gen- 
tleman's father  was  in  Sheldwich  in  1554;  his  brothers,  Michael, 
Cliristopher  (baptized  1507),  Gabriel  (1570),  and  Thomas  (1573), 
were  not  all  bachelors  like  himself.  Michael  (born  iu  1574  and 
buried  in  1616)  married  Catherine,  daughter  of  William  Petit  of 
Chilham,  who  dying  in  1612,  aged  32,  was  buried  in  Chilham 
Church.  His  son  Michael  Belke,  acting  as  a  Justice  of  the  Peace 
at  Sheldwich,  signed  the  pariBh  books  of  Throwley  from  1651  until 
1659,  aad  married  103  couples  at  Sheldwich,  during  the  years 
1653 — 59.  In  the  pariah  register  these  marriages  are  entered 
under  this  heading,  "  The  names  of  those  who  were  married  in  the 
Parish  of  Sheldwich  by  Major  Michael  Belke,  Justice  of  the  Peace, 
living  in  the  said  Parish."  This  gentleman  was  one  of  the  tribunal 
commonly  called  "  the  Regicides,'  who  condemned  King  Charles  I. 
to  death.  He  and  his  wife  Susaiina  had  many  children  baptized 
here,  viz.,  Valentine  (IGtO),  Gabriel  (16-12),  Michael  (1643),  Wil- 
liam (16-14),  Mary  (1S4G),  Eebecca  (1649),  Edwin  (1650),  John 
(1651),  and  George  (1653).  A  relative,  William,  born  in  1602, 
became  a  Canon  of  Canterbury,  and  died  in  1676.  Of  Canon 
William  Belk's  sons,  Thomas  also  became  a  Prebendary  of  Canter- 
bury Cathedral  and  died  in  1712 ;  another  son,  Antony,  became 
Auditor  of  the  Dean  and  Chapter ;  Antony's  daughter  Elizabeth* 
was  the  heiress  of  her  uncle  Thomas. 

The  south  transept,  which  opens  to  the  naye  by  two  modem 
arches  in  the  Decorated  style,  and  has  windows  of  the  same  style, 
was  rebuilt,  or  mucb  restored,  nearly  thirty-eight  years  ago,  by 
Major  Munn.  The  original  transept  opened  to  the  nave  by  one 
wide  arch,  its  roof  was  lower  and  a  "  lean-to." 

In  it  is  a  good  monumental  brass  bearing  the  effigies  of  a  knight 
in  armour  and  of  his  wife.  It  is  inscribed,  "  Orate  pro  ani'nabus 
Johaniiis  Cely,  armigeri,  et  Isabelte  usoris  sue ;  qui  quiilem  Johnnnes 
obiit  ix"  die  Octobri*  a«no  domini  m°cccc''ixTJ°.  Quorum  ani;«abu8 
propicieti/r  De««.     Amen." 

Respecting  this  John  Cely  very  little  can  be  learned.    I  find 
that  in  April  1404   the  widowed  Dame  Dionisia  atte  Lese  named 
him  executor  of  her  will,  consequently  we  infer  that  he  was  an 
*  Huted  erroDeotul;  callj  her  May. 

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292 


SOUTH   TEANSEPT. 


intimate  friend,  perhaps  a  relative  of  that  lady.  His  place  of 
residence  in  Sheldwich  cnnnot  be  ascertained,  possibly  he  may  have 
resided  at  Lees  Court  after  the  death  of  the  Lady  Dionisa.  Burke, 
in  his  General  Armory,  states  that  the  family  of  Cely  (Kent)  bore 
these  arms :  argent  11  eyes  «a6/«,  3,  2,  3,  2, 1,  and  for  erest,  a  deiter 
hand  with  the  two  first  fingers  erected,  as  seen  on  Cely's  brass  here. 

Kilbum  (Surcey  of  Kent,  p.  247)  and,  after  him,  J.  Lewis 
(Hittory  of  the  Abbey  and  Church  of  Fatersham,  p.  2'1)  have  stated 
that  ia  this  transept  was  a  medieval  memorial  for  Eicard  de  Lyle,  or 
Lysle.  The  monument  has  disappeared.  Perhaps  the  name  was 
Lydle,  and  the  person  commemorated  may  have  owned  the  land 
which  is  now  called  Little's  farm.  In  September  1349  Hieardus  de 
Lidle  resided  at  Sheldwich,  and,  as  patron  of  the  adrowaon  of  Monke- 
tou  rectory,  near  Ospriiige,  presented  Wm.  Jordan  to  that  benefice.* 

Upon  a  stone  at  the  south  end  of  this  transept  is  an  inscrip- 
tion, probably  in  memory  of  "  Henerv  Franklin,  gent.,"  who  was 
buried  (says  Mr.  Maiden)  on  the  3rd  of  July  1631.  It  is  dated  1(331, 
but  wo  can  read  only  these  words  all  in  Roman  capital  letters : — 

Hee  died  |  1)0.  WE  |  1631  In  Juue  29 . 
THOV : FOLK : FEA  RE : NOT : TO : 
DEY  O  TIES  :SLEPE "  BRINGS  • 
JOY  -  E  ■  TEE    NALB  ■  LY. 

In  the  south  transept  are  several  mural  monuments  com- 
memorating members  of  the  family  of  Hilton,  of  Lords  in  this 
parish.  The  following  pedigree  of  the  family  will  explain  the  con- 
nection between  the  persons  cotamemoratod  by  these  tablets,  and  by 
several  tombs  in  the  churchyard  : — 

Thomas  Hilton  of  FaTersUam.=F.  . . . 


Thomas^y^briiitiaD,  dnu.  of  Bobert  and  Elizabeth  Giles  (lieiress 
I  of  Lords  iD  Sheldwich) ;  bapt.  30  Nov.  1653. 


Giles  of  Lords;  bom=TpElizsbetb,  dau.  of  John  and    Wm.  Chrnn- 
1879.  Bought  South     Mary    Law   of    Sheldwich ;     hers,  oh. 


Wilderton.  Ob.  Oct. 
1741. 


bom  Sept.  2,   108-1;    mar.     1724,  wt. 
April  1,  1703;  bur.  3  Juue     32. 
1760. 


^Susanna,  d&u. 
of  Uobert 
Gibbs ;  ob. 
nm,  Kt.  04. 


I 
John  of 
Lords; 
ob.  1780; 
ict.  72. 


:liiam,=pM8ry  Old- 
field,  ob. 
1793,  set. 
64. 


Wil 

ob.  1780, 
set.  68. 


t. 


I    I 
our 

daUB. 


Giles, 
ob. 
Nov. 
1728, 

K!t.24. 


I       I       m 

RobortT=Elizaboth,    Shub. 


of  Sel- 
ling ; 
ob. 
1782, 
tet.  61, 


coh.  of 
Marshes 
iu  Selling; 
ob.  1788, 
St.  64. 


Giles,  ob. 
1766,  tet. 
12. 


I 
ThomBs=^Ann,  dau, 
Gibbs  of     of  Stephen 
Mariihes;    Jones;  ob. 
oh.  1826,    1814. 
tot.  7&.  A 


John  ofT=Eleanor,dau. 


Lords 
ob.  1829, 
set.  76. 

B 


of  John  Cobb 
of  Sheldwich; 
ob.  1835,  nt. 
85. 


i    I 
Elizabeth  Farewell. 

Christian,  ob.  1842, 
»t.  87. 


•  r>,-^.f  rhurch,  Canifrhnry,  RegUler  H,  folio  3,  or  87  (both  numbers  appear 


THE    HILTON    PEDIGREE. 


293 


Jj 


Gilra  of  Lords,  ob.  1865;=pMiiry  Van  Heythuseu.    Mary  Eleanor,  ob.  1806. 
Bl.  72.  I  ob.  1869;  Kt  60. 


B«v.  Alfred  Giles. 


'oline= 


Cu'oliDc=Dr.  Budd. 


2.  Sarah,=pGiles   ofT=l.  Mary, 


dau.  of 
Captaiu 
Jacob 
WaUer. 


Preston 
House; 
ob.  1867. 


dau.  of 
John 
Shep- 
herd. 


[    I 
Robert, 
ob.  1837, 
nt.  53. 

Stephen, 
ob.  1872, 
»t.  87. 


I    I 
Alia,  ob. 
18     , 
Kt.  83. 

AVilliam, 
ob.  1819, 
Kt.  32. 


Goorge.^Elii"  H»r 


Capt. 
B.N. ; 
mar. 
1816; 

ob.  1877 
let.  96. 


voy,  ob. 
1819,  »t. 
26. 


Eliza. 


2.   Sarah=Uichard=pl.  Mary, 


Ann  dau.  Jon6Bof 
of  Capt.  Preston 
Maw,  House ; 

E.N.  living 

1889. 


dau.  of 
Kov.  Jas. 
Peto. 


Aev. 
George. 


enoe  Jono!<, 
ob.  1881, 
Edward,   ct.  70. 


I  I 

Rev.  Ckr-T=Katherine,    Maria. 


Charles, 


dan.  of 

Admiral 

Sbirroff. 


I 


Floreace=T=Capt,  John  Ramsay,  R.E.; 
Mary.    1  mar.  lU7t>. 


I  I 

Shirreff.        Murray. 


Emily, 
ob.  1887. 


n 


Henry  of  Sole  Street  House  ;~Elisabeth  Oldman  of  Canterbury ; 
ob.  187S,  Bt.  94.  I  ob.  1837,  let.  66. 


Thomas  of  Naok- 
ington  and  Sole 
Street ;  ob.  1883, 
ct.  69. 


=Ann, 
d.  of 

Taylor. 


James,  ob. 
1829,  at. 
10. 


Elizabeth. =Wm.  Aug.  Munn. 
AuQ»=Johu  Ridley. 
Juli»=TUos.  Clark. 


I 
Thomas^Mary 
Foord.        Hig- 
ob.  1877,    den. 
Eet.  34. 


Fredk. 
Aug., 
ob. 
1876. 
fit.  31. 


I  I 

Prancis=Mar-    Aloi.=p. 


It    I    I 


Foord, 

Kuerite 

Camp- 

ob. 

Jane 

beU. 

1884, 

Eaw- 

mt.  31. 

linsoD. 

». 

I  I  M  I 

Ueury. 

WiUiam. 

7daun. 


Henry,  ob.  1888,  ict.^ybilla  Luoy,  dau. 
78;  Beotor  of  Mil-  of  Rev.  Geo.  Simp- 
sted ;  Hon.  Canon  of  son  ;  mar.  1840, 
Canterbury,  living  1889. 


1.  Eliza=:Stepheu  Mus-=2.  Emily 
White,  grave  of  Bram-  S.  Stone, 
mar.  ling ;     ob.    s.p.    mar. 

1887.         1886,  let.  74.        1864. 


„  I  '  I 

Henry.  James.  William. 

I  I  I 

•T^  "T*  'T*' 


I  I 

Robert. 

Mus- 
grave. 


!  I  II 

stringer  Luoy. 
Oldman.  — 

—  Mary, 

Edward,  mar.  . 


I    I 
J  ulia. 

Sarab. 


294 


SHELDWICH   CHURCH. 


About  1845,  Elizabeth  Hilton,  a  niece  of  Mr.  Giles  Hilton  of 
Lords,  married  Major  William  Aug;u8tu8  Munu,  of  Tfirowley  Uouse. 
That  residence  stands  immediately  opposite  to  Sheldwicli  Church, 
being  separated  from  it  by  tho  highway  only,  although  the  house  is 
within  tne  adjacent  parish  of  Throwiey.  Major  Munn  restored  the 
south  transept  of  Sheldwich  Church,  and  a  monument  on  the  west 
wall  of  that  transept  commemorates  his  father  Col.  Henry  Munn,  who 
died  in  1833,  aged  44.  It  names  his  grandfather  William  Munn, 
Esq.,  of  Blackhcath,  and  Catherine  his  wife ;  and  commemorates 
Major  Munn's  uncles  Matthew  William  (ob.  170G),  and  Captain 
Thos.  Callirt  Munn,  K.N.  (ob.  1815).  In  the  middle  of  the  north 
wall,  of  the  new  north  aisle,  stands  a  Decorated  window  of  three 
lights  which  was  filled  with  stained  glass  by  Major  Munn  in  memory 
of  his  first  wife  Elizabeth  {nee  Hilton),  who  died  on  the  Gth  of 
February  1850.  This  window,  the  glass  of  which  was  made  by 
T.  Willemeut,  was  carefully  removed  from  the  ancient  north  wall 
when  the  new  aisle  was  built.  In  the  middle  light  we  see  Charity 
(as  a  female  feeding  a  child  with  bread),  and  in  the  side  lights 
(i)  Faith,  and  (ii)  Hope.  lu  the  floor  of  the  new  aisle  is  a  Hat  stone 
which  commemorates  the  children  of  Major  Munu,  who  himself  died 
in  October  1873. 

The  painted  gl.ass  in  three  windows  of  the  south  transept  wa« 
made  by  Thomas  Willement  for  Major  Munn.  In  the  south-eastern 
window  ft  memorial  of  Mary  Elizabeth  Munn,  who  died  9  Dec.  1S46, 
we  see  (i)  Christ  raising  the  widow's  son  at  Nairn,  and  (ii)  Christ 
raising  Jairua's  daughter;  in  the  south-western  window  (i)  Christ 
raising  Lazarus  ;  and  (ii)  The  Eesurrection  of  our  Lord  .Torus  Christ. 
This  window  is  a  memorial  of  Alice  Harvey  Munn,  who  also  died  in 
1846.  In  tho  third  window,  roae-ehapcd,  are  the  arms  of  the  Munn 
family. 

The  Tower  (at  the  west  end  of  the  nave)  ia  handsome,  and  haa 
a  south-eastern  angle-turret  with  a  beacon  at  its  summit.  The 
diagonal  western  buttresses  give  tho  tower  an  apuearance  of  being 
a  work  of  the  Decorated  style  -,  but,  as  Sir  Stcplicn  Glynne  says, 
"The  tower  is  perpendicular,  of  flint  and  stone;  it  is  embattled, 
with  octagonal  turret  at  the  south-east;  it  has  two  string-courses, 
and  belfrj-  windows  plain  without  foliation.  The  west  window  is 
of  three  lights,  and  trie  west  doorway  has  continuous  arch  mould- 
ings." Over  the  west  doorway  stands  a  miniature  niche  for  an 
image ;  probably  a  figure  of  St.  James,  or  of  the  Virgin  Mary,  once 
occupiett  this  niche.  The  tower  opens  to  the  nave  by  a  good 
Perjiendicular  arch  ;  below  the  springing  points  of  this  arch,  but 
inside  the  tower,  is  a  gallery,  used  by  the  ringers  when  ringing. 
This  will  be  removed  as  soon  as  funds  can  be  obtained  for  insert- 
ing, on  a  higher  level,  a  new  ringing  floor  for  the  use  of  thej 
ringers. 

From  early  entries  in  the  Parish  Kegist-ers,  it  seems  probable  that 
members  of  the  family  of  Sondes  resided  in  Sheldwich  long  before 
Sir  George  Sondes,  in  the  reign  of  Charles  I.,  built,  from  the  plans 
of  Inigo  Jones,  Lees  Court,  which  ia  now  the  family  residence. 


THE   SONDES   FAMILY    IN   SHELDWrCH, 


295 


Sir  Michael  Sondes  (who  married  Mary  Finch,  the  heiress  of 
Norton)  was  resident  in  Sheldwich  from  1576  to  1587,  at  which 
time  lie  had  not  been  knighted  ;  and  in  Sheldwich  Church  were 
baptized  four  of  his  children,  viz. : — Thomas  (1576-7),  Paulina 
(1579),  Hobie  (1584-5),  and  Ann  (1587). 

Sir  Michael's  son,  8ir  Richard  (who  himself  was  baptized  at 
Throwley  Church  in  1571),  seems  also  to  have  resided  for  some 
years  (16lX)-17)  in  Sheldwich.  In  it«  parish  church  were  baptized 
eight  of  his  children,  vi)!. : — Susan  (1600),  Ann  (1602),  Edward 
(1604-5),  Antony  (1605-G),  John  (1608-9),  Kohind  (1612), Katharine 
(1616),  and  Mary  (1617). 

The  children  of  the  "  Squire  "  of  Lees  Court,  Sir  George  Sondes 
(afterwards  Earl  of  Favershara),  by  his  second  wife  Mary  Yilliers, 
were  both  christened  and  married  in  Sheldwich  Church  ;  and  five 
gnindciiildren  of  Sir  George  were  baptized  there,  after  Sir  George's 
death. 

Baptized. 

1656-7    March  15     Mary,  daughter  of  Sir  George  and  Dame  Mary 

Sonds. 
1658    April  20    Katharine,  daughter  of  Sir   George  and  Dame 

Mary  Sondes. 

Married. 

1675-6    Lord  Lewes  Deurose  [i.e.  Duras]  and  Ladey  Mary  Sondes, 

March  y"  9"'. 
1677    The  honorable  Lewes  "Watson*  and  the  Ladey  Katherine 

Sondes,  July  the  IT"*. 


JBapiieed. 

1680  May  10    Ann  (buried  two  days  after). " 

1681  Nov.  18     Katharine. 
1683     July  13     Ann. 
168-1-5     March  6     Ellenaro. 
1686    July  3     Edward. 


Children  of  the 

Hono™''''  Lewis  and 

Dame  Katharine 

Watson. 


A  flat  stone  in  the  chancel,  and  a  mural  tablet  on  its  north  wall, 
commemorate  Lewis  Eichard,  third  Baron   Sondes,  who  died   un- 

*  The  Hon.  Lewis  Wntson  wm  M.P.  for  Canterbury  in  1681,  and  he  became 
tliird  Baron  of  Eookingham  in  1691.  Four  yearn  later,  his  wife  (nte  Lady 
Kntlierinc  Sondes)  died,  in  1605.  Ucr  husband  was  created  the  first  Earl  of 
E<X'kingham,  Viscount  Sondes,  and  Baron  of  Throwley  in  1714.  He  had  in  1709 
inherited  (in  right  of  his  deceased  wife)  Lees  Court  and  the  Sondes  Estate  in 
Sheldwich,  on  the  death  of  his  brother-in-law  Lewis  Duras,  Earl  of  Paversham. 
His  son  Edward  Watson,  Viscount  Sondes  (baptised  at  Sheldwich  in  1686),  died 
in  1722,  before  his  father  the  Earl  of  Bockingham ;  but  this  Edward  left  one  son, 
Lewis,  who  in  1724  succeeded  as  second  Earl,  and  another  son,  Thomas,  who  in 
1746  became  the  third  Earl  of  Rookinifham.  Both  these  sous  of  Edward  Watson 
became  Lords  Lieutenant  of  Kent,  and  both  died  without  issue.  Their  cousin, 
Lewis,  the  second  .son  of  their  aunt,  Lady  Margaret  Monson  (nie  Watson), 
inherited  their  Kentish  Estates  by  the  provisiotvs  of  the  will  of  his  uncle  Tbomu, 
the  third  Earl  of  Bockiogham,  and  he  was  created  Baron  Sondes. 


296 


VICARS   OF    8HELDWICH. 


married  on  the  14th  of  March  1836,  aged  44.     Both  bear  his  arms, . 
viz.  :  Quarterly — 1  and  4,  Wateou   (ardent,  on  a  chevron   azutv, 
between  three   martlets  table,  as  many  crescents   or)  ;   2  and   3, 
Monson.     His  brother  Edward,  a  clergj'man,  was  buried  here  also. 


VICAES  OF  SHELDWICH  (often  spelt  Scheldewych). 

The  Patbons  were  the  Abbot  and  Convent  of  St.  Auguttinet, 
Canterbury,  until  September  1538.  John  JRnynolde  pretenttd  an 
Incumbent  in  1545;  but  from  that  time  forward  vntil  now  the  Dean 
and  Chapter  of  Canterbury  have  been  Patrons  o/thit  benefice. 


July  (15  Kal.  Aug.)      Thosiab  de  Hobsehau  was  admitted 

to  this  Vicarage  by  Archbishop  Peckhnm. 
April  (5  Kal.  May)      Waltek      de      Sutumallvnq      was 
~  instituted,  at  Chartham,  by  Archbishop  Peck- 

ham. 
RoBEET  DuHANT,  of  Favcrsham,  was  admitted  to 
the   Vicarage   of    Sheldwich    by    Archbishop 
Eeynolds,   in  October  1316,     How  long  he 
retained  the  benefice  we  cannot  ascertain. 
William  Alexander  remained  Vicar  of  Shold- 

wich  until  his  death,  late  in  the  year  1379. 
Salomon  de  Ai/DXNoton,  Presbiler,  was  admitted 
to  this  benefice  by  Archbishop  Sudbury, 

EicHABD  Abnold  wbs  Vicar  of  Sheldwich  when 

he  died  in  1396. 
Aenold   Tongb   was  admitted  to  this  benefice 

(during  the  vacancy  of  the  See  of  Canterbury-) 


1279 

1283 

{Peckham'a  Reg., 

f.  53".) 
1316     Oct. 
{Segnold^s  Reg., 

f.  18».) 


13JS     Jan. 
(^Sudbury's  Reg., 
f.  130".) 


1396    Aug.  20 
(Christ  Church 


Beg.  O.,  f,  271».) 


1400    Nov.  18 
{Anindel'g  Reg., 

f.  271''.) 
1400    Dec,  20 
{Arundel's  Reg., 

f.  273».) 

140}    Mar.  12 
(Arundel's  Reg., 
f.  288».) 


1407     Se^.   29 
(Arundel  s  Reg., 
f.  Zl&>.) 


by    Thomas    Chillenden,    Prior    of    Christ 
Church,    Canterbury.       A.    Tonge    resigned 
Sheldwich  Vicarage  in  1400. 
"William  Haft,  Chaplain,  accepted  this  Vicarage; 
but  be  resigned  it  in  the  following  month. 

JoEN  Ceek,  Chaplain,  waa  admitted  to  this 
benefice,  but  three  years  and  a  quarter  formed 
the  limit  of  his  incumbency  here.  He  then 
exchanged  with  the  Vicar  of  Eastbridge. 

John  Cbouchman,  who  had  been  Vicar  of 
Eastbridge,  came  to  Sheldwich  by  exchange 
with  JoEn  Crek.  Little  more  than  three 
years  later  he  exchanged  with  the  Vicar  of 
Tonge. 

Dom.  BiCHAED  Makchall,  who  had  been 
Vicar  of  Tonge,by  exchange  with  John  Crouch- 
man,  became  Vicar  of  Sheldwich.  He  took 
the  Vicarage  of  Horton  Kirby,  in  1413,  by 
exchange  with  J.  Grenelane. 


VICARS  OF   8HELDWICH. 


297 


1-113    Sep.    10 
i^ArundeVs  Beg., 
f.  3G8.) 


l-tlS     Oct.    15 
(OhicheJe's  Reg,, 
f.  173.) 

1428     July  27 
{Chichelef  Reg., 
f.  369.) 

1432  June  16 
{Ckicheh't  Reg., 

f.  437.) 

1433  Oct.    19 
{Chichele't  Reg., 

f.  449.) 
1437     June    5 
{Chichele't  Reg., 

f.  467.) 


1448    Nov.  29 
(StaJbreTs  Reg., 

f.  171.) 
1480    July  18 
{Bourgchier't 

Beg.,  f.  225.) 


1505     July  17 
{Warhams  Reg., 

f.  166.) 
150f     Jan.   23 
{Warham's  Reg., 

f.  170.) 


1545    Dec.  10 
{Cranmer's  Reg., 
f.  235.) 

155?    Mar.  19 
(Cranmer's  Reg., 
f.  273.) 


John    Ghe>'ELa.ke,   Vicar   of    Horton   Kirkeby 

(Rochester  Diocese),  came  to  Sheldwicli  by 

eichaiige  with  R.  MarchiiU. 
Dom.  John  Ftxche  eichaiiged  with  the  Vicar 

of  Byarsh  iii  1418.     How  long  he  had  been 

Vicar  of  Sheldwich  we  cannot  ascertain. 
Dom.  Philip  Home,  Vicar  of  Ryarsh,  came  to 

Sheldwich  by   exchange   with   Juo.  Fyucbe. 

He    died,   holding    this   benefice,   ten   years 

afterwards. 
Dom.    Matthew   Scandell    was   instituted   by 

Archbishop  Chicbele.     How  long  he  remained 

Vicar  of  Sheldwich  we  do  not  know,  but  it 

was  less  than  four  years. 
Dom.  Juirrr  Caubehek,  Chaplain,  was  instituted 

by    Archbishop    Chichelo,    but    ho    retained 

this  benefice  little  more  than  one  year. 
Dom,   John   Jordan,    Chaplain,  was   Vicar  for 

nearly  four  years.     He  died  in  1437. 

Dom.  Wm.  SrTTON,  Chaplain,  may  perhaps  have 
held  this  living  longer  than  any  of  his  prede- 
cessors in  this  century.  He  may  ha?e  retained 
it  for  eleven  years ;  hut  we  are  not  certain 
that  he  did  80. 

Dom.  John  Touk,  Chaplain,  remained  Vicar 
of  Sheldwich  thirty -one  and  a  half  years,  until 
he  died  in  1480. 

Dom.  John  Satab,  Chaplain,  was  instituted  by 
Archbishop  Bourgchier  in  1480,  and  probably 
remained  Vicar  of  Sheldwich  for  a  dozen  years 
or  more. 

William  CBTProN,  died  in  1505,  being  then  Vicar 
of  Sheldwich,  but  we  know  not  in  what  year 
he  was  admitted  to  this  benefice. 

EoBEET  Beadley,  who  died  within  six  mouths, 
was  admitted  by  Archbishop  Warham  in 
July  1505. 

Dom.  Thoiias  Swas,  Chaplain  (on  the  death  of 
R.  Bradley).  He  retained  this  benefice  until 
his  death  in  1545,  having  held  it  longer  than 
any  previous  Vicar  of  whom  we  have  record. 

GEOFFHEr  Wylson,  Presbiter,  was  presented  by 
John  Kaynolde,  Yeoman,  who  had  obtained 
the  patronage  for  this  turn.  G.  Wylson 
resigned  Sheldwich  Vicarage  in  1550-1. 

Henbv  BREDKrHKE,  Clerk,  was  the  first  incum- 
bent whom  the  Dean  and  Chapter  of  Canterbury 
presented.  This  Vicar  was  deprived  by 
Cardinal  Archbishp  Pole  late  in  the  year  1557. 


J 


298 


VICARS  OF   8HELDWICH. 


155  J     Jan.  15 
{Pole's  Reg., 

f.  98.) 
1561     April  10 
{Parker't  Reg., 

i.  210.) 
156J     Mar.  10 
(Parker't  Reg., 

f.  278.) 
1571     Sep.  5 
{Parker't  Reg., 

f.  310.) 

1580    April  14 
{O-rindal t  Reg., 

t.  307.) 
1582     May     2 
{OrindaVt  Reg., 

f.  323.) 


162|     Mnr.  16 
{Abbott's  Reg., 
f.  128.) 


Probably  he  had  previously  been  prevent 
from  officiating,  as  in  1551  there  was  here  a 
curate  named  John  Kaper,  and  in  1555 
Greoffrey  Asheley  was  curate  here. 

Edward  Keht,k,  Preshiter,  was  the  next  nominee 
of  the  Dean  and  Chapter,  He  remained 
Vicar  for  three  years,  until  he  died  in  1561. 

JoEN  AvEN,  Clerk,  on  the  death  of  the  last  Vicar 
was  instituted  by  Archbishop  Parker  in  April 
1561. 

Thomas  Hewton,  Clerk,  was  here  for  little  more 
than  three  years,  from  1568  until  1671. 

EiCHABD  Arustrono,  Clerk,  was  here  for  more 
than  eight  years.  During  that  time  he  buried 
two  sons  at  Sheldwich,  Thomas  (1675),  and 
Nicholas  (1576). 

Master  Luke  Tatloub,  Clerk ;  he  resigned  this 
benefice  in  1582,  after  holding  it  for  two 
years. 

Master  William  Cowkll,  Olerk,  was  admitted 
by  Archbishop  Grindal,  and  remained  Vicar 
for  nearly  forty-three  years.  His  son  Eobert 
was  buried  here,  Feb.  25, 1597-8.  While  Mr. 
Cowell  was  Vicar  of  Sheldwich,  the  Parish 
Registers  were  fair-copied  in  the  year  1598  ; 
all  entries  from  the  beginning  of  Queen  Eliza- 
beth's reign  being  copied  in  that  year  (1598) 
into  one  book,  every  page  of  which  was  signed 
by  Mr.  Coweli  and  the  two  Churchwardens 
for  1598.  Mr.  Cowell  died  here  in  February 
1624-5  ;  he  was  buried  at  Sheldwich  on  Feb. 
15.  Hia  widow,  Susanna  Cowell,  was  buried 
here  on  the  5th  of  November  1644. 

Master  Abraham  Bromidgb,  Clerk,  M.A.  His 
successor  wrote  thus  in  the  Parish  Hegister : 
"  He  was  Vicar  35  years  of  Sheldwich  only  ; 
but  I  hope  his  and  my  successors  will  have 
better  lucli."  This  is  a  testimony  to  the  small 
value  of  the  Vicarage  in  those  days.  Wliile 
here  he  buried  three  of  his  children,  John  (19 
Jan.  1026-7),  a  daughter  (9  Sept.  1629),  and 
a  son  William  who  was  buried  August  15tb, 
1633.  He  himself  was  buried  at  Sheldwich  on 
the  18th  of  March  1659-60.  More  than  five 
years  later  was  buried  his  widow,  Lydia  Brom- 
rdge  (19  Sept.  1666).  They  seem  to  liavo  had 
a  large  family,  as  at  least  eight  of  their 
children  were  christened  at  Sheldwich,  tit. : — 
Mary  (1625-6,  Feb.  24),  George  (1627,  Dec. 


VICAJRS   OP   8HELDWI0H. 


299 


1660 


1667    Nov.    2 
{Slieldou't  Reg., 
i.  882.) 


Mar. 


13),  Lvdia  (1629,  Dec.  6),  William  (1630-1. 
Jan.  6),  Nathaniel  (1632,  Sept.  8U),  Thomas 
(1634.,  April  16),  James  (1635-6,  Jan.  24), and 
Elizabeth  (1638,  July  29). 

The  name  of  Mr.  Bromidge's  luccessor  I  have  not 
yet  ascertained. 

Pekcival  Radcliffe,  Vicar  of  Boughton-under- 
Blean  from  16*53  to  1666,  was  presented  to 
tbia  benefice  also.  He  was  buried  at  Bough- 
ton  on  the  12th  of  September  1666.  In 
Boughton  Register  we  road,  "  He  preached 
also  at  Sheldwich,  and  was  a  retainer  to  Sir 
George  Sondes." 

Isaac  Bates,  M.  A.,  was  instituted  by  Arch- 
bishop Sheldon  on  the  death  of  P.  Radcliffe. 

Edwakd  Fisheb,  who  was  instituted  to  the 
Vicarage  of  Selling  in  1680,  seems  to  hare 
been  Vicar  of  Sheldwich  in  16S5  and  1688. 
Yet  I  can  find  no  record  of  his  institution  to 
this  benefice.  Probably  also  he  resided  nearer 
to  Sheldwich  Church  than  to  Selling  Church. 
In  the  Parish  Register  of  Sheldwich  we  find 
these  entries :  baptir.ed  October  18,  and  buried 
October  23rd,  1685,  "  John  son  of  Edward 
and  Elizabeth  Fisher,  Vica' ; "  among  the 
baptisms  is  this  entry :  "  1688  Edward,  son 
of  Edward  and  Elizabeth  Fisher,  Vica^  Aprill 
the  8."  Another  incumbent  was  admitted  in 
March  1689-90.  Tetin  the  Sheldwich  Regis- 
ter of  Burials  we  read  :  "  1695  Eiiza'  y'  wife 
of  M'  Edward  Fisher  was  buried  March  y« 
27"*."  Mr.  Fisher  remained  Vicar  of  Selling 
until  he  died  in  1710. 

William  Sale,  B.A.,  was  instituted  to  this 
benefice,  being  presented  by  King  William 
and  Queen  Mary,  through  lapse.  He  was 
two  days  later  admitted  to  the  Vicarage  of 
Bac-child  (now  called  Bapchild)  in  the  same 
way,  through  lapse,  by  the  King  ,ind  Queen. 
The  Bapchild  benefice  he  retained  over  seven 
years,  but  this  Vicarage  of  Sheldwich  he 
resigned  in  little  more  than  twelve  mouths. 
As  Richard  Sale  was  presented  to  the  Vicar- 
age of  Throwley  a  few  months  before  Wil- 
liam Sale  became  Vicar  of  Sheldwich  (the 
adjoining  pari.«ih)  we  may  not  unfairly  infer 
that  these  two  gentlemen  were  near  relations. 
It  is  worthy  of  remark  that  the  record  of 
William  Sale's  institution,  and  that  of  his 


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BUCcesBor  also,  are  found  in  the  Begister  of 
the  Dean   and  Chapter   of  Canterbury,  bis 
Grace  the  Primate,  Archbishop  Sancroft,  being 
at  that  time  BUspeuded  and  deprived. 
1691     May    .  .       Francis  G-keene  ■waa  collated  to  this  benefice 
{Reg.  of  D.  and  C,      by  Dr.  John  Sharp,  Dean  of  Cauterbupy  (just 
f.  53'',  54i*.)  before    le    became    Archbishop    of    York), 

when  the  Dean  and  Chapter  were  Btill  acting 
as  custodians  of  the  See  of  Canterbury, 
through  Sancroft'w  BUBpeneion.  Mr.  Greene 
became  Vicar  of  Eeculver  on  March  7th, 
1692-3,  and  about  twelve  mouths  later  he 
vacated  Sheldwich  Vicarage. 
1634  June  7  Benjamin  IIollinqwoiith,  M.A.,  waa  instituted 
{TiUotton'a  Reg.,  by   Archbishop  Tillotson  to  Sheldwich,  and 

f.  10-1* ''.)  held  this  benefice  for  two  years  and  a  quarter 

only.  Towards  the  end  oi  that  time  (in  May 
1G9C)  ho  acted  a«  Curate  of  Throwley  also. 
In  September  1696  he  becauje  Vicar  of  Stone 
in  Oxuey .  He  made  the  following  entry  in  the 
Sheldwich  Register :  "  Sept.  v'  29'^  1690 
Then  M'  Hollingworth  left  Sheldwich  and 
Throwley  for  Stone  in  y'  Isle  of  Oxney,"  to 
which  his  successor,  or  some  one  else,  added 
this  note,  "  where  I  wish  he  may  behave 
himself  better  than  he  did  at  Sheldwitch." 
1697  Sep.  23  John  Kitchenman  was  instituted  by  Archbishop 
{Tenison's  Reg.,  Tenison    in    September   1697,   but    he    had 

f.  197.)  probably  been  acting  as  Curate  in  charge  of  the 

parish,  for  several  mouths  before  he  became 
the  Vicar.  At  all  events  his  wife  waa  buried 
hero  (Jane,  wife  of  John  Kitchingman,  Clerk) 
on  the  10th  of  June  1697.  Mr.  Kitchenman 
had  a  statistical  mind.  He  made  annually  in 
the  Regtstera  a  note  of  the  number  of  male* 
and  females  entered  during  each  year.  He 
also  in  the  margin  noted  the  occupation  or 
rank  o£  each  person  whose  name  waa 
registered.  He  seems  to  have  held  this 
Vicarage  for  about  eight  years. 
1706  ...  . .  John  Nicuolls,  the  nest  Vicar,  was  admitted  in 
1705,  and  retained  this  benefice  for  about 
nine  years.  When  he  became  Hector  of  Ford- 
wich  be  made  the  following  note  in  the  Sheld- 
wich Eegister:  "Mem.  at  Mich.  171-4  J. 
Nicholls,  vicar  of  Sheldwich  nine  years  past, 
left  this  liveing  for  the  Rectory  of  Fordwich, 
near  Canterbury."  Nevertheless  hia  hand- 
writing may  be  traced  in  the  Eegistera  (Mr. 
Maiden  says)  until  the  24th  of  July  1715, 
when  he  entered  a  baptiam.    He  died  m  1741. 


VIOAKS   OP  SHELDWICH. 


301 


17||  Jan.  17  John  Willis,  B.A.,  of  Oriel  College,  Oxford, 
was  admitted  to  Sheldwich  Vicarage  by  Arch- 
bishop Wake.  The  Patrons  of  this  benefice 
were  the  Dean  and  Chapter  of  Canterbury, 
and  the  Patron  of  Throivley  Vicarage,  to 
which  be  was  admitted  in  August  the  same 
year  (1715),  was  Mr.  Barker,  Prebendary  of 
Eugmer  in  St.  Paul's  Cathedral,  yet  Mr.  Willis 
makes  this  note  in  the  Sheldwich  Register : 
"to  both,  by  the  favour  of  the  Right  Hon. 
Edward,  Lord  Sondes,  whom  God  long  pre- 
serve to  be  the  defender,  and  the  fatiier  of 
many  defeudera  and  Patrons  of  Religion  and 
Libertie."  Perhaps  he  had  been  the  tutor  of 
the  young  Edward,  Viscount  Sondes,  who  was 
the  eldest  sou  of  Lewis  Watson,  first  Earl  of 
Rockingham.  This  young  man,  however, 
died  in  March  1721-2  (during  his  father's 
lifetime),  and  in  1728  his  widow  (whom,  as 
Lady  Catherine  Tufton,  he  had  taken  to  wife 
in  1708)  erected  over  his  grave,  in  Throwley 
Church,  a  very  handsome  altar-tomb  of  black 
Irish  marble.  Mr.  Willis  resided,  at  first,  in 
Sheldwich,  where  his  children  George  and 
Theophilus  were  baptized,  November  2S)th, 
1715,  and  buried  on  the  6th  of  December 
following.  He  seems,  however,  to  have 
removed  to  Throwley  and  dwelt  there.  His 
son  George  Lewis  was  baptized  at  Throwley, 
March  18,  1717-18,  and  a  second  Theophilus 
May  2,  1720.  His  wife  Henrietta  was  buried 
at  Tlirowley  in  May  1728,  and  his  sons  Theo- 
philus and  Johu  (the  eldest)  were  also  buried 
there  iu  1720  and  1730.  Hasted  says  that, 
in  1750,  he  waa  suspended  ab  officio,  and  his 
benefice  was  sequestered.  His  handwriting 
in  the  Parish  Registers  continues  untU 
December  1748.  Mr.  Willis  died  at  Throw- 
ley  on  the  Ist  of  February  175C-7,  and  was 
buried  in  the  middle  aisle  of  Throwley  Church. 
Forty-two  years  is  a  long  tenure  of  a  bene- 
fice, yet  ho  held  Sheldwich  for  that  period, 
and  Throwley  nearly  as  long. 

1757  Nov.  17  John  Tcckkr,  M.A.,  waa  inducted  on  the  17th 
of  November  1757,  and  held  this  Vicarage  for 
nineteen  years,  until  he  died  on  the  12th  of 
December  1776.  For  the  last  six  years  of 
his  life  he  was  also  Rector  of  Bingwold,  near 
Dover.  He  was  second  master  in  the  King's 
School  at  Canterbury,  and  held  other  2>refer- 


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1777    May     1 


1781    Dec.  23 


1818 


ments  (M<fe  Nichola'  Literary  Hlmtratioru, 
Tol.  vi.,  p.  698). 

Benjamin  Stmondb  was  instituted  by  Arch- 
bishop Cornwallis  ou  the  Ist  of  May  1777, 
and  inducted  on  the  1st  of  June.  In  the 
Parish  Register  he  wrote  his  Loiidou  address, 
"  B.  Symonda,  Wilderucas  Row,  near  Charter- 
house, London.''  He  died  in  17S1,  so  that 
he  was  Vicarhere  for  little  more  than  four  years. 

Matthias  Button,  M.A.,  Oxou,  was  inducted 
juBt  before  Christmas  1781,  and  remained 
Vicar  for  thirty -seven  years.  He  was  a  son 
of  an  Ashford  gentleman,  Mr.  Isaac  Button, 
who  had  matriculated  at  University  College, 
Oxford,  in  1729,  at  the  age  of  17,  and  who 
died  in  1792.  Mr.  Blatthias  Button  went 
late  to  Oxford ;  he  was  27  years  of  age, 
when  he  matriculated  from  St.  Alban's  Hall 
on  t!ie  24th  of  November  1775.  When  he 
left  Oxford  he  was  ordained  by  Archbishop 
Cornwallis ;  and  he  became  Curate  of  Selling 
in  January  1778,  serving  there  as  Curate  first 
for  the  Bev.  Henry  Thompson,  and  then  for 
the  Eev.  Kichard  Ualke  (who  was  also  Vicar 
of  Faversham)  until  1805,  when  Mr.  Halke 
succeeded  Mr.  Thompson  in  the  benefices  of 
Badlcsmere  and  Lcaveland,  and  Mr.  Button 
became  Vicar  of  Selling.  Mr.  Button  acted 
also  as  Curate  for  Mr.  Symonds  at  Sheld- 
wich  from  1778  to  1781,  when  he  succeeded 
to  this  benefice.  Two  years  later  he  obtained 
also  t!ie  Eectory  of  Cooling.  He  was  like- 
wise one  of  the  Six  Preachers  of  Canterbury 
Cathedral  and  Chaplain  to  Lewis  Thomas, 
second  Baron  Sondes  (who  died  in  1806), 
and  to  his  son  Lewis  Bichard,  third  Baron 
Sondes.  Mr.  Button  married  Margaret, 
daughter  of  William  Loftie  of  Canterbury, 
surgeon,  she  died  in  1800,  aged  40,  and  is 
buried  in.  a  vault  beneath  the  vestry  on  the 
north  side  of  the  chancel  of  Sheldwich  Church. 
Beside  her  lies  her  brother.  Captain  Wm.  Hy. 
Loftie.  In  the  same  vault  lies  Vicar  Button 
himself.  He  was  buried  on  the  13th  of  June 
1818,  aged  sixty-nine.  Where  Mr.  Button 
resided  is  not  certain,  but  he  hired  the 
Vicarage-house  at  Throwley,  which  was  thea^ 
very  small,  little  better  than  a  cottage. 

J.  B.  BuNCK,  who  succeeded  Mr.  Button,  residedl 
at  Harbledown,  and  held  this  benefice  untilj 


VICAU8   OF   8HELDWICH, 


303 


1850 


1870    July  28 


Ttis  death  June  15, 1850>  Two  of  the  clergy- 
men  who  Bcrved  as  hia  curates  hero  were  toe 
late  Rev.  George  Simpson  (afterwards  Vicar 
of  Northbourne,  and  later  Vicar  of  Loose) 
and  the  Eov.  George  Hilton,  who  was  for 
Bome  years  Kector  of  Badlesmere. 

Tbouas  Woods  Golbuawk,  M.A.  Oion,  was 
presented  to  Sheldwich,  through  the  interest 
of  hia  wife's  father,  the  Kev.  Canon  Spry. 
He  was  the  eldest  sou  of  Mr.  G.  Goldhawk 
of  Sheen  in  Surrey,  and  matriculated  at  the 
age  of  eighteen,  from  Worcester  College,  in 
June  1S31.  He  graduated  as  B.A.  in  1835  ; 
and  M.A.  in  1843.  For  him  was  built  tho 
original  portion  of  the  existing  Vicarage-house 
at  Sheldwich.  It  was  small ;  and  the  archi- 
tect, Mr.  Harry  Austen  of  Canterbury,  esti- 
mated its  coat  at  £650.  Mr.  Goldhawk  died 
April  9th  1870. 

BnronAU  Sibthohpk  Malden,  B.A.  Cantab., 
was  preaeuted  through  the  influence  of  Arch- 
deacon Harrison,  and  succeeded  Mr.  Gold- 
hawk. One  of  Mr.  Maiden's  Cliristian  names 
was  derived  from  his  godfather,  the  Her. 
Bichard  Bingham,  who  for  many  years  was 
Vicar  of  Queenborough,  and  who  edited 
Bingham  I  Antiquitiet,  and  many  other  books. 
During  Mr.  Maiden's  incumbency  the  Vicar- 
age-house has  been  much  enlarged  ;  and,  in 
1888,  the  church  was  well  restored,  and  was 
enlarged  by  the  addition  of  a  north  aisle. 


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DARTFORD    ANTIQUITIES. 
Notes  on  British  Roman  and  Saxon  Remains  teeek  tovvd. 

BY   F.    C.    J.    SPUREELL. 


Stone  Implements. 

"When  the  Kent  Arehwological  Society  met  at  Dartford,  in  1868, 
the  knowledge  and  study  of  the  more  ancient  stone  implements  was 
in  an  early  stage  ;  almost  in  its  infancy,  being,  so  far  as  this  country 
was  concerned,  barely  ten  years  old.  And  as  those  stone  implements 
were  not  commonly  accepted  as  the  work  of  man,  they  were  looked 
upon  doubtfully  by  the  old  antiquary :  and  because  one  class  of 
them  came  out  of  deep  cuttings  in  the  ground,  and  from  stalagmite 
caTerns,  they  were  left  to  geologists  as  "  fossils  ;  "  regarding  that 
word  as  dismissing  the  matter  into  the  domain  of  geology.  Yet, 
for  all  that,  the  recogiiittou  of  the  earliest  paleolithic  implements, 
as  human  workmanship  is  due  to  Englishmen's  acumen ;  and 
although  the  study  was  rcTiTed  in  France,  it  was  consolidated  into 
a  science  by  the  investigation  of  Englishmen  once  again.  In 
our  own  district,  that  is,  about  ten  miles  round  Dartford,  quite  as 
much  attention  has  been  paid  to  the  matter  as  in  any  spot  in  the 
world,  and  with  a  greater  success  than  anywhere  else  in  determin- 
ing certain  controverted  points  ;  such  as  the  reality  of  human 
agency  in  the  fonnatiou  of  implements,  and  the  larger  grasp  of  the 
subject  conseouent  on  the  minute  search  which  has  traced  them 
continuously  tnrough  a  greater  range  in  elevation  and  consequently 
of  age. 

There  are  a  few  points  to  which  I  wish  to  draw  attention. 
"Where  Palceolithic,  Neolithic,  or  any  implements  whatever  are 
found  in  stratified  deposits,  the  determination  of  their  relative  age 
is  comparatively  easy.  It  is  otherwise  with  those  which  lie  on  or 
near  the  surface  or  in  thin  deposits  of  gravel.  But  there  are 
means  of  arriving  at  an  approximation  to  the  comparative  age  of 
these,  which  it  is  the  speciality  of  geologists  to  apply.  The  deter- 
mination of  the  true  position  of  an  implement  lying  in  a  river 
gravel,  which  now  constitutes  the  water-parting  of  two  streams, 
running  in  opposite  directions,  is  a  ease  iu  point ;  or  the  determi- 
nation of  the  relation  of  an  implement  found  on  the  surface,  to  a 
patch  of  gravel  nearly  denuded;  or  again  the  relation  of  implements 
to  any  epoch  of  the  glacial  ages.  I  will  not  trouble  you  with 
these  details,  but  merely  remark  generally  on  the  matter.  First 
let  me  tell  you  that  now,  if  the  spots  on  which  the  older  imple- 


DAHTFORD   ANTIQUITIES. 


306 


inentf!  Imve  been  found  were  marked  on  an  ordinary  map  of  this 
district,  there  would  be  no  room  for  anything  else  on  it.  Palaeo- 
lithic iinj)lement8  have  been  found  on  the  crest  of  our  North 
Downs,  and  as  has  been  recorded  in  Archceologia  Oantian<i, 
not  merely  scattered,  but  coHected  in  special  spots.  If  the 
scattered  ones  may  have  been  ice-borne,  or  dropped  nearly  in  the 
place  on  which  they  were  found,  those  which  like  the  collections 
at  Ash,  Bower  Lane,  and  Hayes,  point  to  the  agency  of  water, 
whether  temporary  or  intermittent,  and  in  these  cases  there  is  some 
relation  traceable  between  the  site  of  the  collection  and  that  of  the 
courses  of  our  rivers  ;  though  it  may  bo  far  away  from  where  their 
diminished  water  course  now  runs. 

As  these  implements,  by  wear,  mineral  condition,  their  com- 
parative elevation,  form  and  make  are  traced  step  by  step  from 
situations  whose  relative  age  is  known,  wo  arrive  after  duo  search 
at  their  relative  age.  And  there  can  be  little  doubt  that  the  majority 
of  the  implements  found  on  our  hills  are  the  older  a«  a  higher  level 
is  reached.  Of  old  and  worn  implements  it  is  clear  that  we  cannot 
imagine  or  suppose  they  travelled  np  hill,  so  that  if  found  on  a  hill 
they  are  presumably  older  than  those  iu  a  valley  deposit  near  by, 
and  inasmuch  as  all  the  implementiferous  gravels  of  our  district  are 
the  result  of  a  severe  denudation  which  re-ached  its  cliinai  with  the 
deposit  at  tho  bottom  of  the  modern  Thames,  the  general  rule  of 
height-age  is  safe,  not  but  that  im])lemeul»  from  high  levels  are 
found  in  lower  ones.  And  the  denudation  of  900  or  1000  feet  of 
our  valley  is  respectable.  Some  of  these  implements  can  be 
connected  with  the  glacial  ages.  By  the  Glacial  Period,  as  generally 
understood,  is  meant  that  glaciers  enveloped  the  country,  reaching 
a  elimai  and  declining.  But  the  Glacial  Age,  or  age  of  Qlaciers.,  is 
that  of  various  invasions  of  this  country  by  ice  sheets,  whether 
from  the  north  of  England  or  from  Norway  at  different  times  and 
with  great  intervals.  If  an  ice  sheet  ever  covered  the  North  Downs 
it  has  left  no  signs  behind.  A  glacier's  sign  is  its  moraine  of 
transported  atones  and  clay.  Such  a  moraine  now  exists  on  the 
north  edge  of  the  Thames,  seven  or  eight  miles  from  here,  and  it 
lies  at  the  elevation  of  200  feet  above  the  sea,  but  never  advanced 
much  further.  Those  river  gravels  which  lie  below  that  elevation 
contain  as  an  important  part  of  their  constitution  material  trans- 
ported from  the  North.  Those  gravels  such  as  the  patches  on 
Darenth  and  Swanscombe  hills,  which  lie  above  that  elevation, 
contain  no  such  northern  drift,  aa  it  is  caUed.  Hence  we  are  able 
to  say  with  respect  to  the  particular  glacial  epoch  I  have  mentioned 
that  the  Darenth  gravels  and  implements  therein  are  pre-glacial, 
and  that  the  implements  from  deposits  100  feet  lower  are  either 
intraglacial,*  or  post-glacial  as  those  of  Dartford  Heath  and  Gray- 
ford  and  Erith  certainly  are. 

With  respect  to  the  separation  between  Palajolithic  and 
Neolithic  implements,  as  the  two  divisions  are  called  into  which 


*  Interglaci&l  is  the  interval  t)etween  two  glaci&l  periods, 
during  tbe  glacial  vixitntion. 

VOL.    XVIII. 


Intraglacial  is 


J 


DARTFORD    ANTIQUITIES. 


307 


I 


There  are  some  rery  eitenBiTe  banka  and  excaTations  on  the  top 
of  the  Telegraph  Hill,  Swanscombe,  on  either  side  of  the  old 
Eoman  way. 

There  is  a  camp  on  Mount's  "Wood,  not,  however,  of  great  im- 
portance, and  the  outline  disturbed. 

In  Darenth  "Wood  are  banits  and  works  on  the  south-east  side. 
Again  on  the  eouth-west  side,  OTerlooking  Lane  End,  they  are  of 
considerable  area.* 

Hasted  mentions  banks  at  Greenjstreet  Green,  and  to  the  west- 
ward of  it.  Both  these  I  have  formerly  identified  and  marked  on 
the  map,  though  now  they  are  obliterated. 

There  is  a  faint  outline  of  a  camp  (oval)  500  yards  south-eaat  of 
Howbery,     This  is  nearly  obliterated. 

There  is  a  square  camp  with  works,  lying  on  the  site  of  a  pre- 
vious village  in  Jordon's  "Wood.  It  is  probably  Honian,  but  this  is 
not  quite  clear.  I  cannot  roconcilo  it,  however,  with  any  forms 
known  to  be  Saxon.  Stone  arrow-heads  and  Boman  pottery  are 
found  in  it.f 


*  This  liat  will  explain  the  numbers  on  the 
Celtic  ;  T.  Teutoaio,  Saxon,  or  Norse. 


map  opposite,  B.=Boduui; 


I 


1 
2 

3 
4 
6 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

11 

12 

13 

14 

16 

16 

17 

18 
19 

20 
21 
22 
23 
24 
25 
26 


Urns,  pottery.    The  "Warren.    E.      29 
Tumulus.       Shrewsbury    House 

Grounds. 
Tumulus.    Plumsteod  Common. 
Leaden  Coffin.  EostWickham.  B. 
Iron  furnace  and  early  but  boles. 

Bostol  Heath.  C. 

Tumulus,  partly  examined. 
Tumulus.    Crematory. 
Wick,    Lesnea  Abbey.  T. 

Urns  and  Coin.  E. 

Coin.  E. 

Urns,  etc.    Blenden,  E. 

Pottery.  B.  and  C, 

Leaden  Coffin.  E. 

Deneholes. 

Onmments.  T. 

Foundations,  etc.  E. 

Coins, miaceUaneous  objects.  High 


Perry  Street, 


BomI. 

Misc. 
Ditto. 
Ditto. 
Pottery. 
Pottery. 
Coins. 
Tumulus. 

Very  ancient  camp. 
Pottery  in  Denebole  and  on  sur- 
face. E. 
Littlebrook  Walls.  T. 
Burials.  T. 


B.,  T.,  etc. 
B.,T. 
B. 
B. 
E. 
E. 
E. and  C. 


Foundation  burials,  coins,  misc. 
objects  on  East  Hill  and  Town 


30 
31 
32 
33 
34 
35 
3S 


B. 

&. 

B. 
B. 


0. 
B. 
T. 

T. 

E. 


ot  Dartford. 

Coin.     West  Hill. 

Tumuli. 

Coins. 

Foundations,  miso, 

Tumulus. 

Tumulus  not  burial. 

Square  camp. 
Pottery. 
34*  Burials. 
35*  Foundation. 
36*  Graveyard. 
87    Foundations. 
38,  39    Camps  or  enclosures. 
40    Small  oamp  on  Dodger's  Mount. 

«  &work,lM^^^''y 

48  Eirthwork./      ^^■ 

44  Pottery,  B. 

45  Tumuli,  S. 

46  Springhead  finds.  S. 

47  Foundations.  B. 

48  Misc.  pottery,  etc.  S. 

49  Circle  camp. 

60  Mi.«c.,  etc. 

61  Foundations  and  remains  in  Dene- 

hole.  B. 

62  Barthworks    (Paul's  Cray  Com- 

mon). 

63  Miso.  in  Denebole.  B, 
E.    Eoman  remains  in  the  Marshland. 


t  See  Arehaoloffical  Jotimal,  voL  xxzviii.,  plate  1.  for  a  plan. 


X^ 


310 


DARTFOBD    ANTIQUITIES. 


ance  in  this  district  is  that  of  the  marsh  at  Lesnos,  and  if  the  Canons 
began  immediately  after  their  foundation,  which  is  unlikely,  they 
had  not  done  anything  important  until  nearly  one  bundrca  years 
after,  viz.,  in  1279. 

The  writers  who  have  previously  considered  this  question  have 
been  under  a  complete  misapprehension  as  to  the  state  of  nature 
when  the  Romans  lived  here,  believing  that  no  change  in  the  level  of 
land  and  sea  has  happened  since.  Even  Beale  Poste,  when  treating 
of  changes  in  the  coasts  of  England,  has  noticed  that  ancient  Soman 
towns  built  on  estuaries  have  since  been  buried  by  deposits  from 
the  water ;  but  he  thinks  that  this  is  solely  due  to  the  raising  of  the 
bed  of  the  river,  and  consequently  its  water  level  by  the  deposits 
brought  down  by  the  stream.  In  this  he  just  misses  the  point  I 
wish  to  insist  on,  that,  though  this  woula  be  true  as  to  a  fresh 
water  stream,  it  is  not  true  of  an  estuary,  the  height  of  the 
deposita  of  which  are  regulated  solely  by  the  height  reacned  by  the 
tide.  If,  therefore,  we  Bnd  land  surfaces,  as  at  Crossness  and  else- 
where, now  deeply  buried  under  tidal  deposits,  there  hat  been  sub- 
mergence of  the  land  by  the  sea  in  order  that  this  might  happen.* 


I 


troXKJ  'tiBsms  KEf/T 


*  A  fuller  account  of  this  part  of  the  subject  is  giveu  hy  mo  in  Arvkaologieal 
Journal,  vol.  xlii.,  p.  269,  and  in  the  Proceedingt  of  the  OeologitU'  Aiiociatio*, 
vol.  »1    t).  210. 


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I 


when  perfect  tliey  rise  to  a  point  bo  that  there  is  no  comfortable 
standing  room.  A  slight  and  narrow  ditch  about  one  foot  deep 
surrounds  the  mound — into  which,  projecting  from  the  mound,  are 
numerous  (but  an  uncertain  number  of)  very  small  steps  with 
intervals  between.  These  mounds  are  found  in  alignments,  of 
which  there  are  several.  Yet  in  no  case  is  there  more  than  three 
or  four  in  a  straight  line ;  one  row  in  a  slightly  serpentine  course 
extenda  over  a  large  part  of  the  Heath.  The  distances  between  the 
mounds  varies  greatly,  from  one  yard  to  fifty  or  siity,  their  size 
and  height  vary  equally.  If  these  in  any  way  represent  military 
arrangements,  they  are  so  far  as  regularity  goes  sadly  deficient  in  the 
proverbial  quality  proper  to  the  art.  That  several  raedicDval  camps 
occupied  the  Heath  is  on  record,  as  well  as  the  notable  one  in  the 
Prince  Regent's  time.  Hence  some  confusion  of  alignment  would 
be  a  necessity,  but  that  hardly  explains  the  want  of  sj^mmetry  I 
have  noticed.  Some  years  ago  I  ciug  into  these  mounds  at  various 
places,  and  found  in  every  case  that  the  gravel  of  the  Heath  had 
been  heaped  on  the  sod  and  that  no  mystery  beyond  that  which 
appeared  to  the  eye  lay  concealed.  Similarly  I  eiaraiaed  numerous 
depressions  or  hut  circles,  with,  however,  no  result  as  to  dating  them. 
Apparently,  therefore,  all  these  works  on  Dartford  Heath  are 
meaisBval  and  military,  the  more  ancient  having  been  obliterated. 

The  Tide  "Waiib  op  the  Thambb. 

There  were  no  tide  walla  to  the  river  when  the  Romans  first 
came  here.  The  whole  of  what  is  now  below  the  level  of  high 
water  was  then  dry ;  at  least,  free  from  salt  water.  It  was  a  thick 
woodland — marshy  in  places  with  streams  running  into  a  river  now 
the  estuary  of  the  Thames ;  the  river  was  fresh,  or  but  very  slightly 
brackish,  shallow,  and  very  much  narrower  than  the  present  stream 
way.  In  the  marsh  now,  under  the  layer  of  tidal  clay  which  covers 
what  was  forest  ground,  are  very  abundant  remains  of  Roman 
occupation ;  these  are  occasionally  found  in  excavations  over  the 
whole  marsh  land.  Occasionally  relics  of  burial  are  discovered  and 
in  a  few  places  the  sites  of  dwellings.  At  Crossness,  for  instance, 
the  quantity  of  scattered  pottery  is  surprising,  and  much  of  it  waa 
of  good  quality. 

It  is  scarcely  probable  that  even  at  the  latest  moment  of  the 
Roman  stay  any  banks  were  needed,  and  it  is  certain  that  there  are 
no  signs  of  any  such  early  banks.  There  are  no  signs  of  banks 
even  of  Saxon  date,  except  those  of  Little  Brook  and  Lesnes,  and 
these  it  is  likely  were  to  haul  boats  into,  with  walls  only  just  suf- 
ficient to  ward  off  storm  floods  and  keep  ofE  foes. 

The  effective  embankments  wliich  we  now  see  are  very  modem. 
All  embankments  have  been  begun  by  small  enclosures  from  the 
shores ;  piecemeal,  which  have  by  degrees  united  until  the  outer 
limit  was  reached  and  the  walls  as  we  have  them  were  perfected. 
It  was  no  stupendous,  mighty,  or  vast  work  begun,  continued,  and 
ended  at  a  single  effort.  They  were  hundreds  of  years  in  reaching 
their  present  limits.    The  earliest  recorded  mining  of  any  import- 


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paTetnents  or  foundations  ;  yet  there  are  some.  Beside  the  circular 
foundation  on  East  Hill,  seen  in  1822  and  mentioned  by  Dunkin  and 
others,  I  have  diacoyered  a  note  in  Mr.  Dunkin's  memoranda 
(kindly  furnished  me  by  Miss  Dunkin),  in  which  he  mentions  a 
strong  pavement  of  plain  red  tcescnB  under  the  corner  shop  nearest 
to  the  pump  at  the  entrance  to  Lowfield  Street. 

In  IStiG  I  saw  some  foundations  exposed  in  the  High  Street  near 
the  church.  As  this  spot  was  on  Uie  west  side,  off  the  line  of  the 
Boman  way  (even  supposing  that  it  ran  inside  the  raised  causeway 
on  which  the  northern  row  of  houses  stand),  a  building  doubtless 
stood  there.  From  this  place  a  small  collection  of  Roman  relics 
was  presented  to  the  Kent  Archteological  Society's  Museum.  The 
town  of  Dartf ord  now  stands  ou  black  peaty  soil ;  a  mere  swamp, 
the  deposit  of  floods  and  the  tide,  mixed  of  course  with  the  debna 
of  old  Duildings. 

But  the  Roman  level  is  not  touched  nearer  than  4  or  5  feet 
from  the  surface,  and  the  foundations  would  be  found  still  deeper. 
Therefore  it  is  no  wonder  that  tlio  outlines  of  Koman  houses  are 
not  found  in  Dartford,  the  foundations  of  the  present  houses  rarely 
or  never  going  so  far  as  to  reach  the  topmost  tile  of  the  Boman 
floors.  Any  comparison  between  Dartrord's  position  compared 
with  other  places  1700  vears  ago  must  be  conducted  without  haste, 
as  becomes  a  thinker  who  is  more  than  an  antiquary. 

About  throe  years  ago  I  saw  numerous  tiles  and  some  extensive 
foundations  shewing  wide  rooms  aud  narrow  passages,  with  coins 
all  of  Roman  date  about  150  yards  south-eastward  of  the  inn  caUed 
the  "  Orange  Tree."  A  silver  coiu  of  Vespasian  was  also  found  on 
West  Hill.  In  1797  and  1822  numerous  Roman  interments  were  dis- 
covered ou  East  Hill  on  tlie  brow  opposite  t-o  the  present  old  grave- 
yard (and  doubtless  once  extending  into  that),  five  or  six  stone 
coiEns  were  extracted,  one  at  least  from  a  vault.  Mr.  Dunkin  has 
recorded  some  of  these  discoveries.  Those  in  1822  were  conducted 
by  Mr.  Landale  with  great  care.  He  really  loved  the  old  relics, 
though  what  he  did  with  the  portable  ones  I  do  not  know.  One  of 
the  stone  cofliiia  was  broken  up  in  Dartford  to  pave  a  yard. 
Another  Mr.  Landale  took  to  his  property  in  West  Hill ;  this, 
which  was  broken  in  extraction,  he  mended — the  side  and  the  lid.* 
He  raised  it  above  the  ground  and  sheltered  it.  Within  the  last 
few  years,  however,  it  has  been  shifted  about,  and  is  beginning  to 
suffer  from  exposure  and  frost.  It  is  well  worked  and  very  lightly 
mode.  The  stone  is  a  shelly  limestone.  There  is  no  inscription. 
Dimensions:  widest  80  iuchea,  longest  82  inchea,  narrowest  18 
inches.  The  lid  is  8t  inches  thick,  bevelled  all  round,  \  inch  bevel 
extending  3i  to  •4  inches.  The  bottom  is  bevelled  1  inch  in  5 
inches  ;  tbo  bottom  ia  4  inches  thick ;  the  depth  outside  18  inches, 
inside  11  inches. 

I  have  prevailed  on  the  renter  of  the  ground  to  get  it  out  of 


*  J.  Dunkin  bus  given  a  sketch  of  this,  by  A.  J.  Eempe,  in  his  Hiiiorv  of 
Darf/ord. 


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its  corner  for  the  Society  to  look  at.  Eoman  remains  consisting 
of  foundations  of  buildings  are  mentioned  by  Beale  Poste  aa 
existing  in  Crayford.  From  what  be  says,  and  from  the  existence 
of  sundry  bits  of  tile  there,  I  take  the  spot  to  be  on  the  site  of 
Swaislnnd's  printing  factory.  Pieces  of  brick  may  be  seeix  occa- 
sionally on  the  left  bank  of  the  new  river  (the  Cray)  in  the 
bordering  fields  north  of  the  bridge.  From  this  place  beads  and 
sherds  are  found  E.  and  N.  on  the  slopes  tm  the  hill  of  which 
Eardmont  stands.  Eoman  relics  hare  been  found  close  to  the 
Crayford  railway  station.  A  leaden  colBu  was  found  close  to  the 
direct  line  of  the  Roman  highway  in  the  Bexler  lioad,  near  the 
Iron  Church.  Abundant  remains  have  been  found  in  old  deneholes 
and  shallow  pits  near  Perry  Street,  Crayford,  and  also  in  the  brick 
earth  pit  at  Sladea  Green,  where  were  graves  and  numerous  bits 
of  pottery  all  Roman.  There  are  two  sites  of  villas  or  house 
foundations  unrecorded  also — one  on  the  edge  of  the  stream  imme- 
diately opposite  St.  John's,  and  another  on  the  left  bank  of  the 
Ebbsneet  in  the  bend  of  the  stream,  three-quarters  of  a  mile 
E.S.E.  of  Northflect  Church.  Around  Betsotn,  and  especially  on 
the  east  slopes  of  the  hills  overlooking  that  place,  wore  many 
tumuli,  apparently  Roman.  On  the  cutting  for  the  railway  one 
mile  south  of  Southdcct  Church  a  pit  was  found  with  Roman 
remains  in  it.  Potter)-  was  found  also  in  the  square  camp  in 
Jorden'a  Wood.  I  found  pottery  also  near  Bourne  House,  Beiley, 
the  only  previous  find  there  having  been  nearly  two  miles  ofE  at 
Blendon. 

Some  fifty  years  ago  a  row  of  cinerary  pots  full  of  bones  were 
dug  up  at  Welling,  close  to  the  high  road.  Two  or  three  of  these 
are  now  in  the  Canterbury  Museum. 

Several  coins  have  been  found  in  sundry  places  not  previously 
recorded,  at   Beiley  Heath,   Upton,   on   the   high   road  near  the 

i' unction  of  the  two  roads,  Erith*  High  Street,  and  the  Stone 
junatic  Asylum.  At  East  Wickham  a  Roman  burial — viz.,  a  lead 
coffin  in  a  wood  case,  another  body  lay  near.  Beneath  the  whole 
district  of  the  Marshland,  Roman  pottery,  burials  and  sites  of 
dwellings  are  found,  eapeciaUy  at  Crossness.  I  have  repeatedly 
found  fragments  of  pottery  on  the  shore  of  the  Thames  along  the 
whole  line  of  marshes  between  Woolwich  and  Gravesend. 

The  well-known  Roman  remains  at  Springhead  so  often 
described  by  Mr.  Roach  Smith,  and  others  need  not  be  parti- 
cularly mentioned  here,  except  to  say  that  new  discoveries  of  minor 
importance  are  continually  being  made.  But  I  must  say  that  I 
cannot  consider  that  these  finds,  per  se,  constitute  any  right  in  this 
spot  to  the  title  of  Vagniaca),  no  relics  in  any  way  pointing  to  that 
town  having  been  found.     Even  their  comparative  abundance  is  of 

*  I  haveto  acknowledge  the  kindness  of  Mr.  H.  ^V.  Smith  in  telling  mo 
of  geveml  placed,  previously  unknown  to  me,  whence  ho  has  procured  some 
mieoeUaneous  objects  of  Roman  date,  viz. :— Near  the  City  of  London  Lunatic 
A<ytum }  Swan  Lane,  Crayford;  High  Street,  Erith;  aod  the  hilUside  under 
Eardmount  in  Crayford. 


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no  value,  as  ilr.  Geo.  Payne  seemB  to  think  from  the  remarta 
introductory  to  his  excellent  maps  of  Keut  issued  by  the  Society  of 
Antiquaries.  Indeed,  so  far  as  that  goes,  more  abundant  and 
important  remains  have  been  found  in  the  town  and  East  Hill  of 
Dartford  than  Springhead.  Yet  no  one  would  give  the  former  the 
name  of  Vagniacw  in  consequence  merely  of  that. 

Saxos  Beuaiks. 

The  Anglo-Saxon  remains  as  known  at  present  are  very  limited, 
there  being  but  four  places  in  which  eviaonee  of  interment  has 
occurred  and  two  riTerside  works  which  can  be  assigned  to  a 
Teutonic  or  Norse  origin. 

The  earliest  recorded  remains  are  swords  and  relics  apparently 
from  graves  in  the  powder  works  at  Dartford.  Then  comes  the  ceme- 
tery at  Darenth.  This  extends  on  both  sides  of  the  Chatham  and 
Dover  Riilway  Embankment ;  on  the  hillside,  where  it  crosses  the 
stream,  and  if,  as  seems  certain,  it  is  to  be  found  under  the  embank- 
ment as  well,  the  length  must  be  nearly  a  quarter  of  a  mile  by  200 
yards  broad.  Attention  was  first  attracted  by  the  report  of  skeletons, 
pots,  and  brooches  having  been  found  in  digging  foundations  for 
the  Home  for  little  boTs.  Subsequently,  cottages  being  required 
northward  of  the  railway,  the  Rev.  Mr.  Coat«8  watched  the 
diggings,  and  conducted  a  few  personally.  I  saw  some  of  the  work 
in  1867,  and  all  in  1868,  and  I  think  that  as  no  record  has  been 
preserved,  my  notes  of  the  matter  are  still  new  enough  to  pre- 
sent at  this  time.  The  slope  of  the  hill  is  rather  rapid,  and  in 
consequence  of  a  hedge  havmg  stopped  the  regular  wasning  of  the 
soil  (chalk),  the  graves  were  extremely  superficial,  the  skulls  and 
pottery  having  been  broken  in  many  places  by  the  plough,  and 
some  of  the  relics  strewn  on  the  surface.  In  any  case,  the  graves 
were  very  shallow,  having  been  dug  deep  enough  to  rest  the  body 
on  the  solid  chalk  merely.  They  were  not  cleverly  dug,  some  being 
so  short  as  to  cramp  the  body,  and  others  being  irregular  in  shape. 
The  bones  were  decayed  in  very  varying  amounts,  so  also  were  the 
iron  implements  found — some  utterly  reduced  to  rust,  while  others 
when  ground  down  by  the  labourers  took  a  good  edge.  The  position 
of  the  bodies  was  chiefly  looking  directed  to  the  eastward,  with  the 
heads  to  the  west,  but  I  observed  that  there  was  much  variation  in. 
direction,  and  that  the  more  northern  graves  pointed  more  to  the 
true  north  than  those  to  the  southward — there  appeared  to  be  a 
rotation  iu  the  line  of  direction,  the  result  of  indifference.  The 
bodies  being  laid  on  their  backs,  there  was  generally  a  flint  stone  or 
two,  a  lump  of  chalk,  or  perhaps  a  crumbling  clod,  placed  under  the 
back  of  the  head,  to  raise  it.  The  graves  were  very  close  together, 
almost  breaking  into  one  another.  The  total  number  opened  on 
this  side  of  the  embankment  while  I  was  able  to  attend  was  about 
sixty.  Apparently  the  wealth  of  the  persons  buried  increased 
towards  the  N.E.  of  the  ground.  Very  many  of  the  graves 
r  nothing  in  the  way  of  ornaments,  utensils,  or 
the  resting-places  of  the  corpses  of  poor  people. 


contained  app 
""pons,  and  were 


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In  all  the  graves  that  I  saw  small  particles  of  charcoal  were 
cattered  amongst  tho  remains.  In  a  few  cases  a  double  haudful 
of  charcoal  was  found  in  a  heap  near  the  middle  of  the  body,  which 
apparently  occupied  the  middle  of  the  grave.  This,  I  suppose,  with 
Kemble,  to  shew  the  use  of  the  anti-Chriatian  mode  of  burial  by 
cremation  in  an  attenuated  and  symbolical  form,  when  the  people, 
being  Pagan,  and  desiring  the  modes  of  Pagan  burial,  were  debarred 
by  tlie  law  from  carrying  them  out,  except  by  some  form  of 
compromiBe. 

Most  of  the  objects  found  were  presented  to  the  Kent 
Archaeological  Society,  and  are  now  in  its  Museum, 


The  ornament  on  the  cup-shaped  brooch  is  a,  cross,  and  it  might 
■  be  laid  that  it  woa  a  sign  that  the  wearer  was  a  Christian.  I  think, 
liowever,  that  would  be  too  hasty  a  judgment  from  the  evidence 
afforded  by  the  ornamental  tracery  of  a  brooch  to  prove  that.  I  am 
»inder  the  impression  also  that  the  elements  of  ornament  or  super- 
stition of  which  the  cross  is  composed  are  essentially  Pagan,  and 
that  the  peculiar  signs  which  the  arms  of  the  cross  carry  are  united 

in  the  Darenth  case  as  a  rare  and  single  instance.  The  Cp  which  is 
there  seen  is  the  simple  conventional  form  for  a  head  or  face.  In 
various  forms  it  occupies  the  centre  or  leading  position  of  a  series 
of  ornamental  lines  in  very  many  Teutonic  personal  ornaments  of 
different  shapes.  Sometimes  the  whole  ornament  is  in  the  form  of 
this  figure.  It  is  seen  in  Sa.xon  (Teutonic)  ornaments,  singly, 
double,  quadruple  (but  unjoined),  and  septuple.  There  is  a 
remarkable  case  of  it  in  the  British  Museum,  placed  inside  the  four 
arms  of  a  cross,  but  no  one  would  think,  I  suppose,  that  the  cross 
in  this  case  was  Christian  from  the  peculiarity  of  the  face  emblem 
obliterating  to  the  eye  the  importance  of  the  cross. 

There  is  an  example  from  Aahendon,  Buckinghamshire.  It  is 
very  curious.  In  a  groundwork  of  crossed  lines  in  separate  blocks, 
like  those  round  the  edge  of  the  Darenth  specimen,  are  four  of  these 
■igns  placed  equidistant  from  the  centre  and  the  margin,  and  from 
each  other.  Within  them  are  seven  radiating  lines — two  of  these 
touch  the  "Jaca  "  figure,  the  rest  do  not,  clearly  shewing  that  the 


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crosB  was  not  intended,  nlthough  nearly  formed  by  a  mere  ticcident. 
These  crosses  are  all  "  Greek,"  not  Latin,  in  shape. 

Therefore,  this  figure  is  a  mark  which  has  been  used  on  the  field 
of  ornament,  and  connected  accidentally  with  the  centre  in  conse- 
quence of  dividing  the  field  by  radiating  lines. 

That  this  "  face  "  figure  is  mystical,  I  believe,  is  shewn  from  its 
recurrence  in  various  uucipected  situations,  A  form  of  it  was  used 
in  coinage,  and  particularly  in  that  of  Offa,  where  it  ha«  beea 
described  as  meaning  merciontm  by  contraction  and  the  use  of  the 
Saxon  CD,  but  that  is  not  so.  To  the  "«»"  is  added  eyes,  and  the 
stem  ifl  carried  downward  in  a  marked  manner,  i.e.,  the  nose.  The 
sign  of  contraction,  so  called,  at  the  top  of  the  face  may  have  been 
so,  but  it  is  found  where  no  contraction  is  required.  In  OfEa's 
coins  this  siga  remains  as  a  Pagan  emblem  cunningly  introduced 
by  way  of  a  contracted  word  and  as  a  set-nfE  to  the  sigp  of  the 
Christian  cross,  which  is  also  used,  for  Offa  was  at  best  but  a 
political  Chri.stian. 

As  to  the  form  of  the  so-called  cup-shaped  brooches  rare  in  Kent, 
it  has  been  said  by  Ackermaii  that  it  waH  the  result  of  copying  the 
cup-shaped  coins  of  the  Byzantine  Emperors,  but  the  earliest 
Bcyphate  coin  known  is  of  the  date  979  a,d.,  and  the  Saxon  cup- 
shaped  brooches  arc  all  earlier.  It  is  more  likely  that  the  idea  came 
to  Byzantium  from  the  West ;  if  it  were  not  certain  that  it  was 
merely  a  moneyer's  device  in  so  constructing  the  coins. 

Saxon  Graves  at  Littlebeook. 

In  the  beginning  of  January  1883  Mr.  Percy  Hassell  sent  mo 
word  that  some  graves  have  been  opened  near  Littlebrook,  Dart- 
ford.  I  went  at  once  to  see  them,  and  found  that  seven  or  eight 
skeletons  had  been  disturbed  in  removing  gravel  from  the  edge  of 
the  top  of  the  hill  overlooking  Littlebrook  Farm,  by  the  side  of  the 
road  on  the  eastward.  Very  few  relics,  a  few  small  bits  of  pot  of 
Saxon  forms  were  all  I  saw.  Mr.  Hassell  tells  me  that  some  of  the 
graves  were  placed  due  east  and  west  three  feet  apart,  but  that  the 
feet  were  nearer  than  the  heads,  ao  that  in  the  result  there  was 
another  case  of  rotation  in  direction,  different  to  that  at  Darenth 
caused  by  mere  carelessness.  There  were  other  graves  and  some 
still  remain. 

These  graves,  from  their  position  on  the  brow  of  the  hill  over- 
looking the  river-walls  of  trie  Wick  of  Littlebrook,  appear  to  be 
those  of  the  inhabitants  and  sea-faring  visitors  (not  usually  rich 
people)  belonging  to  the  Saxon  port  of  that  name,  which  appears  to 
nave  enjoyed  much  fame  in  the  tenth  century. 

Mr.  H.  W.  Smith,  of  Belvedere,  has  a  few  ornaments  from 
graves  at  Crayford,  some  from  the  fields  above  the  left  bank  of  the 
New  Eiver  north  of  the  bridge,  and  some  from  Swan  Lane, 
among  thera  a  beautiful  little  button  of  bronze  thus  described  :  — 
it  is  exactly  an  inch  across  the  base,  tapering  to  J  inch  and  \  inch 
high.  At  the  top  are  four  engraved  leaves  within  a  circle,  the  stems 
inwards.    On  the  outer  side  is  a  very  characteristic  wavy  pattern  in 


DAHTFORD    ANTIQUITIES. 


317 


raised  lines.  A  plate  is  soldered  over  the  base  with  "a  hole  iu  the 
centre  and  a  loop  over  that  for  the  thong.  There  were  also  found 
brass  and  bronze  spurs,  buckles,  bits,  and  curb  chains,  but  their 
present  possessors  I  know  not. 

Deneholes. 

These  caves  abound  in  tliis  particular  neighbourhood,  and  from 
Lanibarde  downwards  have  received  notice  from  all  local  hiatorians. 
Yet  none  have  delivered  a  clear  account  of  them.  During  the 
many  years  I  have  examined  the  subject,  and  especially  since  the 
last  meeting  of  this  Society  iu  Dartford,  I  have  arrived  at  very 
definite  conclusions. 

There  arc  varieties  in  form,  all,  however,  having  a  narrow  shaft 
to  obtain  the  sole  access  to  the  cavern.  There  is  (1)  a  simple  cave 
of  a  beehive  shape,  (2)  a  small  cluster  of  little  caves,  three  in 
number,  round  the  bottom  of  the  shaft,  and  {3)  a  series  of  excava- 
tious  founded  on  the  principal  idea  of  rectangular  crossing  of  short 
tunnels.  The  whole  are  found  here  ;  and  though  in  parts  of  Kent, 
as  at  Lenhani  and  elsewhere,  a  few  departures  from  the  simple 
plans  before  mentioned  have  been  found,  they  are  exceedingly  rare. 
Perhaps  the  finest  specimen  known,  certainty  the  best  I  know,  is  to 
be  seen  at  Stankey  Wood,  Beiley.  It  is  70  feet  deep  and  contains 
four  pillars,  besides  two  which  have  fallen. 

Tne  situation  of  these  caves  is  anywhere  almost  in  the  northern 
half  of  the  county.  Few  rocks  are  suitable  for  digging  caves  in, 
and  chalk  stands  first.  The  chalk  is  reached  through  100  or  120 
feet  of  superincumbent  soil,  and  it  is  peuetratcd  in  stilt  more 
numerous  instHtyces  l)y  shafts  without  an  overlying  soil  at  all. 

The  age  of  these  holes  extends  from  the  Neolithic  to  a  recent 
or,  I  may  say,  the  present  age  ;  but  few  are  of  the  time  when  stone 
or  bone  was  employed  to  dig  them.  The  majority  belong  to  the 
age  of  iron,  but  they  extend  through  the  Roman  period,  and  were 
largely  used  by  that  people  as  rubbish  pits,  which  have  hereabouts 
furnished  many  a  Eomau  relic. 

The  principal  features  connected  with  Deneholes  is  that  each  is 
separate  from  the  other,  however  near  they  were  dug.  If  by  any 
chance  fear  was  entertained  that  one  should  break  into  the  other, 
work  was  stopped  or  a  swerve  was  made.  All  the  holes  are  so  far 
as  the  rock  will  permit  very  circumscribed  in  area,  closely  and 
neatly  excavated.  They  are  of  large  size,  usually  of  the  cubic 
content  of  a  haystack  of  the  present  day,  and  as  variable.  The 
oldest  forms  are  smallest.  Some  have  received  additional  excavation, 
which  has  generally  shewn  itself  by  a  peculiarity  easily  detected. 

As  to  the  use  of  these  ;  I  am  now  in  a  position  tn  point 
out,  that  although  once  not  able  to  speak  with  any  sort  of  con- 
viction or  decision,  I  am  now.  The  careful  surveys  bv  myself  and 
excavations  I  have,  in  conjunction  with  friends,  worke<f  at ;  together 
with  the  admirable  excavations  in  Essex  by  the  Essex  Field  Club, 
conducted  by  my  friend  Mr.  T.  Y.  Holmes,  enable  me  to  speak 
more  decidedly. 


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They  are  secret  hiding-places.  They  are  the  hiding-places  for 
grain.  Such  has  been  the  customary  mode  of  hiding  grain  over  the 
whole  of  the  old  world.  In  Spain  it  is  the  method  in  use  now.  In 
France  it  has  for  some  centuries  died  out ;  but  it  is  universal  in  a 
sense  that  it  has  been  the  custom,  if  not  the  present  one,  in  every 
part  of  the  world.  The  maiu  point  of  interest  with  us  here  is  the 
great  size  and  depth  of  the  pits.  The  depth  I  have  accounted  for ;  a 
reason  for  the  size  I  find  to  be  that  forage,  straw,  hay,  etc.,  were  gar- 
nered in  these  pits  besides  grain,  as  shewn  by  Diodorus  in  his  excerpt 
from  Pytheas'  travels.  In  the  countries  where  the  custom  is  most 
common,  the  fields  are  always  green,  or  there  are  none.  In  England, 
during  the  long  winter,  the  cattle  needed  hay,  and  during  the 
periods  of  history  and  before  it,  hay  stacks  wore  the  first  things  a 
raider  and  an  enemy  burnt.  But  in  a  cave,  so  easily  hidden,  this 
could  not  be  done ;  and  history  has  proved  that  this  use  of  these 
caves  has  been  common  to  many  countries.  Pliny's  remarks  about 
the  deep  caves  with  veins  like  raines  has  reference  to  another  set  of 
excavations.  That  the  chalk  excavated  was  scattered  about  and 
found  useful  in  manuring  the  land  is  a  mere  consequence  of 
the  necessity  for  its  unobtrusive  disposal  and  the  observation  of 
beneficial  results.* 


*  See  an  article  on  Dcncholes  by  P.  C.  J.  Spurrell,  Archteohpieal  Journal, 
vol.  ixxviii.,  p.  391.  Also  Report  of  tho  Denebole  Eiplorations  by  the  Eraex 
PHcld  Club,  Buckhiirst  Hill,  Essex,  1887,  in  which  are  wveral  papers  bearing  on 
the  subject. 


(    319    ) 


CRAYTOED    CHUECH. 


BY   MAJOR   ALFRED    HEALBS,    F.8.A. 


The  church  is  situated  near  the  termination  of  a  ridge  of 
hill,  and  therefore  occupies  a  conspicuous  position  from  most 
points  of  view.  It  takes  its  name,  like  four  other  parishes, 
from  the  little  River  Cray,  which,  rising  from  the  chalk  at 
Orpington,  has  doubtless  in  the  course  of  thousands  of  years 
formed  the  Cray  Valley.  Crayfoi"d  is  the  last  of  these 
parishes  before  the  stream  loses  its  individuality  in  the 
Darent  and  Thames.  The  river  is  nowhere  more  than  a  mere 
rivulet,  though  its  title  of  "  Ford  "  shews  that  it  must  at 
one  time  have  attained  here  a  higher  rank  among  streams 
than  it  now  possesses. 

The  name  of  the  church  and  parish  was  not,  however, 
originally  "  Crayf ord ; "  in  Domesday  Book  it  is  called 
"  Erhede ;  "*  at  that  date  there  were  here  a  church  and  three 
valuable  mills,  and  within,  certainly,  a  century  later,  it  is 
spoken  of  as  "  Erde  vel  Earhethe."t  One  must  admit  that 
the  sound  of  this  name  niises  much  doubt  as  to  the  identity 
of  the  locality,  and  whether  the  neighbouring  church  with 
the  parish  of  Erith  was  not  the  locality  referred  to,  but  the 
topographical  authorities  are  definitely  of  opinion  that 
Erhede,  Erde,  Earhethe  are  names  for  the  church  and  parish 
now  called  Crajrford;  and  it  is  not  necessary  for  me  to 
investigate  and  enter  upon  a  dissertation  on  this  point 
when  our  subject  is  rather  the  personal  history  of  the 
church. 

The  dedication  is  to  St,  PauUnus,  first  Bishop  of  York, 
and  subsequently  Bishop  of  Rochester;  who  died  a.d.  644,  and 
was  buried  at  Rochester ;  we  hear  nothing  but  good  of  him. 

L Another  St.  Paulinus  was  Bishop  of  Treves,  who,  after  con- 
tending valiantly  for  the  faith,  died  a.d.  360.  There  waa 
also  a  Paulinus,  Bishop  of  Nola,  who  has  the  credit  of 
introducing  great  bells  into  ecclesiastical  use.  But  know- 
ing what  one  does  of  the  affection  in  early  times  for  local 


» 


*  Larldog's  Kent  Domuday,  p.  11. 
t  Hcarne,  Textut  SofenrU,  228-31. 


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>11D   CHTmCH. 


saints,  and  in  the  absence  of  any  reason  to  the  contrary,  wfl 
may  fairly  assume  that  the  dedication  is  to  St.  Paulinus  ol 
York.  The  orientation  of  the  building  corroborates,  as  far 
as  it  goes,  this  theorj- :  the  inclination  of  the  chancel  is  10° 
and  the  nave  15°  south  of  east.  Theoretically  the  orienta- 
tion would  be,  for  St.  Pauliuus  of  York  (10th  October)  If' 
south  of  east ;  St.  Pauliuus  of  Treves  (Slst  August)  13i 
north  of  east. 

The  internal  dimensions  of  the  church,  in  feet  and' 
inches,  are  as  follows :  The  double  nave  62:6  x  42 : 8. 
Chancel  32:5  x  18:3.  North  chantry  17:9  x  10:4. 
South  chantry  16:3  x  25:3.  TovFcr  11:8  x  10:3. 
Extreme  length  110  : 1.     Extreme  width  55  :  8.  ■ 

As  to  the  history  of  the  structure  we  have  no  information^ 
except   what  we  can    gather  for  ourselves   from    a   careful 
inspection  of  it.     When  the  church  was  visited  by  that  inde- 
fatigable ecelesiologist,  Sir  Stephen  Glynne,  prior  to  the  year 
1840,  all  the  antiquity  visible  was  limited  to  an  indication  of 
Decorated  work  in  the  chancel  window,  and  the  rest  of  the- 
building  appeared  to  be  Perpendicular.*     But  in  1862  a  soJ 
called    "  restoration "    took  place,    when,   upon    the   walla 
being  stripped  of  plaster,  there  appeared   the  outlines  of 
blocked  windows  of  Norman  date,  which,  judiciously,  were 
not  covered  up  agaiu,  and  we  can  see  for  ourselves  that  the 
outer  walls,  north  and  south,  are  clearly  of  good  and  some-^ 
what  early  Norman  date.     These  vrindows  were  very  narrow" 
at  the  outer  face,  and  splayed  to  a  few  inches  at  the  inner 
face    of    the   wall;    they   are  set  rather   high   up,   which 
generally  indicates  an  early  date.     We  may  fairly  assume 
that  the  present  structure  of  the  nave  was  erected  not  lateiJ 
than  1150.  1 

Next  is  the  south  doorway,  small  and  absolutely  plain, 
but  for  an  external  hoodmoidd;  from  its  form  it  may  bej 
assigned  to  about  a  century  later.  I 

There  is  in  the  tower  a  two-light  window,  of  a  design  not 
micommon  in  the  Early  Decorated  period ;  the  indication  of 
Decorated  work  which  Sir  Stephen  Glynne  noticed  in  the 
chancel,  may  ver^  probably  have  been  of  the  same  date,  but,- 
whatever  it  was,  it  was  swept  away  at  the  "restoration,"  Oal 
the  other  hand,  it  is  to  be  noted,  as  a  corroboration  of  his 
opinion,  that  during  these  modern  works  a  piscina  and  triple 
eedilia  were  discovered  in  the  south  wall  of  the  chancel,  and, 
80  far  as  in  their  present  state  they  afford  any  indication. 


♦  Glynno,  Churchet  of  Kent,  pago  323.  Tho  Prcrnoe  notes  that,  unless  other- 
WW©  stated  (which  is  not  the  case  here),  the  church  Dot«s  of  which  the  volume 
oouuta  were  mude  between  1629  and  1040. 


I 


A 


CbaTFOBD  CHT7BCH. 

{Sealt,  S4feH  to  1  inch.) 

N  Norman  Windon-s — blocked  {their  tize  it  tkemt  ig 
nickt  in  tie  wall,  or  a  mark  in  the  vindow  eill). 

B  D  Blocked  Doorways.  s  Sedilia, 

F  Ptsciiu.  D  Dniper  MonuiDGnt. 


TWIN   NAVES. 


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they  seem  to  be  of  Decorated  date.  They  are  terribly  muti- 
lated, for  all  projections  were  hacked  away,  and  the  hollows 
were  built  up  and  plastered  over;  this  was  probably  done  in 
obedience  to  some  such  injunction  as  that  of  Dr.  Bentham, 
Bishop  of  Coventry  and  Lichfield  in  1565,  to  dam  up  all 
manner  of  hollow  places  in  the  chancel  and  church.*  It  is 
stated  that  a  small  plaster  (probably  clunch)  capital,  which 
had  evidently  been  turned  in  a  lathe,  was  discovered  at  the 
time  of  the  "  restoration ;  "f  it  has  since  disappeared,  but 
presumably  was  the  capital  of  one  of  the  shafts  which 
separated  the  sedilia. 

We  now  come  to  an  extremely  remarkable  feature  in  the 
church,  viz. :  that  the  body,  instead  of  consisting  of  a  nave 
and  aisles,  or  a  simple  nave,  is  divided  into  two  equal  parts 
by  an  arcade  running  down  the  centre  and  terminating  just 
above  the  point  of  the  chancel  arch.  This  plan,  though  not 
absolutely  unique,  is  verj'  nearly  so;  the  only  other  instances 
I  have  met  with  in  England  l>eing  at  Caythorpe  in  Lincoln- 
shire, and  Hannington,  Northamptonshire,  f 

Rare  examples  occur  abroad :  at  Soborg,  in  Zealand, 
there  is  one  of  four  bays,  vaulted,  and  probably  of  quite 
Early  English  date ;  and  another,  •which  was  of  early  date, 
formerly  existed  at  Aarkirkeby  in  the  Danish  island  of  Born- 
holm  prior  to  the  "  restoration "  of  that  church,  whether 
vaulted  or  not  does  not  appear.^  It  is  quite  possible  that  one 
or  two  examples  of  late  Gothic  date  may  be  found  in  city 
cburehes  on  the  Continent,  where  the  peculiarity  of  plan 
may  be  accounted  for  by  the  difficulties  of  the  site,  but 
there  is  no  such  reason  in  the  example  above  mentioned. 
Besides  these,  there  is  another  type  in  very  common  use  in 
Gottland  j  and,  as  I  am  informed  by  Mr.  Seddon,  a  similar 
instance  in  the  ruined  church  of  St.  Aldhelm  in  the  Island 
of  Portland  ;  and,  I  think,  not  unfrequeutly  in  cryi)t8  under 
Cathedral  choirs ;  but  the  object  in  these  cases  was  palpably 
to  assist  in  sustaining  the  weight  of  stone  vaulting,  while 
in  the  cases  I  first  referred  to,  the  pillars  are  very  light, 

*  The  distinction  of  chancel  and  church,  lu  here  made,  and  also  in  the  order 
of  the  Vioar-Genonil  in  reference  to  Crayford  Church,  w  mentioned  later,  is  note- 
worthy, since  it  affords  an  illii^trutiun  of  the  moaning  of  Canon  Ixzjcii  of  1603 
directing  the  Commandments  to  be  set  up  at  the  eoat  end  of  the  churob,  i.e.  the 
nave,  not  the  chancel. 

t  Tht  Eccltrioloffitt,  1862,  p.  68. 

t  CaythoriH;  Church  is  cruciform,  with  central  tower  capped  by  one  of  the 
splendid  crockettvd  sjiircs  for  wliich  the  county  is  celebrated.  The  twin  naves 
•re  rather  Early  Decorated,  and  tbe  tower  a  little  later ;  the  arches  of  very  wide 
span,  and  springing  from  very  light  pillars.  Hannington  is  entirely  Early 
Decorated ;  arches  light  and  lofty ;  the  chancel  arch,  on  which  they  abut,  has 
had  to  be  fortified  by  a  strong  beam  backing  ita  ea8t«ni  face. 

§  Bomholmtke  Kirker ;  Hans  J.  Holm,  Kjobculxavn,  imp.  fol.,  1878,  ^Ua. 
1,  32.  8. 

VOL.   IVIU.  ■'■ 


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CRATPOED   CHUBCH. 


and  the  arches  of  large  span,  fit  only  for  the  duty  they  have 
to  perform,  which  is  to  carry  a  few  feet  of  wall  and  the 
ridge  of  the  roof.  It  will  be  at  once  apparent  that  the 
arrangement  is  bad,  structurally,  since  the  thrust  of  the  arch, 
or  half  arch,  is  met  only  by  the  transverse  wall  which  forms 
the  chancel  arch;  architectunilly,  as  necessitating  a  very 
low  chancel  arch,  of  unsightly  form,  as  it  usually  is ;  and 
ecclesiastically,  from  the  practical  inconvenience  of  the 
arrangement. 

Whatever  may  have  been  the  reason  which  led  to  the 
adoption  at  Crayford  of  this  very  rare  arrangement,  there 
seems  reason  to  believe  that  it  is  not  original,  nor  even  of 
early  date,  such  as  the  arcade  itself  would  lead  one  to  up-^ 

The  arcade  consists  of  four  arches  of  large  span,  ai. 
additional  half  arch  at  the  east  end,  which  does  not  foiiow 
the  same  curve,  and  looks  rather  awkward ;  these  arches, 
which  are  recessed  and  moulded  with  a  wave  mould  on  the 
chamfer  plane,  rest  on  rather  slender  pillars,  being  a  cluster 
of  four  combined  in  a  bold  wave-like  form,  and  are  unusually 
low  for  large  arches,  and  rendered  more  so  by  the  biises 
resting  on  a  well-defined  plinth.  The  west  respond  has  only 
the  shaft  carrying  the  inner  member  of  the  arch,  and  the  wave 
moulding  of  the  outer  member  is  carried  down  to  the  ground. 
The  form  of  shaft  and  arch  moulding  is  such  as  were  most 
usual  in  Late  Decorated  and  Early  Perpendicular  work.  Tlie 
caps  and  bases  are  rather  spreading,  and  change  from  semi- 
circular to  semi -octagonal,  and  the  general  appearance  is 
that  of  rather  Late  Perpendicular,  but  not  so  as  will  be  seen 
in  the  accompanying  cat. 


Cap.  and     Base     of     Nava     Rllars. 


Nava    Arch. 


The  facta  bearing  upon  the  question  as  to  the  date  of  the 
arcade,  as  we  see  it,  are  these : 


I 


CEATPOED   CHURCH, 


S23 


I 


* 


When  the  church  was  "  restored  "  there  was  found  in  the 
west  wall  of  the  double  nave  tlie  remains  of  a  doonvay, 
five  feet  wide,  just  at  the  spot  where  is  the  west  respond  of 
the  arcade,  shewing  conclusively  that  the  arcade  was  built 
at  a  later  date ;  but,  iu  absence  of  knowledge  of  the  date  of 
the  doorway,  it  is  quite  possible  it  may  have  been  Norman. 

At  what  precise  date  Sir  Stephen  Glynne  ^asited  the  church 
we  unfortunately  do  not  know,  except  that  it  must  have  been 
between  1829  and  1840  ;  the  arcade  then  existed  as  now. 

In  the  outer  wall  of  the  north  aisle  there  is  a  very  small 
doorway  which  one  would  assume  to  have  opened  to  the 
staircase  which  led  to  the  rood-loft  by  a  passage  crossing  the 
aisle ;  a  not  imusual  arrangement,  of  which  an  example 
occurs  at  Chislehurst.  The  date  is  very  late,  aa  were  most 
rood-staircases.  Now  it  is  quite  clear  that  with  a  very  low 
chancel  arch,  and  the  half  arch  abutting  on  it  just  over  the 
apex,  there  could  have  been  no  rood-ioft  there.  On  the 
other  hand,  it  is  possible  that  the  staircase  led  on  to  the 
roof;  but  as  against  this  suggestion  there  is  nothing  to 
indicate  that  the  roof  had  a  parapet.  One  little  independent 
puzzle  is  presented  by  the  position  of  this  doorway,  but  not 
affecting  the  present  question ;  the  cill  is  at  some  height 
from  the  floor  of  the  church,  and,  beside  tliat,  the  ground 
has  risen  (as  we  learn  from  the  partly  bxiried  exterior  of 
the  north  doorway),  so  that  the  cill  must  have  been  fully 
six  feet  above  the  original  ground-level,  much  too  high  to  be 
entered  without  a  flight  of  steps,  and  much  too  low  for  an 
upper  rood-doorway. 

If  we  look  to  proportion  of  parts,  we  find  that  the  chancel 
is  18  feet  3  inches  wide ;  a  corresponding  nave  would  be  about 
21  or  22  feet,  and  supposing  aisles  about  9  feet  6  inches 
(ample  for  an  early  aisle),  and  allowing  for  the  thickness  of 
the  arcade,  the  entire  width  amoimts  to  42  feet  8  inches, 
•which  is  the  actual  width  of  the  present  double  nave. 

Another  indication  of  the  division  into  nave  and  aisles  is 
afforded  by  the  position  of  the  tower,  wliich  opens  by  an 
arch  into  just  that  part  of  the  building  where  the  south 
aisle  would  have  been  situated.  Prior  to  the  rebuilding  of 
the  premises  eastwards  there  was,  over  the  arch  leading  into 
it,  a  small  lancet  window ;  an  unusual  position  in  any  case, 
but  almost  absolutely  exceptional  unless  to  light  an  aisle. 
The  east  wall  of  the  tower  shews  that  the  roofing  has  not 
been  always  as  it  is  now,  and  perhaps  gives  some  indication 
of  an  aisle  roof. 

As  regards  the  chancel  arch  we  are  left  in  some  doubt. 
The  present  broad,  unsightly  arch  is  clearly  modem,  and 
above  it  we  see  another,  apparently  without  •^Tfc\A£W'i\<3w  \.«> 


824. 


CEAYFOBD   OHUECH. 


antiquity,  and  it  may  in  fact  be  only  a  discharging  arcl 
take  oif  the  special  strain  to  which  that  part  is  put.*  The 
half  arch  which  ends  the  nave  arcade  eastwards  does  not 
look  like  an  original  work. 

It  is  stated  that  at  the  "  restoration  "  the  stonework, 
especially  about  the  chancel  arch,  shewed  strong  indication 
of  having  been  subject  to  the  action  of  a  violent  lire,  but 
that  is  not  very  plain  now.  The  shafts  of  the  pillars  shew 
remains  of  their  having  been  painted  red. 

Some  of  the  beams  of  the  roof  bear  date  1630. 

All  the  facts  bearing  upon  the  question  have  been  thus 
carefully  stated,  so  that  the  reader  may  form  his  own 
opinion;  but  to  the  writer  there  seems  little  doubt  that 
originally  the  body  of  the  church  consisted  of  a  nave  and 
aisles,  and  that  the  present  arcade  was  wrought  in  the  Late 
Decorated  period ;  beyond  that  point  seems  a  matter  of 
conjecture.  Supposing  that  the  severe  fire  occurred  not  long 
prior  to  1 630,  and  thereby  the  arcade  was  too  much  damaged 
to  suffice  for  the  double  row  of  arches,  and  the  expedient 
adopted  of  reconstructing  a  central,  single  arcade  with 
the  remains ;  this  would  perhaps  also  account  for  the 
shortness  of  the  pillars  which  we  have  noticed.  Some 
foundations  were  discovered  running  across  the  east  end  of 
the  north  aisle,  and  then  running  eastward  toward  the  jamb 
of  the  chancel  arch,  and  wovdd  appear  to  indicate  that  the 
aisle  WHS  originally  shorter,  and  thus  the  awkward  half  arch 
would  have  been  unnecessary.  But  there  is  no  tradition  of 
any  recent  great  fire. 

On  each  side  of  the  chancel,  opening  into  it  by  a  broad 
arch,  and  westward  into  what  in  the  ordinary  division  of  the 
body  of  the  church  into  nave  and  aisles,  would  be  the  corre- 
sponding aisles,  is  a  chantry  chapel.  That  on  the  north,  now 
called  "  Draper's  Chapel "  from  the  name  of  subsequent 
possessors,  is  proliably  that  which  originally  belonged  to  its 
founder,  John  Marshall. 

Respecting  the  foundation  we  learn  from  a  Return  mode 
to  the  Court  of  Augment-ation  by  William  Hyde,  the  Auditor 
or  Particular  Surveyor  appointed  to  report  upon  the  several 
rates  of  certain  lands,  tenements,  rents  and  hereditaments 
lately  belonging  as  well  to  colleges,  chantries,  free-chapels, 
guilds,  fraternities,  obits,  lights,  lamps,  and  other  like  things 
given  to  the  King's  Majesty,  Edward  VI.,  by  force  of  an  Act 

•  For  all  inforranlion  as  to  facte  which  became  apparent  at  the  time  of  Ihs 
"  nntonition  "  of  the  church,  and  the  trcutmoiit  it  then  rccoirod,  I  am  indebted  t« 
the  former  Rector,  now  tlio  Venemble  tlie  Archdeacon  of  Maidstone,  and  bin  voty 
iutcrestlnK  pamphlet  on  the  history  of  the  oburoh ;  but  the  rostorutiou  of  tba 
church  took  phiue  in  1802,  rather  before  hiit  time. 


1 


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OBAYFOIUD   GHX7BCH. 


826 


of  Parliament  made  in  the  first  year  uf  Lis  reigu  ;*  as  also  to 
colleges,  chantries,  etc.,  given  to  the  late  King  of  famous 
memory,  Henry  VIII.,  by  an  Act  made  in  his  xxxvij"'  year;t 
and  respectively  sold,  upon  bargains  concluded  and  agreed 
by  Sir  Walter  Mildnmy,  Knight,  one  of  the  General  Sur- 
veyors of  the  Court  of  Augmentations  and  Revenues  of  the 
King's  Majesty's  Crown,  and  Roberte  Kellwaye,  Esquii-e, 
Surveyor  of  the  Liveries  in  the  Kiug's  Court  of  Wards  and 
Liveries.  The  Commission  was  issued  under  the  great  seal 
and  dated  at  Westminster  27th  April  in  the  King's  second 
year  (1548).  The  Auditor  or  Particular  Surveyor  was  ap- 
pointed to  supervise  what  had  been  done  by  the  General 
Surveyor.  In  this  case  the  report  was  made  on  the  29th 
September  in  the  King's  second  year  (1548).  It  states  that 
one  John  Marshall,  late  owner  of  a  messuage  and  thii'teen 
acres  of  mai'sh  and  meadow-land  in  Crayford  Marsh,  built 
an  aisle  {or  chapel)  adjoining  to  the  church  ;  and  afterwards, 
by  his  wiD,  gave  six  shillings  and  eightpence,  out  of  the 
profits  of  the  marsh  land  yearly,  to  be  bestowed  on  the  re- 
pair of  his  aisle  for  his  own  ease,  and  that  of  his  heirs  and 
assigns,  owners  of  the  said  messuage  for  all  time  to  come. 
He  also  directed  that  ten  shillings  further  out  of  the  said 
profits  should  be  yearly  distributed  to  the  poor  iu  bread  and 
cheese.  And  he  directed  that  the  residue  of  such  profits 
should  be  applied  yearly  to  the  finding  of  one  obit  there  for 
ever.  The  annual  value  of  the  laud  was  now  estimated  at 
twenty  shillings.  Very  probably  it  was  the  father  of  this 
John  Marshall,  who  is  styled  John  Marchall  the  elder, 
Citizen  and  Mercer  of  London,  who  by  his  will,  dated  12th 
January  1488,  bequeathed  to  his  son  "  all  suche  implementes 
and  stufiE  of  howshold  as  I  have  w'in  my  greete  place  in  the 
parissche  of  Crayford  in  the  Countie  of  Kent."  J 

With  this  land,  which  had  lately  been  in  the  occupation 
of  John  Leonarde,  Esq.,  the  Commissioner  sold  two  other 
small  parcels,  one  being  a  croft  in  Crayford  called  Brokes- 
crofte,  situated  at  a  gate  called  Le  Parsonage  Grate,  in  the 
same  occupation,  at  a  rental  of  sixpence,  and  another  in  the 
same  locality,  lying  in  the  upper  end  of  the  marsh  and  late 
in  occupation  of  Elizabeth  Goldesmyth,  widow,  at  a  rental 
of  seven  shillings. 

Brokescroft  had  been  subject  to  an  annual  charge  payable 
to  the  King  as  of  his  manor  of  Newbury,  which  was  extin- 


•  Act  of  Psrliiunent,  1  Edw.  VI..  8eo.  6  &nd  7  (1647). 
t  Act,  37  Heu.  VIII. ;  CoUogce  and  Chantries  tfiven  to  the  King.    (1646.) 
X  '^Vill  of  John  Marshall,  the  elder.     Prerogative  Court  of  Canterbur;, 
Uorne,  28. 


326  CRAYFOBD  CHUBOH. 

guished  at  the  present  sale,  and  there  vna  a  charge  of  three 
shillings  and  f ourpence  paid  for  the  defence  or  repair  of  the 
Thames  wall  to  the  bailiff  of  the  marsh  for  the  time  being 
in  pursuance  of  the  statute. 

The  annual  value  of  the  whole  amounted  to  twenty-seven 
shillings  and  sixpence,  and  after  deducting  the  last-mentioned 
charge  left  a  net  income  of  twenty-four  shillings  and  two- 
pence. The  property  was  estimated  to  be  worth  ^enty-foor 
years'  purchase,  and  was  sold  to  John  Leonardo  on  the 
9th  July  in  the  same  year  for  £29.* 

The  huge  marble  monument,  which  now  covers  almost 
the  whole  of  the  east  wall  of  this  chapel,  commemorates 
William  Draper,  who  died  in  1650,  and  his  wife  Mar^, 
daughter  of  Richard  Oresheld,  who  died  in  1652;  he  is 
habited  as  a  civilian,  but  with  sword ;  they  are  represented 
as  lying  on  shelves,  one  above  the  other,  on  their  right  sides, 
with  head  supported  by  hand  and  elbow,  and  furnish  excellent 
examples  of  the  wooden  type  of  monument  for  which  the 
period  was  famous. 

In  pursuance  of  the  Act  1  Edward  VI.,  above  referred  to, 
a  large  body  of  Commissioners  was  appointed  by  Letters 
Patent,  dated  I4th  February  1548,  to  ascertain  what 
properties  had  come  and  grown  to  the  hands  and  possession 
of  the  King  in  consequence  of  the  dissolution  of  colleges, 
chantries,  free-chapels,  brotherhoods,  fraternities,  guilds,  etc., 
within  the  County  of  Kent  and  the  Cities  of  Canterbury  and 
Rochester.     Their  report  was  to  the  following  effect  :— 

1.  An  obit-land  was  given  to  the  church  by  the  Will  of 
John  Marshall  (as  mentioned  in  the  account  of  salesf)  in 
order  to  keep  a  yearly  obit  for  ever.  The  land  was  worth  20s. 
per  annum,  out  of  which  was  payable  a  rent-charge  of  3s.  4d., 
and  to  the  poor  there  9s.,  so  there  was  left  7s.  8d.  clear. 

2.  Lump-land  given  to  the  church  by  the  Will  of  Robert 
WodefordJ  to  the  finding  of  a  lamp  within  the  said  church 
for  ever.     The  yearly  value  of  the  land  was  6d. 

3.  Obit-land  given  to  the  church  by  the  same  Will,  to 
keep  an  obit  there  for  ever.  The  annual  value  of  the  land 
was  7s.,  charged  with  a  payment  of  2s.  to  the  poor  there, 
leaving  os.  clear. 

4.  Obit  rents  given  and  bequeathed  to  the  same  church 
by  the  several  Wills  of  Richard  Welsshe,  John  Bygge,  Alex- 

•  Augmentation  Office,  Sales  of  Colleges  and  Chantries. 

t  Tlio  present  Return  somewhat  precedes  the  other  in  point  of  date,  but  on 
account  of  the  Chantry  Chapel  the  later  record,  that  of  sale,  was  mentioned 
earlier  than  these  obits. 

t  There  was  formerly  a  monument  in  the  ohurob  to  Bobert  Woodford  and 
Joan  his  wife,  1-180  (Woevor,  FuHtral  HonumatU,  p.  886). 


ORAYFORD    CHTJKOH. 


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» 


ander  Charyte,  Geoffrey  Bulbeck,  and  Henry  Isake,  to  keep 
their  several  obita  in  the  said  church  for  ever.  The  annual 
value  of  these  rents  was  20s.  8d.,  charged  with  68.  to  the 
relief  of  the  poor,  leaving  148.  8d.  remaining  clear.* 

The  font  subsisting  up  to  the  time  of  the  "  restoration  " 
is  described  by  Glynne  as  a  plain  octagon  ;  the  present  font 
is  enriched  with  coloured  marbles,  and  presents  a  good  type 
of  design. 

The  Inventory  of  Church  Goods,  made  by  the  Com- 
missioners on  19th  November  1652t  mentions  three  great 
beUs  of  bell-metal  hanging  in  the  steeple.  Until  recently 
there  subsisted  in  their  place  one  bell  with  a  black-letter 
inscription,  dated  1615,  another  dated  1624,  and  three  dated 
1672.  These  latter  were  in  1876  converted  (no  doubt  with  a 
considerable  addition  of  metal)  into  a  peal  of  eight,  cast  by 
Mears,  and  presented  by  the  family  of  the  late  Mr.  David 
Evans  of  Shenstone,  in  this  parish,  to  his  loving  memory 
and  the  Glory  of  God.  J 

The  Inventory  made  in  November  1552  refers  to  one 
which  had  been  taken  about  three  years  previously,  since  which 
time  the  parishioners  had  sold  a  chalice  and  paten  of  silver 
parcel-gilt,  weighing  11 1  ounces,  and  a  large  number  of 
vestments  and  similar  articles,  comprising  vestments  (or 
chasubles)  of  blue  velvet,  blue  and  black  satin  of  Bruges,  black 
velvet  and  purple  damask,  and  others  of  domyi,  being  nine 
in  all ;  copes  of  blue  silk,  green  silk,  white,  purple,  and  two 
others  of  damask,  and  others  of  crimson  velvet,  satin,  and 
dornyx,  being  nine  in  all ;  one  altar-frontal  and  canopy  of 
crimson  velvet,  and  others  of  crimson  satin  and  black  velvet, 
being  nine  in  all  j  also  a  banner  cloth  with  four  little  silver 
knobs  at  the  corners,  and  three  streamer  cloths,  four  cor- 
poral cases,  and  a  few  other  things  which  complete  the 
list.  These  articles  were  sold  in  the  interval  between  the 
two  visits  of  the  Commissioners,  and  the  proceeds,  amount- 
ing to  £23  148.  Id.,  had  been  partly  invested  in  the  pur- 
chase of  a  (smaller)  cup  of  silver,  weighing  8\  ounces,  and 
the  residue  was  spent  in  the  repair  of  the  church  and  in 
making  a  new  clock  in  the  st«eple.  There  had  also  been 
purchased  a  new  (reading)  desk,  and  a  new  (altar)  table  and 
a  linen  cloth  for  the  same.  All  the  rest  of  the  things  men- 
tioned in  the  first  Inventory  were  reported  to  have  been 
I  stolen  at  various  times. 

^H  *  Aui^cntation  Office,  CAantri/  Certificattt,  Kent,  160. 

^H  t  Inventory  of  Churob  Good!<,  printed  iu  Archteologia  C<mHatia,  and  edited 

■       by  Canon  Scott  Robertson,  Vol.  VIIL,  pp.  136.  136. 

L^      


32U 


CUATfOBU   CllUECH. 


At  the  time  of  the  second  Inventory  the  church  possessed, 
in  moveable  goods,  the  chalice  above  referred  to  (no  paten 
is  mentioned) ;  1  old  cope  of  green  silk,  and  3  surplices ;  3 
great  bells  of  metal  Ln  the  steeple ;  3  banner  staves,  1  Bible, 
1  book  of  the  Paraphrasis  of  Erasmus,  and  a  pillow  (cushion) 
of  green  silk.*  One  of  the  Commissioners  vyas  Sir  Percyval 
Harte,  Knight,  an  ancestor  of  the  Hart- Dyke  family ; 
Thomas  Harman,  Esquire,  and  Francys  Goldsmith,  gent., 
were  the  churchwardens. 

The  chalice  piu'chased  in  the  middle  of  the  sixteenth  cen- 
tury has  disappeared,  and  the  earliest  plate  which  the  church 
now  possesses  consists  of  the  following  articles :  A  chalice 
made  in  1634-5  and  measuring  8^  inches  high,  with  diameter 
of  4  inches  at  mouth  and  foot ;  bell-shaped  bowl,  with  knop 
on  stem  and  plain  mouldings  on  foot;  a  flagon,  made  in 
1637-8,  \nih.  maker's  mark  P.C.,  measuring  lOJ  inches  high. 
An  hexagonal  paten  on  four  feet,  and  a  small  salver  of  the 
same  form  on  three  feet,  made  respectively  in  1738-9  and 
1740-1,  both  of  which  were  the  gift  of  Madam  Short  on  the 
29th  September  1740,  as  the  inscriptions  record.f 

Of  monumental  remains,  Crayford  can  shew  but  very  few 
ancient  examples.  Outside  the  church,  on  the  north  side,  ia 
about  half  of  a  stone  coffin-lid,  diminishing  from  head  to  foot, 
but  so  mutilated  or  weathei'-wom,  that  traces,  only,  of  a  cross 
can  be  discerned  on  the  top ;  it  may  perhaps  be  of  Early 
English  date. 

Then,  longo  intervallo,  come  the  Draper  monument,  and 
what  is  evidently  but  part  of  the  mural  monument  of 
Blanche  Marlar,  now  without  date,  and  adhering  to  the  north 
wall  of  the  chancel.  But  in  Weever's  time  several  other 
monumeuts  subsisted,  and  were  duly  noted  by  him  in  his  in- 
valuable work; J  he  mentions  the  following: 

I.  1400-1437.  Roger  Apleton,  one  of  the  auditors  of  their 
Most  Serene  Highnesses  Kings  Henry  V.  and  VI.  and 
Johanna  the  wife  of  Henry  IV.,  and  Katherine  the  wife  of 
Henry  V.,  Queens  of  England,  and  of  the  Principality  of  all 
Wales,  the  Duchy  of  Cornwall,  and  County  of  Chester,  who 
died  in  the  year  1400.^  And  Agnes  his  wife  Do'mina  de 
Holbury,  who  died  in  1437.  "  Cum  venerit  dies  Domini, 
in  misericordia  ejus  egrediemur." 


*  Tho  pillow  aniwered  thenurpose  of  the  modem  book  desk  for  the  offlos  I 

t  Thoao  arc  fully  doscribod  b;  Canou  .Scott  UoberteoD,  in  a  aeries  of  Pftpen 
on  the  Church  Plato  of  Kent,  in  Arohaoloaia  CaiUiaHa,  Vol.  XVI.,  Mg«  382, 
388,  iZn,  427,  432. 

I  Woorer,  Puneral  XoHumentt,  pnge  836 ;  the  book  wu  publiihsd  in  1631. 

i  Weover  has  evidently  made  some  error  in  this  date,  probably  it  ibould  b« 
1430. 


CEAYfORD   CHURCH. 


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* 


I 


II.  Henry  Ellam,  one  of  the  auditors,  and  Elizabeth  his 
wife,  daughter  of  Roger  Apleton.  Died  1479.  Evidently 
he  succeeded  his  father-in-law  in  the  official  position. 

III.  John  Bllam,  one  of  the  auditors,  who  died  in  1481. 
"  Vite  probitas,  mortis  despectio." 

rV.  Robert  Woodford,  who  died  in  1489,  and  Johanna 
his  wife.  We  may  fairly  assume  that  it  was  he  who  gave 
land  to  the  church  for  providing  a  lamp  there  in  perpetuity, 
mentioned  in  the  report  of  the  Augmentation  Office  Com- 
missioners in  1548. 

The  unaettlement  of  Church  discipline  (even  more  than 
of  doctrine),  which  was  occasioned  by  the  Ecclesiastical  crisis 
happening  in  the  later  yesirs  of  King  Henry  VIII. 's  reign, 
required  the  lapse  of  the  greater  part  of  a  century  before 
discipline  again  made  itself  apparent,  and  even  then  it  lasted 
but  a  few  brief  years.  An  indication  that  the  Church's  rule 
had  been  re-established  here  at  Craj'ford  is  furnished  by  a 
record  included  in  Cardwell's  Documentary  Annals.*  It 
would  appear  that  some  question  had  arisen  between  the 
Rector  and  some  of  the  parishionei's,  as  to  the  order  to  be 
observed  by  the  latter  upon  and  after  communicating,  which 
occasioned  a  visit  to  the  church  by  Archbishop  Abbot  person- 
ally. The  result  was  that  on  the  8th  July,  163^,  the  Vicar- 
General,  Sir  Nicholas  Brent,  having,  on  the  previous  21  st 
May,  heard  the  parties  interested,  and  after  mature  delibera- 
tion, and  in  the  presence  of  Thomas  Fane,  Clerk,  the 
then  incumbent  parson  of  Crayford,  and  Thomas  Andrews 
and  John  Ludlowe,  churchwardens,  and  Joseph  Bingham, 
Thomas  King,  and  John  Kettle,  parishioners,  and  others  then 
and  there  present,  did  order  : — 

"  That  the  parishioners  and  inhabitants  of  Crayford,  and 
others,  intending  thereafter  to  receive  the  Holy  Communion 
there,  shall  repair  unto  the  two  ascents  or  foot-paces  in  the 
chancel  before  the  Communion  Table,  and  there,  mats  being 
laid  upon  the  said  two  ascents  or  foot-paces  to  kneel  upon, 
and  on  either  side  above  the  said  steps  to  kneel  upon  (if  by 
reason  of  the  number  of  communicants  it  seems  requisite — 
the  two  ascents  or  foot-paces  being  tirst  filled),  they  shall  in 
decent  and  reverent  manner,  humbly  kneeling  on  their  knees, 
receive  the  Holy  Communion  and  Sacrament  of  the  Body 
and  Blood  of  our  Lord  and  Saviour  Jesus  Christ,  and  then 
retiu-n  to  their  seats  in  the  church,  and  other  companies  to 
follow  in  like  manuer."t 

•  Cardwell'i  Documentaty  Annalt  (No.  cixivii.),  vol.  ii.,  p.  174. 
t  A  few  mouths  later,  Laud  beiDK  then  Archbuhop,  the  King  in  Cooncil 
deoided  the  case  of  the  Church  of  St.  Gregory  by  St.  Paul,  London,  and 


rflB 


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CRAYFORD    CUUHOH. 


sician, 
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estoia 
ted  a 


Near  the  same  date,  viz.,  on  25th  March  1 632, 
(who  signs  his  name  Vane)  notes  that  he  had  granted  a  licenc( 
to  eat  flesh  (iu  Lent)  to  Mr.  George  Marler,  gent.,  and  Elizabeth 
his  wife,  upon  the  necessity  thereof  for  the  recovery  an^ 
conservation  of  their  healths,  testified  by  their  physician. 
Dr.  More.  In  the  previous  Advent  he  had  granted  a  sii 
licence  to  Anne  Vane.  On  8  March  1663  (after  the  restor 
tion  of  the  monarchy)  a  similar  licence  was  granted 
John  Yates  to  Mary  Kipps,  being  very  sick. 

The  earliest  volume  of  the  Parisli  Register  is  headed  thus! 
"  Ab  initio  regni  serenissimae  principia  Elizabethae ;  registru^ 
Parochia:  Crayford  in  com.  K."  J 

From  this  commencement  until  the  end  of  January  1576^| 
the  writing  is  good  and  regular,  and  the  name  of  each  montb 
was  always  put  as  a  separate  or  sub-heading.  Very  probablj 
this  part  of  the  register  was  a  transcript  of  a  former  volume 
or  loose  memoranda,  iu  obedience  to  the  injunctions  issued 
by  the  Queen  in  her  first  year,  with  reference  to  the  keeping 
of  a  parish  register,  in  which  she  followed  the  precedent  sel 
by  King  Henry  VIII.  in  1538,  Edward  VI.  in  1547,  aju| 
Cardinal  Pole  in  1557.*  1 

The  form   of  entry  differs   from  that  usually   adoptea! 
Instead  of  the  date  of  baptism,  it  gives  the  date  of  birth j 
for  marriage  the  entry  runs  that  A.  B.  "duiit  in  uxoremi 
CD.;  instead  of  the  date  of  burial,  it  very  generally  gii 
the  date  of  death. 

When  the  first  change  of  handwriting  happened, 
division  into  months  ceased,  and  the  three  classes  of  entriee 
were  for  a  short  time  recorded  separately  ;  the  writing  waa 
very  inferior  and  the  ink  bad  ;  and  from  the  middle  of  May 
1599  till  1G02  the  register  was  kept  very  irregularly  ana 
badly  in  every  way.  In  1602  the  old  character  of  hand- 
writing gave  way  to  the  modern  form.  In  1G07  the  surnames 
were  for  a  short  time  engrossed,  so  as  to  catch  the  eye 
readily,  but  that  lasted  only  a  short  time ;  after  which,  in 
1610,  the  writing  became  abominable,  though  improved 
1623.     Five  years  later  the  first  volume  ends. 

The  second  volume  begins  irregularly  and  in  bad  writir 
In  1653  we  find  this  entry  of  the  appointment  of  a  Reg 
trar,  purauant  to  the  Act  of  the  Republican  Parliament  :t- 


rthj 
ml 

thi 


ordered  the  nltar  to  be  p1ao»d  at  the  east  end  of  the  ohanoel,  altarvrue,  1 
that  in  the  Cathedral.    Ihid.  (No.  cli.),  ii.,  p.  185. 

•  Burns,  Parish  Hogijters  ;  Edition  1839,  page  20. 

t  Act  passed  in  1653,  tap.  vi.,  directing  that  a  Register  be  chosen,  on  appro* 
of  a  Justice  of  the  Poaoo,  who  wa-s  to  enter  in  a  vellura  book  all  births,  buri&b, 
and  marriages,  with  their  pubUcations  (the  latter  to  be  subscribed  bj  a  J,PJ 
(Scobell,  Actt  and  Ordinaneet  of  Parliament,  p.  237}. 


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331 


Whereas  accordinge  to  the  latte  Act«  of  Cbusings  of 
IBedgestera  in  eveiye  parish  the  inhabitanta  of  the  pish  of 
Craford  have  chosen  Will.  Lithell  to  execute  the  said  Acte 
for  the  faithfull  perfoiiuinge  of  the  same  law,  I  do  hereby 
accordinge  to  the  scertificate  of  the  pish  confirm  the  said 
Will.  Lithell  in  the  said  place  of  Register ;  as  given  under 
my  hande  the  time  aforesaid  ; 

John  Twislkton. 

John  Twisleton  was  a  Justice  of  the  Peace,  resident  at 
Dartford. 

The  entries  at  this  period  were  always  of  births,  not 
baptisms,  till  166*2,  and  not  numerous.  As  regards  marriages 
there  are  a  few  notes  of  the  publication  of  banns,  but  no 
mention  of  the  actual  marriage ;  the  same  form  continues  as 
late  as  9th  March  1661-2. 

From  about  1560,  for  some  time,  the  condition  of  the 
individual  buried  is  frequently  recorded ;  thus  we  have 
Labourer,  Widow,  Gentleman,  Mason,  Yeoman,  Tanner, 
Lymer,  Merchant  or  Citizen  of  London,  Esquire,  Beggar, 
Wayfarer  (peregrinus) .     A  few  entries  may  be  extracted  : — 

1360.     Obiit  8eiie.\  quidain  nomine  Arthar. 
Obiit  filia  cujusdani  peregrini. 
Obiit  quidam  lactanons  loudinensis. 

Obiit   quidam   peregrinus   per   lapsum   ex   arbore  {?  fruit- 
picking). 
Nata  fuit  et  sepulta  Johanna  filia  Thorns  Daysy. 
Quedam  paupercula  nomine  Chrigtina  sepult.  14°  Januarii. 
Lewea,  Bpurius,  eepultus  fuit  3°  Maii. 

A  few  entries  evidently  relating  t-o  persona  of  more  than 
usual  importance  are  written  in  a  much  more  conspicuous 
style,  of  which  we  may  take  an  example  or  two  : — 

Meinorandu'  quod  vndeciaio  die  Junii  anuo  do'i  1572  Will's 
Bridges  in  comit.  Laneastri^e  du.xit  Mnriain  filiam  et 
inheritrieem  Oulielmi  Owtred  huiua  parochia;,  qua;  quide' 
nuptiffi  celebratee  fuerint  in  eccleaia  apud  Faruiugha' 
perinissu  Archiepiacopo  Cautuarieusi. 
Thomas  Seimour,    Baron',   filius   aecundus   Comitis    Hert- 

fordiensis  obiit  Octavo  die  mensis  Auguati horam 

Bccundft'   post  meridiem  ;   sepultua   eat  autem   viceaimo 
quinto  die  mensis  eiusdem  A  o  1602. 
Sir   Frauncia   Qouldsmithe,    knighte,    was   buried    in    the 
Chappell  belonging  to  his  howae  the  9  of  Aprill  1605. 
(Ee-entered  on  top  of  next  page.) 

Of  the  Rectors  of  the  parish  we  find  few  notices. 

At  the  end  of  the  first  volume  is  this  entry : — 

"  The  articles  of  Religion  agreed  ....  convocation  1562 


1561. 


1537. 
1599 


1602. 


1605. 


832 


CKAYFOED   CnUECH. 


were  red  ov'  ....  Thomas  Blayne  in  the  p'sh  church  of  ... . 
al's  Crayfonl  after  M'uing  praier  on  ....  day  the  22th  of 
M'che  1599  and  assent  and  consent  publiquely  p'tested  to  the 
same  on  ...  .  being  Inducted  the  22th  of  M'che,  before  .... 
easter  even."  (A-ttested  by  the  signatxires  of  Samuel  Gold- 
smith, Edm"  BaJam,  and  others,  and  by  William  Heyes  who 
adds  his  Notarial  paraph.) 

On  20th  January  1577  William  Barker,  Rector,  was 
biuied.  Apparently  he  was  succeeded  by  Robert  Jordan, 
Minister,  whose  daughter  Annable  was  baptized  1  Sept.  1582. 
In  1032,  on  25th  March,  was  baptized  Francis,  daughter  of 
Thomas  Fane,  parson  of  the  parish. 

At  the  end  of  the  volume  it  is  recorded  (apparently  as  an 
importjint  event)  that  Mr.  Waverly,  Master  of  Arts  of  Trinity 
College,  Cambridge,  and  Chaplain  to  the  Lord  Chamberlain 
to  his  Majesty,  preached  at  this  parish  church  of  Crayford 
this  last  Sunday  in  Advent,  being  the  20th  December  1635. 

The  surnames  of  the  persons  recorded  in  the  earlier 
registers  comprise  many  unusual  names ;  amongst  which  (as 
I  am  informed  by  Archdeacon  Smith)  are  still  sruTriving  in 
the  palish  and  neighbourhood,  Bemunton  (now  Benton), 
Franklen,  Judd,  Royle,  Sampson,  Stathard,  and  Sturgye  (at 
Dartford) ;  others  are  Bestlot,  Corby,  Daysy,  Dericke,  Frank- 
ton  or  Franton,  tiamon.  Garnish,  Gaston,  Goodborow,  HarU 
iug,  Hoggard,  Huddleston,  Lowlar,  Marborough  or  Marbnij, 
Menticote,  Mulcaster,  Newball,  Perisson,  Sagnell,  Sharew, 
Stawghton  or  Stilton,  Stokyar,  Whathowc,  and  Woodden. 

Amongst  the  less  common  Christian  names  we  may  note: 
Abacus  or  Abacuc,  Augustine,  Benedict,  Clement,  Geoffrey, 
Lancelot,  Lewis,  Marons,  and  Tomson,  the  latter  being  an 
early  example  of  a  surname  being  thus  used.  Also,  among 
females,  are  Aloisia,  Annable,  Barbara,  Chrispina,  and 
Christiana. 

In  conclusion  I  have  to  acknowledge  my  very  sincere 
thanks  due  to  the  Rev.  J.  P.  Alcock,  the  present  Rector  of 
Criiyford,  for  the  ready  facilities  he  has  afforded  me  for  the 
examination  of  the  Chiu*ch-plate,  and  the  Register  Books, 
and  the  Church  itself ;  and  also  to  record  my  obligation  to 
the  Venerable  B.  F.  Smith,  now  Archdeacon  of  Maidstone,  the 
late  Rector,  for  all  the  information  he  has  so  readily  given 
as  to  the  "  restoration  "  of  the  Church,  and  other  matters. 


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ON  HUMAN  REMAINS   IN  THE   CRYPT   OF 
ST.  LEONARD'S  CHURCH,  HYTHE. 


» 


BY   THE   BEV.    T.    G.    HALL,   M.A.,   VICAll   OF    HTTHE. 

In  the  Crypt  beneath  the  high  altar  in  St.  Leonard's  Church,  Hythe, 
there  is  deposited  a  vast  collection  of  human  remains.  On  either 
side,  aa  you  enter,  some  aii  hrandred  skulls  are  arranged  on  ledges, 
while  neatly  stacked  on  the  floor  there  is  a  pile  of  bones  some 
twenty-five  feet  in  length,  eight  feet  high,  six  and  half  feet  thick. 
It  has  been  calculated  that  there  are  the  remains  here  of  nearly 
7000  people. 

Mention  is  made  of  them  in  a  work  written  about  two  centuries 
ago,  by  'Rev.  J.  Brome,  who  was  rector  of  Cheriton  1679-1719. 
Speaking  of  this  great  stack  of  dead  men's  bones  and  skulls,  he  says, 
"  How  or  by  what  means  they  were  brought  to  this  place  (the  chamel 
house  under  the  church),  the  townsmen  are  altogether  ignorant, 
and  can  find  no  account  of  the  matter."  He  conjectures  himself 
that  they  were  the  remains  of  some  240  Frenchmen  who  were 
killed  in  an  engagement  at  Hythe  a.d.  1295,  and  that  continual 
accessions  were  made  to  the  collection  "  till  they  increased  to  so  vast 
a  number  as  is  still  visible,''  A  century  later  than  this,  Hasted  haa 
the  following  notice  of  them  in  his  Hittory  of  Kent ; — 

"  In  the  cript  or  vault  under  the  east  end  of  the  middle  chancel, 
is  piled  up  that  vast  quantity  of  human  skulls  and  bones,  so  often 
mentioned  in  this  History,  the  pile  of  them  being  twenty-eight  foet 
in  length,  and  eight  feet  in  height  and  breadth.  They  are  by  the 
most  probable  conjectures  supposed  to  have  been  the  remains  of 
the  Britons,  slain  in  a  bloody  battle  fought  on  the  shore,  between 
this  place  and  Folkestone,  vrith  the  retreating  Saxons  in  the  year 
456,  and  to  have  attained  their  whiteness  by  lying  for  some  length 
of  time  exposed  on  the  sea  shone.  Several  of  the  skulis  have  deep 
cuts  in  them,  as  if  made  by  some  heavy  weapon,  most  likely  of  the 
Saxons."* 

So  much  for  the  historical  notices  of  these  human  remains. 

•  ZTMory  of  Kent,  vol.  viii.,  p.  261. 


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A  Terr  careful  examination  of  them  was  made  by  Bobert  Knox, 
M.D.,  F.E.S.,  in  18(50.  In  a  paper  which  he  subsequently  read  on 
them,  before  the  Ethnological  Society,  he  says,  "  This  pile  seems 
composed  mostly  of  bones  of  the  extremities,  but  I  observed  many 
akuUs  as  well  as  portions  of  the  PelvU.  There  were  two  or  three 
bones  which  evidently  belonged  to  children,  and  two  crania  of  boys ; 
all  the  rest  had  belonged  to  adult  men.  I  did  not  observe  any 
female  crania.  The  teeth  were  regular  and  sound.  They  seem  to 
have  belonged,  if  not  wholly,  at  least  in  %  great  degree,  to  adult  men 
in  the  prime  of  life.  Several  bear  the  marks  of  violence,  as  if 
inflicted  by  a  sharp  weapon ;  in  one  a  small  orifice  penetrated 
through  and  through  the  skull,  but  the  mischief  might  hare  been 
caused  by  disease,  and  had  most  assuredly  taken  place  long  prior  to 
the  death  of  the  person,  as  was  evident  by  the  large  amount  of  new 
osseous  matter  deposited  all  around  the  opening.  Ofdii 
found  only  one  specimen  among  the  crania,  and  a  second 
distinct."  Dr.  Knox  goes  on  to  say  that  "  none  of  the  crests  in 
these  crania  were  prominent,  nor  had  the  bones  any  appearance  of 
belonging  to  a  hardy,  coarse,  primitive  race."  He  qualifies  this 
remark,  however,  afterwards,  for  he  says,  "  that  in  all  examined  then 
was  a  distinct  tpheno-parietal  tuture,  a  variety  well  marked  in  a 
akuU  disinterred  at  Ozengoll,  and  supposed  to  be  that  of  an  Anglo- 
Saxon."  He  adds  that  "  he  has  in  his  possession  many  fragments 
of  Romano-Saxon  pottery,  and  of  medisval  coarse  earthenware,  which 
have  been  found  Tery  recently  in  re-stacking  a  portion  of  the  pile." 
Dr.  Knox  alludes  in  his  paper  to  an  examination  of  these  remains 
which  was  made  by  Mr.  Walker,  "  a  distinguished  anatomist."  He 
boldly  asserted  that  the  bones  at  Hythe  were  those  of  Britons  and 
Saxons,  that  "  the  rounded  skulls  were  those  of  the  ancient  Celtic 
Britons,  and  that  the  elongated  heads  had  belonged  to  the  Saxon 
invaders,  and  that  the  square-shaped  heads  were  Boman."  With 
this  theory  Mr.  Prideaui,  F.A.S.,  generally  agreed.  Ho  devoted 
ten  days  to  the  careful  examination  of  these  remains,  during  which 
he  submitted  to  accurate  measurements  some  600  skulls.  He  told 
the  Vicar  at  the  time  that  he  was  of  opinion  that  a  large  proportion 
of  them  were  of  the  Celtic  type,  the  greater  part  of  the  remainder 
being  of  the  Anglo-Saxon  type.  Two  skulls  he  believed  to  be  Roman 
in  form,  and  two  Laps  or  Danes. 

Dr.  Knox  subsequently  read  a  second  paper  on  these  remains 
before  the  Ethnological  Society.     In  it  he  says,  "  Of  the  various 
'  eories  offered  as  to  how  these  crania  came  to  be  collected  I  gave 


OP  8T.   LEOKARD  S   CHUECH,    HYTHE. 


335 


R  preference,  after  mature  consideration,  to  their  being  the  remains 
of  men  who  had  fallen  in  battle,  who  had  never  been  interred  singly 
in  graves,  but  had  been  buried  in  a  heap,  perhaps  after  long 
exposure  in  the  open  air,  and  this  implied  that  they  were  the 
remains  of  an  enemy  slaiu  in  fight.  The  reasons  for  the  preference 
were: — 

"  1st.  The  bones  do  not  (with  few  exceptions)  resemble  what  we 
call  churchyard  bones,  their  condition  refuting  such  an  idea. 

"  2nd.  They  seem  to  be  chiefly  the  bones  of  adult  men — men  in 
the  prime  of  life.  Had  they  been  merely  churchyard  bones, 
collected  at  various  limes,  or  disinterred  at  any  one  period,  it  must 
be  obvious  that  in  the  collection  there  would  be  numbers  in  a  state 
of  decay,  as  well  as  the  remains  of  women  and  young  persons  of  all 
ages.     Now  nothing  of  the  kind  occurs. 

"  I  adhere,  therefore,  to  my  opinion,  that  the  moat  probable  theory 
is  that  the  bones  collected  in  the  crypt  of  the  church  at  Hythe  are 
the  remains  of  men  who  fell  in  battle,  but  at  what  period  has  not 
yet  been  determined." 

And  now  to  sum  up  briefly  the  scientific  evidence.  It  seems  so 
far  established — 

1.  That  the  bones  in  the  crypt  of  Hythe  Church  are  almost  all 
those  of  men  in  the  prime  of  life. 

2.  That  in  all  probability  they  were,  if  buried  at  all,  buried  in 
a  heap,  after  long  eiposure  in  the  open  air. 

3.  That  the  skulls  evidence  them  to  have  belonged  for  the  most 
part  to  two  distinct  races  of  the  human  family,  the  Celtic  and  the 
Saxon  while  there  is  reason  to  think  that  two  were  of  the  form  of 
Eoman  skulls,  and  other  two  of  the  form  of  Laps  or  Danish 
skulls. 

4.  That  there  are  distinct  incisions,  as  of  some  sharp  instrument, 
on  many  of  the  skulls.  One  skull  was  especially  pointed  out  to  me 
by  a  number  of  medical  men,  who,  having  microscopically  examined 
it,  said  that  the  man  must  have  lived  for  several  weeks  after  having 
received  the  wound,  for  that  osseous  matter  had  begun  to  form 
beneath.  The  careful  examination  of  the  skulls  and  bones  would 
then  seem  rather  in  favour  of  the  opiuion  that  they  are  the  remains 
of  men  slain  in  battle — such  a  battle  aa  that  fought  between  the 
Britons  and  Saxons  on  this  very  coast  in  the  year  456.  We  might 
reasonably  expect,  if  this  be  so,  to  find  among  the  skulls  those  of 
some  Romans  who  still  lingered  in  the  neighbourhood  of  the  Castrum 
at  Lymne,  and  the  Laps  may  well  have  come  over  with  the  Saxons. 


336    BEHAIK8  IN  ST.   LEONABB's  OHTJBOH,    HTTHE. 

Confirmation  of  this  opinion  is  added  by  the  discoTery,  on  the 
re-stacking  of  the  bones,  of  remains  of  Eomano-Saxon  pottery.  But 
nothing  is  certain ;  though  the  balance  of  probability  seems  in  favour 
of  their  great  antiquity.  Neither  do  we  know  for  certain  how  they 
came  to  be  placed  in  the  crypt  of  Hythe  Church.  Even  200  yearsr 
ago,  the  townsmen  could  give  no  reliable  account  of  them.  Their 
real  history  seems  to  have  been  lost  in  the  mist  of  ages. 


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ABSTRACTS  OF  THE  FEET  OF  FINES   FOR 
KENT,  TEMP.   EDWARD   III. 

BY   JAMES   GBEENSTREET. 


1.  At  WoBtminBter,  Quiazaine  of  Easter  A"  1  (Post  Fine  made 
at  St.  Mieliaol  in  one  mouth  A"  20  Edwanl  II.) — Betw.  Thomas,  sou 
of  Michai'l  tie  Pon^vngges,  and  Agnea  his  vriie  plli.,  and  Michael  de 
PonyiiggGB  tlrfl.,  of  the  Manor  of  Westwode,  with  ajipurts.,  and 
100  nor.  land,  11  acr.  meadow,  10  acr.  marsh,  32  acr.  wood,  10/.  rent, 
and  rent  of  10  cocks,  30  hens,  2(.M)  eggs,  and  5  quarters  and  7  bushels 
of  salt,  with  appurta..  in  ffaueresham,  Preston'  next  ffauert'sham, 
Sheldwych*,  Sellyng',  Bocton'.  HarniH',  Blcnti,  Osprengg',  Cherryng', 
Herteye,  and  Ore.  Thomas  and  Agtics  had  admitted  it  to  be  the 
Right  of  Michael,  who,  for  tlie  admission  had  granted  it  to  Thomas 
and  Agues  for  tlieir  lives,  with  remainder  after  deaths  to  Michael 
their  son  and  to  the  heirs  of  his  body  ;  but  if  none,  then  after  the 
death  of  Michael  son  of  Thomas  and  Agues  to  remain  to  Thomas 
brother  of  said  Michael,  and  to  the  heirs  of  his  body ;  but  if  none, 
then  after  his  death  to  remain  to  John  his  brother  and  to  the  heirs 
of  his  body  ;  but  if  none,  then  after  the  death  of  John  to  remain  to 
Luke  his  brother  and  to  the  heirs  of  bis  body  ;  but  if  none,  then 
after  the  death  of  Luke  to  remain  to  the  right  heirs  of  aforesaid 
Agnes. 

2.  At  Westminster,  Quinzaine  of  Easter  A"  1 — Betw.  Roesia  de 
Bureford',  who  was  the  wife  of  John  de  Burelbrd'  (by  Sampson  de 
Kereseye  in  her  stead), />//.,  and  Robert  do  Wydenhale,  of  Erde, 
and  Johanna  his  wife,  dejls.,  of  16  acr.  laud,  with  appurts.,  in  Erde 
and  Erhythe.  Robert  and  Johanna  admit  it  to  be  the  Right  of 
Roesia;  and,  for  themselves  and  the  heirs  of  Johanna,  grant  to  her 
and  to  her  heirs,  and  receive  100  imirka  for  the  concession. 

3.  At  Westminster,  Quiu-^aiue  of  Easter  A"  1— Betw.  Walter  de 
Hungert'ord*  and  Elizabeth  his  wife  (by  John  de  Combe  in  place  of 
Elizabeth),  pits.,  and  Adam  le  titz  Johan  and  Elizabeth  his  wife, 
deftg.,  of  the  Manor  of  Nethewod',  with  appurts.  Riglit  of  Eliza- 
beth wife  of  .\dam  ;  for  which  admission  Adam  and  Elizabeth  grant 
to  Walter  and  Elizabeth  his  wife  and  to  his  heirs  by  her;  they 
paying  to  Adam  and  Elizabeth  his  wife  10/.  per  annum  during  their 
lives,  and  to  her  heirs  a  rose  at  the  Nativity  of  St.  John  Baptist. 
And  if  it  happen  that  Walter  and  Elizabeth  his  wife  die  without 
heirs  of  their  bodies  issuing,  then  after  their  deaths  to  revert  to 

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Adam  aud  Elir^beth  and  to  the  heirs  of  Elizabeth,  quit  of  other 
heirs  of  Walter  and  Elizabeth  hia  wife. 

i.  At  Westminster,  Octave  of  the  Holv  Trinity  A"  1 — Betw. 
John,  son  of  John  de  Eusynge,  p/^,  and  1  homas  de  Ensynge  and 
Alice  his  wife,  defti.,  of  2  mess.,  2  lofts,  tiC  acr.  land,  36  acr.  pasture, 
40  acr.  wood,  2«.  8d.  rent,  and  rent  of  2  hens,  with  appurts.,  in 
Chilehara,  and  Le  Blen  next  ChiJehain.  Right  of  Thomas ;  for  which 
admission  Tliomns  and  Alice  grant  to  John  and  his  heirs,  to  hold  of 
them  by  payment  of  an  annuity  of  6  murks  during  their  lives,  and 
after  their  deaths  of  the  heirs  of  Thomas  by  service  of  a  rose  at  the 
Nativity  of  8t.  John  Baptist.  And  if  it  happen  that  John  die  with- 
out heirs  of  his  body,  then  after  his  death  to  revert  to  the  aforesaid 
Thomas  and  Alice  and  to  the  heirs  of  Thomas,  quit  of  other  heirs  of 
John. 

5.  At  Westminster,  Octavo  of  the  Holy  Trinity  A"  1 — Betw. 
John  de  Merwortli",  Cheualer,  and  Margeria  his  wife  (by  William 
de  Norwiz  in  filace  of  Margeria)  ;;/<«.,  and  Thomas,  son  of  William 
de  Merworth',  deft.,  of  4tj  acr.  land,  and  .51  acr.  meadow,  with 
appurts.,  in  Newenton'  next  Hethe.  Thomas  admits  it  to  be  the 
Bight  of  John ;  and  the  aforesaid  meadow  renders  to  John  and 
Margeria,  to  hold  to  them  and  to  the  heirs  of  John.  Moreover 
Thomas  grants  that  tlie  aforesaid  land  which  John  atte  Knolt'  and 
Agnes  his  wife  hold,  as  dower  of  the  said  Agnes,  of  the  inheritance 
of  Thomas,  and  wliich  after  her  death  to  hiin  and  to  his  heirs 
reverts,  shall  after  the  death  of  Agnes  remain  to  aforesaid  John  and 
Margeria  and  to  the  heirs  of  John.  Thomas  receives  lOU  mark»  for 
the  concession.  And  this  agreement  was  made  in  the  presence  of 
aforesaid  John  atte  Knoll'  and  Agnes,  who  consented  and  thereupon 
acknowledged  their  fealty  to  John  de  Merworth'  and  Margeria. 

6.  At  Westminster,  Quinzaine  of  St.  John  Baptist  A°  1 — Betw. 
John,  son  of  John  de  Pette,  and  Agnes  his  wife,  pits.,  and  Simon 
do  Croydon',  Parson  of  the  Church  of  Moriston',  defl.,  of  100  acr. 
land,  and  a  moiety  of  2  mess.,  with  appurts.,  in  Bakechilde,  Old 
Bomenal,  Xew  liomenal,  Lyde,  and  Middele.  And  afterwards  at 
York,  iu  the  Octave  of  St.  Hilary  same  year,  between  the  aforesaid 
John  and  Agnes  and  the  aforesaid  Siuiow.  Simon  admits  it  to  be 
the  Bight  ol  John  ;  and  rendei*  it  to  John  and  Agnes  and  to  the 
heirs  of  John  ;  for  which  admission,  etc.,  he  receives  20  mark*. 

7.  At  Westminster,  Quinzaine  of  the  Holy  Trinity  A"  1— Betw. 
Robert  Pynewyggoj,  of  Middelton',  and  Alice  his  wife,  pits.,  and 
Adam  atte  Gore  deft.,  of  2  mess.,  If)  shops,  13  acr.  land,  1  acr. 
meadow,  100  acr.  pasture,  USs.  rent,  and  the  fourth  part  of  1  mill, 
with  appurts.,  in  Middelton',  Sidingburn',  and  Iwede.  Right  of 
Adam,  who,  for  the  admission,  grants  to  Hflbert  and  Alice  and  to  his 
heirs  by  tier  ;  but  if  none,  then  after  their  deaths  to  remain  to  the 
right  heirs  of  Robert. 

8.  At  Westminster,  Octave  of  the  Holy  Trinity  A°  1— Betw.  John 
de  Manglesdeun',  ^/;.,  and  William  de  Boxlo  and  Johanna  his  wife, 
defts.,  or  1  acr.  and  S  roods  of  liind,  with  appurts.,  in  Maydenstan'. 
William  and  Johanna  admit  it  to  be  the  Right  of  John  ;  and,  for 


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iTiemaelveB  and  the  heirs  of  Johanna,  grant  to  him  and  to  his  heirs, 
and  receive  100«.  for  the  couceHsion. 

9.  At  Wcatminater,  Octave  of  the  Holy  Trinity  A"  1 — Bctw. 
Walter  Saule,  of  Maydenestan',  plf.,  and  William  de  lloukynggo 
and  Idouiiv  his  wife  defts.,  of  1  mess.,  with  appurts.,  in  Mavdene- 
Btan'.  William  and  Johanna  admit  it  to  be  the  Right  of  Walter, 
and  WillianT,  for  himself  and  his  heirs,  grant*  to  Walter  and  to  his 
heirs  ;  for  which  conceBsioii  William  and  Johanna  receive  100*. 

10.  At  WestmioBter,  Octave  of  the  Holy  Trinity  A"  1— Betw. 
John  Part,  of  Sandwich,  pit.,  and  Poncius  Wybert,  of  Sandwich, 
and  Constance  hin  wife,  defU.,  of  2  acr.  land,  with  apnurtw.,  in  Eash' 
next  Sandwich.  Poncius  and  Constance  admit  it  to  t>e  the  Kightof 
John  ;  and,  for  themselves  and  the  heirs  of  ConHlance,  grant  to  him 
and  to  his  heirs,  and  receive  100«.  for  the  concession. 

11.  At  Westminster,  Octave  of  the  Holy  Trinity  A"  1 — Betw. 
Eobert  Coriiayser  and  Johanna  his  wife,  and  William  their  son, 
phi.,  and  William  de  Stamyudenne  deft.,  of  12^  acr.  land,  and  \2^d. 
rent,  with  appurts.,  in  Lamberherst' .  Right  of  William  do  S.,  who, 
for  the  admission,  grant*  to  Robert  and  Johanna,  and  William  their 
son,  and  to  the  heirs  of  William. 

12.  At  Westminster,  Octave  of  the  Holy  Trinity  A"  1— Betw. 
Robert  Coruayser  and  William  his  son  pits.,  and  William  de 
Stamyudenne  deft.,  of  2  mess.,  ami  1^  acr.  land,  with  appurts.,  in 
Lamberherst'.  Right  of  William  de  8.,  who,  for  the  iidinission, 
grants  to  Robert  and  \7iiliam  his  son  and  to  the  heirs  of  WilUam. 

13.  At  Westminster,  Quin^aine  of  the  Holy  Trinity  A"  1 — 
Betw.  Robert  de  Dodemeyton*  pU.,  and  John  Leueye  and  Cecilia 
his  wife  deft*.,  of  1  mess.,  and  GJ  acr.  land,  with  appurts.,  in  Menstre 
in  the  lele  of  Thanet.  John  and  Cecilia  admit  it  to  be  the  Right  of 
Robert;  and,  for  themselves  and  the  heirs  of  Cecilia,  grant  to  him 
and  to  his  heirs,  and  receive  10  mnrks  for  the  concession, 

14.  At  Westminster,  Octave  of  the  Holy  Trinity  A"  1 — Betw. 
John  de  Makenhafd'  senior/*//.,  and  .Stephen  de  Trenge  and  Matilda 
his  wife  deftt.,  of  1  mess.,  8  acr.  land,  and  \\\d.  rent,  with  appurts., 
iu  ffauershain.  Stephen  and  Matilda  admit  it  to  bo  the  Right  of 
John  ;  and,  for  themselves  and  the  heirs  of  Matilda,  grant  to  him 
and  to  his  heirs,  and  receive  20  nuirki  for  the  concession. 

15.  At  Westminster,  Octave  of  the  Holy  Trinity  A"  1— Betw. 
Thomas  Doucedamo  pit.,  and  John  Robert,  of  Menstre,  and 
Margerifl  his  wife,  deft*.,  of  1  mess.,  and  3  acr.  land,  with  appurts., 
in  Menstre  in  the  Isle  of  Sheiwye.  John  and  Margeria  admit  it  to 
be  the  Right  of  Thomas;  and,  for  themselves  and  the  heirs  of 
Margeria,  grant  to  him  and  to  his  heirs,  and  receive  20  woryt*  for  the 
concession. 

16.  At  Westminster,  Octave  of  the  Holy  Trinity  A*  1 — Betw. 
John  Crowe,  of  Menstre,  and  Alice  his  wife  pits.,  and  John 
Makenhauede,  of  lEaueresham,  dtft.,  of  1  mess.,  and  6  acr.  land,  with 
appurts.,  in  Menstre.  Eight  of  John  M.,  who,  for  the  admission, 
grants  to  John  C.  and  Alice  and  to  the  heirs  of  John  C. 

17.  At  Westminster,  Octave  of  the  Holy  Trinity  A"  1 — Betw. 

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Thomas  Bakere,  of  Elham,  pit.,  and  Bobert  Venysoun  and  Johanna 
his  wife  defls.,  of  10  acr.  land,  3  acr.  pasture,  aud  a  moiety  of  1 
mesB.,  and  of  1  rood  of  wood,  with  appurts.,  in  Elham.  Robert  and 
Johanna  admit  it  to  be  the  Right  of  Thomas  ;  and,  for  themselvos 
and  the  heirs  of  Johanna,  grant  to  him  and  to  hia  heirs,  and  receive 
100  marks  for  the  concession. 

18.  At  York,  Octave  of  the  Purification  of  B.  Virgin  A"  2 — 
Betw.  John  de  Molyna  and  Egidia  his  wife  pits.,  and  Bartholomew 
Oalian  and  Johanna  his  w^ife,  and  William  de  Langeleye  aud  Alice 
his  wife,  defii.,  of  the  Manor  of  Magna  Dels  next  Rochester,  with 
appurts.,  and  of  I  carucate  of  land,  with  appurts.,  in  Parva  Chatham. 
The  deforciants,  for  themselves  and  the  heirs  of  Johiuina  and  Alice, 
remit  and  quit-claim  to  John  and  Egidia,  aud  to  the  heirs  of  Egidia, 
and  receiye  for  the  remission,  etc.,  20^ 

Endorsed : — "  Richard  de  Waledene  and  Alice  his  wife  assert 
their  claim,  etc." 

19.  At  Westminster,  Easter  in  one  month  A"  1 — Betw, 
fferandus  de  [Maiiioun]  and  Margaret  his  wife,  pits.,  and  William,' 

son  of  Reginald  de  Rokesle,  deft.,oi  1  meas.,  140  acr.  land,  and 

[acres  of]  meadow,  with  appurts.,  in  Northfleto,  Swannesconipe, 
Grauesende,  and  t^hingiedewell',  which  Reginald  de  Rokeale  and 
Johanna  his  wife  hold  fortheir  lives.  And  afterwards  at  York,  in  three 
weeks  from  Easter  A"  2  — Betw.  the  aforesaid  ffcrandusand  Margaret 
and  the  aforesaid  William  concerning  the  said  tenements,  with 
appurts.  William,  for  himself  and  his  heirs,  grants  that  the  said 
tenements,  with  appurts.,  which  Reginald  and  Johanna  hold  for  their 
lives  of  the  inheritance  of  William,  and  which  after  their  deaths  to 
him  and  to  his  heirs  revert,  shall  after  the  deaths  ot"  Reginald  and 
Johanna  remain  to  fferandus  and  Margnret,  and  to  the  heirs  of  their 
bodies  ;  hut  if  none,  then  after  tlieir  deaths  to  remain  to  the  right 
heirs  of  fferandus.  This  agreement  was  made  in  the  presence  of 
Reginald  and  Johanna,  who  thereupon  acknowledged  their  fealty  to 
fferandus  and  Margaret.  ^^^^ 

Endorsed  : — "  Reginald  de  Rokesle  aud  Johanna  his  wife  asser^^^f 
their  claim  ;  Walter  Neel,  citizen  of  London,  and  Michael  de  Ifeld'^^^ 
assert  their  claim."  \iieQ  post.  No.  40.] 

20.  At  York,  Quinzaine  of  the  Holy  Trinity  A°  2^Betw.  John 
le  Clerk,  of  Westgate,  «/<.,  and  John  de  Honywode,  of  Ilakyuton', 
and  Lucia  his  wife,  defts.,  of  1  mess.,  with  appurts.,  in  Westgnte 
next  Canterbury.  John  de  H.  and  Lucia  admit  it  to  bo  the  Rvght 
of  John  le  C,  and  John  de  H.,  for  himself  aud  his  heirs,  grants  to 
John  le  C.  and  to  his  heirs ;  for  which  concession  John  de  H.  and 
Lucia  receive  10  marks. 

21.  At  York,  Quinzaine  of  St.  Michael  A*  2 — Betw.  Agnes,  who 
was  the  wife  of  Richard  atte  Chapele,  and  Thomas  aud  James,  sons 
of  said  Richard,  pits.,  and  Henry  de  Taloynes,  Chiualer,  and 
Cristina  his  wife,  defts.,  of  14  marks  rent,  with  appurts.,  in  Snauea, 
Rokyngg',  and  Werehorne.  Henry  and  Cristina  admit  it  to  be  the 
Right  of  Thomas ;  and,  for  themselves  and  the  heirs  of  Cristina, 
grant  to  Agnes,  Thomas  and  James  and  to  the  heirs  of  Tbomaa, 
and  receive  20  marks  for  the  concession. 


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22.  At  York,  Quiniaineof  St.  Michael  A"2— Betw.  John  Edwy, 
of  Hethe,  and  Margeria  his  wife,  pltt.,  and  Thomas  Sende,  of  Hethe, 
(Ufl;  of  1  mess.,  1  mill,  and  48  acr.  land,  with  appurts.,  in  Saltwode. 
Eight  of  Thoraaa,  who,  for  the  admission,  grant*  to  John  and 
Margeria  and  to  his  heira  by  her ;  but  if  none,  then  after  their 
deaths  to  remain  to  the  right  heirs  of  John. 

23.  At  York,  Morrow  of  the  Purification  of  B.  Virgin  A"  3— 
Betw.  Benedict  de  ffulshain  pit.,  and  John  de  Molyns  and  Egidia 
his  wife  defli.,  of  the  Manor  of  Magna  Delse  next  ttoeheater,  with 
appurts.,  and  1  cnrucate  of  land,  with  appurts.,  in  Parua  Chatham. 
John  and  Egidia  admit  it  to  be  the  Kight  of  Benedict ;  and,  for 
themselTes  and  the  heirs  of  Egidia,  grant  to  him  and  to  his  heira, 
and  receive  100  markg  for  the  concession. 

Endorsed : — "  Richard  de  Walden'  and  Alice  his  wife  assert 
their  claim,  etc." 

24.  At  "Westminster,  Octave  of  St.  Hilary  A"  3— Betw. 
William  de  Grauesende,  of  Mallyng',  pit.,  and  John  de  Wvghernton', 
of  Bokton'  Mouucliensy,  and  Johanna  his  wife,  de/fi.,  or  1  mess.,  7 
acr.  land,  2^  acr  wood,  and  3».  O^d.  rent,  with  appurts.,  in 
Reyersshe.  John  and  Johanna  admit  it  to  be  the  Eight  of  William  ; 
and,  for  themselves  and  the  heirs  of  Johanna,  grant  to  htm  and  to 
his  heirs,  and  receive  201.  for  the  concession. 

25.  At  Westminster,  Octave  of  St.  Hilary  A"  3— Betw.  Robert 
de  Warewyk'  and  Rosa  his  vnie  pltt.,  and  Peter  de  Warewyk'  deft., 
of  80  acr.  land,  2  acr.  meadow,  and  a  moiety  of  1  mess.,  with 
appurts.,  in  Westerham.  Eight  of  Peter,  who,  for  the  admission, 
grants  to  Robert  and  Rosa,  and  to  the  heirs  of  Robert. 

26.  At  Westminster,  OetAve  of  St.  Hilary  A®  3— Betw.  John  de 
fflete,  clerk,  pit.,  and  John  le  Mouns,  of  Coulyng',  junior,  and  Sabina 
his  wife,  defls.,  of  4J  acr.  land,  with  appurts.,  in  Coulyng'.  John  le 
M.  and  Sabina  admit  it  to  be  the  Eight  of  John  de  F. ;  and,  for 
themselves  and  the  heirs  of  Sabina,  grant  to  him  and  to  his  heirs, 
and  receive  100».  for  the  concession. 

27.  At  Westminster,  Octave  of  St.  Hilary  A"  3— Betw.  Cristina, 
who  was  the  wife  of  John  de  Litlington',  pit.,  and  Eichard  le  Botiller, 
of  Renham,  and  Johanna  his  wife  defts.,  of  1  me«s.,  with  appurts., 
in  Reaham.  Right  of  Johanna  ;  for  which  admisaiou  Richard  and 
Johanna  grant  to  Cristiua  for  her  life,  with  remainder  after  her 
death  to  John  son  of  John  de  Litlington,  and  to  Johanna  sister  of 
said  John  son  of  John,  and  to  the  heirs  of  the  body  of  John.  But  if 
John  son  of  John  die  without  heirs  of  his  body,  then  after  his  death 
to  remain  to  the  right  heirs  of  Cristina. 

28.  At  Westminster,  Octave  of  St.  Hilary  A"  3— Betw. 
Reginald  de  Qroue ph.,  and  Thomas  Colkyn  and  Alina  his  wife  deftt., 
of  9i  acr.  land,  with  appurts.,  in  Wykhambreouse.  Thomas  and 
Alina  admit  it  to  be  the  Right  of  Reginald  ;  and,  for  themselves  and 
the  heirs  of  Alina,  grant  to  him  and  to  hia  heirs,  and  receive  100#. 
for  the  concession. 

29.  At  Westminster,  Easter  in  three  weeks  A"  3— Betw.  John, 
son  of  Geoffrey  de  Goldwell',  pit.,  and  Geoffrey  de  Gold  well' 


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of  1  mess.,  130  acr.  land,  9  acr.  meadow,  58  acr.  pasture,  3  acr.  wood, 
4».  7d.  rent,  and  rent  of  2  hens,  with  appurts.,  in  Betrisdenne  and 
Magna  Chert'.  Right  of  Geoffrey,  who,  for  the  admission,  grants 
(by  service  of  a  rose  at  the  Nativity  of  8t.  John  Baptist)  to  John 
and  to  the  heirs  of  his  body  ;  but  if  none,  then  after  his  death  to 
revert  to  Geoffrey  and  to  his  heirs,  quit  of  other  heirs  of  John. 

30.  At  Westminster,  Morrow  of  the  Ascension  of  the  Lord  A"3 
— Betw.  John  de  Mdford'  and  Katherine  his  wife  plU.,  and 
William  le  Vssher,  of  Snodeloiid',  deft..,  of  2  mess.,  4t\\  acr.  land,  J 
acr.  meadow,  I  acr.  wood,  and  20s.  rent,  with  appurt*.,  in  Hallyng' 
and  Snodelond'.  Right  of  William,  who,  for  the  admission,  grants 
to  John  and  Katherine,  and  to  hia  heirs  by  her;  but  if  none,  then 
after  their  deaths  to  remain  to  the  right  heirs  of  Katherine. 

31.  At  Westminster,  Octave  of  the  Holy  Trinity  A"  .■?— Betw. 
John  de  Merworlh'  and  Margeria  his  wife  pits.,  and  Ralph  Gerneys, 
Parson  of  the  Church  of  Miipeliscurape,  deft.,  of  the  Manor  of 
Walramesherst"  next  Heth',  with  appurts.  Right  of  Ralph,  who, 
for  the  admission,  grants  to  John  and  Margeria,  and  to  the  heirs  of 
Margeria. 

32.  At  Westminster.  Octave  of  the  Holy  Trinity  A"  3— Betw. 
John  de  Mcrworth'  and  Margeria  his  wife /)/"('».,  and  Ralph  G^rueys, 
Parson  of  the  Church  of  Mapeliscompe,  defl.,  of  La  Heldehey  .  .  ., 
with  appurts.,  and  80  acr.  wood,  and  10/.  5«.  4rf.  rent,  with  appurt«., 
in  ft'remyngham,  Kohijinlenne,  and  M apeli scorn pe ;  and  the 
advowson  of  the  Church  of  the  Vill  of  Mapeliscompe.  Right  of 
Ralph,  who,  for  the  admission,  grants  to  John  and  Margeria  and  to 
his  heirs  by  her ;  but  if  none,  then  after  their  deaths  to  remain  to 
the  right  heirs  of  John. 

33.  At  Westminster,  Octave  of  the  Holy  Trinity  A"  3— Betw. 
John,  sou  of  Pet«r  Sokelyng',  of  Rodmershatn,  pit.,  and  John 
Sokelyng",  of  Milstede,  junior,  and  Margaret  his  wife,  deftt.,  of 
1  mess.,  24  acr.  land,  2  acr.  wood,  2»,  7id.  rent,  and  rent  of  5  hens 
and  a  moiety  of  1  cock,  with  appurts.,  in  Milstede  and 
Sydyugbourne.  John  S.  and  Margaret  admit  it  to  be  the  Right  of 
John  son  of  Peter ;  and,  for  tliemselves  and  the  heirs  of  Margaret, 
grant  to  him  and  to  his  heirs,  and  receive  10  marks  for  the 
concession. 

84.  At  Westminster,  Octave  of  the  Holy  Trinity  A"  .3 — Betw. 
Robert  Broun,  of  .Sandwich,  pit,,  and  William  Scrodere,  of  Thanet, 
and  Margeria  his  wife,  deftt.,  of  6  acr.  land,  and  a  moiety  of  1  acr. 
marsh,  with  appurts.,  in  tsshe.  William  and  Margeria  admit  it  to 
be  the  Right  of  Robert;  and,  for  themselves  and  the  heirs  of 
Margeria,  grant  to  him  and  to  his  heirs,  and  receive  10  markt  for 
the  concession. 

35.  At  Westminster,  Octave  of  the  Holy  Trinitr  A"  3— Betw. 
Master  Henry  do  Shonie  pit.,  and  Thomas  de  Bysshopeston'  and 
WilJiain  do  Brokuforde  de/is.,  of  4  moss.,  582  acr.  land,  1^  acr. 
meadow,  2-k»  acr.  marsh,  23/.  L3«.  '.iJ.  rent,  and  rent  of  7  quarters 
and  6  bushels  of  barley,  10  quarters  of  salt,  40  cocks  and  60  hens, 
with   appurta.,   in  Meustro  in  the   lale   of  Thanet,    Vill     of   St. 


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Laurence,  Monketon',  Wode,  Bercliellon',  Vill  of  St.  Nicholas,  and 
ChiBtelet.  Right  of  Thomas;  for  which  admisBion  Thomaa  and 
William  grant  two  parts  of  the  aforesaid  tenements  to  Master 
Hemy  and  to  the  heirs  of  his  body.  Moreover,  for  themselves  and 
the  heirs  of  Thomas,  that  the  third  part  of  the  said  tenements, 
which  Elizabeth,  who  was  the  wife  of  Walter  de  Shome,  holds  in 
dower  of  the  inheritance  of  Thomas,  and  which  after  her  death  to 
Thomas  and  William  and  to  the  heirs  of  Thomas  reverts,  shall  after 
her  death  remain  to  Master  Henry  and  to  bis  heirs.  And  if  it 
happen  that  Master  Henry  die  without  heirs  of  his  body,  then  after 
his  death  all  the  aforesaid  tenements  to  remain  to  John,  son  of 
Robert  G-iffard",  and  to  the  heirs  of  his  body ;  but  if  none,  then 
after  the  death  of  John  to  remain  to  Thomas,  son  of  John  de 
Sancto  Nicholao,  and  to  his  heirs.  This  agreement  was  made  in  the 
presence  of  the  aforesaid  Elizabeth,  who  thereupon  acknowledged 
her  fealty  to  Master  Heniy. 

36.  At  WcHtminster,  Octave  of  the  Holjr  Trinity  A"  3 — Betw. 
William,  son  of  Thomas  dc  Weide,  and  Matilda  his  wife,  pltt.,  and 
John  Cenie  and  Margaret  his  wife  defU.,  of  the  Manor  of  La  Case, 
with  appurts.  John  and  Margaret  admit  it  to  be  the  Right  of 
Willinii) ;  and  John,  for  himself  and  his  heirs,  grants  to  William 
and  Matilda  and  to  the  heirs  of  William  ;  for  which  concession 
John  and  Margaret  receive  100  mark*. 

37.  At  Westminster,  Octave  of  the  Holy  Trinity  A"  8— Betw. 
John  Maynnrd'  pit.,  and  John,  son  of  John  de  Houton',  drfl-.,  of 
1  mees.,  and  30  acr.  laud,  with  appurts.,  iu  the  suburbs  of  Canter- 
bury. John  son  of  John  admits  it  to  be  the  Right  of  John  M. ; 
and,  for  himself  and  hie  heirs,  grants  to  John  M.  and  to  his  heirs, 
and  receives  20  marks  for  the  concession. 

38.  At  Westminster,  Quinzaine  of  the  Holy  Trinity  A"  3— 
Betw.  John  Maynard'  pit.,  and  Elias  Lambe  ana  Mabilla  his  wife 
defl».,  of  1  mess.,  and  1  acre  and  3  roods  of  land,  with  appurts.,  in 
the  suburbs  of  Canterbury.  Elias  and  Mabilla  admit  it  to  be  the 
Right  of  John;  and,  for  themselves  and  the  heirs  of  Mabilla, 
grant  to  him  and  to  his  heirs,  and  receive  10  marks  for  the 
concession. 

39.  At  Westminster,  Quinzaine  of  the  Holy  Trinity  A"  3— 
Betw.  Reginald  de  Cobeliam  (by  William  de  Culuerdon'  iu  his 
stead)  pit.,  and  Roger,  son  of  Eioger  de  London',  of  Reygate,  and 
Alice  his  wife,  deft-s.,  of  1  mess.,  16  acr.  land,  3  acr.  meadow,  3«.  4</. 
rent,  and  a  moiety  of  1  acre  of  wood,  with  appurts.,  iu  Eynesford' 
and  Lullyngeston'.  Roger  and  Alice  admit  it  to  be  the  Right  of 
Reginald;  and  Roger,  for  himself  and  his  heirs,  grants  to 
Reginald  and  to  his  neirs;  for  which  concession  Roger  and  Alice 
receive  20  marks. 

40.  At  Westminster,  Octave  of  the  Holy  Trinity  A"  3— Betw. 
Walter  Neel,  of  London,  and  Michael  de  Ifeld',  pits.,  and  fferandus 
Mauioun  and  Margaret  his  wife  defts.,  of  1  mess.,  140  acr.  land, 
13  acr.  meadow^,  20«.  rent,  and  rent  of  3  hens,  with  apnurts.,  in 
Northflete,  Swanescomp',  and  Greuesende.     fferandus  ana  Margaret 


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admit  it  to  be  the  Kight  of  Walter ;  and,  for  themselves  and  the 
heirs  of  fferandus,  remit  and  quit-claim  to  Walter  and  Michael 
and  to  the  heirs  of  Walter,  and  receive  for  the  remission,  etc. ,  100 
markt. 

41.  At  Westminster,  Quinzaine  of  St.  John  Baptist  A"  3 — 
Betw.  Robert  Holeslethtre  ph.,  and  John  de  Eathall'  senior  aud 
Matilda  hia  wife  defts.,  of  1  mess.,  and  15  acr.  land,  with  appurts., 
in  Codham.  John  and  Matilda  admit  it  to  be  the  Right  of  Robert ; 
and  John,  for  himself  and  his  heirs,  grants  to  Robert  and  to  his 
heirs  ;  for  which  concession  John  and  Matilda  receive  20  markt. 

42.  At  Westminster,  Octave  of  St.  Michael  A°  3— Betw. 
Margaret,  who  was  the  wife  of  Edmund  de  Pasfelc,  and  Thomas 
•on  of  the  said  Edmund  and  Margaret  (by  William  de  Hurst  in 
place  of  Margaret,  and  by  the  said  William  as  guardian  of  Thomas), 
pits.,  anil  John  de  Palestre  and  Sara  his  wife  (lefts.,  of  the  Manor 
of  Palestre,  with  appurts.  John  and  Sara  admit  it  to  be  the  Right 
of  Thomas  ;  and,  for  themselves  and  the  heirs  of  John,  remit  and 
quit-claim  to  Margaret  and  Thomas  and  to  the  heirs  of  Thomas,  and 
receive  for  the  remission,  etc.,  100  mark^. 

43.  At  Westminster,  Quinzaine  of  St.  Michael  A"  3  (Post  Fine 
made  in  the  Quinzaine  of  Easter  A"  19  Edward  II.) — Betw. 
Thomas,  son  of  William  Ic  Proude,  pit.,  and  Richard  Neel  and 
Isabella  his  wife  deftt.,  of  1  mess.,  20  acr.  land,  1  acr.  meadow, 
7  acr.  wood,  and  Qd.  rent,  with  appurts.,  in  Speldherst'.  Richard 
and  Isabella  have  admitted  it  to  be  the  Right  of  Thomas,  of  which 
he  has  a  moiety,  of  their  gift,  to  hold  ki  him  and  his  heirs.  More- 
over they  have  granted,  for  themselves  and  the  heirs  of  Isabella, 
that  the  other  moiety  of  the  aforesaid  tenements,  with  appurts., 
which  Emma,  who  was  the  wife  of  William  Lundenysh',  held  in 
dower,  of  the  inheritauce  of  Isabella,  in  the  aforesaid  Vill  the  day 
this  agreement  was  made,  and  which  after  her  death  to  Richard 
arid  Isabella  and  to  the  heira  of  Isabella  ought  to  revert.,  shall 
after  the  death  of  Emma  remain  to  Thomas  and  to  his  heirs,  to  hold 
together  with  the  other  moiety.  Richard  and  Isabella  receive  20 
marks  for  the  concession.  This  agreement  was  made  in  the  presence 
of  Emma,  who  thereu])on  acknowledged  her  fealty  to  Thomas. 

44.  At  Westminster,  Octave  of  St.  Michael  A"  3 — Betw.  Robert 
de  Pesyndenn'  pit.,  and  William  de  Goldwell'  and  Agnes  his  wife 
defts.,  of  30  acr.  land,  6  acr.  wood,  12(/.  rent,  and  a  moiety  of 
1  mess.,  with  appurts.,  in  Wytricheshame.  William  and  Agnes 
admit  it  to  be  the  Right  of  Robert ;  and,  for  themselves  and  the 
heirs  of  Agnes,  grant  to  him  and  to  his  heirs,  aud  receive  10^.  for 
the  concession. 

45.  At  Westminster,  Octave  of  St.  Michael  A"  8 — Betw.  Simon 
£Eraunceys,  of  London,  pit.,  and  Henry  Swan  deft.,  of  .3  mess., 
350  acr.  land.  13  acr.  meaflow,  *M)  acr.  wood,  and  30s.  rent,  with 
appurts.,  ill  Wilmyntou  iie.tt  Derteford",  and  .Suttmi  atte  Hone. 
Henry  admits  it  to  be  the  Right  of  Simon ;  and,  for  himself  and  his 
heirs,  grants  to  Simon  and  to  his  heirs,  and  receives  300/.  for  the 
concession. 


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46.  At  ■WcBtminstor,  Octave  of  St.  Michael  A'S— Betw.  Thomas, 
son  of  Richard  le  Lytic,  of  Grene,  pit.,  aud  Walter  atte  Nynne  and 
Alice  his  wife  deflt.,  of  1  mess.,  and  5  acr.  land,  with  appurts.,  in 
Grene.  Walter  and  Alice  admit  it  to  be  the  Eight  or  Thomas ; 
and,  for  themselres  and  the  heirs  of  Alice,  grant  to  him  and  to  bis 
heirs,  and  receive  10  mark*  for  the  concession. 

47.  At  Westminster,  Octave  of  St.  Michael  A"  3— Betw.  John 
Horn  pit.,  and  John  le  Leykere,  of  Estgrencwychc,  and  Leticia  his 
wife,  deftg.,  of  1  mess.,  with  appurts.,  in  Estgrenewyche.  John 
le  L.  and  Leticia  admit  it  to  be  the  Eight  of  John  H.;  and,  for 
themselves  and  the  heirs  of  Leticia,  grant  to  him  and  to  his  heirs, 
and  receive  40«.  for  the  concession. 

48.  At  Westminster,  Quinzaine  of  St.  Michael  A°  3 — Betw. 
Stephen  Rogger,  of  Sutton  Valence,  pit.,  and  Hugh  dc  fforshamme 
defi.,  of  1  mess.,  5  gardens,  220  acr.  land,  40  ncr.  wood,  24*.  rent, 
and  rent  of  I  hen,  with  appurts.,  in  Roluvndcnn',  Benyndenn'.  and 
Sandhurst'.  Right  of  Hugh,  who,  for  tiic  admission,  grants  (by 
service  of  a  rose  at  the  Nativity  of  St.  John  Baptist)  to  Stephen 
and  to  the  heirs  of  his  body  ;  but  if  none,  then  after  the  death  of 
Stephen  to  remain  to  Thomas  de  Gosebouni  and  to  the  heirs  of  his 
body  ;  but  if  none,  then  after  the  deatli  of  Thomas  to  revert  to 
Hugh  and  to  his  heirs,  quit  of  other  heirs  of  Stephen  and  Thomas. 

49.  At  West  minster,  Octave  of  St.  Michael  A"  3— Betw.  R.alph 
le  Sauuage  and  Lora  his  wife  pits.,  and  William  Peuerel  di.^t.,  of  2 
mess.,  1  mill,  1  salt-cote  ("  taiina  "),  220  acr.  land,  10  acr.  meadow, 
60  acr.  marsh,  pasturage  for  300  sheep,  4/.  6«.  id.  rent,  and  rent 
of  0  cocks,  66  hens,  and  769  eggs,  with  appurts.,  in  Warden', 
Leysdon',  and  Middelton'.  Eight  of  William,  who,  for  the 
admission,  grants  to  Ralph  and  Lora  and  to  the  heirs  of  Ralph. 

60.  At  Westminster,  Octave  of  St.  Michael  A"  3— Betw.  Henry 
atte  Cruche,  of  Essh'  ne.xt  Sandwich,  pit.,  and  John,  son  of  Peter 
de  Barynton',  of  Writele,  and  Matilda  his  wife,  deftt.,  of  8^  acr. 
land,  aud  2  acres  aud  3  roods  of  pasture,  with  appurts.,  in  Bssh' 
next  Sandwich.  John  and  Matilda  admit  it  to  be  the  Right  of 
Henry  ;  and,  for  themselves  and  the  heirs  of  Matilda,  grant  to  him 
and  to  his  heirs,  and  receive  10  mark»  for  the  concession. 

51.  At  Westminster.  Octave  of  St.  Michael  A"  3— Betw.  Mabilla 
de  Mosewell'  and  William  her  son  plft.,  and  Alan  de  Middeltun' 
deft.,  of  1  mess.,  9  acr.  land,  3  acr.  meadow,  and  2».  rent,  with 
appurts.,  in  Godmcrsham.  Right  of  Alan,  who,  for  the  admission, 
grants  (by  service  of  a  rose  at  the  Nativity  of  St.  John  Baptist)  to 
Mabilla  and  William,  and  to  the  heirs  of  the  body  of  William ;  but  if 

'none,  then  after  his  death  to  remain  to  Thomas  son  of  the  said  Alan, 
and  to  the  heirs  of  his  body  ;  but  if  none,  then  after  his  death  to 
revert  to  said  Alan  and  to  his  heirs,  quit  of  the  heirs  of  Mabilla,  and 
also  of  other  heirs  of  William  and  Thomas. 

52.  At  Westminster,  Octave  of  St.  Michael  A"  3 — Betw.  Roger 
Pyerres,  of  Shadlcsfeld',  pit.,  and  John  le  Cok',  of  Swynefeld',  and 
L«ticia  his  wife,  defli.,  of  7  acr.  land,  with  appurts.,  in  Newynton' 
next  Hethe.     John  and  Leticia  admit  it  to  be  the  Right  of  Roger ; 


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and,  for  tliemaelveB  and  the  heirs  of  Leticia,  grant  to  him  and  to  hiB 
heirs,  and  receive  20  markg  for  the  concession. 

53.  At  Westminster,  Octave  of  St.  Michael  A"  3— Bctw.  Edward 
le  Blount'  and  Sara  his  wife  (by  Humphrey  de  Stokes  in  place  of 
Sara)  nits.,  and  Philip,  son  of  Nicholas  de  liarenton',  and  Alan  de 
Trippelawe,  chaplain,  deftt.,  of  the  Manor  of  Sundereash',  with 
appurts.  Eight  of  Philip;  for  which  admission  Philip  and  Alan 
grant  to  Edward  and  Sara,  and  to  the  heirs  of  Edward. 

54.  At  Westminster,  Octave  of  St.  Michael  A°  3 — Betw.  John 
Ilormade  and  William  Seward',  of  Otteford',  pZ^».,  and  William  de 
Swejneslonde  and  Sibillii  his  wife  dffts.,  of  2  mess.,  4  acr.  and 
1  rood  of  land,  and  29.}^.  rent,  with  appurts.,  in  Otteford'.  William 
de  Swevneslonde  nnrl  Sihilla  admit  it  t.o  be  the  right  of  John  ;  and, 
for  themselves  and  the  heirs  of  Sibilln,  grant  to  John  and  William 
'Seward',  and  to  the  heirs  of  John,  and  receive  20  marki  for  the  con- 
cession. 

55.  At  Westminster,  St.  Michael  in  one  month  A"  3 — Betw. 
Stephen  Euerard'  and  Dioiiisia  his  wife  pits.,  and  William  Peuerel 
deft.,  of  a  moiety  of  the  Manor  of  Werehorne,  with  appurts.  Right 
of  William,  who,  for  the  admission,  grants  to  Stephen  and  Dionisia 
mid  to  his  heirs  hy  her;  but  if  none,  then  after  their  deaths  to 
remain  to  the  rigfit  heirs  of  Dionisia.  Endorsed  : — "  William 
Morauiit  and  Johanna  his  wife  assert  their  claim." 

5G.  At  Westminster,  Quinzaine  of  St.  Michael  A°  3 — Betw. 
Peter  Daulard' /)/^,  and  Hanio  atte  Cherche  and  Alice  his  wife  Jefls., 
of  1  me*8.,  7  ner.  land,  and  2^  acr.  marsh,  with  appurts.,  in  Kecolnre. 
Hamo  and  Alice  admit  it  to  be  the  Bight  of  Peter  ;  and,  for  them- 
selves and  the  heirs  of  Alice,  grant  to  him  and  to  his  heirs,  and 
receive  20  marks  for  the  concession. 

57.  At  Westminster,  Quinzaine  of  St.  Michael  A"3 — Betw.  John 
de  Esthalle  senior  and  Matilda  his  wife  plfs.,  and  John  de  Nor- 
hampton,  chaplain,  deft.,  of  1  mess.,  ItK)  acr.  laud,  and  1  acr.  wood, 
with  appurts.,  iu  Orpynton  and  St.  Mary  Crey.  Right  of  John  de 
N,,  who,  for  the  admission,  grants  to  Joan  de  E.  and  Matilda  and 
to  the  heirs  of  Matilda. 

58.  At  Westuiinster,  Quinzaine  of  St.  Michael  A"  3  (Post  Fine 
made  in  the  Quinzaine  of  St.  John  Baptist  A'  1) — Betw.  Margeria, 
daughter  of  Thomas  atte  ('ruche,  of  Westgate,  pit.,  and  John 
de  Moresdenne  and  Elizabeth  his  wife  defts.,  of  4  shops,  with 
appurts.,  in  Canterbury.  John  and  Eli/.abeth  admit  it  to  be  the 
Right  of  Margeria  ;  and  John,  for  himself  and  his  heirs,  grants  to 
her  and  to  her  heirs ;  for  which  concession  John  and  Elizabeth 
receive  20  marks. 

59.  At  Westminster,  Quinzaine  of  St.  Michael  A"  3 — Betw. 
William  de  Clynton'  and  Juliana  his  wife  pits.,  and  Martinus 
Erchebftud  and  Walter  de  Leghton"  defts.,  of  the  Manor  of  La  Gare, 
with  appurts.,  and  1  carucate  of  land,  150  acr.  pasture,  and  300  acr. 
wood,  with  appurts.,  in  Osprenge,  Vpchirche,  Elmele,  Renham,  and 
Mere.  Bight  of  Mai'tinua  and  Walter,  who,  for  the  admission, 
grant  to  William  and  Juliana  and  to  the  heirs  of  Juliana. 


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60.  At  "Westminster,  Octaye  of  St.  Martin  A"  3— Betw.  Thomas 
Cryel,  of  Canterbury,  pit.,  and  Geoffrey  de  Wyiiton',  of  London, 
and  Alice  his  wife,  deffs  ,of  1  mess.,  with  apnurts.,  in  the  suburbs  of 
Canterbury.  Geoffrey  and  Alice  admit  it  to  bo  the  Eight  of 
Thomas ;  and,  for  themselves,  and  the  heirs  of  Alice,  grant  to  him 
and  to  his  heirn,  and  receive  JO*,  for  the  concession. 

61.  At  Westminster,  Octave  of  St.  Martin  A"  3 — Betw.  Henry 
le  Hay  ward' p?/.,  and  Roger  atte  Brok',  of  Boclond',  and  Johanna  his 
wife,  tle/l».,  of  1  mess.,  and  6  acr.  land,  with  ajipiirts.,  in  Lindestode 
nest  Tenham.  Roger  and  Johanna  admit  it  to  be  the  Right  of 
Henry  ;  and  Roger,  for  himself  and  his  heirs,  grants  to  Henry  and  to 
his  heirs  ;  for  which  concession  Roger  and  Johanna  receive  20  nutrk*. 

62.  At  Westminster.  Octave  of  8t.  Martin  A"  3— Betw.  Thomas 
Clement  pit.,  and  Clemeivt  Ic  .Vmpollere,  of  Canterbury,  deft.,  of  9 
mess.,  1  toft,  and  38J  acr.  land,  with  npjnirts.,  in  Canterbury,  the 
suburbs  of  Canterbury,  Patrikesburn',  and  Wcstgate  next  Canter- 
bury. Clement  admits  it  to  be  the  Right  of  Thomas ;  and,  for  him- 
self and  his  heirs,  grants  to  Thomas  and  to  his  heirs,  and  receives 
100  iiuirks  for  the  concession. 

Endorsed  : — "  William,  son  of  Clement  If  Ampollere,  and  Simon 
brother  of  the  same  William,  assert  thoir  claim." 

63.  At  Westminster,  Octave  of  ^'t.  Michael  .A^S— Hetw.  Richard 
de  fflecchynge  and  Alice  his  wife  plfg.,  and  John  de  Westerham 
and  Dionisia  his  wife  defts.,  of  I  mess.,  with  appurts.,  in 
Maydenstau.  John  and  Dionisia  admit  it  to  be  the  right  of 
Ricnard  ;  and.  Cor  themselves  and  the  heirs  of  Dionisia,  grant  to 
Richard  and  Alice  and  to  the  heirs  of  Richard,  and  receive  100«.  tor 
the  concession. 

64.  At  Westminster,  Morrow  of  St.  Martin  A"  3 — Betw.  John, 
son  of  Robert.  Aleyn,  pit.,  and  William  de  Elestene  and  .'Vmabilla  his 
w^ife  deft*.,  of  2  mess.,  and  3^  acr.  laud,  with  appurts,,  in  Wy. 
Right  of  John,  who,  for  the  admission,  grants  to  William  and 
Amabilla  and  to  his  heirs  by  her ;  but  if  none,  then  after  their 
deaths  to  remain  to  the  right  heirs  of  .Vmabilla. 

65.  At  Westminster,  ( k-tave  of  St.  Hilary  A"  4— Betw.  John, 
son  of  Ralph  de  ffrenyngham,  pit.,  and  John  de  Maydenstan',  deft-., 
of  1  mess.,  17  acr.  land,  10  acr.  wood,  10*.  7d.  rent,  and  rent  of 
1  plough-share  and  n  half,  and  1  hen  and  6  eggs,  with  appurts.,  in 
Estffariegh',  which  Robert  le  Vyneter  and  Alice  his  wife  hold  for 
life.  John  de  M.,  for  himself  and  his  heirs,  grants  that  the 
aforesaid  tenements,  with  atipurts.,  M'hich  Robert  and  Ah'ce  hold  for 
life  of  the  inheritance  of  Jotia  de  M.,  and  which  after  their  deaths 
to  him  and  to  his  heirs  revert,  shall  after  the  deaths  of  Robert  and 
Alice  remain  to  John  son  of  Ralph  and  tr»  his  heirs.  John  do  M, 
receives  10  imirkt  for  the  concession.  This  agreement  was  made  in 
the  presence  of  Robert  aiul  Alice,  who  thereupon  acknowledged 
their  fealty  to  John  son  of  Ralph. 

66.  At  Westminster,  Octave  of  St.  Hilary  A°  4 — Betw.  John  de 
ffrenyngham,  pit.,  and  .loliu  de  Maidenstane  deji.,  of  1  mill,  84i 
acr.  Wd,  13  acr.  meadow,  53  acr.  pasture,  30  acr.  wood,  7  marks 


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rent,  and  a  moiety  of  1  mess.,  with  ftppurtH.,  in  Maidenstane  and 
Boi'tone  Mouncheusy,  which  Robert  le  Vyneter  and  Alice  his  wife 
hold  for  life.  John  de  M.  admits  it  to  be  the  Right  of  John  de  F. ; 
and,  for  himself  and  his  heirs,  grants  that  the  aforesivid  tenements, 
with  appurts.,  which  Robert  and  Alice  hold  for  life  of  the  in- 
heritance of  John  de  M.,  and  which  after  their  deaths  to  him  and 
to  his  heirs  revert,  shall  after  the  deaths  of  Robert  and  Alice  remain 
to  John  de  F.  and  to  bin  heirs.  John  de  M.  receives  20?.  for  the 
concession.  This  agreement  was  made  in  the  presence  of  Robert 
and  Alice,  who  thereupon  acknowledged  their  fealty  to  John  de  F. 

67.  At  Westminster,  Octave  of  St.  Hilarj-  A"  4— Betw.  Michael 
de  Heure  and  Kntherine  his  wife  pUt.,  and  William  de  Reculure 
and  Mary  his  wife  dffti.,  of  a  moiety  of  200  acr.  land,  3  acr. 
meadow,  100  acr.  pasture,  40  acr.  wood,  60«.  rent,  and  rent  of 
4  quarters  of  oats,  5  plough-shares,  10  cocks,  50  hens,  and  500  eggs, 
with  appurts.,  in  Maydenstane,  Netherhardres,  and  Lyntone, 
which  Alice,  who  was  the  wife  of  John  Hretoun,  holds  for  life. 
William  and  Mary  admit  it  to  be  the  Kif^ht  of  Katherine;  and,  for 
themselves  and  the  heira  of  Mary,  ^ant  that  the  aforesaid  moiety, 
with  a[)piirt8.,  which  Alice  holds  for  life  of  the  inheritance  of  Marj', 
and  which  after  the  death  of  Alice  to  William  and  Mary  and  to  the 
heirs  of  Mary  reverts,  shall  after  the  death  of  .•Mice  remain  to 
Michael  and  Katherine  and  to  the  heirs  of  Katherine.  William  and 
Mary  receive  40  marks  for  the  concession. 

68.  At  Westminster,  Morrow  of  the  Purification  of  the  B. 
Virgin  A"  4 — Betw.  Richard,  son  of  Richard  le  Taillour,  and 
William,  brother  of  said  Richard  son  of  Richard,  pits.,  and  Richard 
le  Taillour,  of  Silstede,  and  Margeria  his  wife,  deftt.,  of  1  mess.,  8 
acr.  land,  2  acr.  pasture,  and  a  moiety  of  1  acre  of  wood,  wHth 
ap]!urt8.,  in  Wodeton'  next  Swynefeld",  Right  of  Richard  son  of 
Richard  ;  for  which  admission  he  and  William  grant  (by  service  of  a 
rose  at  the  Nativity  of  St.  John  Baptist)  to  Richard  le  T.  and 
Margeria  for  their  lives.  After  their  deaths  to  revert  to  Richard, 
son  of  Richanl,  and  William  and  to  the  heirs  of  Richard  (son  of 
Richard),  quit  of  the  heirs  of  Hichard  le  T.  and  Margeria. 

69.  At  Westminster,  Quinzaine  of  St.  Hilary  A"  4 — Betw.  Tho- 
mas le  CiTapman,  of  Shorham,  and  Jocosa  his  wife,  pHt.,  and  John 
de  Norhampton',  chaplain,  tlrff.,  of  4  mess.,  60  acr.  laud,  7  acr. 
meadow,  40  acr.  pasture,  and  9  acr.  wood,  with  appurts.,  in  Otte- 
ford'  and  Shorham.  Right  oF  John,  who,  for  the  admission,  grants 
to  Thomas  and  Jocoea  and  to  the  heirs  of  Thomas. 

70.  At  Westminster,  Quinzaine  of  St.  Hilary  A"  4 — Betw. 
Robert  ffrymentil  pit.,  and  Henry  de  Northgafce,  of  Canterbury, 
and  Johanna  his  wife,  deftg.,  of  1  mess.,  with  appurts.,  in  Canter- 
bury. Henry  and  Johanna  admit  it  to  be  the  Right  of  Robert; 
and,  for  themselves  and  the  heirs  of  Johanna,  grant  to  him  and  to 
his  heirs,  and  receive  10  timrks  for  the  concession. 

71.  At  Westminster,  Morrow  of  the  Purification  of  the  B. 
Virgin  A"  4 — Betw.  Thomas  Baroun,  of  Reylegh',  and  Agatha  his 
wife,  pUt.,  and  Alexander  Palmer,  of  Burgbbam,  and  Johanna  his 


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wife,  deft*.,  of  1  mess.,  with  appurta.,  in  Strode,  Right  of  Johanna ; 
for  which  admission  AlexainW  and  Johanna  grant  to  Thomas  and 
Agatha  and  to  his  heirs  by  tier ;  but  if  none,  then  after  their 
deaths  to  remain  to  the  right  heirs  of  Agatha. 

72.  At  Westniiustor,  Quinzaine  of  St.  Hilary  A"  4 — Betw. 
William  de  Norwico  and  Cristina  his  wife,  and  liiehard  their  son, 
pits.,  and  Hugh  dc  Olaunuylt'  deft.,  of  1  mess.,  50  acr.  land,  10  acr. 
pasture,  2  acr.  wood,  and  2».  reut,  with  appurts.,  in  Orpyiigton. 
Bight  of  Hugh,  who,  for  the  admission,  grants  to  William  and 
Cristina  and  Kichard,  and  to  the  heira  of  the  body  of  Richard  ;  but 
if  none,  then  after  the  deaths  of  Wilh'am  and  Cristina  and  Richard 
to  remain  to  John  son  of  William  luid  Cristina,  and  to  the  heirs  of 
his  body ;  but  if  none,  thcu  after  bis  death  to  remain  to  Peter  son 
of  the  aforesaid  William,  and  to  the  heirs  of  his  body  ;  but  if  none, 
then  after  the  death  of  Peter  to  remain  to  Matilda  his  sister,  and  to 
the  heira  of  her  body  ;  hut  if  none,  theTi  after  her  death  to  remain 
to  the  right  heirs  of  aforesaid  William. 

73.  At  Westminster,  Morrow  of  the  Ascension  of  the  Lord 
A°  4 — Betw.  Robert  Draper,  of  Rodmersham,  pit.,  and  Eduiund 
Sauage  and  Margaret  his  wife,  deftt.,  of  2  acr.  and  3  roods  of  land, 
with  appurts.,  in  Rodmersham.  Edmund  and  Margaret,  for  them- 
eelves  and  the  heirs  of  Margaret,  grant  to  Robert  and  to  his  heirs, 
and  receive  10  marks  for  the  concession. 

74.  At  Westminster,  Easter  in  three  weeks  A"  4 — Betw.  James 
Thomas  and  Matilda  his  wife, />//».,  and  Bartholomew,  vicar  of  the 
Church  of  Estfarlegh',  defl.,  of  1  mess.,  16  acr.  laud,  1  acr.  and  3 
roods  of  meadow,  1  rood  pasture,  16//.  rent,  and  a  moiety  of  1  toft, 
with  appurts.,  in  Estbarmlyngg'.  Eight  of  Bartholomew,  who,  for 
the  admission,  grants  to  James  and  Matilda  for  their  lives.  After 
their  deaths  the  aforesaid  mess.,  5  acr.  land,  rent  and  moietv,  with 
appurts.,  of  which  the  said  5  acr.  land  lie  in  a  certain  field  which  is 
called  Le  Estfeld',  towards  the  east,  to  remain  to  Bartholomew,  son 
of  the  said  James,  and  to  the  heirs  of  his  body  ;  but  if  none,  then 
after  the  death  of  said  Bartholomew  to  remain  to  Richard  his 
brother,  and  to  the  heirs  of  his  body  ;  but  if  none,  then  after  the 
death  of  Richard  to  remain  to  Geoffrey  bis  brother,  and  to  the 
heirs  of  his  body  ;  but  if  none,  then  after  the  death  of  Geoffrey  to 
remain  to  the  right  heirs  of  aforesaid  James.  .\.nd  6  acr.  land  and 
the  aforesaid  pasture,  with  appurts.,  of  which  4  acr.  land  lie  in  the 
same  field  of  Estfeld',  towards  the  west,  and  2  ncr.  land  lie  in  a 
certain  field  which  is  called  Mabelyfeld',  towards  the  south,  to 
remain  to  aforesaid  Richard,  and  to  tlie  heirs  of  his  body ;  but  if 
none,  then  after  the  death  of  Richard  to  remain  to  the  aforesaid 
Geoffrey,  and  to  the  heirs  of  his  body  -,  but  if  none,  then  after  the 
death  of  Geoffrey  to  remain  to  tlio  aforesaid  Bartholomew,  sou  of 
James,  and  to  the  heirs  of  his  body ;  but  if  none,  then  after 
the  death  of  Bartholomew  to  remain  to  the  right  heirs  of  afore- 
said James.  And  5  ncr.  land,  and  the  aforesaid  meadow,  with 
appurts.  (of  which  4  acr.  land  lie  in  the  same  field  of  Mabelisfelu', 
towards  the  north,  and  1  acr.  land  lies  in  a  certain  place  •<• ' 


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called  Critebolcroft'),  to  remain  to  the  aforesaid  Geoffrey,  and  to  the 
heirs  of  his  body ;  but  if  noue,  theu  after  the  death  of  Geoffrey  to 
remain  to  the  aforesaid  Bartholomew,  son  of  James,  and  to  the  heirs  of 
his  body  ;  but  if  noue,  then  after  the  death  of  Bartliolomew  to  remain 
to  the  aforesaid  Richard  and  to  the  heirn  of  his  body  ;  but  if  none, 
then  after  the  death  of  Richard  to  reuiniii  to  the  right  heirs  of  the 
aForesaid  Jauies. 

75.  At  Westminster,  Quinzaine  of  Easter  A"  4 — Betw.  Richard 
Wyltcshirc,  of  Westmallyng',  pit.,  and  John  Corby,  of  West- 
niallyng",  and  Alice  his  wife,  dfflg.,  of  1  acre  of  land,  with  appurta., 
in  Westmailyng'.  John  and  Alice  admit  it  to  be  the  Right  of 
Richard  ;  and,  for  theraaetres  and  the  heirs  of  Alice,  grant  it  to  him 
and  to  bis  heirs,  and  receive  20«.  for  the  concession. 

76.  At  Westminster,  Quin/.aine  of  Easter  A"  4 — Betw.  Robert 
SkiUehnse,  of  Westmailyng',  pit.,  and  Simon  Pode  and  Isabella  his 
wife,  Jfftg.,  of  1  mess.,  1  acr.  laud,  and  a  moiety  of  1  mess.,  with 
appurts.,  in  Wentmnllynfj"  and  Rieshe.  Simon  and  Isabella  admit  it 
to  De  the  Right  of  Robert ;  and,  for  themselves  and  the  heirs  of 
Isabella,  grant  to  him  and  to  his  heirs,  and  receive  20  mark*  for  the 
concession. 

77.  At  Westminster,  Morrow  of  the  Ascension  of  the  Lord 
A"  4 — Betw.  Robert  Peltebeni  ph.,  and  Robert  de  Rcnham  and 
Matilda  his  wife  (lefts.,  of  15  acr.  land,  with  appurts.,  in  Newyn- 
tone  next  Sydingbourne.  Robert  de  R.  and  Matilda  admit  it  to  be 
the  Right  of  Robert  P. ;  and,  for  themselves  and  the  heirs  of 
Matilda,  grant  to  him  and  to  his  heirs,  and  receive  10  marks  for  the 
concession. 

78.  At  Westminster,  Easter  in  one  month  A"  4 — Betw.  Stephen 
Creye,  of  Strode,  ph.,  and  Stephen  Poteman,  of  Shorne,  and  Alice 
his  wife,  defts.,  of  2  acr.  land,  with  appurts.,  in  Strode.  Stephen  P. 
and  Alice  admit  it  to  be  the  Right  ot  Stephen  C. ;  and,  for  them- 
selves and  the  heirs  of  Altec,  grant  to  him  and  to  his  heirs,  and 
receive  20ff.  for  the  concession. 

79.  At  Westminster,  Easter  in  *hree  weeks  A"»  4 — Betw.  John, 
son  of  Ralph  de  ffrenynghara,  pU.,  and  Winandus  le  Vel  and 
Juliana  liis  wife  defts.,  of  23  acr.  land,  and  3  acr.  wood,  with 
appurts.,  in  Lynton',  which  Alice,  who  was  the  wife  of  John 
Breton',  holds  for  her  life ;  Winandus  and  Julinna  admit  it  to  be 
the  Right  of  John  ;  and,  for  tliemselves  and  the  heirs  of  Juliana, 
grant  that  the  aforesaid  tenements  which  said  Alice  holds  for  her 
life  of  the  inheritance  of  Juliana,  and  which  after  the  death  of  Alice 
to  WinanduB  and  Juliana,  and  to  the  heirs  of  Juliaua,  revert,  shall 
after  the  death  of  Alice  remain  to  John  and  to  his  heirs.  Winandus 
and  Juliana  receive  10  marks  for  the  concession.  This  agreement 
was  made  in  the  presence  of  Alice,  who  thereupon  acknowledged 
her  fealty  to  John. 

Endorsed — "  William  de  Becolure  and  Mary  his  wife  assert 
their  claim." 

80.  At  WcBtminster,  Morrow  of  the  Aaoension  of  the  Lord 
A°  4 — Betw.  John  Renaud,  of  Dynant,  of  London,  marchant,  and 


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Nicholaa  his  wife,  pU».,  and  John  Vassour,  Ticar  of  the  Church  of 
Eitham,  def/.,  of  1  mess.,  and  5i  acr.  and  1  rood  of  laud,  with 
appurta.,  in  Eitham  and  Bexle.  Right  of  John  V.,  who,  for  the 
admission,  for  himself  and  his  heirs,  grants  to  John  R.  and  Nicholaa, 
and  to  the  heiw  of  their  bodies  ;  but  if  none,  then  after  their  deaths 
to  remain  to  the  right  heirs  of  John  R. 

81.  At  Westmiiiater,  Quinzaint"  of  Easter  A"  1 — Betw.  John 
Tanner,  of  ffauersham, />//.,  and  Edmund  Peyutour  and  Jlatilda  his 
wife  tieps.,  of  1  niesB.,  and  51  acr.  laud,  with  ap]>urt8.,  in  (.)8prenge 
and  Slunc.  Edmund  and  Mutildu  ailmit  it  to  be  the  Eight  of  John  ; 
and,  for  themselros  and  the  heirs  of  Matilda,  remit  and  quit-claim 
to  him  and  to  his  heirs,  and  receive  for  the  remission,  etc.,  IOf)«. 

82.  At  Weatiiiiuster,  Quitiiaiue  of  Eiister  A"  4 — Betw.  Michael 
de  Heuere  and  Katheriue  his  wife,  pits.,  and  Winandua  le  Veel,  of 
Snodeland',  and  Juliana  his  wife,  deftg.,  of  the  thinl  iiart  of  1  mess., 
210  ftcr.  land,  lO'J  acr.  ]>asture,  36  acr.  wood,  (iOi.  rent,  and  rent  of 
3  cocks,  20  hens,  and  3  plouf^hsharcs,  with  appiirts.,  in  Ma_ydene- 
stane,  Netherhardres  and  Lyntou',  which  Alice,  who  was  the  wife 
of  John  Breton',  holds  for  her  life.  Winandus  and  Juliana,  for 
themselves  and  the  heirs  of  Juliana,  p-ant  that  the  said  third  part, 
with  appurts.,  which  aforesaid  Alice  lioiiis  for  her  life  of  the 
inheritance  of  Juliana,  and  which  after  her  death  to  Winandus  and 
Juliana,  and  to  the  heirs  of  Juliana,  reverb*,  shall  after  the  death  of 
Alice  remain  to  Michael  and  Katherine,  and  to  the  heirs  of  their 
bodies  ;  but  if  none,  then  after  their  deaths  to  remain  to  the  right 
heirs  of  Katheriue.  "Winandus  aud  Juliana  receive  100  ntarktlot 
the  concession.  This  agreement  was  made  in  the  presence  of 
aforesaid  Alice,  who  thereupon  acknowledged  her  fealty  to  Michael 
and  Katherine. 

Endorsed: — '"  William  de  Recolure  and  Mary  his  wife  assert 
their  claim  as  the  Right  of  the  said  Mary." 

S3.  At  Westminster,  Easter  in  three  weeks  A"  4 — Betw. 
William  de  Knolton'  and  Margeria  his  wife  pUi ,  and  John  de 
Arundeir  and  Margeria  his  wife  ileffg.,  of  I  mess.,  with  appurts., 
in  Menstre  in  the  Isle  of  Thanct,  Right  of  Margeria,  wife  of  John  ; 
for  which  aduiisaion  John  and  Margeria  his  wife  grant  to  William 
and  Margeria  his  wife,  aud  to  the  heirs  of  their  bodies ;  but  if 
none,  then  after  their  deaths  to  remain  to  John  de  Knolton,  and 
to  the  heirs  of  his  boilv  ;  but  if  none,  then  after  his  death  to  remain 
to  Mflrgeria  atte  Pette,  aud  to  her  heirs. 

Hi.  At  Westminster,  Easter  in  three  weeks  A"  4 — Betw. 
William  de  Beculure  aud  Mary  his  wife  (by  William  de  Wauere 
iu  their  stead),  pltt.,  aud  John  Bugle  aud  Eleua  his  wife  Je/ig.,  of 
2  acr.  land,  and  3  acr.  meadow,  with  appurts.,  in  Hamhutle. 
John  and  Elena  admit  it  to  be  the  right  of  William  ;  and,  for 
themselves  and  the  heirs  of  Elena,  grant  to  William  and  Mary, 
and  to  the  heirs  of  William,  and  receive  100<.  for  the  concession. 

85.  At  Westminster,  Quinzaitie  of  Easter  A"  4— Betw.  Walter 
de  Sonnyngelegh'  and  Margaret  his  wife  plU.,  aud  William 
Geldewyne,  of  Strode,  and' Lucia  hie  wife,  defls.,  of  14  acr.  land,  3 


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acr.  wood,  and  the  third  part  of  i  water  mill,  with  appurts.,  [in] 
Poapyngebery  and  ffcruthe.  Willinai  and  Lucia  admit  it  to  be  the 
Eight  of  Walter ;  and,  for  themBelrcs  and  the  heirs  of  Lucia,  grant 
to  Walter  and  Margaret,  and  to  the  heirs  of  Walter,  and  receive  20 
marks  for  the  concession. 

Endorsed : — "  William  de  Sonnynglegh'  and  Alianora  his  wife, 
Peter  de  Cornehell'  and  Emma  his  wife,  assert  their  claim." 

86.  At  Westminster,  Quiuzaine  of  Easter  A"  4 — Betw.  Stephen 
de  Norton'  pit.,  and  Walter  de  Wjkham  and  Sara  his  wife  deft*., 
of  1  mess.,  and  61  acr.  land,  with  appurts.,  in  St-apelherst'.  Walter 
and  Sara  admit  it  to  be  the  Right  of  Stephen ;  and,  for  themselves 
and  the  heirs  of  Sara,  grant  to  hitn  and  to  his  heirs,  and  receive  20 
mark*  for  the  concession. 

87.  At  Westminster,  Quiuzaine  of  Easter  A"  -t — Betw.  Adam 
atte  Noke,  of  Lyndestede,  pli.,  and  Simon  le  Chapman  and  Isabella 
his  wife  defls.,  of  1  mess.,  and  t  acr.  land,  with  appurts.,  in  Lynde- 
stede. Kight  of  Isabella;  for  which  admission  Simon  and  Isabella, 
fur  themselves  and  the  heirs  of  Isabella,  grant  to  Adam  and  to  his 
heirs. 

88.  At  Westraiuster,  Quiuzaine  of  Easter  A°  4 — Betw.  John 
Palmer,  of  Burgliaui,  junior,  and  Emma  his  wife  {by  said  John  in 
her  stead),  pits.,  and  John  Palmer,  of  Burgham,  senior,  deff.,  of 
1  mess.,  28  acr.  laud,  2  acr.  meadow,  and  3«.  rent,  with  appurts., 
in  Burgham,  Eyleaford',  and  Bo.\le.  Kight  of  John  P.  senior,  who, 
for  the  admission  and  the  payment  to  him  of  an  annuity  of  six 
iiutrks  during  his  life,  grants  to  John  P.  junior  and  Emraa,  and  to 
the  heirs  of  their  bodies ;  but  if  none,  then  after  their  deaths  to 
revert  to  aforesaid  John  P.  senior  and  to  his  heirs,  quit  of  other 
heirs  of  John  P.  junior  and  Emma. 

89.  At  Westminster,  Quiuzaine  of  the  Holy  Trinity  A"  4 — Betw. 
Johu  Mattheu,  of  Tenrygge,  jj//.,  and  Richard  de  Wacchesham  and 
Nicholaa  his  wife  defts.,  of  11  acr.  land,  1  acr.  meadow,  and  1  acr. 
wood,  with  appurts.,  in  Sele  and  Legh'.  Right  of  Johu,  who,  for 
the  admission,  grant-a  to  Richard  for  his  life.  After  the  death  of 
Richard  to  remain  to  Thomas  sou  of  the  said  Richard  and  Nicholaa, 
and  to  the  heirs  of  his  body  ;  but  if  none,  then  after  the  death  of 
Thomas  to  remain  to  the  right  heirs  of  said  Richard. 

90.  At  Westminster,  Morrow  of  St.  John  Baptist  A"  4 — Betw. 
Thomas  de  Ileuere,  Chiualer,  and  Alesia  his  wife, /)//«.,  and  William 
de  Bettesle,  parson  of  the  Church  of  Chcuenyng',  and  Adam,  parson 
of  the  Church  of  Ifeld',  defls.,  of  the  Manors  of  Ileuere  and  Hal- 
Btede,  with  appurts.  Right  of  William  ;  for  which  admission  Wil- 
liam and  Adam  grant  to  Thomas  and  Aleaia,  and  to  the  heirs  of 
the  body  of  Thomas ;  but  if  none,  then  after  the  death  of  Thomas 
and  Aleaia  to  remain  to  Edward,  sou  of  Roger  de  Sauct«  Johanne, 
and  to  the  heirs  of  hia  body  ;  but  if  none,  then  after  the  death  of 
Edward  to  remain  to  Richard  his  brother,  and  to  the  heirs  of  his 
body  ;  but  if  none,  theu  after  the  death  of  Richard  to  remain  to  the 
right  heirs  of  aforesaid  Thouuis. 


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CHERITON  CHURCH. 


BY   CANON    SCOTT   R0BBET80N. 


The  tower  of  St.  Martin's  Church,  at  Chcriton,  is  of  unusual 
interest.  It  is  a  small  western  tower,  probably  Pre-Norman,  and 
certainly  erected  before  the  end  of  the  eleventh  century.  Upon 
its  eastern  side,  as  seen  from  the  nave  of  the  church,  it  shews 
rough  wide-jointed  masonry,  with  a  small  round-headed  doorway 
(there  is  no  tower-arch),  and,  over  the  doorway,  a  small  round- 
headed  window  deeply  splayed,  looking  into  the  nave  of  the 
church. 

Upon  the  exterior  of  the  tower  little  of  the  old  work  can  be 
seen.  The  western  doorway,  now  in  use,  is  of  the  thirteenth  cen- 
tury ;  but  there  are  traces  of  an  older  doorway  which  it  replaced. 
The  diagonal  western  buttresses  may  have  been  added  in  the  four- 
teenth century,  or  later.  The  six  bells  hanging  in  this  tower 
were  made  by  Mears  and  Stainbank  in  1881,  and  were  inserted 
as  a  memorial,  "  by  friends  who  knew  and  loved  her,"  of  Maria, 
daughter  of  the  Rev.  Tatton  Brock  man  of  Bcachborough,  and 
wife  of  the  Rev.  Reginald  B.  Knatchbult-Hugessen,*  recently 
ft  Rector  of  this  parish.  The  old  bells  were  four  in  number ;  oue 
having  a  "  black-letter"  inscription  was  perhaps  made  by  Richard 
Hillet  soon  after  1418,  the  other  three  were  made  by  Joseph 
Hatch,  one  in  1607,  and  the  other  two  in  1634. 

The  north  wall  of  the  nave  was,  until  1873,  of  masonry 
similar  to  that  of  the  tower  (so  it  is  said),  but  it  was  pulled  down 
when  the  north  aisle  of  two  bays  was  added  at  the  restoration  of 
the  church  in  that  year. 

The  north  chantry  was  built  iu  the  thirteenth  century,  in 
which  also  was  erected  the  beautiful  chancel  of  this  church. 

In  the  fourteenth  ceutury  the  south  aisle  was  added,  and  the 
two  ancient  tombs  in  the  north  chantry,  as  well  as  an  earlier 

*  At  the  west  end  of  the  nave,  on  ita  corth  side,  is  a  brass  plato  thus  in- 
scribed, "  To  the  glory  of  Ood  and  in  loving  memory  of  Maria,  wife  of  Reginald 
B.  KnatchbuU-Hugessen,  sometime  rector  of  this  parish,  and  daughter  of  the 
Bev.  Tatton  Brookman  of  Beaohborough,  this  peal  of  six  bells  wis  dedicated, 
April  18,  1881,  by  friends  who  know  and  loved  her.  '  Think  when  the  bells  do 
chime  'tis  angels'  musio'  (Onrgt  Herbert}." 

It  SUhlsohmidt's  Church  BelU  o/ Kent,  pp.  86,  86.  219. 
TOL.   XTin.  A.   A 


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one  in  tbe  south  aisle,  are  of  the  same  century.     Of  that  peric 
likewise  is  the  east  window  of  the  north  chantry,  which  contains 
B  small  portion  of  good  coloured  glass  in  its  apex. 

The  High  Chancel  of  St.  Martin. 

The  walls  of  the  early  English  chancel  remain  very  much 
as  they  were  when  first  erected,  more  than  six  centuries  ago. 
Upon  the  exterior  we  see  that  the  site  was  a  slope  on  the  hill- 
side, and  at  the  east  end  a  deep  foundation  of  masonry  had  to  be 
built  to  sustain  the  floor  of  the  chancel.  The  eastern  wall  is 
therefore  of  great  heig;ht,  and  at  its  north  and  south  ends  are 
two  shallow  buttresses,  very  like  Norman  buttresses.  A  large 
simple  semicircular  string  course  runs  all  round  the  exterior  of 
the  ebaucel  below  the  window.  It  seems  probable  that  this 
work  was  done  not  later  than  a.d.  1225. 

The  i;orth  and  south  walls  of  the  chancel  are  entirely  lined 
with  arcading  beneatd  the  windows.  On  each  side  are  six  arches, 
with  little  shafts  having  well-moulded  caps  and  bases,  standing 
upon  a  stone  bench-table.  This  bennh-table  is  raised  in  tbe  two 
eastern  bays,  thus  forming  sedilia.  The  little  shafts  of  the 
arcading  are  of  Purbeck  marble,  but  their  caps  are  of  Caen- 
stone  ;  the  little  arches  are  elaborately  moulded.  There  is  no 
piscina  in  the  south  wall ;  but  there  is  an  old  aumbery  in  the 
east  wall. 

The  chancel  windows  are  lancets,  eight  in  number,  three 
on  each  side,  and  two  in  the  eastern  gable ;  in  that  gable 
there  is  one  additional  vesica-ahaped  central  window  above  the 
two  eastern  lancets. 

Around  the  splayed  o[)ening  of  the  lancets  in  the  side  walls 
of  the  chancel,  the  small  round  shafts  or  round  mouldings  in  the 
angles  of  the  interior  arches  (flush  with  the  surface  of  the  wall) 
are  carried  continuously ;  thus  forming  a  hood-mould,  as  well  as 
side  or  jamb  mouldings  for  each  arch. 

The  stained  glass  in  these  lancet  windows  of  the  chancel 
was  made  (most  of  it,  if  not  all)  by  William  Warrington  of 
London.  The  two  eastern  lancets  contain  scenes  from  the  life 
of  St.  Martin;  in  other  windows  are  figures  of  St.  Peter  and 
St.  John  the  Evangelist*  (on  the  north  side),  St.  Paul  and 
St.  Luke  (on  the  south). 

From  the  north  chantry  a  hagioscope,  or  squint,  still  open, 
in  its  south  wall,  gave  to  those  in  the  chantry  a  view  of  the 
high  altar. 

The  chancel  arch  has  above  its  apex  a  large  oval  opening  which 
is  visible  in  our  Plate  representing  the  interior  of  the  church. 

*  Thi-t  nnrKlow  19  s  moiuoriiil  uf  Susanna,  wife  of  James  Sbute  ;  alie  died  in 
1864,  agisl  61. 


OHERITON    CHURCH. 


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Upon  the  chancel  walls  are  several  mural  tablets  comme- 
morating members  of  the  Brockman  Tamily,  to  whom  the  advow- 
aon  of  this  church  has  belonged  for  three  centuries. 

The  following  extract,  from  the  Brockman  pedigree,  shews 
the  relationship  of  those  commemorated  by  the  tablets  here, 
and  in  the  nave ;  their  uamea  are  in  capital  letters  : 

Hetury  Brockman  ot  Cheriton,  ob.  17&2,  wt.  oy.nrElaabsth  Randolph. 


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CaroUii6T=Il©v.  Ealph  Drake  [Brockman],  Mabt,  ob.  1780,  set.  65. 
ob.  1781 ;  gnadaon  of  Martha  — 

{n/e  Gljdd),  aiater  of  Mrs.  >VU-  ELlZABETH=Rev.  JosBPH  NapP, 
liam  Brockman  o{  Beaohboro*.  ob.  1757,  Kt.  66. 


Bey.  Julius  Bbikb  Brockuajt,  2nd  bod  ;=pHabbibt  Locks, 
ob.  1849,  set.  81;  56  years  Rector  of  Cheriton.  I  ob.  1815,  aet.  44. 


I    I 
1.  Capt.  Julius 
Wm.,  ob.  1833. 

3.  Capt.  John, 
ob.  1884,  Rt.  86. 


1  I  2 

Amn  ElleMt=E alp h ^Rachel 

Thouas,     ALTB£A 


ob.  1845, 
let.  30. 


ob.  1877, 
Bt.  78. 


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UlUDEN 

Brad- 

8HAWB.* 


6.  Rev.  Thomas,  ob. 
1846,  Rt.  39.  Vicar  of 
St.  Clement,  Sandwich. 

14.  Lieut.  Jahks  Nsw- 
aouas,  oib.  1846. 


I.  Julius.    8,  Taxton,  ob.  1849,  mt.  15. 


I 

AUred=CATHXBiKS, 
ob.  1882. 


Monumental  Brasses. 

When  this  church  was  restored,  the  monumental  brasses 
(all  small)  were  taken  up  from  the  chancel  floor,  and  were 
affixed  to  the  south  wall  of  the  chancel,  with  this  inscription,  cut 
in  stone,  around  each,  "  Removed  mdccclxxiii /rom  the  middle  of 
the  floor  opposite  this  spot." 

I.  The  earliest  monumental  brass  commemorates  John 
Child,  rector  of  Cheriton,  who  died  in  1474.  It  is  remarkable 
from  his  effigy  being  clad  in  the  academical  garb  of  a  Master  of 
Arts,  with  the  hood  of  his  degree  over  the  gown.  The  inscrip- 
tion, which  especially  mentions  his  university  degree,  runs  as 
follows :  Orate  pro  anima  Johonnis  Child  in  Artibws  magw/ri  ac 
quondam  Rector  istius  eccle«ie  de  Cheryton  qui  ohiit  V  die 
Tiecemhris  Anno  Domini  M°cccclxxiiij  cuju«  anime  propicietur 
T)eus.     Amen. 

II.  The  other  small  monumental  brass  of  a  rector  shews 
Thomas  Fogge  in  eucharistic  vestments  : — viz.,  albe,  stole,  cha- 
suble, and   maniple.     He  was  a  son  of  Sir  John  Fogge,  a  local 

*  Her'Bist«r  Charlotte  Bradahawe  was  buried  in  the  Brookmans'  vault  in 
1869,'aged  60,  They  were  daughters  of  Colonel  Paris  Bradahawe  of  Hon.  E.I. 
Co.'s  Service,  by  hi»  wife  Charlotte  Maria  Hearsey. 

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landowner.  The  inscription  beneath  his  effigy  runs  as  follows  : 
Hie  jacet  Dominws  Tlioraas  Fogge  quondam  filius  Johawwis  Fogg 
militis  hujus  Eccle^ic  quondam  rector  qui  obiit  12  Kal.  Augusti 
Anno  Domini  1502. 

This  rector  was  an  attesting  witness  to  the  signature  of 
John  Stubbs,  vicar  of  Newington  by  Hythe,  when  Stubbs  made 
his  will  dated  May  8,  1502,  as  printed  on  p.  233  oi  Arc/iaoloffia 
Cantiana,  Vol.  XVIII. 

III.  A  third  monumental  brass  in  this  chancel  commemo- 
rates Jane  wife  of  Robert  Brodnax.  She  died  in  1592-3.  Prom 
its  position  here  we  suppose  that  this  lady  may  have  been  a 
daughter  of  the  squire  of  Beachborough,  Mr.  Henry  Brockman, 
who  had  purcliascd  that  estate  from  Mr.  George  Fogge  of 
Brabourae.  Mr.  Henry  Brockmau's  will,  made  in  1573,  men- 
tions a  daugliter  Aun,  wlio  was  the  wife  of  Thomas  Broadnax 
of  Godmershara,  but  it  docs  not  allude  to  Joane  wife  of  Robert 
Broadnax.     The  inscription  ou  the  brass  niiis  as  follows  : 

"  Hcare  lyetb  the  bodye  of  Joiine  Brodnax  |  the  wife  of 
Robert  Brodnax  who  had  |  issue  by  the  said  Robert  syx  sonnes 
&  I  eyght  daugliters  &  she  departed  this  |  worlde  the  23  daye  of 
January  1592  |  beinge  of  the  age  of  xxxix  yeares  | 

"  Lyve  Well  and  dye  never 
Dye  Well  aud  live  ever," 


I 


South  Aisle. 

The  south  aisle  was  built  in  the  first  half  of  the  fourteenth 
century,  and  the  arcade,  of  three  pointed  arches,  springing  from 
octagonal  pillars,  is  a  very  good  example  of  Decorated  work  for 
a  rural  parish  church.  A  fourth  arch,  at  the  west  end,  is 
modern.  Above  the  arches  there  are  the  corbels  used  for 
a  former  roof.  In  the  east  wall  may  still  be  seen,  on  the 
nortli  side,  a  Decorated  corbel,  and  traces  of  the  original  De- 
corated window.  That  which  now  occupies  its  place  is  a  new 
window,  of  three  lights,  filled  with  coloured  glass,  which  was 
given  by  Mr.  Jesse  Pilcher  in  1866.  The  incarnation  of  our 
Blessed  Lord  is  the  subject ;  the  scenes  represented  are  (i)  the 
Annunciation  ;  (ii)  the  Salutation  between  Mary  the  Virgin 
and  Elizabeth  ;  (iii)  the  Nativity  ;  (iv)  Simeon  receiving  Christ 
in  the  Temple ;  (v)  Christ  (at  twelve  years  of  age)  among  the 
doctors. 

In  the  south  wall  there  is  a  good  Decorated  piscina,  with 
ogeed  arch ;  and  there  are  two  sedilia  of  the  Decorated  style, 
with  good  chamfer  stops.  Near  them  arc  modern  memorial 
brasses,  on  the  wall,  for  James  Majoribanks,  who  died  in  1863, 
aged  39 ;  and  his  son  Stewart  Paxton  Majoribanks,  who  died  in 
1876,  aged  30. 


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Over  the  sedilia  is  a  window  of  two  lights,  filled  with 
coloured  glass,  iu  memory  of  children  of  a  former  rector,  the 
Rev.  Robert  Fraser,  by  his  wife  Mary  Ann.  He  was  incumbent 
here  for  seventeen  years.  Tlie  scenes  depicted  are  from  the  life 
of  our  Blessed  Lord,  and  both  represent  Him  on  the  sea  with 
St.  Peter. 

Over  the  ancient  tomb  in  the  wall  is  a  two-light  window 
filled  with  coloured  glass  (depicting  in  the  eastern  light  Moses, 
and  in  the  other  our  Blessed  Loan)  in  memory  of  Sir  Francis 
Savage  Reilly,  of  Scarvagh,  Q.C.,  K.C.M.G.,  who  died  in  1883. 
Near  it  are  also  memorials  of  Edward  Henry  Corraick,  who 
died  in  1854,  aged  37  ;  Captain  John  Brockmau,  who  died  in 
1884',  aged  86;  James  Drayner,  died  in  IS-ti,  and  Hannah 
Drayner,  who  died  iu  1880;  Arnold  Waiuewright,  who  died  in 
1854,  aged  87,  and  Mary  Brockman,  who  died  in  1780,  aged  65. 

Tee  Ancient  Erpioiss  upon  Tohbs. 

In  the  south  wall  of  the  south  aisle  there  is  one,  and  in  the 
north  wall  of  the  north  chancel,  or  chantry,  there  are  two, 
eflSgies  of  stone,  lying  each  beneath  a  mural  arch,  upon  a  low 
plaiu  altar-tomb,  in  the  wall.  Probably  all  three  are  of  the 
fourteenth  century. 

The  tomb  in  the  south  aisle  is  that  of  a  lady.  Her  effigy  is 
numbered  I.  upon  our  Plate,  and  Mr.  Taswell  Belcher's  admir- 
able drawing  shews  the  details  of  her  dress  as  clearly  as  its 
mutilated  condition  will  permit.  Mr.  J.  G.  Waller,  to  whom  I 
submitted  a  copy  of  our  Plate,  has  most  kindly  favoured  me 
with  bis  opinion  respecting  this  female  effigy  iu  the  south  wall. 

Mr.  Waller  says :  "  The  three  effigies  from  their  extremely 
rude  execution  present  difficulties  to  arriving  at  their  date.  It 
is  clear,  from  the  similar  character  of  the  execution  in  all  three, 
that  they  must  have  been  done  near  to  the  same  time ;  most 
likely  by  the  same  hand  (by  a  local  sculptor).  The  lady's 
figure,  No.  I.,  is  the  one  I  select  to  date.  The  mode  in  which 
veil  and  wimple  are  arranged  is  like  a  figure  of  the  Ryther 
family,  given  in  Hollis's  Effigies,  and  I  should  assign  that  to  the 
reign  of  Edward  II.  at  latest ;  though  the  fashion  did  survive  a 
little  longer." 

"  The  other  female  figure  has  an  arrangement  of  the  veil 
which  puts  it  probably  a  little  later." 

"The  cushions  are  so  similar  iu  ni:  ut,  that  they  also 

put  a  proximate  date  to  all." 

"The  shorter  dress  of  the  fern:' 
also  to  shew  a  later  date 
might  go  to  A.o.  1380  or 

The  costumes  are  re 


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CHERITON   CHURCH. 


think  those  acquainted  with  the  subject,  will  agree  with  Mr. 
Waller  in  considering  the  effigies  to  have  been  carved  iu  the 
fourtecntii  century. 

Respecting  these  figures  Hasted  says  {History  of  Kent,  viii., 
192,  published  in  1799)  :— 

"Enbrooke  is  a  manor  in  this  parish,  situated  about  half  a  mile 
eastward  from  the  church  ....  Michael  Enbrooke  was  a  good 
benefactor  to  the  church  at  Cheriton  in  King  Eichard  II. 's  reign,  by 
building  the  north  chancel  in  it,  still  belonging  to  this  manor;  and 
in  this  chancel  are  two  very  antient  tombs,  now  much  decayed  by 
time;  on  one,  within  an  arch  in  the  wall,  lies  the  effigies  in  stone  of 
a  man  habited  in  robes  or  fong  vestments ;  on  the  other,  which  is  on 
the  pavement  at  a  very  small  distance  from  it  and  the  wall,  is  that 
of  a  woman,  having  on  her  a  head-dress,  and  a  wimple  under  her 
chin,  these  being  the  most  antient  monuments  of  the  kind  that  I 
have  yet  seen  in  thisrounty.  Philipott  says,  they  probably  belonged 
to  two  of  this  family  of  Enbroke." 

On  a  subsequent  page,  194,  Hasted  says : — 

"  Cabeboejte  is  likewise  a  manor  in  the  western  part  of  this 
parish  ....  Thomas  de  Cnsebonie  is  reported  to  have  lived  here  in 
much  state  about  King  Eichard  11. 's  reign,  and  to  have  been  buried 
in  the  chapel  belonging  to  tbis  mansion  ;  but,  leaving  no  male  issue, 
Catherine,  his  only  daughter  and  heir,  carried  it  in  marriage  to 
William  de  Honywood  of  Henewood  in  Postling." 

Hasted  also  says  (p.  190)  : — 

The  manor  of  Cheriton  was  "  allotted  to  the  youngest  [daughter 
and  coheir  of  Waretius  de  Valoyns],  married  to  Sir  Francis  Fogge, 
who  died  possessed  of  it  in  that  reign  [of  Edward  III.],  and  was 
buried  in  this  church,  His  eflBgies  was  on  his  tomb,  lying  cross- 
legged  and  habited  in  armour,  mth  his  arms  on  his  aurcoat,  impaling 
those  of  Valoyns,  of  which,  though  remaining  in  Philipott's  time, 
....  there  is  nothing  now  to  be  seen." 

Hasted  is  quite  right  in  saying  that  the  cross-legged  effigy 
had  disappeared,  and  I  am  iaclined  to  believe  that  such  an  effigy 
never  existed  here.  The  Lords  of  the  manor  were  holders  of 
the  advowsoQ,  and  patrons  of  Cheriton  Church  and  benefice. 
They  would  naturally  therefore  be  interred  in  the  chancel,  where 
undoubtedly  it  is  quite  certain  that  no  tomb  has  ei'er  been 
inserted,  as  the  original  arcading  remains  unbroken  along  the 
whole  length  of  the  walls.  From  Philipott's  mention  of  the  arms 
on  the  surcoat,  Fogge  impaling  Valoigns,  I  am  convinced  that 
he  was  speaking  of  a  figure  in  stained  glass  in  some  window. 
Certainly  no  effigy  of  Sir  Francis  Fogge  is  now  in  the  church, 
and  that  none  was  there  a  century  ago  Hasted  testifies. 

The  effigies  II.  and  III.  are  so  situated  that  the  light  shed 


CHBRITON    CHURCH.  359 

upon  them  is  very  little,  and  the  arch  above  each  is  very  low. 
An  amusing  result  is  found  in  the  record  of  a  visit  paid  to  this 
church  on  the  20th  July  1658,  by  Richard  Fogge*  of  Danes 
Court  in  Tilmanstone.  He  mistook  our  effigies,  II.  and  III., 
for  those  of  men  "in  complete  armour"!  His  description  of 
the  visit  contains  these  paragraphs  (see  Arch.  Cant.,  Vol.  V., 
p.  120)  :— 

"  July  20,  1658,  I  went  to  Cheriton  to  visit  M'  Jno  Beading  y' 
minister.  I  veewed  y'  Church  and  saw  3  very  ancient  Monuments 
[viz.,  thote  Jiffured  upon  our  Plate].  In  the  north  wall  there  lye, 
each  in  an  Arch,  two  in  complete  armor.  M'  Beading  says  they 
were  two  Lords  of  the  Catesmoro,  noblemen  that  I  never  heard  or, 
and  believe  nobody  else.  I  am  sure  it  was  in  the  possession  of  the 
Family  [of  Foygel  400  years  agoe. 

"  Over  against  them,  in  an  arch  on  the  south  wall,  lyeth  a  Woman 
in  her  Lady's  habiliments. 

"  Since  writing  the  above,  I  am  informed  by  M'  Beading's  son 
that  Catesmore  was  the  seat  of  the  Fogges,  ana  that  there  is  a  great 
circuit  of  land,  called  Fogges  Park,  now  disparked." 

Probably  the  estate  or  manor  alluded  to  by  the  Rev.  John 
Reading,  when  speaking  to  Mr.  Richard  Fogge,  was  Caikborne, 
which  Mr.  Fogge  rendered  into  "  Catbsmore." 

Although  wc  cannot  determiae  what  persons  were  intended 
to  be  kept  in  memory  by  those  three  effigies,  we  have  records  of 
a  ceremony  which  took  place  in  this  church  soon  after  those 
effigies  were  placed  here. 

In  the  year  1396,  Thomas  (once  mis-called  or  misprinted 
John)  Fogge,  junior,  whose  wife  was  Alianora  (daughter  of 
Thomas  St.  Leger),  brought  to  this  church,  for  baptism,  his 
infant  son  and  heir,  William  Fogge,  who  was  ultimately  the 
coheir  also  of  his  grandfather  Thomas  St.  Leger.  The  priest, 
"  Dom."  or  "  Sir"  William  Newynton,  declared  to  the  assembled 
congregation  "that  Ood  had,  in  that  infant,  multiplied  his 
people  after  the  late  pestilence,  "t  Here  also  Thomas  Fogge, 
the  father  of  the  infant,  caused  "  Sir"  William  Newynton,  to 
make  an  entry  in  the  Missal  or  Service  Book  of  the  church  to  the 
effect  that  William  Fogge  (the  infant)  was  horn  on  the  Vigil  of 
All  Saints  in  the  year  1396.  This  entry  was  made  in  the  pre- 
sence of  Ralph  Norys^  and  other  parishioners  upon  All  Souls 
Day  1396. 

*  Thii  gentleman  wu  grandaon  of  Mr.  Ooorgo  Fogge  of  Bmboame,  who  sold 
Beaohborough  and  the  manor  of  Cheriton  to  Mr.  Henry  Brookman,  whoae  will 
was  mado  in  1578. 

t  Peter of  Cheriton,  swore  upon  bit  oath,  before  a  jury,  that  the  rector 

made  this  declaration,  and  be  added  that  the  pestilence  occurred  in  the  nuramer 
of  1396. 

X  BiUph  Norys  testified  this  upon  oatb,  before  a  iary,in  1417,  on  (he  Monday 
after  the  Feast  of  the  Conception  of  the  B.V.M. 


JH^MI 


360 


CHERITON    CttURCH. 


At  the  ceremony  of  the  churching  or  purification  of  Alianor 
Fogge,  mother  of  the  infant,  William  Kyryeli  (one  of  the  infant's 
uncles)  said,  in  the  presence  of  many  neighbours,  that  his  son 
Thomas  Kyryeli  and  the  infant  William  Fogge  were  of  the 
same  age. 

All  these  facts  were  testified,  and  put  upon  record,  at  a  judicial 
enquiry  before  a  jury  in  Cheriton,  in  1417.  Then  also  it  was 
testified  that  Thomas  Fogge,  junior  (the  father  of  William), 
died  in  1405,  when  his  son  was  nine  years  old,  and  that  the  lad 
William  Fogge  was  then  adjudged  to  the  wardship  of  the  Lord 
de  Ponynges,  of  whom  the  father,  Thomas  Fogge,  had  held  land 
by  knight's  service.* 

I  regret  to  say  that  the  Registers  of  the  Archbishops  do  not 
perfectly  agree  with  the  facts  sworn  to  by  these  ivitnesses.  The 
Institution  of  William  Newynton  to  the  rectory  did  not  take 
place  until  1404,  but  he  was  then  described  as  "a  chaplain,"  it 
it  is  therefore  quite  possible  that  in  1396  he  had  been  chaplain 
to  Thomas  Fogge,  junior,  or  chaplain  at  an  altar  in  Cheriton 
Church,  but  Sir  Thomas  Fogge,  senior,  did  not  present  him 
to  the  rectory  until  1404. 

NoaTH  Chantrv  and  Aisle. 

In  the  north  chantry  (which  was  built  in  the  thirteenth  cen- 
tury probably)  the  organ  now  stands.  Behind  the  organ  is  an 
original  two-light  window  of  the  Decorated  period,  and  at  its 
apex  is  a  good  piece  of  old  painted  glass  (representing  the 
Crucifixion) ,  which  was  observed  and  mentioned  by  Sir  Stephen 
Glynne  {The  Churches  of  Kent,  p.  119). 

On  the  north  side  of  the  organ  is  a  mural  slab  inscribed : 
"  Here  |  lieth  y'^  body  |  of  Fkancis  Chibwkll  |  who  died  y"  27 
I  of  January  1664  |  a.d.  63  years  |  "etc.,  etc.,  etc. 

Of  another  monumental  slab  on  the  same  wall,  below  that 
of  Francis  C  his  well,  the  inscription  is  given  on  the  last  page  of 
this  paper. 

South  of  the  organ,  and  beneath  the  well-preserved  old 
hagioscope  or  squint,  is  an  interesting  mural  tablet  thus  in- 
Bcribed :  "  Here  lieth  enterred  the  Body  |  of  M"  Elizabeth 
Raleigh,  grand  |  daughter  of  the  famed  S'  Walter  Raleigh 
who  died  at  the  Enbrook  the  26^''  day  of  October  1716  |  aged 
30  years." 

The  pulpit  stands  west  of  the  north  pier  of  the  chancel 
arch,  very  near  the  squint  and  the  monument  of  Mrs. 
Elizabeth  Raleigh.  Its  position  and  the  carving  of  its  front 
panels  can  be  seen  in  our  Plate,  which  shews  the  interior  of 

•  The  Probatio  ^tatit  WilUlmi  thgge  ia  recorded  in  Rot.  Etch.,  6  Henty  V., 
ftad  is  priuted  iu  Arclueologia  Cantiana,  Vol.  T.,  pp.  126,  127. 


CHERITON    CHURCH. 


361 


I 
I 


Cheriton  Church.  The  carving  is  probably  uearly  400  years 
old.  It  consists  of  two  stages ;  the  four  upper  paueU  are  ela- 
borately wrought,  the  five  panels  below  are  plainer. 

The  north  aisle  is,  as  has  already  been  mentioned,  quite  new. 
It  was  erected  at  the  restoration  in  1873,  and  the  windows  in 
its  north  wall  were  copied  {at  the  suggestion  of  Mr,  H.  B. 
Mackeson  of  Hythe)  from  those  in  a  Surrey  church  (at 
Charlton). 

Porch. 

The  north  porch  was  erected  as  a  memorial  to  the  first  Lord 
Justice  of  England,  Sir  James  Lewis  Knight-Bruce.  His 
representative  having  fulfilled  the  wishes  of  the  Lord  Justice, 
inscribed  near  the  apex  of  the  porch's  gable,  "  cineri  servata 
Jides"  (with  his  ashes  I  have  kept  faith).  All  along  beneath 
the  eaves  of  the  gable  runs  this  beautiful  text,  "A  refuse  from 
the  storm,  and  a  shadow  from  the  heat."  In  the  centre  of  the 
gable  are  these  words,  "To  the  glory  of  God,  and  in  memory 
of  the  first  Lord  Justice  of  England,  and  of  Dame  Eliza  hia 
wife,  whose  bodies  rest  in  this  churcliyard ;  their  souls,  we  trust 
in  heaven."  In  the  churchyard  we  search  in  vain  for  any 
epitaph,  or  tombstone,  marking  the  graves  of  Sir  James  and 
Lady  Knight-Bruce ;  but,  close  beside  the  south  wall  of  the 
chancel,  we  observe  a  space  of  ground  covered  with  well  kept 
ivy,  and  from  it  arises  a  very  tail,  but  simple  and  slender 
churchyard  cross ;  no  inscription  appears  anywhere;  but  upon 
examining  the  four  low  angle-posts  of  stone,  I  found,  cut  upon 
each  of  them,  the  letters  K.  B.,  which  arc  the  only  iudicationa 
that  Lord  Justice  Knight- Bruce  and  his  widow  lie  beneath  this 
spot. 

Communion  Plate. 

This  Church  possesses  an  Elizabethan  cup  with  its  paten-cover 
both  of  silver,  but  the  flagon  and  the  large  paten  on  a  central 
stem  are  modern,  of  electro-plate.  The  alms-dish  is  of  brass, 
inscribed  "  God  loveth  a  cheerful  giver." 

The  Elizabethan  cup  is6|  inches  high,  the  bowl  is4i  inches 
deep,  and  3|  inches  broad  at  its  mouth.  The  base  of  the  foot  is 
3^  inches  in  diameter. 

Upon  the  bowl  are  three  belts  of  engraving  without  any 
foliage,  (i)  that  near  the  bottom  of  the  bowl  is  a  single  strap, 
(ii)  the  belt  around  the  centre  of  the  bowl  has  two  horizontal 
straps  or  fillets  which  are  interlaced  (in  X  form)  four  times  at 
equal  distances  apart ;  midway  between  each  pair  of  interlace- 
ments each  fillet  or  strap  leaves  its  horizontal  course,  and  form" 
a  figure  Vj  the  lower  fillet  having  its  V  below,  and  the 
fillet  having  its  reversed  f^  above,  the  line  of  its  b' 


362 


CHERITON    OHTJROH. 


course.  This  simple  device  \a  very  effective,  (iii)  The  belt  near 
the  mouth  of  the  bowl  resembles  that  around  its  centre^  but  the 
upper  of  its  two  fillets  keeps  in  its  horizontal  course  between 
each  pair  of  interlacements. 

Upon  the  foot  and  base  of  the  cup  are  five  incised  straps. 
Beneath  the  bowl  there  is  a  reeded  moulding,  and  immediately 
beneath  it  is  a  round  convex  moulding,  around  which  runs  a 
central  round  hollow  with  four  very  short  engraved  straps  (at 
equal  distances  apart),  at  right  angles  to  its  course.  The  stem 
splays  downward  from  the  convex  moulding  to  the  foot.  There 
is  a  reeded  moulding  where  foot  and  stem  meet. 

The  paten-cover  bears  the  interlaced  belt  of  fillets  with 
Vs,  similar  to  that  in  the  centre  of  the  bowl.  It  stands  1^ 
inches  high  on  a  central  knob,  which  bears  the  date  1577  with 
a  tiny  branch  above  and  below  the  figures.  There  is  scratched 
upon  it  twice  1613. 

The  paten  and  the  flagon  are  ornamented  with  belts  of 
strapwork  copied  from  the  old  cup. 

Patrons  of  tbi  Benefick. 

With  respect  to  the  advowson  of  Cheriton  Church  there  was 
a  lawsuit  in  1316,  when  Christina,  relict  of  William  de  Brokhill, 
claimed  the  right  to  present  a  clerk  to  this  benefice.  Her  right 
was  disputed  by  Thomas,  son  of  William  de  Brokhill.  Upon 
the  De  Banco  Roll  (for  Michaelmas  term,  10  Edward  II.  (1316), 
membrane  156  in  dorso)  is  recorded  the  genealogical  descent  of 
the  parties.  They  say  that  in  the  time  of  King  John,  Walran 
de  Ceriton  died  seised  of  the  manor  and  advowson  of  Cheriton, 
but,  leaving  no  issac,  his  two  sisters  Isabella  and  Margaret 
inherited  jointly  his  rights.  Thenceforward,  for  a  time,  there 
were  two  parts,  or  a  joint  ownership. 

Isabella  de  Ceriton  married  and  left  a  son,  Robert,  who 
passed  his  share  to  John  de  Arches,  who  passed  it  on  to  William 
FitzWarine,  who  enfeoffed  of  it  John  de  Calchull,  who  passed 
his  share  to  William  de  Brokhill,  brother  of  that  Thomas  de 
Brokhill  who  claimed  it  in  1316. 

On  the  other  side  it  was  alleged,  by  Cristina  the  widow,  that 
Margaret  de  Ceriton  married  and  left  a  son,  Roger,  whose  son 
and  heir,  William,  had  a  son  and  heir,  Roger^  whose  son  and 
heir,  John,  was,  at  Michaelmas  1316,  a  minor,  under  age,  and  in 
ward  to  Bertram  Kyriel.  All  this  we  learn  fron  the  De  Banco 
Roil* 

It  seems  that  the  widowed  Christina  or  Christiana  de  Brokhill 
gained  her  suit;  she  presented  Robert  de  Hesebeth  to  the  rectory 

*  Edited  by  Oeneral  Hon.  G«orge  Wrottesle;  in  Tke  Seliquary  for  Julj 
1888,  p.  143. 


RECTORS    OF    CHERITON. 


363 


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» 


of  Cheriton,  and  he  was  instituted  in  1317-8,  on  Feb.  2.  Sir 
John  de  Mercworth*  exercised  the  right  of  patronage  in  February, 
1319-20.  With  the  manor  the  advowson  passed  to  the  family 
of  Fogg,  and  through  his  connection  with  that  family,  William 
Wad  ham,  Esq.,  exercised  the  right  of  presenting  a  rector  four 
times  from  1425  to  1440.  After  that,  William  Fogge  alone  in 
1441,  and  in  conjunction  with  his  wife  Joanna  in  1 445,  exercised 
the  right  of  patronage.  In  1450,  in  145.3,  and  in  1458,  John 
Fogge,  Esq.,  presented  incumbents;  he  it  was  who  rebuilt 
Ashford  Church.  In  1474-5  the  same  gentleman  (then  Sir 
John  Fogge,  Knight)  was  patron.  In  )497-8  and  in  1507  John 
Fogge,  Esquire  {sou  of  the  Ashford  benefactor),  was  the  name  of 
the  gentleman  who  presented  to  the  living,  and  in  1570  Dame 
Mary,  widow  of  Sir  John  Fogg,  exercised  the  right  of  patronage. 
In  1584  William  Brockman,  gentleman,  was  the  patron,  and  in 
the  Brockmau  family  the  patronage  has  remained  ever  since. 

EECTORS  OF   CHERITON. 


1316     Oct.    .  . 
{EeynoliT »  Reg., 

XT'.) 
13  L|     F«b.     2 
{Reynold^*  Reg., 

23«.) 

\^%     Jan.    .  . 
{Reynold' t  Reg., 

25  ^ 
1363    Nov.  .  . 
{Islep't  Reg., 

302''.) 


JoHX  DE  ViENWE  was  instituted  by  Archbishop 
Itejnolds,  but  he  held  the  benefice  a  very 
short  time. 

RoBEHT  DE  Hesebeth  was  instituted  by  the  same 
Archbishop  on  the  presentation  of  Christiana 
de  Brokhull ;  but  in  two  years  he  gave  place  to 
some  relative  apparently. 

JoHir  DE  Hesebeth  was  presented  by  Sir  John 
de  Merewortli  and  instituted  by  the  same 
Primate. 

Dom.  Thomas  dk  Bsajcpton,  pretbgter,  was 
collated  by  Archbishop  Islep,  to  whom  the 
patronage    seems    to    nave    fallen,   by    lapse 

W probably. 
ILLIAM  Ptohtislk  was  rector  of  Cheriton  and 
resigned  that  benefice  in  1403.  A  clergyman 
of  this  name  vra«  vicar  of  Thornham  from  1368 
onward.  Whether  he  was  identical  with  this 
rector  of  Cheriton  I  do  not  know. 

Wiii,i.vM  Newtnton,  chaplain,  was  presented  by 
Sir  Thomas  Fogge, and  instituted  by  Archbishop 
Arundel.  This  clergyman  seems  to  have  been 
a  chaplain  here  in  1396,  for  in  that  year  he  is 
said  to  have  baptized  the  infant  grandson 
(William)  of  his  patron,  Sir  Thomas  Fogge. 

WiLLi.vM  Wendeliston  was  presented  some 
time   after  his    predecessor's   departure,   but 

*  John  de  Merswortb,  in  6  Edward  III.  (1332),  obtainod  the  royal  liccnoe 
lo  Tortify  {erenelale)  his  manor  house  at  Mereworth,  and  his  cameram,  or  small 
house,  at  Cheriton.  In  the  tame  year,  he  and  his  wife  Margeria  acquired  (for 
100  marks)  a  moiety  of  the  manor  of  West  Feckham. 


AHAAi 


140}    Feb.  19 
{ArunJeVs  Reg., 
293.) 


AAA 
909 


RECTORS   OP   CHERITON. 


1425     Dec.  19 
(Ckichele*  Reg., 
155.) 


1«3     July     1 
(jChichelet  Reg., 

199.) 
1437     Dec.  11 
{Ibid,  218.) 


1440  Aug.  11 
{Ohicheles  Reg., 

224.) 

1441  Aug.    4 
{Ibid,  232.) 

14't5     Aug.    2 
{Stqford't  Reg., 

84^) 
1450    Aug.  11 
{Stafford's  Reg., 

lOS"-.) 


1453     Oct.   11 
{Stafford's  Reg., 

325".) 
1458     April  22 
{Bourghchier't 

Reg.,  69».) 


147J    Jan.     3 

{Bourghchier't 

Reg.,  111.) 


149|     Feb.  22 
{Mwlon's  Reg,, 
165».) 


when  that  was,  the  Archiepiscopal  Regietera 
do  uot  record.  He  vacated  this  benefice  in 
1425  for  the  rectory  of  Dunton  in  London 
diocese,  which  he  obtained  by  exchange. 

KoBEHT  WiLCOK,  rcctor  of  Dunton,  was  insti- 
tutetl  by  Archbishop  Chichele.  The  patron  at 
this  time  was  William  Wadham,  Esq.,  whose 
daughter  had  married  William  Fogge,  the 
owner  of  Cheriton  manor.  Probably  this 
William  Fogge  was  the  one  who,  as  an  infant, 
was  baptized  in  Cheriton  Church  in  1396. 

Dom.TnoMA.B  SnoRDiTCH,  chaplain,  fia.n  presented 
by  William  Wadham,  Esq.,  of  Somersetshire, 
and  iiistituted  by  Archbishop  Chichele. 

Dom.  Thomas  Cook,  chaplain,  was  admitted 
under  the  same  auspices. 

Dom.  John  Sniffmobe  was  for  a  short  time 
rector,  but  he  exchanged  this  benefice  for  Cora- 
combe  rectory,  Somerset,  in  1440. 

William  HASKLaaovE,  rector  of  Corscombe,  was 
admitted  to  this  benefice  by  exchange.  He 
resigned  it  twelve  months  later. 

Thomas  Ckopwode,  chaplain,  was  presented  by 
William  Fogge,  and  instituted  by  Archbishop 
Chichele.     Mr.  Cropwood  died  in  1445. 

Dom.  William  CLAKEBOBOHa/MuAcRis,cA<t^Z(i«fi, 
was  presented  by  William  Fogg,  Esq.,  and  Jo- 
hanna his  wife  in  August  1445. 

Master  Jajmes  Goldwell,  Bachelor  qf  Law, 
was  presented  by  John  Fogg,  Esq.,  and  insti- 
tuted by  Archbishop  Staflbrd.  He  was  ordained 
priest  Slst  March  1453  ;  and  he  resigned  this 
benefice  for  that  of  Harrietsham,  which  in  Feb. 
1457-8  he  exchanged  for  Great  Chart. 

Dom.  William  Mobland,  cAop/am,  was  presented 
by  John  Fogg,  Esq.,  in  1453,  but  he  resigned 
in  1458. 

Dom.  John  Child,  chaplain,  was  presented  by 
John  Fogge,  Esq.,  and  instituted  by  Archbishop 
Bourghchier.  He  retained  this  benefice  until 
his  death  in  1474,  and  is  commemorated  by  a 
monumental  brass,  still  extant  in  the  chancel. 

Dom.  Thom:ab  Bolney,  presbiter,  was  presented 
by  Sir  John  Fogge,  and  was  instituted  in 
January  1475  (New  Style)  by  Archbishop 
Bourghchier.  Mr.  Bolney  died  lu  1497,  being 
still  rector  here. 

Dom.  Thomas  Foqoe,  clerk,  was  presented  by 
bis  brother  Johu  Fogge,  Esq.,  and  instituted  by 
Cardinal  Archbisliop  Morton  in  February  1498 


EECT0E8   OP    OHERITON. 


866 


1602 


1507    May  15 
( Warham's  Beg., 
331'.) 


1570    April  24 
{Parker's  Reg., 
399.) 


1584     July      6 
{Whitgift't  Beg., 
i.  455.) 


160}    Mar.  21 
{Whitgift'M  Beg., 
iii.  275.) 

1630    Dec.     4 
{Abbot'e  Reg., 
iii.  192''.) 

1644    July    8 


(New  Style) .  He  remained  rector  until  lie  died 
iu  1502,  and  ho  is  still  commemorated  by  a 
monumental  brass  in  the  chancel. 

Dom.  CnHisTOi'UEB  Wabde  was  presented  by 
John  Fogge,  Esq.,  but  I  do  not  find  any  record 
of  his  institution.  He  resigned  the  rectory  in 
1507. 

Master  William  SKTmrEB,  M.A.,  was  presented 
by  John  Fogge,  Esq.,  and  instituted  by  Arch- 
bishop Warnam.  How  long  he  retained  the 
benefice  does  not  appear. 

Thomas  SLAJfer  was  the  non-resident  rector  in 
1550,  being  ako  rector  of  Eastling  (1550-5). 
His  curate  nere  in  1550  was  David  Longe. 

John  Dattd  was  officiating  here  in  1552. 

Hugh  David  was  officiating  here  in  1555. 

Henhy  Baker,  clerk,  waa  admitted  by  Arch- 
bishop Parker,  on  the  death  of  the  previous 
rector.  He  was  presented  jointly  by  Dame 
Mary  Fogge  (widow  of  Sir  John  Foggo,  de- 
ceased), and  her  new  husband,  Thomas  Kent, 
Esq.  Mr.  Baker  died  in  1584,  being  then  still 
rector  of  Cheriton. 

Master  Eichaed  Topcliffe,  M.A.,  clerk,  was 
instituted  by  Archbishop  Whitgift  in  1584, 
and  he  died  here  in  1602.  He  was  the  first 
rector  presented  by  one  of  the  Brockman 
family.  His  patron  was  William  Brockman, 
gent.  This  rector  seems  to  have  purchased, 
from  Anthony  Auchor,  circa  1591,  Bank-house 
Farm  and  Sweet  Arden  Manor.  His  son 
Godwin  Topcliffe  of  Hythe  sold  them  to 
Robert  Broadnai  of  Cheriton  (Hasted,  Hutory 
of  Kent,  viii.,  195). 

Master  Thomab  Bisnop  was  presented  jointly 
by  William  Brockman,  Esq.,  and  his  son  and 
heir  (Henry).  He  lived  on  for  twenty-seven 
years  as  rector  of  Cheriton,  and  died  in  1630. 

Master  John  Stuout,  clerk,  was  presented  by 
William  Brockman,  Esq.,  in  1630,  to  succeed 
Mr.  Bishop,  and  be  was  instituted  on  the  4th 
of  December. 
John  BEAuma,  M.A.,  a  voluminous  author,  was 
presented  to  this  benefice  by  Mr.  William 
Brockman  on  the  death  of  Mr.  Strout.  He 
was  a  man  of  great  abilities  and  eloquence, 
who,  at  the  age  of  16,  matriculated  at  Oxford 
in  1604,  from  Slagdalen  Hall.  He  was  ordained 
Deacon  in  1612-3,  and  Priest  in  June  1614. 
Lord  Zouch,  of  Haring worth,  Lord  Warden  of 


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SECTOSS  OF   CHBBITOK. 


1668    April  11 


1679     June    9 


1719    July     3 


the  Cinque  Ports,  selected  him  as  his  chaplain. 
His  preaching  at  Dover  was  so  appreciated  by 
the  townsfolk  that  he  was  appointed  Vicar  of 
St.  Mary's,  Dover,  in  December  1616.  "When 
Charles  I.  was  in  power,  Mr.  Beading  was  one 
of  his  Majesty's  Chaplains  in  Ordinary.  Be- 
coming obnoxious  to  the  Parliamentary  party, 
his  study  and  books  at  Dover  were  plundered 
by  soldiers  under  the  command  or  Colonel 
Sandys  in  April  1642.  Seven  months  later, 
Sir  tdward  Boys  caused  him  to  be  seized  in 
his  study,  and  imprisoned  or  banished  for  19 
months.  In  1643,  Dy  the  King's  desire,  he  wa« 
de  jure,  though  not  de  facto,  made  rector  of 
Chartham  and  a  Prebendary  of  Canterbury, 
Soon  after  his  settlement  at  Cheriton,  he  was 
seized  in  his  rectory  here  and  conveyed  to 
Dover  Castle  for  a  day,  and  then  to  Leeds 
Castle  for  some  weeks,  the  cause  being  his 
supposed  share  in  a  Cavalier  plot  for  seizing 
Dover  Castle.  lu  1650  he  publicly  disputed 
in  Folkestone  Church  with  an  Anabaptist 
named  Samuel  Fisber.  In  1660,  at  Dover, 
Mr.  Beading  welcomed  in  a  short  address 
Charles  II.  when  he  landed,  and  (in  the 
name  of  the  Corporation  of  Dover)  he  presented 
to  the  King  a  large  Bible  with  gold  clasps. 
He  was  after  this  made,  dt  facto,  a  Prebendary 
of  Canterbury  Cathedral,  and  Bectorof  Chart- 
ham.  When  he  died,  October  26th,  1667,  he 
was  buried  in  the  chancel  of  Chartham  Church. 
A  full  list  of  his  numerous  publications  is 
given  by  Anthony  Wood  in  hia  Athencs 
Oxonientei  {tub  anno  1667),  pages  407,  408. 

JoNAxnAH  Dbydkn  was  inducted  to  the  rectory 
of  Cheriton,  in  1668,  having  been  presented  by 
James  Brockman,  Esq.  He  retained  this  bene- 
fice for  8  years  or  a  little  more,  but  resigned 
it  in  1676  or  1679. 

Jam£b  Bkome,  M.  a.,  is  said  to  have  been  induct- 
ed  to  the  rectory  of  Cheriton  in  1679,  being 
already  vicar  of  Newington.  He  retained 
both  benefices  for  40  years  or  more,  and  died 
in  1719.  Mr.  Brome  was  a  man  of  literary 
pursuits,  and  he  edited  Somner's  treatise  on 
the  Soman  Portz.  As  chaplain  to  the  Cinque 
Porta  his  attention  probably  was  drawn  to  the 
subject  of  Somner's  treatise. 

Henby  Bilton,  M.A.,  was  inducted  on  the 
preseutatioQ  of  William  Brockman,  Esq.    He 


RECTORS  OP   CHEEITON. 


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1743    May  27 


1770    July 


1789 


1798 


was  the  rector  of  Cheriton  for  nearly  quarter 
of  a  century,  and  died  on  the  10th  or  April 
1743. 

Edmund  Pabkeb  was  inducted  to  this  benefice, 
having  been  presented  by  James  Broektnan, 
Esq.  He  had  already,  for  more  than  three 
years,  been  vicar  of  the  adjacent  parish  of 
Newington  {in  the  same  patronage).  For 
nearly  27  years  he  retained  this  benefice,  and 
died  on  the  17th  of  February  1770. 

Geohoe  Lykch,  M.A.,  of  Corpus  Christi  College, 
Cambridge,  was  inducted  to  Cheriton  rectory. 
He  likewise  obtained  from  his  patron  (Eev. 
Balph  Drake- Brocltman)  the  vicarage  of 
Newington,  and  in  the  following  year  (1771) 
the  two  benefices  were  formally  united,  Mr. 
Lynch  had  been  vicar  of  Lymue  since  January 
28,  17G5,  and  he  had  suflicicnt  influence  with  the 
Archdeacon  (patron  of  Lymue)  and  the  Arch- 
bishop to  obtain  a  dispensation  permitting  him 
to  continue  to  hold  Lymne  with  Cheriton  and 
Newington.  He  died  on  the  19th  of  November 
1789,  holding  all  three  benefices.  I  think  he 
was  a  nephew  of  Dr.  John  Lynch,  Dean  of 
Canterbury  (1734-60),  who  was  a  first-cousin 
of  John  Head,  Archdeacon  of  Canterbury 
(1748-69). 

JoHK  B.  Ba^ckhottbe,  M.A.,  held  the  united 
benefices  of  Cheriton  and  Newington  for  about 
four  years,  when  he  resigned  to  make  way  for 
his  patron's  younger  brother. 

Julius  Deake-Bbockmait,  M.A.,  second  eon  of 
the  Rev.  Ralph  Drake-Brock  man  by  his  wife 
Caroline  Brockman  of  Cheriton,  was  about 
25  years  old  when  he  was  inducted  to  the 
united  benefices  of  Cheriton  and  Newington 
in  1793.  In  the  same  year  he  married  (at 
Evington  in  Elmsted)  Harriet,  daughter  of  the 
Rev.  Thomas  Locke  of  Newcastle  in  Ireland. 
She  bore  him  fourteen  children,  and  died  in 
1815,  aged  44.  Mr.  Julius  Brockman  survived 
to  the  ripe  age  of  81,  and  died  on  the  7th  of 
September  1849,  having  been  rector  of  Cheri- 
ton for  56  years.  His  son  Thomas  (who  died 
in  Arabia  tnree  years  before  htm)  waa  vicar  of 
St.  Clement's,  Sandwich. 

BoBEBT  Feaseh  was  presented  by  the  Rev.  Tatton 
Drake-Brockman  to  the  united  benefices,  which 
he  retained  until  1866.     A  memorial  windofr 


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BECTORS  OP  CHEEITON. 


1866 


1876 


1889 


in  the  south  aisle  commemorates  cbildren  of 
Mr.  Fraser,  by  his  wife  Mary  Aml 

EEODfALD       BrISOEB       KNATCHBCLL-nuOESSKlT, 

B.A.,  of  Balliol  College,  Oxford,  was  presented 
by  his  father-in-law,  the  Bct.  Tatton  Drake- 
Brockman,  to  the  rectory  of  Cheriton  alone. 
The  vicarage  of  Newington  was  then  again 
made  a  separate  benefice.  Mr.  Knatchbull- 
Hugessen  (a  brother  of  the  first  Lord  Bra- 
bourne)  has  done  much  to  promoto  the  organi- 
sation and  discipline  of  bell-ringers  in  the 
diocese  of  Canterbury,  and  to  develop  scientific 
ringing  of  bells.  By  his  energy  and  tact,  this 
church  was  restored  and  enlarged  in  1873,  and 
he  retained  this  benefice  until  1876,  when  he 
was  promoted  to  the  rectory  of  Mersham. 
That  he  resigned  (from  ill-health)  in  1886. 
Four  years  later,  his  health  being  restored,  he 
accepted  the  benefice  of  West  Grmstead,  which 
he  now  holds. 

AxLETNE  Hail  Hall,  M.A.,  of  University 
College,  Oxford  (who  had  been  curate  of  Box- 
ley  and  of  St.  Mary's,  Dover),  was  presented  to 
the  benefice  by  F.  DrakcBrockman,  Esq.  He 
did  much  work  in  the  ShornclifEe,  Seabrook,  and 
Sandgate  portions  of  this  parish,  and 'was  in 
1889  promoted  by  the  Archbishop  of  Canter- 
bury to  the  rectory  of  Chcvening. 

William  Blackwell  Buckwell,  M.A.,  of 
Wadham  College,  Oion.,  was  presented  by 
Francis  Drake- Brockman,  Esq.  He  had  been 
for  eightv-ears  incumbent  of  Arkley  Chapel, 
Barnet,  Herts, 


On  the  north  wall  of  the  north  chancel  of  Cheriton  Church  is  a 
monument  with  this  inscription : — 

"  A  hou^e  he  bath  'tis  buiH  in  such  good  fashion, 
Tlie  tenant  ne'er  shall  pay  for  reparation, 
Nor  will  his  landlord  ever  raise  his  rent, 
Nor  turn  him  out  oE  doors  for  non  payment. 
From  chimney  money  too  tliie  cell  is  free. 
Of  such  a  house  who  would  not  tenant  be," 


(     369     ) 


BEXLEY. 

Thb  Chtjbch;   Hali.  Place;   aitd  Blendoit. 

BY   CANON    SCOTT   ROBERTSON. 


Bkxley  Manor  was  the  property  of  the  Archbishops  of 
Canterburj,  from  Wilfred  to  Craumer,  haviii;^  been  given  to 
Archbishop  Wilfred  by  Kenulpli,  King  of  Mercia,  about 
1080  years  ago.  Some  time  after  the  foundation  (in  a.d.  1 108) 
of  Holy  Triuity  Prioi-y  at  Aldgati»,  in  Loudon,  the  advowson 
and  chureh  were  appropriated  to  it, 

St.  Mary's  Church  at  Bexley  is  about  84  feet  long  from 
east  to  west,  and  45^  feet  broad  from  north  to  south.  The 
chancel  is  19  feet  broad. 

The  main  fabric  of  the  church  (which  is  not  the  first 
erect^jd  on  this  site ;  one  existed  here  at  the  time  of  the 
Domesday  Survey)  assumed  its  present  plan  about  650  years 
ago.  Professor  Fuller  tells  me  that,  during  the  restoration, 
it  appeared  that  the  chancel,  the  nave,  and  the  lower  part  of 
the  tower  had  formed  paii  of  the  Norman  Church.  The 
remains  of  a  Norman  doorway  may  still  be  seen  under  the 
new  south  porch.  The  arcade,  of  three  bays,  between  the 
nave  and  the  north  aisle,  is  of  the  Early  English  style  of 
architecture,  and  so  is  the  good  north  doorway,  and  the  main 
part  of  the  tower,  which  opens  into  the  nave  by  a  doorway 
only;  there  is  no  large  tower  arch.  There  are  lancet  win- 
dows in  the  chancel  and  in  the  tower,  and  there  was  one  in 
the  north  aisle  in  1846.  The  ancient  sedilia  are  also  of  the 
Early  English  style.  The  restoration  effected  in  1883  by 
the  present  Vicar,  Professor  Fuller,  enables  us  to  see  the 
architecture  and  the  Plan  clearly.* 

*  The  architect  wu  Mr.  Ba^il  Champne;i).  The  painted  windows  in  the 
nnvo  and  chancel  are  Uodlpv'a  last  gloss ;  Ibose  in  the  north  aisle  are  by 
Biirlcyson  and  Grj-lls.  The  tilp»  now  in  the  chancel  (of  four  dwtinct  clafwen) 
Were  reproducfed  from  aiicieut  patterns  found  buried  in  the  soil.  A  few  fragments 
of  the  ancient  screen  wpre  found  in  the  old  (iiilpil  and  pews.  Tbeae  wore  pre- 
served, and  formed  the  model  for  the  present  beautiful  screen. 

VOL,  ivin.  B  B 


370 


BEXLET   CHURCH. 


Hall  Place. 

The  north  chancel  (which  was  built  before  the  north 
aisle,  Professor  Fuller  informs  me)  haa  been  connected  with 
Haxl  Place  for  several  centuries.  It  contains  the  monu- 
mental memorials  of  successive  owners  and  their  families. 
Therein  are  monumental  brasses  for  John  Shelley  (who  died 
22nd  November  1441)  vnth  Joan  his  wife;  and  for  Matilda, 
also  a  wife  of  John  Shelley  (she  had  previously  been  the 
widow  of  Thomas  Heneworth).  A  handsome  mural  monu- 
ment on  the  north  wall  commemorates  Sir  John  Champneis, 
Lord  Mayor  of  London  in  1534,  who  purchased  Hall  Place 
from  the  Shelleys,  and  died  there  October  3,  1556.  His 
second  wife,  Meriel  Barret,  who  died  when  Lady  Mayoress,  is 
the  only  one  named  on  this  monniuent,  which  was  erected  in 
1590  by  their  son  Justinian  Champneis.  But  Sir  John  had 
previously  married  Murgaret,  eldest  daughter  and  coheir  of 
Sir  Thomas  Mirfiue  of  London,  and  widow  of  Roger  Hall 
(citizen  and  grocer,  who  died  before  1515).  This  lady'q 
grunddaugbter,  Helen  Hall,  became  the  wife  of  her  second! 
husband's  son,  Justinian  Champneis,  who  erected  this  monu- 
ment. He  commemorates  upon  it  also  his  own  two  wives, 
Helen  Hall,  who  died  in  1365,  and  Theodora  Blundell,  who 
died  in  1582.  There  is  no  memorial  of  Justinian  Champneis', 
own  death,  which  occurred  here  in  1596,  when  he  was  65  yearsl 
of  age.  He  disinherited  his  elder  son  Justinian.*  His 
younger  son  Richard,  who  became  his  heir,  sold  Hall  Place 
to  Mr.  Robert  Austen,  and  retired  to  Woolwich,  where  he 
died  in  1653.  Richard  Champneis'  daughter  Catherine  (who 
was  her  father's  iiltimate  heir)  man-ied  Colonel  Edwin  Sandys 
of  Northl)oume,  who  died  of  his  wounds  in  1642. 

On  the  east  wall  of  the  north  chancel  is  the  monument 
of  the  next  owner  of  Hall  Place,  Sir  Robert  Austen,t  who 
came  from  Tenterdeu.  He  buried  here,  in  July  165.3,  two 
of  his  children,  Thomas  and  William.  Created  a  baronet  in 
July  1060,  he  served  as  sheriff  of  this  county  in  1660  and 


*  He  wns  b  barrister  of  Gniy's  Inn.    This  disinherited  Justinian  settled  at 
Wrotliam,  where  ho  was  buried  in  1S22.     He  married,  in  lfi02,  Sarah  daughter* 
of  John  Darell,  Eaq.,  of  Cale  Hill,  by  whom  he  hod  a  son  Richard  (afterward*  of 
Biddenden),  whoso  son  Justinian  n-ns  of  Biddenden  and  Ostenhanper,  where  he 
died  in   176i,  nlthouiih  he  was  buried  at  Boiley.     This  last  Justinian  was  thai 
father  of  Henry  and  William,  both  of  Vioters  Park  in  Boxley,  whojo  gisterl 
Samh  married  Mr.  Belcher.  ' 

t  In  1654-5,  February  14,  the  mnnor  of  Chelsea  was  sold  to  him  and  two 
others  as  trustees  for  the  dauffhters  and  coheirs  of  James,  Duko  of  Hamilton,  the 
Ladies  Ann  and  Susan,  for  £1185.  In  lliOO  Sir  Robert  Auj>ttn  united  with 
others  in  oonvo}-ing  the  manor  of  Chelsea  to  Charles  Cheyue.  (Faulkner'i  Sit- 
iorg  of  CkeUea,  i.,  328,  330). 


I 


I 


HALL    PLACE,  871 

1661.  He  died  in  1666,  aged  79.  The  monument  mentions, 
but  does  not  name,  his  first  wife,  Margaret  Williamson, 
whose  only  surviving  child  Elizabeth  became  Lady  Dacres  of 
Cheshunt.  His  second  wife,  Ann  Muns,  is  named  on  the 
monument ;  she  survived  the  baronet  for  twenty-one  years, 
living  here,  not  at  Hall  Place,  but  at  High  Street  House, 
to  which  she  built  a  new  front.  She  left  that  house  to 
her  third  son,  Edward  Austen,  whose  mural  monument  of 
white  marble  is  seen  upon  the  north  wall  of  the  uorth  aisle. 
He  died  in  August  1712,  aged  63.  His  eldest  son  John 
(obiit  1750,  aged  60)  and  his  daughter  Elizabeth  (ob.  1755, 
aged  66)  are  commemorated  on  the  same  monument.  I  find 
here  no  memorial  of  Sir  Robert  Austen's  second  son,  who  in 
Beiley  Parish  Register  is  described  as  "the  Honorable  Robert 
Auaten  Esq'''  one  of  y'  Lord  Commissioners  of  the  Admiralty 
and  a  Member  of  the  House  of  Commons."  He  was  buried 
here  in  1696  on  the  23rd  of  August.  This  Robert  Austen 
represented  Winchelsea  in  six  Parliaments,  during  the  course 
of  thirty  years,  and  when  he  died  his  nephew  Robert, 
and  his  brother  Sir  John  Austen,  Bart.,  five  times  elected 
M.P.  for  Rye,  were  also  members  of  the  House  of  Commons. 

This  "Honorable"  Robert  (second  son  of  the  first  baronet) 
married  Miss  Judith  Freke,  who  survived  him  twenty  yeai-s, 
and  was  buried  in  Westminster  Abbey.  Two  of  their  grand- 
son* tdtimately  iaherited  the  baronetcy,  and  were  in  fact 
the  last  baronets  of  their  race,  as  the  title  expired  in  1772. 
One  of  them,  Sir  Edward,  wa«  of  Boxley  Abbey,  and  died  in 
1760 ;  his  brother  Sir  Robert  died  in  1772. 

There  is  no  memorial  here  of  the  second  baronet.  Sir 
John  Austen,  who  for  the  last  two  years  of  his  life  was  a 
Commissioner  of  Customs  with  a  salary  of  £1000  per  annum. 

His  son,  the  third  baronet,  Sir  Robert  Austen,  M.P.  for 
Hastings  and  for  Rye,  was  baptized  here  in  166f,  March  19, 
and  buried  here  in  1706,  July  6th.  He  married  his  first- 
cousin,  Elizabeth  Stawell  (coheir  of  George  Stawell  of 
Cotherston),  and  the  central  hatchment  upon  the  west  wall  of 
the  nave,  high  aloft,  is  the  only  memorial  remaining  here  of 
him  or  of  her.*  She,  Elizabeth  (nee  Stawell),  Lady  Austen, 
survived  her  first  husband  Sir  Robert  for  nineteen  years. 
She  married  as  her  second  husband  a  Norfolk  gentleman, 
Mr.  WUliam  Winde,  the  last  of  his  race.  He  for  many  years 
lived  in  Germany  in  attendance  upon  the  Electress  Sophia. 
Princess  Palatine,  who  was  mother  of  King  Geo 

■  •  Other  hatchmenta  bearing;  the  Windc  anus  wer«  ' 

H     north  wall  of  the  chancel;  they  are  seen  in  that 
I    church  before  it«  restoration. 


372 


BEXLbT   CltURCU. 


daughter  of  the  English  Princess  Elizabeth,  Queen  of  Bohemia. 
When  the  Princess  or  Electress  Sophia  died  in  1714,  Mr. 
Winde  returned   tu   England,   and  then   he  married  Lady , 
Austen    (the  Stawell  heiress).     She  died  in  1725,  and  wad 
buried  here  on  the  Ist  of  December.     Her  second  husbanj] 
survived  until   1742,  when  he  died,  having  been  a  Coninii*-" 
sioner  of  the  Salt  Duties  from  October  2oth,  1727,  until  his 
death.   The  central  hatchment  upon  the  west  wall  was  placed 
in  this  church  by  him  in  memory  of  his  wife  Elizabeth,  Ladj 
Austen.     It  is  a  grand  heraldic  study.     The  quarterings  of 
the  ancient  family  of  Winde  are  impaled  with  those  of  the 
grand  old  Somersetshire  family  of  Stawell,  and  the  Austen 
intermarriages  are  reprcsent'ed  on  separate  shields. 

The  last  Austen  baronet  who  resided  at  Hall  Place  was 
the  son  of  this  lady  (the  Stawell  heiress)  by  Sir  Robert  the 
third  bai'onet.  He  was  another  Sir  Robert,  and  was  M.P. 
for  New  Romney.  He  married  in  1 738  Rachel  Dashwood, 
the  sister  and  coheiress  of  Sir  Francis  Dashwood,  Lord  Le 
Despencer.  This  Sir  Robert  Austen,  the  fourth  baronet, 
died  at  Bath  in  17i3,  and  the  jointures  charged  on  the  Hall 
Place  estates,  together  with  the  legacies  left  by  Sir  Robert's 
will,  seem  to  have  exhausted  the  revenue,  which  was 
administered  by  the  Court  of  Chancery  for  many  years. 

Sir  Robert,  the  fourth  baronet,  had  no  issue,  and  by 
his  will  the  fee  simple  of  the  estate  was  entailed  upon  his 
wife's  brother,  who  in  1763  became  Lord  Le  Despencer, 
and  who  obtained  the  fee  simple  of  Hall  Place  in  1773,  after 
the  death  of  the  seventh  baronet,  who  was  also  named 
Robert.  Lord  Le  Despencer  died  unmarried  in  1781.  Then 
Rachel,  Lady  Austen,  his  widowed  sister,  became  the  coheir 
to  his  barony  of  Le  Despencer;  but  his  lordship  left  the 
Bexley  property  to  his  natural  son  Francis  Dashwood,  to 
whose  representatives  Hall  Place  still  Ijclongs.  Rachel, 
Lady  Austen  survived  until  1788,  having  been  forty-five  years 
a  widow.  There  are  no  memorials  in  this  church  of  her  or 
of  her  husband,  nor  of  her  husband's  sisters.  Yet  we  know 
that  three  of  his  sisters  wei-e  buried  here — Mrs.  Stawell 
Austen  (the  youngest  sister),  September  28,  1748;  EliwibetU| 
in  1755;  and  Mrs.  Ann  Austen  in  1758.  All  spinsters  were' 
in  the  seventeenth  and  eighteenth  centuiies  called  "mistress" 
The  last-named  lady,  Mrs.  Ann  Austen,  gave  to  this  church 
a  brass  chandelier,  which  was  hung  in  the  nave,  and  costly 
velvet  hangings,  for  the  pulpit,  embroidered  and  fringed  witttJ 
gold.  These  in  1775  were  cut  to  pieces  by  thieves,  who  Wfj-aj 
disiippointed  at  not  finding  the  church  plate. 


UoinntBNTAL  Dues  (m  Bexlbt  Chttbch)  beibino  thb  Abxs  of 

Castelayn. 


{From  a  Hraieinij  *»  Mr.  J.  O.  WalUr,  F.S.A.) 


I 


Blendow. 

The  north  aisle  and  chancel  are  also  connected  mth  the 
owners  and  occupants  of  BienJun  Hall,  another  estate  in 
this  parish,  which  was  formerly  of  much  importance.  Its 
name  properly  was  Bladindon,  and  in  the  adjacent  parish  of 
East  Wickham  there  is  a  beautiful  monumental  brass  of  the 
fourteenth  century  in  memory  of  John  de  Bladigdon  and 
Maud  his  wife. 

There  is  a  memorial  brass  in  the  north  chancel  here 
which  has  some  connection  with  Blendou.  It  has  puzzled 
every  writer  who  lias  described  Bexley  Church.  By  the 
kindness  of  Mr.  J.  G.  Waller  I  am  enabled  to  ^ve  a  copy 
of  this  brass.  J(5hn  Thorpe,  junior  {who  resided  at  Bexley), 
in  the  Antiquities,  appended  to  his  CvMunude  Roffemse,  sug- 
gests on  p.  78  that  the  shield  of  arms,  with  the  pendant 
horn  beneath  it,  belonged  to  one  of  the '*  At- Hall"  family 
who  possessed  Hall  Place  until  about  1367.  He  refers  to 
Philipot's  Villare  Cantianum,  2nd  edition,  p.  65,  for  the 
statement  that  they  had  right  of  free  warren  here ;  and  to 
this  he  attributes  the  significance  of  the  pendant  horn. 
Hasted,  in  his  Uistory  of  Kent,  ii.,  1 80,  quotes  merely  from 
the  elder  Thorpe's  Reyittrum  Rofen»e,  p.  925,  this  misrepre- 
sentation of  the  arms  :  "  A  cross  ingrailed,  within  a  border 
charged  with  six  crowns  embattled.  To  the  above  coat  is 
appendant  a  bugle  hocn,  stringed,  and  garnished,  which 
denotes  that  the  person  held  under  that  particular  service 
called  comage  tenure."  The  reader  is  left  in  the  state 
called  in  drill,  "  as  you  were."  The  misrepresentation  of 
the  charges  on  the  bordure  would  prevent  heralds  from 
identifying  the  armorial  coat.  I  found  at  the  first  glance 
that  there  were  no  embattled  crowns  on  the  bordure.  Instead 
of  crowns,  the  bordure  is  charged  with  six  castles  or  towers. 
This  really  is  the  coat  of  Chastelyn  or  Caatilayu.  Papworth, 
in  his  Dictionary  of  Arinorials,  p.  6'34",  describes  the  Chas- 
telyn coat  as  a  cross  lozengy ;  within  a  bordure  charged 
with  castles ;  and  on  p.  636'',  he  gives  the  coat  of  "  Castk- 
LYN  "*  as  "  liable,  a  cross  engrailed  or,  within  a  bordure  or 
charged  with  eight  towers  gides." 

I  find  in  the  Register  of  Archbishop  Arundel  at  Lambeth, 
on  foUo  237,  the  will  of  Henry  Castilayn  of  Bexley,  made  in 
April  1407.  Therein  he  evinces  great  interest  iu  this 
church,  and  in  that  part  of  the  parish  which  lies  around 
Blendon.     He  desired  to  be  buried  in  this  church,  and  he 

*   Burke,  in  hip  Gimtml  Armorj/.  describes  the  omit  of  ftrtelifn  »«  bearing 
table,  a  cruiis  uugraileU  argtnt. 


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directed  that  a  chaplain  should,  for  two  whole  years,  dailj 
say  mass  for  the  repose  of  his  soul.  He  bequeathed  -iOs. 
towards  making  or  repairing  a  window  in  the  west  part  of 
this  church ;  and  he  bequeathed  to  the  churchwardens  of 
Beiley  all  his  bees,  the  profit  of  them  to  be  devoted  towards 
maintaining  three  wax  tapers  in  the  church,  ever  burning, 
one  before  St.  Mary  in  the  chancel,  another  before  St. 
Katharine,  and  the  third  before  St.  Margaret.  He  likewise 
provided  for  a  perpetual  observance  of  the  anniversary  of 
his  death,  including  4d.  for  beer.  Id.  for  bread  to  the  poor, 
2d,  for  each  parish  clerk,  2J.  for  the  bellringer,  and  3d.  for 
oblation  annually  at  the  altar. 

He  bequeathed  lOOd.  for  100  masses  to  be  said  for  his 
soul  upon  one  day,  quickly  after  his  decease.  This  alone 
would  occupy  priests  and  altars  in  at  least  twenty  churches. 

He  left  20s.  to  be  expended  in  mending  a  road  called 
Blakeben  Strete,  which  reached  from  Bltidyndou  (Blendon)i 
to  Blakeben  Gate.     Probably  this  name  is  identical  with  i 
"  Blackfen." 

For  the  repair  of  another  road,  near  Brookland  in  Bexley, 
he  left  6s.  8d. 

He  mentions  his  brother  Simon  Castilayn,  and  made  him 
one  of  the  executors  of  his  will. 

Thus  the  remarkable  brass,  with  its  bordured  shield  and 
pendant  horn,  commemorates  a  good  man  of  Bexley,  who 
was  specially  interested  in  Blendom  He  had  also  an  inte- 
rest in  Crayford  (then  called  Earde),  and  to  its  church  he 
left  bequests. 

Probably  the  mediajval  owners  of  Blendon  had  closer 
connection  with  Crayford  Church  or  East  Wickham  Church 
than  with  Bexley.  Certainly  there  are  few  memorials  of  them 
here.  The  Registers  shew  that  Sir  Peter  Wroth  of  Blendon 
was  buried  here  in  1644  (May  12),  and  charged  his  brother 
Sir  Thomas  Wroth  to  pay  £10  as  a  stock  for  the  benefit  of 
the  poor  of  Bexley.  Sir  Peter's  youngest  son  Thomas  wa 
baptized  here  in  the  previous  June  (1643),  his  mother  being 
called  the  Lady  Margaret  Wroth.  The  Register  also  records 
that  Sir  Peter  Wroth's  grandson  Peter  (son  of  Anthony) 
Wroth  was  baptized  at  St.  Bride's  Church  in  Londor 
February  24,  165^.  John  Wroth  (probably  the  eldest  son  of 
Sir  Peter)  held  Blendon  Hall  in  fee  in  1657,  and  was 
created  a  baronet  in  1660.  He  married  Ann,  daughter  of 
Toby,  Lord  Caulfield,  and  widow  of  Sir  Paul  Harris,  had  by 
her  a  son  Thomas,  who  was  baptized  here  31st  October  1651, 
and  died  in  1671 ;  but  there  is  no  memorial  of  him  here. 
Sir  John's  sou  and  his  grandson  (both  named  John)  8acce«-' 


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Bively  enjojed  the  baronetcy,  but  wLen  the  latter  died  in 
1722  it  became  eittact.  The  first  Sir  John  had  mortgaged 
Blendon  Hall  for  one  thousand  years,  so  that  his  son  and 
grandson  never  held  it. 

In  1 673  Blendon  Hall  passed  to  Sir  Edward  Brett,  whose 
mouiiment  remains  here  on  the  north  wall.  He  was  a  dis- 
tinguished cavalier  officer,  who  had  been  knighted  in  the 
open  field  by  King  Charles  I.  on  horseback.  He  lived  at 
Blendon  until  his  death  in  February  168J,  aged  75,  when  he 
bequeathed  his  mortgage-interest  in  Blendon  to  his  great 
nephew,  John  Fisher  (son  of  Sir  Edward  Brett's  niece, 
Elizabeth  nee  Abel),  who  took  the  name  of  Brett. 

Mr.  Fisher  Brett  let  Blendon  to  an  unfortunate  but  noble 
lady  whose  mui'al  monument  is  on  the  south  wall  of  the 
chancel.  She  was  the  Lady  Mary  Berkeley,  sole  child  of 
Charles  last  Lord  Berkeley,  Viscount  Fitzharding,  who  was 
created  Earl  of  Falmouth  in  1664,  and  died  in  1665,  Her 
father  was  Governor  of  Portsmouth,  Captain  of  the  King's 
Guards,  and  Keeper  of  the  Privy  Purse  to  Charles  II.  Sne 
married  Sir  Gilbert  Gerrard,  whose  mother  Mary  Cosin  was 
daughter  and  coheir  of  the  celebrated  Dr.  Cosin,  Bishop  of 
Durham,  whose  sm-name  Sir  Gilbert  adopted  in  addition  to 
that  of  Gerrard.  This  young  Lady  Mary  was  divorced  in 
1684,  within  a  short  time  of  her  wedding.  She  retired  to 
Blendon,  and  died  there,  April  28th,  1693,  at  the  early  age 
of  28.  After  that,  Mr.  Fisher  Brett  came  himself  to  Blendon 
Hall,  and  was  there  in  1708.  He  in  1731  purchased  all  the 
Wroths'  interest  in  the  estate. 

After  his  death  in  1732  the  Hall  was  let  to  Mr.  Delamotte, 
one  of  the  Justices  of  the  Peace  for  this  county,  who  was  a 
great  admirer  of  the  Rev,  Charles  Wesley,  Student  of  Christ 
Church,  Oxford,  and  of  the  Rev.  George  Whitfield.  The 
squire's  son,  Charles  Delamotte,  in  1735,  joined  the  Rev. 
Charles  Wesley  and  Dr.  John  Wesley  (a  Fellow  of  Lincoln 
CoUege,  Oxford)  in  a  mission  to  Georgia,  in  the  (now)  United 
States  of  America.  Through  tbe  occupants  of  Blendon  Hall, 
the  Wesleys  and  Mr.  Whitfield  were  introduced  to  Mi-.  Piers, 
then  Vicar  of  Bexley,  and  in  1737  the  Rev.  Charles  Wesley 
preached  twice  in  this  church.  Li  1739  the  Rev.  George 
Whitfield  preached  here  on  Whit-Sunday  and  on  Trinity 
Sunday,  and  on  the  latter  day  he  baptized  an  adult ;  in  the 
following  August  he  baptized  three  women  in  this  church. 
In  1742  the  Rev.  Charles  Wesley  on  three  different  occasions 
administered  the  Sacrament  of  Baptism  here;  on  two  of 
theiu  it  is  noted  that  he  did  so  "by  immersion;"  on  the 
third  occasion  it  was  a  Quaker  who  was  baptized.    The  Parish 


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Registers  contain  these  memorials  of  Blendon  Hall's  influence 
on  this  church. 

More  recent  owners  of  Blendon  Hall  are  commemorated 
by  monuments  on  the  north  wall  and  a  hatchment  on  the 
west  wall  of  the  nave. 

One  tablet  names  Elizabeth  (n&  Tucker)  wife  of  John 
Smith,  of  Blendon  Hall,  M.P.  for  Midhurst,  co.  Sussex,  in 
1806-7,  brother  of  the  first  Lord  Carington.  She  died  in 
1809,  aged  35.  Near  to  it  is  another,  commemorating  her 
sister  Mary,  the  widow  of  Dr.  Hodgson,  Dean  of  Carlisle  and 
Rector  of  St.  George's,  Hanover  Square  j  this  lady  died  at_ 
Blendon  Cottage  in  1863,  aged  83, 

The  next  slab  commemorates  Oswald  Smith,  Esq.  (nephew 
of  John),  who  possessed  Blendon  Hall,  and  married  Hen- 
rietta, daughter  of  Dean  Hodgson  and  Mary  his  wife,  lUe 
Tucker.  This  gentleman  was  a  partner  in  the  bank  of  Smith, 
Payne,  and  Smiths.  The  tablet  says  that  "  during  twenty- 
five  j-ears  he  was  a  constant  and  humble  worshipper  in  this 
church;"  bub  he  was  buried  at  Sanderstead,  in  the  family 
vault  there,  in  Jiuie  1 863.  Seladon  Park  (now  occupied  by 
the  Bishop  of  Rochester)  in  Sanderstead,  was  his  father's 
home.  This  gentleman's  widow,  daughter  of  the  Mary 
Hodgson  above  named,  still  survives  (in  1889)  and  can  count 
more  than  one  hundred  descendants  of  her  body.  Among 
them  are  the  Countess  of  Strathmore,  Evelyn  Lady  Hardinge, 
Lady  Alfred  Fitzroy,  Lord  Glamis,  Lady  Constance  Lyon, 
and  the  Hon.  Mrs.  Charles  Colville. 

The  southern  hatchment  upon  the  west  wall  was  placed 
in  memory  of  Mr.  Oswald  Smith,  and  bears  his  arms  impaled 
with  those  of  his  wife,  Henrietta,  daughter  of  Dean  Hodgson. 
The  northern  of  the  three  hatchments,  on  the  west  wall, 
bears  the  arms  of  Lewiu  of  Eltham  impaling  those  of  Hale. 
It  commemorates  Mr.  Thomas  Lewin,  of  the  Hollies  in  Bexley, 
who  married  in  1 784  Mary,  daughter  of  Major-General  Hale, 
and  died  in  1837. 

An  ancient  squire  of  Lamienby  (or  Lamorby)  in  this 
parish,  Thomas  Sparrow,  who  died  in  1513,  is  commemorated 
by  a  small  brass  in  the  chancel.  The  inscription  is  "  Hie 
jacet  Thomas  Sparrow  nup'  do  bexley  qni  I  obiit  xxj  die 
October  [mc)  anno  d'ni  miUesimo  quingen  (  tesimo  tercio 
decimo  cuius  a'i'e  propicietur  deus."  From  the  mouth  of  his 
efligy  proceeds  this  prayer — 

"  What  «o  ever  my  dedys  h»ve  bee 
Of  me,  allmyghty  Je»u  (ihu),  baTe  meroy." 

There  were  formerly  here  several  hatchments  bearing  the 


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377 


arms  (with  two  stags  at  gaze,  as  supporters)  of  Maloolni  of 
Poltallocli  (owners  of  Lauiienby  or  Lainorby,  and  founders 
of  the  modern  church  at  Laiuorby) ;  their  position  is  clearly 
seen  in  our  Plate  which  represents  this  church  before  its 
restoration. 

On  the  north  wall  of  the  nave  we  still  see  a  mural  monu- 
ment commemorating  Mary  Ann,  wife  of  Neil  Malcolm  of 
Poltalloch. 

On  the  south  wall  of  the  nave  is  the  monument  of  John 
Styleman  of  Loudon  (who  died  in  1734,  aged  82),  and  of  his 
five  wives.  In  our  Plate*  representing  the  church  before 
restoration  there  appears  an  open  bench,  immediately  in 
front  of  the  northern  half  of  the  Communion  rails,  inscnbed 
in  large  letters,  "Styleman's  Charity."  It  accommodated  the 
inmates  of  Styleman's  almshouses. 

The  illumination  on  the  chancel  walls  and  roof  is  effective. 
tJpou  the  wall-plates  of  the  roof  are  Latin  words  from 
'  Beuedicite,"  the  Song  of  the  three  Children.  They  signify 
"  O  all  ye  works  of  the  Lord,  Bless  ye  the  Lord,  Praise  Him 
and  magnify  Him  for  ever.  O  ye  Angela  of  the  Lord,  Bless 
ye  the  Lord." 

The  north  window  of  the  chancel  is  erected  to  the  memory 
of  the  Rev.  Thos.  Harding,  Vicar  of  Bexley,  for  forty-one 
years,  1833-74.     It  represents  St.  Paul. 

In  the  north  aisle  the  north-east  window  commemorates 
Mr.  W.  C.  Pickersgill,  who  died  in  1868. 

The  east  window  [oi  that  aisle  illustrates  the  Te  Deum, 
"  To  Thee  all  Angels  cry  aloud."  "  To  thee  Cherubim  and 
Seraphim  continually  do  cry." 

In  the  first  light  are  Thrones,  Virtues,  Angels.     In  the 

*  In  the  view  of  Bexley  Church  n»  it  wu  before  roetoratinu  we  see  (1) 
the  panelled  reredos  (fiven  b.v  the  Eev.  Bcnj.  Huntingdon  (Virar  of  Bexlev)  in 
1706.  {-)  The  Ave  well-niotilrlcd  roof  bening  of  the  chancel,  forininif  with  an 
ideal  straight  base  an  oi-tank;uliir  figure.  These  beam:)  or  ribs  have  been  retained, 
their  bsMs  have  been  liui^beU  with  earred  figures  of  aogcU,  and  a  new  chancol 
screen  has  been  carried  up  to  meet  the  two  westernmost  ribs.  (8)  The  wide 
aroh  between  the  high  chancel  and  the  north  chancel.  (4)  In  the  south  wall  of 
the  high  chancel,  the  three  lancet  windows  each  having  the  apex  of  it*  interior 
arch  at  a  different  level  from  the  others,  the  easternmost  being  the  highest. 
(6)  Beneath  the  base  of  the  easternmost  window's  ^ill  we  observe  the  arches  of 
the  tedilia,  between  which  a  muril  monument  had  been  inserted.  (6)  The  |)ulpit 
appeursou  the  south  side  at  the  junction  between  nave  and  chan>.-el.  (7)  Five 
batohmeDts  hang  on  the  north  wall  above  the  arches.  Three  which  are  nearest 
the  west  bear  the  handsome  arms  of  Malcolm  of  Poltalloch,  with  their  supporters 
two  stags  at  gate.  The  other  two  bear  the  arms  of  Winde  of  Norfolk,  argenl, 
a  fcas  between  3  mascles  table ;  charged  with  an  escutcheon  of  pretence  in  the 
centre,  which  probably  bore  the  arms  of  Stawell,  as  the  widowed  louly  Aimlen, 
*/<  Stuwell,  married  the  hut  of  the  Wiudes.  (8)  The  well-moulded  wall  plat« 
of  the  nave  roof  is  seen  on  the  north  side ;  and  the  arched  roof-timbers  are  also 
well  moulded. 


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second  light  are  Principalities,  Powers,  Dominations.  In 
the  third  light  are  Archangels: — Michael,  Gahriel,  and 
Raphael. 

In  Bexley  Register  there  is  a  memorandam  stating  that 
Sanndrell  Ebbs  wife  of  John  CoUyer,  of  Blackfen  in  Bexley, 
when  56  years  of  age  had  a  daughter  born,  who  was  baptized 
Elizabeth  in  Bexley  Church,  Oct.  10,  1596.  The  single  fact 
upon  which  this  calculation  of  the  mother's  age  is  based 
being  that  she  was  born  when  Anne  of  Cleres  was  lying  at 
Dartford  House,  about  AUhallowtyde.  The  truth  is,  that 
the  unfortunate  Queen  Anne  of  Cleves  resided  often  at  Dart- 
ford  House  during  many  years,  until  she  died  in  1567.  Con- 
sequently, the  age  of  the  mother  may  have  been  39  or  40 
instead  of  56.  Dartford  House  (formerly  the  Priory)  was 
granted  to  Anne  of  Cleves  by  King  Edward  VI.  in  the  second 
year  of  his  reign. 

In  A.D.  1-143  Joan  Brenchley,  widow, "  founded  a  chantry 
within  our  Lady's  Chapel  in  "  Bixle "  Church,  and  all  the 
business  was  completed  by  the  year  1458.*  The  name  of  this 
parish  was  sometimes  spelt  "  Byxhill "  or  "  Bixle." 

ViCABst   OF   BeILET. 

1286  June  16  Galfhidds  de  Souam  was  instituted  by  Arch- 
bishop Peckham  in  1286  (Be^uter,  f.  30'').  His  i»  tho  first 
name  of  a  Vicar  here  that  the  Lambeth  Kcgiatera  contain. 

•  Siftorieal  MSS.  Commution,  Fiflh  StpoH,  p.  435V 

t  A  Ticaragc  was  endowed  here  by  Arcbbisbop  William  CJorboU  (aJ).  1123- 
36),  but  he  acted,  it  is  said,  without  the  consout  of  the  Prior  and  CaooDs  of 
Uol,T  Trinity,  Aldgato,  who  olaimed  the  Patronage.  Archbishop  Stophsn  Lant;- 
ton  (a.d.  1207-29)  decreed  a  now  endowment  of  tho  Tioarage,  with  all  the  proflta 
of  the  church,  and  one-third  of  the  rents  and  houses  belonginn;  to  it,  except  the 
baru  and  yard  and  tho  tithes  of  cora,  hay,  and  mill,  whioh  were  to  go  to  the 
priory,     (llasted's  Hittory  of  Kent,  ii.,  181-2.) 

When  the  priory  was  dissolrod,  in  1532,  the  adTowaon  paMed  to  Mr.  Henry 
Cooke  (second  son  of  John  Cooke  of  Broadwater  in  Sussex),  who  died  potsewed 
of  it  in  1551.  Uis  son  Edmund  Cooke  (of  Lesnes  Abbey  and  of  Mount  Maaoal) 
exercised  the  right  of  advowson  and  died  in  1619.  Lambert  Cooke,  oldest  ton 
of  Edmund,  was  of  Mount  Mngcal,  and  died  without  issue ;  George  Cooke 
(second  son  of  Edmund)  was  of  Bexley,  and  married  Anne,  daughter  of  Sir 
Timothy  Lowe  of  Bromley,  by  whom  he  loft  two  sons.  The  oldest,  also  itanutd 
George  (whom  Hasted  and  Thorpe  erroneously  call  Robert),  who  reeided  at 
Mount  Masoal,  married  Rebecca  St.  GeorKo,  fourth  daughter  of  Sir  Henry" 
St.  George,  Garter  King  at  Arm*,  and  by  her  left  one  daughter,  his  mlo  heiroai^ 
Elizabeth  Cooke,  who  died  a  .xpinstor  on  the  3rd  of  September  1736  in  the  801b'' 
year  of  her  age,  and  was  buried  in  B«xley  Church. 

Before  the  death  of  her  mother  (in  1710.  aged  87)  or  of  1: "  ''n   173i5) 

Miss  Elizabeth  Cooke  lost  the  right  of  advowson,  whioh  was  •■  ■   16e«5 

by  her  niotber'c  brother,  Sir  TliomK  St.  George  (who,  lik>>  h  -miiu- 

Garter  King  at  Arms).     The  advowson,  however,  pas.'ted  in  the  i 

to  the  Townsheuds,  and  is  now  held  by  Earl  Sydney.    The  reel": 

were  enjoyed  by  Elioiboth  Cooke,  paased  at  her  death  to  rektivoe  ou   tior 


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379 


1352  Sep.  13  John  de  Shabdklowe  was  admitted  by  Arch- 
bishop lalip  in  1352  (Regi$ter,  f.  262").     He  died  in  1376. 

1376  Aug.  17  Thomas  de  Pbeston  was  instituted  by  Arch- 
bishop Sudbury  {Register,  f.  114').  He  exchanged,  in 
1385,  with  J.  atte  Pond. 

1385  June  19  John  atte  PoirD  was  admitted  by  Archbishop 
Courtenay  {Register,  f.  356''). 

1390  Sep.  26  Isicholab  Lod  became  Vicar  under  the  same 
Archbishop  (Courtenay 's  Register,  f.  276''). 

Thomas  Hill  was  Vicar  in  1456,  when  he  died. 

1456  Oct.  16  John  Kichmond  alias  Mohland  was  instituted 
by  Archbishop  Bourgchier  {Register,  f.  65'').  He  died  in 
1467. 

1467  Aug,  29  John  Kfrkebt  was  admitted  by  the  same  Arch- 
bishop in  1467  {Register,  f.  97»). 

1539  Mar.  12  Henry  Ribton  was  instituted  by  Archbishop 
Cranmer  {Register,  f.  375'')  in  1539,  on  the  death  of  his 
predecessor. 

John  Shalcboss.     He  was  buried  at  Bexley  on 

the  12th  of  October  1565. 


16.. 
166f 


Mar.  21  John  Bcnton  was  instituted  to  the  Vicarage  on 
the  presentation  of  Edmund  Cooke,  of  Leesynge  (Parker's 
Register,  f.  375'').  He  was  Vicar  hero  for  twenty -fire 
years,  having  previously  been  rector  of  Woolwich,  from 
1560  to  1564.  His  wife,  Margaret  Buuton,  died  on  the 
12th  of  April  1585,  and  was  buried  iu  the  chancel.  A 
brass  plato  therein  commemorative  of  her  stated  that  she 
died  in  the  forty-sixth  year  of  her  age,  being  wife  "to 
John  Bunton  pastor  of  this  churche."* 

Mr.  Bunton  survived  bis  wife  for  six  years,  and  was 
then  buried  here  on  the  6th  of  July  1591. 
1591  June  10  (?)  William  Luffe,  M.A.  Oxon,  was  instituted 
by  Archbishop  Whitgift  {Register,  fol.  494''),  on  the  pre- 
sentation of  Edmund  Cooke,  "armiger,"  of  Mount  Mascal. 
Mr.  Lu5e  held  the  benefice  for  rather  more  than  eighteen 
years,  and  was  buried  hero  on  the  17th  of  November 
1609,  being  about  fifty  years  of  age. 

mother'a  side.  Her  fimt-coa^in,  Thomas  St.  George,  seems  to  have  been  ber 
heir,  and  his  daughter  aod  lieiress  Eleanor  St.  George  married  Thomas  Dare, 
who  presented  Mr.  Knipo  to  thU  benefice  in  1732.  Their  eldest  daughter  Clare 
St.  George  Dnre  carried  the  rectorial  tithes  to  her  husband  Henry  Emmelt, 
who  died  in  1766.  She,  however,  survived  until  December  1790,  when  she  was 
buried  at  Bexley,  aged  64.  She  bequeathed  these  tithes  to  the  grandchildren 
of  her  sister  Mary  (who  married  Bolph  WardUw,  and  died  iu  1777).  These 
were  the  sons  of  Thomas  Latham,  Surgeon,  by.  .Sarah  ■««  Wardlaw.  His  hut 
son  died  in  1812,  and  the  only  survivors  of  the  family  were  two  sisters,  Eliza 
I>.ire  Latham,  who  married  General  W.  E.  Ord  (ho  died  without  issue  iu  1872), 
and  Louisa  Latham,  who  married  Harry  Gough  Ord,  by  whom  she  left  two 
daughters. 

*  Sfpirirum  Roffeiue,  p.  926. 


380 


1609 


165| 


VICAUS   OF   BKXLET. 

Dec.  19    Nicholas  FBAifKWELL  was  inetituted  by 

bishop  Bancroft    {Register,  295),  on  the  presentation  of 
Edmund  Cooke  of  North  Cray,  "  armiger. '     A  memorial 
stone  in  the  churchyard  states  that  Mr.  PVankwell  was 
man  of  rare  knowledge  in  the  Oriental  tonfjues,  and  tf 
he  died  here  in  1658,  aged  eighty  years,  having  been  Vi 
of  Beiley  for  forty-eight  years.     The  Register  proves  tl 
he  was  buried  on  the  16th  of  October  1658,  forty-eight  ye; 
and  ten  months  after  his  institution  in  1609.     Archbish' 
Abbot's  Register  records  that  on  the  13th  of  May  16' 
Nicholas  Frankwell  wasc^illatedtothisbeneficeby  the 
bishop,  the  natron  having  allowed  his  time  for  presentatii 
to  lapse.     This  record  implies  that  before  the  13th  of  N 
ember  1616  the  benefice  nad  been  vacated.     Yet,  so  far  tS 
the  record.'*  serve  us,  they  shew  that  Nicholas  Frankwell 
hail  been  Vii-ar  of  Bexley  from  the  I9th  of  December  1601 
and  iiie  epitaph  claims  for  him  a  continuous  tenure  of  tji 
benefice  from  16(19  until  165S(.     In  the  Twysden  M88. 
in  the  Denne  M«S.,  it  is  said  that  in  16L5,*1616,  and  161 
the  Rector  of  Gravcseiid  was  Nicholas  Frankwell.    In  16i 
another  Rector  was  there.     Perhaps  Bexley   whs  official] 
vacated  in  1615  by  the  Vicar's  acceptance  of  Q-ravesend. 
Mr.  Thorpe,  in  his  Antiquities  of  Kent,  appended  to  tl 
Cuttiimah  Roffcme,  prints,  oti  p.  HO,  a  letter  written 
Frankwell  in  March  1656-6  by  the  learned  Edward  Pokok 
Canon  of  Christ  Church,  Oxford. 

In  the  Bexley  Register  we  find  this  rather  enigmat 
entry  of  burial :  "  1613  Sept.  21,  Damian  y'  reUct  of  Ni 
Fraiiekwell  clcr."  It  is  possible  that  the  Vicar  had  a  » 
of  his  own  name,  who  was  also  in  holy  orders,  and  wh 
died  young.  This  entry,  when  compared  with  the  reco* 
of  a  second  institution  of  a  Nicholas  Frankwell,  in  161 
certainly  Beems  to  suggest  that  there  were  two  men  of  thi 
name.  One  may  have  died  in  1632.  Nevertheless  th 
epitaph  distinctly  states  that  the  Nic.  tVankwell  who  wn 
buried  iu  1658  had  been  Vicar  here  for  forty -eight  years 

Feb.  16  Thomas  >Smoult,  M.A.,  when  twenty-six  years  « 
age,  became  "  uiiuister"  or  vicar,  in  1659  (New  Stylo 
but  he  remained  here  only  seven  years.  He  resigned 
1666  (New  Style),  and  in  that  year  was  admitted  on  tlj 
loth  of  May  to  the  Vicarage  of  Hnrkway  in  Uertfordshi: 
where  he  remained  Incumbont  until  1694.  He  died 
the  9th  of  July  1707.  aged  74.*  He  was  a  Fellow 
St.  John'H  t'ollege,  Cambridge,  and  proceeded  to  tb 
degn^e  of  Doctor  of  Divinity.  He  hold  the  Professorshi 
of  Casuistry  at  Cambridge  for  some  years.  To  Kin 
William  and  Qiieeu  Mary  he  was  a  cbaplaiu,  and  also  t 
Queen  Anne.  When  he  died  he  by  will  bequeathi 
certain  houses  to  the  parish  authorities  in  Bexley,  desirii^ 

*  Le  Neve's  3lonumeni<i  Anglicaaa,  ii.,  131. 


^ 


VICARS    OF    BEXLEY. 


381 


1C66 


1707 


1732 

173| 
1737 

1770 


that  their  rents  ehould  be  employed  in  the  schooling  and 
apprenticing  of  Bexlcv  boys. 

Oct.  9  Benjamin  Huntingdon  was  presented  to  this 
benefice  by  Mr.  ThomaH  St.  George  (whose  sister  Rebecca 
had  married  George  Cooke,  Eaq.,  of  Mount  Mascal,  the 
last  of  his  name).  He  was  a  bcuof actor  to  the  parish,  and 
according  to  tlie  taste  of  his  generation  he  "  beautified  " 
the  church.  In  1702  the  pariBhionera  did  much  to  the 
church.  The  panelled  reredos,  seen  in  our  illustration  of 
Beslcy  Church  before  its  restoration,  was  erected  by  Mr. 
Huntington  at  his  own  cost,  in  1705.  He  also  by  hia 
will  left  £50  to  be  invested  for  the  poor  of  Beiley,  to 
whom  the  proceeds  of  it  were  to  be  distributed  in  bread. 
While  he  was  Vicar  here,  Mary  his  wife  died  in  January 
1690-1.  Beside  her  were  burieiJ  here  their  tlirce  children, 
Eleanor  (ob.  1674,  mi.  H),  Elinabeth  (ob.  1692,  aged  22), 
and  John  (died  1703,  aged  35),  so  that  wo  may  suppose 
Mr.  Huntington  to  have  been  marrie<l  about  a  year  before 
he  became  Vicar  of  Bexley.  He.  was  buried  here  in 
January  1706-7,  in  the  sixty-sixth  year  of  his  age.  It  is 
said  that  Bobert  Huntington,  who  was  Bishop  of  Baphoe 
for  one  year.  1701-2,  was  his  brother. 

Aug.  9  HoBERT  UuNTiNoroN,  B.A.,  a  nephew  of  the  last 
Incumbent,  was  instituted  on  the  9th  of  August  1707,  on 
the  presentation  of  Anne  St.  George,  widow  (Tenison's 
Regiiter,  f.  186).  It  has  been  stated  that  he  luarried  Clare 
Dare,  the  impropriatrix  of  the  rectorial  titlies,  but  as  she 
was  not  born  uutil  1726,  and  he  died  on  the  20th  of 
March  1732-3,  there  must  be  some  mistake. 

Aug.  1  Kic!i.\Ri)  Knipe  was  instituted  t<i  the  VicArage 
by  Archbishop  Wakej  patron  Thomas  Dare  {Register, 
f.  320,  321).  but  he  died  in  November  1736.  He  was 
educated  at  Westminster  School. 

Feb.  5  William  Smith  was  admitted  in  February  1737 
(New  Style),  but  resigned  the  benefice  in  a  few  months. 

Aug.  2  Henri  Pier.s,  M.A.,  being  presented  to  the 
Vicarage  in  1737  by  the  Hon.  Thomas  Cuote  (Potter's 
Register,  f.  20-1'),  remained  here  for  thirty-two  years.  He 
it  was  who  invited  the  Kev.  Charles  Wesley  and  the  Eev. 
George  Wliilficld  to  officiate  here  in  1739  and  17'12. 

April  10  William  Green  was  admitted  to  the  benefice  ou 
the  presentation  of  the  Hon.  Thomas  Townshend,  who  by 
his  marriage  with  Albinia  Selwyn  (heiress  of  Scadbury  in 
Chiselhurst)  became  the  owner  of  large  estates,  and  the 
father  of  Thomas,  first  Viscount  Sydney.  Mr.  Green 
died  ou  the  10th  of  February  1808. 

Sen.  25  Edward  Baknahd,  D.D.,  succeeded  Mr.  Green, 
being  presented  to  the  Vic4irage  by  the  second  Viscount 
Sydney.  Dr.  Barnard  hold  this  benefice  until  1825,  when 
he  became  Rector  of  Alversloke,  Hants,  where  he  died  in 
October  1840. 


382  VIOABS  07  BBXLET. 

1826  Oct.  20  ChjlBles  Gosdabs,  D.D.,  was  mBtitnted  Oct.  20, 
1825,  and  remaiiied  Yicar  of  Bexley  until  1888.  Hia  son, 
Ber.  Gl-eo.  Fred.  G-oddard,  became  Sector  of  Sonthfleet  in 
1854. 

1888  Oct.  .  .  Thohab  HABDiDra,  M.A..  Oxon,  was  presented  in 
1833  by  the  third  Viscount  Sydney,  now  Earl  Sydney.  He 
retained  this  benefice  for  forty-one  years,  and  was  one  of 
the  Bural  Deans  of  the  diocese  of  Canterbury.  He  pub- 
lished many  Sermons,  and  edited  Bullinger't  Decade*  for 
the  Parker  Society.  The  writer  of  this  sketch  remembers 
walking  with  him  in  the  procession  to  Lambeth  Palace 
Chapel,  when  the  worthv  Bishop  of  Dover  (Dr.  Edward 
Vaxry)  was  consecrated  m  1870. 

1874 John  Mee  Fullbb,  M.A.,  who  had  been  a  Fellow 

of  St.  John's  College,  Cambridge,  Crosse  University 
Scholar,  and  Tvrwhitt  tTniversity  Scholar,  was  presented 
by  the  Earl  Sydney  in  1874.  To  him,  in  conjunction  with 
the  parishioners,  is  due  the  admirable  restoration  of  Bexley 
Church.  Mr.  Fuller  is  Professor  of  Ecclesiastical  History 
in  King's  College,  London,  the  Bural  Dean  of  Dartford, 
and  one  of  the  Examining  Chaplains  to  Dr.  Benson, 
Archbishop  of  Canterbury.  He  is  the  author  of  many 
useful  theological  books,  and  was,  from  1870  until  1874, 
Editorial  Secretary  of  the  Society  for  Promoting  Ghiistian 
Knowledge. 


JMRTFORD   CHURCH,  No.  I;  fbom  thb  Soutb-Eabt. 


liAIiTFOIiD  CHURCH,  No.  i,  houT^  EwnLVscK.  to  is*  Gb 


(    383     ) 


DARTFOED  CnURCH  (noLT  Trinitt). 


BY   CANON    SCOTT    ROBERTSON. 


More  than  eight,  hundred  years  ago  Dartford  Church  waa 
mentioned  in  DmneMlaij  Book,  and  the  church-tower  which 
stood  then,  still  stands. 

The  Church  was  then  mentioned  in  a  way  that  sounds 
strange  to  modern  ears ;  but  the  peculiar  phrase  used  about  it 
embalms  an  historic  fact  that  is  irnportajit.  The  entry  in  the 
Domesday  Survey  (a.d.  1085)  runs  thus — "  The  Bishop  of 
Rochester  holds  the  Church  of  this  manor,  and  it  is  worth 
60  shillings.  Besides  this,  there  are  now  here  three 
chapels." 

We  are  so  accustomed  to  speak  of  our  churches  as  parish 
churches,  that  we  may  be  astonished  when  we  encounter  siich 
a  phrase  as  "the  Church  of  this  manor."  Yet  that  phrase 
was  very  common,  in  legal  documents,  for  three  hundred 
years  after  the  Dom^^day  Survey  was  made.  This  phrase 
embalms  the  historic  fact  that  as  a  rule  our  ancient  churches 
were  founded  by  the  Lords  of  Manors,  for  the  use  of  them- 
selves, their  tenants,  and  their  households. 

The  parish  was  a  later  matter ;  and  the  manorial  origin 
of  our  churches  accounts  for  many  things,  which  seem  re- 
markable to  us,  who  use  churches  and  parishes  that  were 
"  settled  "  centuries  before  we  came  to  them.  The  Lord  of 
the  Manor  founded  the  church,  and  endowed  his  church  with 
the  tithes  of  all  his  manor,  no  matter  how  its  lands  lay.  The 
shape  of  many  parishes,  the  curious  intermingling  of  parish 
boundaries,  and  the  origin  of  private  patronage,  are  all 
explained   by  the   facts   which   underlie  this  phrase,  "  the 


Church  of  this  Manor." 


hurch  in  its  lower  stages  is  an  early 
_Prob«bly  it  was  erected  while  the 
of  Rochester,  and  under 

irht  in  the  second 
»g  the  reign  of 


384 


DARTPOKD   CHURCH    (HOLY   TRINITY). 


Edward  IV.*    At  the  same  time,  arches  were  inserted  in 
gfTonnd  stage  to  strengthen  the  tower. 

The  position  of  this  tower  is  peculiar.     It  stands  on  tl 
north  side  of  the  church,  at  the  east  end  of  the  north  aisl« 
The  Norman  tower  of  Orpington  Church  is  in  a  soinewl 
similar  position,  as  also  are  the  towers  of  churches  at  Bet 
hanger,  Thanington,  and  St.  Mildred,  Canterbury. 

Many  agree  with  Mr.  Dunkin  in  thinking  that  the  to^ 
was  erected  by  Bishop  Gundulf  as  a  defensive  strongholc 
commanding   the   ford   over   the   river  Darent.       Little 
nothing  else  of  the  Norman  Church  is  now  visible. 

In  the  thirteenth  century,  the  north  chancel  seems  to  bfti 
been  erected,  and  dedicated  to  St.  Thomas  of  Cant-erbi 
commonly   ciUIed    Thomas   a   Becket.      The    three    arche 
between   the   high  or   main    chancel  of  the   Holy    Trinitj 
and  this  chance!  of  St.  Thomas,  are  of  the  style  of  arcb 
tecture  called  ''  Early  English."     They  were  probably  nei 
when    a    ceremony   of    marriage    was    performed    here 
A.D.  1235   between  the  Proxy  who  represented  the  Eniperoij 
Frederick  II.  of  Germany,  and  the  English  Princess  Isabel 
daughter  of  King  John,  and  sister  of  Henry  III, 

Towards  the  close  of  that  century  efforts  were  made 
rebuild  the  main  portion  of  the  church.  This  was  doB 
in  the  Decorated  or  Curvilinear  style  of  architecture.  Tl 
whole  work  seems  to  have  been  completed  by  the  year  1388J 
when  a  great  east  window,  of  five  lights,  in  the  main  chancel 
of  the  Holy  Trinity,  was  inspected  by  the  Bishop  of  Rochesterj 
Hamo  de  Hethe,  at  whose  cost  it  had  been  inserted.  That 
window  remained  450  yeai-s  in  use ;  but  in  1 783  it 
changed;  the  tracery  in  its  head  having  long  been  stopj 
up.t 

The  fine  Decorated  window  at  the  west  end  of  the  nave] 
may  suggest  what  the  original  windows  of  the  fourteentl 
century  were  like,  in  this  church.     The  western  doorway  isl 
a  beautiful  example  of  the  Curvilinear  or  Decorated  style. 

Stanpit  Chantey, 

Soon  after  the  south  aisle  had  been  finished,  the  Vicar  of] 
Dartford,  Thomas  at  Stanepit,  gave  lands  to  endow  a  chantry 
priest,  who  would  celebrate  mass  daily  at  the  altar  of  St.  Mary 
the  Virgin,  in  that  aisle.     His  charter  of  endowment,  for 

•  Dunkin  ()uotea  the  will  of  John  Bamberg,  who  in  1478  said :  "  I  will  that 
when  tho  steeple  shall  bo  in  iimkin({,  my  wife  reward  Ihe  Churchwsrdong  unto 
the  said  stepul,  after  her  good  diaurotion ""  (Bittori/  of  DarlforH,  pp.  27,  28). 

t  The  Plate  of  this  window  in  1783  h  shewn  on  Plato  xiiut  of  Thorpe's 
Ctitiumale  Soffenie. 


DARTFOBD    CHURCH    (HOLT   TUINITY). 


385 


I 


this  Stanepit  chantry  of  St.  Marj,  was  dated  on  Thnrsday 
the  Feast  of  St.  George  the  Martyr,  in  the  year  1H38.*  This 
date,  St.  George's  Day,  is  reinarkahle;  hecause  there  is  upon 
the  east  wall  of  this  south  aisle,  just  above  the  place  where 
stood  the  altar  of  St.  Mary,  at  which  the  Stanpit  chantry 
priest  officiated,  a  painting  of  St.  George  killing  the  dragon, 
and  thereby  saving  the  life  of  a  princess  whom  the  dragon 
would  have  devoured.  This  painting  must  have  been  added 
150  years  after  the  Stanpit  chantry  was  founded.  It  was 
obliterated  with  whitewiish  at  the  Reformation,  and  was  dis- 
covered about  1883-5,  when  this  church  was  first  lighted 
with  gas  and  warmed  by  a  stove.  The  picture  covers  a  space 
(behind  the  organ  now)  12  feet  high  and  19  feet  8  inches 
wide. 

Seats  and  pews  were  erected  in  Stanpit  cliantry,  alia^i 
the  chancel  of  St.  Mary,  late  in  the  fifteenth  century. 
Thomas  Bond,  making  his  will  in  a.u.  1500,  directed  that  his 
body  should  be  "  bui-ied  in  our  Lady  chancel,  afore  my  sete." 
The  will  of  William  Kinghara,  dated  in  1545,  speaks  of  his 
pue  and  seat  in  our  Lady  chapel. 

In  1422  and  l-i'i'i  we  find  mention  of  the  chantry-houses 
being"  greatly  ruinated,"  and  the  chantry  revenues  diminished 
to  six  marks  per  annum.  Subsequently,  in  the  reign  of 
Edward  IV.  probably,  a  room  was  built  for  the  chaplain  over 
the  vestry,  and  apertures  in  its  walls  afforded  him  a  view  of 
the  High  Altar  and  of  his  own  chantry  of  St.  Mary.  The 
room  was  transformed  into  an  armoury  about  1 648,  but  it  is 
now  a  lumber  room.     The  chaplain  of  this  Stanpit  chantry 

•  Diinkin,  in  his  Ilitlori/  of  Dartford,  pji.  72-74,  gives  the  ii»mes  of  twenty- 
fivo  Chai>!ain»  of  Stanpit  chantry,  hut  I  nm  ha]>py  to  be  able  to  oorrect  hi»  list 
nnd  to  add  other  names  : — 


1338 

May. 

Ralph  dc  Felthorp  (ob. 

1433 

Aug. 

John  Blore. 

1348). 

144«i 

Doc. 

John  Slierliorne. 

1348-9  Feb. 

Thos.    Master    of    E»t 

1158-9 

John  E1tuc.«i11  (ob.  1473). 

Barhnm. 

John  Newman  (resigned 

1849 

May. 

Thos.  Gurnay  (resigned 

1493)- 

ill  July).                 ^ 

1493 

Oct. 

Thomas  Vernon. 

1319 

Oct. 

Hy.  Prijnlogie. 

John   Cokkys  (vicar  of 

1339 

Oct. 

V>  ID.      Unnbotir      (ex- 

Eyamh),  rejig.  1  »94. 

chan^fcd  with  the  vicar 

1494 

Nov. 

Simon  Allcyn. 

of  Uiik.jhild). 

Thofi.  Worsley  (in  Aug. 

1367 

Miir. 

Roi^'or  Golden. 

1497),  rosig.  in  1499. 

John  Staimdori  (resij^i- 

1499 

May. 

Willi.im  Gawyne. 

ed  ISafi). 

1504 

AA'di.  Cooke  (ob.  1512). 

13% 

Oct. 

William  Cowpere. 

1512 

Nov. 

Thtw.  Pelton. 

1400 

Sept. 

John  Drew  (ob.  1403). 

1514 

Nic.  Hall. 

140) 

Thos.  (;ybl)«i. 

1517 

May. 

Robt.Johnson(ob.l535). 

1421 

Def. 

John  Arneye. 

1535 

Nov. 

\Vm.    Unll    (rector    of 

1424 

Dec. 

Tho!«.  .\Iarkant  (rector  of 

Sna<]laud). 

Hever). 

1537 

Deo. 

John  Stacoy  (res.  1540). 

1425 

Oct. 

John  Ourford. 

1540-1 

Kobt.  Unoon. 

VOt.   XVIII. 

C  C 

386 


DARTTOED   CHUECH    (HOLT  TEINITt). 


lop  o. 

3 


was  under  strict  supervision,  and  in  August  1422  we 
that  the  Bishop  of  ilochester  was  aaked  to  grant  hiin  le 
of  absence  for  one  month,  which  his  Lordship  did.* 

Thb  Consistory  Court. 

Dartford  Church  was  one  of  those  in  which  the  Bishop  o 
Eochester's  Consistory  Court  was  periodically  held.  Wi" 
were  proved  here ;  clergymen  and  laymen  and  women 
cited  here  for  any  offences  against  the  laws  of  matrinion  _ 
consanguinity,  and  against  the  Eighth  Commandment.  Th< 
court  sat  here  about  six  times  in  a  year;  the  session  often 
lasted  two  days,  but  it  always  began  on  a  Monday.  In  Jan_ 
1331  a  Visitation  of  the  Church,  clergy,  and  people 
Woolwich,  was  held  in  the  Consistory  Court  of  this  Churci 

As  to  the  proceedings  of  the  Court  held  here,  I  may 
that  all  wills  made  within  the  Rural  Deanery  of  Dartfoi 
were  proved  here,  and  that  the  judge  was  generally  (tboufl 
not  always)  a  clergyman,  appointed  by  the  Bishop.  On  to 
19th  of  July  1389  Master  John  Scharynton,  rector  of  Bromle 
held  the  Consistory  Court  here.  On  the  27th  of  Septemb* 
of  the  same  year  he  sat  again,  and  judged  cases  of  fomicati 
and  adultery.  On  the  22nd  of  September  1444,  in  this  churd 
Richard  Lempater,  vicar  of  Burham,  submitted  himself 
penance,  having  been  convicted  of  incontinence.  In  Jul 
1445  Walter  Ramsey,  condemned  here  for  fornication, 
sentenced  to  be  whipped  thrice  round  this  church,  and  twi^ 
round  the  market-places  of  Dartford  and  Rochester.  Sue 
discipline  for  immorality  must  have  been  very  wholesome ; 
fear,  however,  that  the  offender  was  allowed  to  redeem  tl 
flagellation  by  payment  of  Gs.  8d.,  but  he  promised  to  mai^ 
tain  the  woman  and  her  children. 

The  customs  of  the  Middle  Ages  were  so  different  froi 

ours  that  we  are  surprised  to  learn   how  Thomas,  the  Vi 

of  Dartford,  was  assessed  in  August  1369  for  a  War  Tax.    H 
was  called  upon  to  furnish  towards  a  soldier's  equipment  o; 
bascinet  (or  soldier's  steel  cap),  one  targe  (or  shield),  and  o: 
sharp-edged  axe. 

Another  peculiarity  of  a  medijeval  Vicar  of  Dartford  w^ 
his  having  a  blood -red  coat,  or  toga.  Yet  such  a  tog 
was  bequeathed  by  William  Dunstable,!  vicar  here,  to  Thorai 
the  chaplain  of  this  parish. 

•  Bishop  Langdon's  Eegister,  fol.  9  i. 

t  Will.  DuDfltablo  made  his  wil!  on  Dec.  11th,  1404.     He  desired  to  be  bari< 
before  the  high  altar,  and  he  bequeathed  30n.  for  the  purchiwe  of  a  marble  si 
to  !k!  laid  over  his  (^avo  in  the  chancel  door.     He  states  that  his  father  Willii 
Dunstable  wa«  at  one  lime  Mayor  of  IjeiceBtor.     Thi«  will  was  not  known 
Mr.  Uunkin.     I  found  it  in  the  Reifister  of  Archbishop  Anmdcl  at  Lambeth. 


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I.  A  fine  monumental  brass  (formerly  in  the  floor  in  front 
of  the  high  altar),  now  aiMxed  to  the  south  wall  of  the  high 
chancel,  commemorates  Richard  Martyn  who  died  on  the 
11th  of  April  IWO,  and  his  wife  who  died  18th  February 
1402.  Both  figures  are  still  perfect,  and  by  the  kind  courtesy 
of  Mr.  J.  G.  Waller  we  are  able  to  represent  them,  upon  the 
accompanying  plate.  Tlie  dniwing,  from  which  that  plate  is 
prepared,  was  made  by  Mr.  Waller  aud  his  brother,  many 
years  ago.  TLis  Richard  Martjn  was  the  father  of  Thomas 
Martyn  of  Edenbridge,  and  of  John  Martyn  of  Franks  in 
Horton  Kirby.  The  last  named,  John  Martyn  of  Franks,  was 
a  Judge  in  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas ;  and  he  provided  an 
Endowment  for  a  Priest,  who  should  celebrate  Mass  in 
Dartford  Church  daily  for  ever.  This  endowment  was  called 
"  Martyn's  Salary,"  and  the  Priest  was  called  "  Martj'u's 
Salary  Priest."  The  endowment  fulfilled  the  founder's 
wishes  for  more  than  a  century.  John  Martyn  the  judge 
died  October  21,  1436;  and  a  very  fine  monumental  bi-ass  m 
Graveney  Church,*  near  Faversham,  commemorates  him  and 
his  wife  Anne,  who  was  the  heiress  of  Graveney  Manor.  Hia 
"  Salary  Priest "  was  still  at  work  in  1 545,  when  the  post 
was  held  by  one  Sir  Edmund  Parker. 

n.  A  monumental  brass  which  now  bears  an  inscription 
only,  as  its  priestly  effigy  has  been  destroyed,  commemorates 
John  Hornley,  Bachelor  of  Divinity,  who  was  Vicar  of 
Dartford  dming  thirty-five  years,  from  1441-2  until  1477, 
when  he  died.  He  had  been  the  popular  first  President  of 
Magdaleu  Hall  in  Oxford ;  and  tlierc  can  be  little  doubt  that 
the  reparation  of  this  church,  during  the  reign  of  Edward 
rV.,  was  accomplished  by  his  efforts.  Twelve  Latin 
verses  on  his  memorial  slab  declare  that  if  the  arts  could 
weep,  they  must  have  done  so  for  Vicar  Hornley,  who  was 
master  in  all  the  seven  "  Liberal  Arts." 

For  many  years  before  Hornley  became  vicar,  testators  in 
Dartford  alluded  to  the  need  for  repairing  the  church  tower 
and  the  church  roof.  In  1417  John  Smith  left  a  small  sum 
to  the  reparation  of  the  bell  tower  (camjianile),  but  as  soon 
as  Vicar  Hornley  had  become  settled  here,  practical  eflForts 
commenced.  In  1444  Richard  Rokesle  left  238.  4d.  to  the 
works  of  the  church  and  tower ;  in  1470  Rose  Pitt  left 
money  towards  the  cost  of  helyng,  that  is  covering,  the  roof 
of  the  church  with  lead.     But  it  is  probable  that  Vicar 

*  Figured  in  W,  i).  Belcher's  Ktnluh  Brtuftt,  vol.  i.,  p.  62.  Duukin  savii 
(SiMt.  of  Dartford,  p.  36)  th&t  tbe  Judge  *ru  buried  in  St.  Mftry's  Chancel  In 
Dartford  Church,  but  it  is  certain  that  his  monument  is  at  Graveney, 

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DAKTFOED   OHUECH    (hOLY   XaiNITT). 


Homley  did  not  live  to  see,  completed,  the  repairs  ani 
ornamentation  which  he  was  the  means  of  commencing. 
John  Bamberg's  direction  that  his  widow  should  contribute 
to  the  "making  "  of  the  steeple  was  written  in  1478,  a  year 
after  Mr.  Homley's  death. 

Probably  the  tower's  eastern  and  western  arches'  (which 
open  into  the  north  aisle  and  north  chancel)  were  added  at 
this  time,  1470  to  1480,  and  the  top  stage  of  the  tower  was  put 
on,  the  priest's  room  built,  and  the  fresco  of  St.  George  and 
the  Dragon  painted.  It  may  possibly  be  that  Vicar  Hornley 
also  introduced  the  rood-loft,  with  its  doorways  still  seen 
in  the  walls. 

III.  During  his  incumbency  died  a  lady  whose  brass 
shews  her  wcai'ing  widow's  weeds,  and  tells  us  that  being 
Agnes  daughter  of  John  A.ppelton,  she  married  one  of  the 
King's  Judges,  William  Hesilt,  a  Baron  of  the  Exchequer. 
He  died  in  1425,  and  his  monumental  brass  in  Northfleet 
Church  formerly  commemorated  her  as  his  wife.*  That 
memorial  of  her  stood  in  Northfleet  Church  during  nineteen 
years  of  her  life.  She  married  as  her  second  husband  a 
brother  of  the  Baron  of  Wemme ;  his  name  was  Robert 
Molyngton,  and  when  she  died  in  1454  an  effigy  of  her  waa 
engraved  on  brass,  which  still  remains  in  this  church.  This 
and  nine  other  monumental  brasses  here  are  admirably 
figured  in  Mr.  W.  D.  Belcher's  Kentish  Brasses,  the  first 
volume  of  which  was  published  in  1888,  by  Sprague  and  Co. 
of  London.  That  volume  contains  photo- lithographs  of  225 
brasses. 

IV.  Another  monumental  brass,  placed  here  in  Vicar 
Homley's  time,  has  been  despoiled  of  its  chief  figures,  which 
commemorated  Willam  Rothele,  who  died  in  1464,  and  his 
first  wife  Beatrix ;  but  the  figure  of  his  second  wife  Joan 
still  remains.  She  wears  a  heart-shaped  head-dress,  and 
sleeves  like  those  in  robes  of  modern  bishops,  very  mde  at 
the  bottom,  but  gathered  into  a  bandf  at  the  ^vri8t.  This 
William  Rothele  may  have  been  a  son  of  one  William  Rothele 
whom  Vicar  Dunstable  mentions,  as  his  cousin  {cotisanguinevjf) 
or  kinsman,  in  his  will  made  in  1404. 

V.  One  of  the  most  curious  inscriptions,  here  or  in  this 
county,  is  found  on  a  monumental  brass  beneath  the  figures 
of  " Katryn  BiirUon"  (who  died  in  1496)  and  her  spouse 
"  Rychard  Burlion,  jantilman."  It  stands  on  the  eastern 
face  of  the  south  pier  of  the  chancel  arch.  It  is  in  English, 
and  its  chief  purpose  is  to  seek  the  prayers  of  every  reader, 

•  Segittrum  RqffeHtt,  p.  761. 

t  Beloher'n  Ktnlitk  Bratif,  p.  50,  fig.  62. 


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80  that  through  their  prayers  Christ  may  be  the  Saviour 
of  those  twain,  "Rychard  &  Katryn."  This  inscription  has 
been  printed  by  Thorpe,  in  his  RegiBlmm  Roffen«e,  page  978, 
and  by  John  Dunkin,  in  bis  History  of  Dartford,  page  63.  Mr. 
Dunkin's  edition  of  it  is  the  more  accurate  of  the  two,  but 
the  exact  inscription  can  be  found  in  Belcher's  Kentish 
Brasses,  page  50.  The  fourth  word  in  the  inscription  is 
very  difficult  to  read,  as  its  first  syllable  "  con  "  is  expressed 
by  a  symbol,  seldom  if  ever  found  on  other  "  brasses." 
Another  word  is  hard  to  understand,  it  follows  the  name 
"  Criest,"  and  consists  of  only  two  letters,  "ma"  with  a  mark 
of  contraction  (which  often  stands  for  "  n  ")  over  the  "  a." 
This  would  commonly  be  read  "  man,"  but  the  expression 
"  Christ  man  "  is  very  uniisual.  If  we  remember,  however, 
that  the  Greek  word  Christos  means  "  anointed,"  and  if  we 
recall  to  mind  this  text,  "  there  is  .  .  .  one  mediator  between 
God  and  men,  the  man  Christ  Jesus,"*  we  may  perceive  an 
early  desire  {1496)  to  discard  the  usage  of  prayers  to  saints, 
and  to  cleave  unto  Christ  as  the  one  sole  mediator.  I 
think  we  may  understand  the  two  last  lines  as : 

WTtere,  thui  eumbent,  aik  Ghritt-Man  grace,  that  is  urgent, 
Where  (through  thy  prayer)  of  these  twain  shall  he  be  Saviour. 

The  whole  inscription  may  then  be  read  thus : 

O  pytefull  creature  concernyng  erthly  sepulture 

Of  Katryn  Burlton  eubter-iatt  ii  day  w'yn  June 

Thowsfttid  iiij  c  Ixiixvi'^'  yer  (ic<;urrent 

W  Rychard  Burlton  jantilman,  apows  to  the  Katryn 

Eipyred  thowsand  v  .  .  .  . 

Whyer  thua  cumbent  ask  criest  man  grace  y'  is  urgent 

Wlier  thorow  y'  prayour  of  theys  twen  shall  he  be  savyour. 

It  would  seem  that  (as  was  so  often  the  case)  the  survivor 
of  this  couple  erected  this  monument  to  his  vnfe  and  him- 
self during  his  own  lifetime,  and  that  when  he  died  the 
executors  and  other  friends  left  the  date  of  his  death  still  a 
blank. 

A  parallel  case  is  seen  in  a  very  different  style  of  monu- 
ment of  much  later  date,  on  the  north  side  of  the  high 
chancel.  It  is  the  tall  and  elaborately  sculptured  monu- 
ment erected  by  Sir  John  Spielman,  Queen  Elizabeth's 
jeweller,  who  had  in  Dartford  large  paper  mills  for  the 
manufacture  of  writing   paper.      His    first   wife   Elizabeth 

•  1  Tim.  ii.  6. 

t  TUia  woni  of  "dog-L»tin"  in  the  inscription  evidently  me»M  "«he  wm 
put  ander  ground,"  or  "  she  wmg  interred." 


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DARTFORD   CHURCH    (HOLY  TRINITY). 


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Men  gel,*  daughter  of  a  Nuremberg  merchant,  died  in  1607, 
aged  55.  Sir  John  erected  tliis  monument  in  memory  of  her, 
but  he  placed  upon  it  his  own  effigy  also.  His  death  is  not 
thereon  recorded.  In  German  verses  he  bewails  Elizabeth,  but 
in  real  life  he  soon  gave  her  a  successor,  named  Katherine, 
by  whom  he  had  several  children.  Sir  John  Spielman  sur- 
vived until  the  year  162(5,  when  he  was  buried  here.  His 
second  wife  lived  until  1 644  or  later. 

VI.  An  effigy  remaining  from  a  despoiled  monumental 
brass  may  be  recognized,  by  a  coat  of  arras  (now  gone) 
which  formerly  accompanied  it,t  as  that  of  Mr.  Wiltshire, 
who  died  in  1508.  He  was  probably  closely  related  to  Sir 
John  Wiltshire,  who  purchased  Stone  Castle ;  and  he  may , 
have  been  that  gentleman's  father  or  brother.  The  effiCTtl 
of  his  wife  Eleanor  is  gone,  and  so  is  the  inscription,  which 
stated  that  she  died  in  1177.  Her  coat  of  arms  bore  a 
chevron,  and  in  chief  three  leopards'  heads.  The  stops 
inserted  between  the  words  of  the  inscription  are  said  to 
have  been  remarkable.  They  represented  a  bell,  a  tun,  a 
leaf,  a  rose,  a  trefoil,  a  slipped  dog,  a  mullet,  a  leopard,  a 
crescent,  and  a  cross,  as  Thorpe  records. 

VII.  A  fair  specimen  of  a  very  late  Eliza1)efchau  brass 
remains  here.  It  commemorates  an  attorney,  who  was  Prin- 
cipal of  Staple  Inn,  William  Death  (the  name  being  spelt  likeJ 
the  ordinary  noim),  who  died  in  1590-91,  aged  63.  It  aisO" 
bears  effigies  of  his  two  wives,  Elizabeth  and  Ann,  both 
wearing  hats.  The  second  wife  holds  in  her  hands  the  body 
of  her  infant,  a  chrysom  child,  who  died  soon  after  baptism. 

This  gentleman  was  the  ancestor  of  the  Deaths  of  Nort.h 
Cray,  and  the  Narborough  "  D'Aeth's  "  of  Knowlton.  His 
armorial  shield  of  six  quarterings  appears  upon  the  brass.  J 

Vin.  On  the  south  wall  of  the  south  chancel  are  a  monu« 
mental  brass  and  other  memorials  of  the  Bore  family,  owner 
of  Horseman's  Place  in   Dartford,  and  of  the  Twisletons' 
(ancestors  of  Lord  Say  and  Sele)  to  whom  Horseman's  Place 
was  bequeathed  by  Edward  Bere,  the  last  survivor  of  that 
family.     He  was  the  heir  of  his  nephew. 

The  brass  bears  the  arms  of  Bere,  namely,  a  bear  nim- 
pant  passant,  and  a  cantou,  either  ermine  or  chargetl  with 
escallop  shells.    It  commemorates  John  Bere,  who  died  in 

•  The  arms  of  his  first  wifo  Eliittibolh  Mongel  spncnr  upon  bur  monvimcQl 
aa  "  argent,  a  man  clotbeU  sablo,  weurinj;  a  loU|j;  cop,  holding  in  \\\*  Imml  an  olivo. 
branch  proper,  and  slnnJing  on  a  mount  invcoked  Kilm"  (*r  'fn 

pp.  97t-5).     It  is  nocdieis  to  «ny  that  tho  figure  in  this  liidyV  •  i*  hn 

uu  connection  with  the  origin  uf  "  fuolscnji  "  ))»per ;  yet  itomo  puoplu  li^to  lug. 
gMtod  thij.  t  TUnri>e'8  Sei/UlrHm  Ru/fentf,  pag«  UTCi. 

X  Diinkia's  Sittori/  of  Darlford,  |).  55 ;  Bsbjher'i  Kmtitk  Brtuttt,  p.  4S. 


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1572,  hia  first  wife  Alice  Nysells,*  and  his  second  wife  Joane, 
as  well  as  hia  son  Henry,  who  died  in  1574,  and  Henry's 
wife  and  son.  Other  memorials  are  carved  in  atone,  and 
mention  three  children  of  John  Bere,  two  of  his  grandsons, 
and  two  great-grandsons,  all  of  whom  died  early,  so  that 
John  Bere's  brother  Edward  was  their  heir.f  This  Edward's 
niece,  Ann  Bere,  had  married  a  Yorkshire  gentleman,  Chris- 
topher Twisleton  of  Barley,  whose  arms  were  a  chevron 
between  three  moles.  To  John  Twisleton,  the  grandson  of 
this  Yorkshire  squire  by  his  Dartf  ord  wife,  Edward  Bere  left 
Horseman's  Place.  His  son,  also  named  John  Twisleton, 
married,  as  his  third  wife,  Lord  Say  and  Sele's  eldest 
daughter  and  co-heir  Elizabeth  Fiennes.  Their  great- 
grandson  was  allowed  to  recover  the  barony  of  Say  and  Sele. 

IX.  In  the  south  chancel  on  the  south  face  of  the  eastern 
pier  of  the  arcade,  and  close  beside  the  fresco  of  St.  George 
and  the  Dragon,  is  a  memorial  brass  for  Mr.  John  Dunkin,  the 
Historian  of  Dartford,  who  died  here  forty-three  years  ago,  in 
December  1846,  in  his  sixty-fourth  year.  His  researches 
were  deep  and  successful.  In  bis  History  of  Dartford  are 
collected  all  the  main  facts  of  its  annals. 

When  his  memorial  brass  was  affixed  to  the  wall,  it  and 
the  Fresco,  of  St.  George  and  the  Dragon,  were  both  fully 
visible.  Since  that  time,  Mr.  Blomfield,  a  former  vicar,  and 
his  cousin  the  architect,  caused  the  organ  to  be  placed  in 
St.  Mary's  chancel,  and  thus  obscured  both  the  fresco  and 
the  memorial  brass  of  Mr.  Dunkin. 

This  church  was  much  frequented  by  travellers  between 
England  and  the  Continent,  during  the  middle  ages ;  and  also 
by  pilgrims  going  to  the  Shrine  of  Thomas  a  Becket,  at 
Canterbury.  Dartford  was  a  general  stopping  place,  being 
the  first  stage  upon  the  road  from  London. 

Consequently  we  might  picture  to  ourselves  many  illus- 
trious personages  who  have  preceded  us  here,  and  many 
imposing  ceremonies  here  performed. 

One  of  the  most  solemn  mast  have  been  the  reception, 
here,  of  the  body  of  King  Henry  V.,  the  hero  of  Agincourt, 
en  route  from  Dover  to  London,  In  October  1422  the  great 
king's  body  was  received,  at  this  church,  by  the  Bishop  of 
Exeter,  who  performed  funeral  mass  over  it  here. 

Probably  the  unfortunate  Ann  of  Cleves,  the  discarded 
Queen  of  Henry  VI 11.,  often  attended  service  here,  as  she 
resided  a  short  time  each  year  from  1549  to  1557  in  the  place 
which  had  been  Dartford  Priory,  but  which  was  used  as  a 

*  Tbe  arms  of  the  Nyaella  bore  3  garbs  as  their  priuoipal  char^. 
t  All  these  memorials  have  been  removed  from  their  original  nte. 


j^iji 


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DA.RTFOBD   CHTJECH    (HOLT   TllINITY). 


royal  palace  during  the  reigns  of  Henry  VIEI.,  Mary,*  and 
Elizabeth.  Queen  Elizabeth  rested  therein,  for  an  hour  or 
two,  in  1573,  when  returning  to  Greenwich  Palace  from  her 
Kentish  progress. 

The  pulpit  was  made  in  the  reign  of  James  I. 

There  have  been  eight  bells  in  the  tower  of  this  cliurch 
Bince  1702.  Then  the  six  old  bells  were  recast  (in  1702),  by 
Philip  Wightman,  and  two  were  added.  One  of  these  was 
recast  in  1773  by  Pack  and  Chapman;  another  waa  re- 
founded  in  1882  byMears  and  Stainbank.  Until  the  23rd  of 
November  1792,  two  Ave  bells  were  rung  here  daily;  one  at 
four  in  the  morning,  the  other  at  eight  in  the  evening.  The 
morning  bell  was  stopped  after  the  23rd  of  November  1792, 
and  the  evening  bell  was  discontinued  at  Christmas  1792. 

The  clerestory  windows  were  inserted  in  that  year  (1792), 
when  the  walls  of  the  nave  were  niised  two  or  three  feet  in 
height,  and  it  was  ceiled  inside.  It  may  be  mentioned  that 
in  1 766  there  was  so  great  a  flood  here,  that  there  was  a  foot 
of  water  above  the  church  floor.  Galleries  were  inserted 
during  the  eighteenth  century,  but  were  removed  in  the 
nineteentli. 

A  handsome  wooden  screen  remained  across  the  chancel 
and  south  chancel  forty  years  ago,  but  it  has  been  removed. 

The  total  length  of  the  church  from  east  to  west  is  lOQJ 
feet.  The  total  breadth  is  67  feet.  The  north  aisle  is  SJ  feet 
wider  than  the  south  aisle,  which  has  but  13  feet  in  the  clear. 

The  Communion  plate  is  of  some  interest.  One  piece  of 
it,  an  old  alms-dish,  bears  the  Goldsmiths'  Hall  date-letter 
for  the  year  1651-2,  and  the  maker's  mark,  in  a  plain  shield, 
of  H.  B.,  between  3  pellets.  It  is  beautifully  embossed  with 
stars  and  flowers  and  a  conventional  pattern  in  six  divisions. 
The  edge  has  thirty  little  equal  curves.  In  the  centre  are 
slightly  punctured  the  letters  I,  and  A,  N,  arranged  in  a 
triangular  manner.  N  being  the  apex,  is  evidently  the  initial 
of  the  surname  of  the  original  owner,  I  and  A  being  the 
initials  of  the  Christian  names  of  the  owner  and  his  wife. 
It  weighs  13  ozs.  6  dwts. 

Another  alms-dish,  re-made  in  1857-8,  to  match  this 
old  one,  is  a  very  good  copy  of  it.  Beneath  its  centre  is  the 
name  of  the  benefactor  who  gave  to  the  church  the  original 
alms-dish  from  which  this  was  re-cast.  This  inscription  is 
within  a  circle,  "The  gift  of  j  M'  Jo*  Allen  |  1749."  The 
newly  ro-cast  dish  bears  the  Loudon  date-letter  for  1857-8, 
and  the  maker's  mark  W.M. 


*  S«e  EMorical  1£SS.  CommUnou,  Sevmtk  Report,  p.  612  b. 


VIOAES  OF  DARTFOED. 


393 


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The  two  flagons,  each  10}  inches  hij^h,  arc  old;  one,  made 
in  16'64-b,  bears  the  arma  of  Rogers  (a  chevron  between  3 
stags  tripping),  and  punctured  beneath  the  rim  of  its  foot  is 
the  weight  37  oza. ;  the  other,  made  in  1635-6,  is  inscribed, 
"  IHS.  Deo  dicatum  et  eccleaue  Dartfordienm,"  and  punc- 
tured beneath  the  rim  of  the  foot  is  the  weight  S9  om.,  and 
a  date  1712;  its  makers  mark  is  R.S.,  in  a  shaped  shield 
with  a  mullet  above  and  below  the  initials. 

There  are  two  Cups.  One  made  in  1734-5  is  9  inches 
high,  and  is  inscribed,  "John  Dorman  |  Robert  Pine  I 
Church  Wardens  |  of  the  Parrish  |  of  Dartford  |  1734,"  all 
enclosed  in  a  wreath.  The  maker's  mark  is  T.  F.  in  a  lobed 
escutcheon,  with  something  above  and  below.  The  other 
Cup,  made  in  1750-1,  is  also  !)  inches  high;  it  is  inscribed, 
"  Tltese  Holy  \  VetineU  were  Enlarged  j  in  the  year  1750  | 
Purmiant  to  the  Will  of  [  tlm  Late  M'  Chambers  \  Vicar  of 
this  I  Parish."  The  maker's  mark  is  E.  F.  in  script  capitals 
within  an  escutcheon. 

Two  patens,  on  feet,  were  made  in  1750-1,  together  with 
the  last-mentioned  Cup. 

There  is  a  large  paten,  made  in  1858,  and  inscribed 
beneath,  "  Dartfoed  Chitrch  1858;"  the  maker's  mark  is 
C.  T.  F.  above  G.  F.  in  an  escutcheon.  IHS,  en  soleil,  is 
engraved  in  the  centre  of  the  patt!n. 

A  spoon  strainer  was  given  in  1826.  Its  maker's  mark 
is  W.  E.,  W.  F.,  W.  C,  in  three  lines.  On  the  handle  is 
I.H.S.,  en  soleil,  and  on  its  back,  "  Dartford  Church  1826." 

VICAES  OF  DAIiTFORD. 

1274    Ralph  db  Winoedam  wm  vicar  from  1274  until  he  died  in 

1278. 
1278     BooEK,  a  "  nepos"  of  Walter  de  Merton,  Bishop  of  Roches- 
ter, succeeded  Ralph  de  Wiageliam. 
RoBEUT  was  vicar  in  1293. 
Walter  was  vicar  on  the  19th  of  July  1299. 
1308     EoBEKT  Leve,  of  Friiidsbury,  was  collated  on   the  8th   of 

October    1303   by    Bishop    Thomas  do  Woldham.       He 

resigned  this  benefice  on  the  22nd  of  February  1323. 
132J     TuoMAS  ATTE  SxoxpETTE,  who  fouuded  the  Stanpit  Chantry, 

was  collated  by  Bishop  Hamo  de   Hethe,  28  Feb.  1323-4. 

He  died  in  1349. 
1349     JoHJf  Stone,  of  Dartford,  was  collated  by  Bishop   Hamo  de 

Hethe  April  5,  1349,  but  retained  the  benefice  otdy  three 

weeks. 
1349     Thomas  Hamkkoold  de  Sechefohd  was  collated  by  Bishop 

Hamo  de  Hethe  on  the  28th  of  April  1349,  and  was  still 

vicar  of  Dartford  in  1368. 


894 


VICAH8   OF   DAETPOED. 


William  Page  resigned  this  vicarage  in  June  1390. 

1890  Robert  Ghape,  rector  of  Bninstede,  was  collated  by  Biahop 
William  de  Bottlesham  on  the  Ist  of  July  1390.  He  died 
in  1399. 

1400  William  Dxtwbtable,  eh/tplmn,  was  collated  by  Bishop  de 
Bottlesham  on  the  13th  of  March  1399  (OS.),  1400 
(N.S.).  His  will  is  preserved  in  the  Archiepiscopal 
Registers  at  Lambeth,  and  he  therein  states  that  oil 
father  had  been  Mayor  of  Leicester.      He  died  in  1404. 

1404  Tuomas  HArERCBOFT  'vrae  collated  by  Bishop  Joha  de 
Bottlcflham  on  the  13th  of  December  1404. 
BiCHARi)  Wtch,  who  was  burned  for  heresy  in  1440,  ia 
erroneously  said  by  Dunkin  to  bare  been  vicar  here. 
Deptford  was  his  benefice. 
John  Wobohopk  or  Wyborough  was  vicar  in  1427,  and 
early  in  1428  he  e.\changed  this  benefice  for  the  rectory 
of  Gravesend.  In  Oct.  1425,  he  had  exchanged  the  rec- 
tory of  St.  Mary  Magd.,  Canterbury,  for  that  of  Cuiton. 

1428  Master  Aitohew  Sonders,  who  had  been  rector  of  Gravcsend 
since  1399,  was  admitted  to  this  benefice  on  the  20th  of 
January  1427-8  by  Bishop  Johii  Langdon,  but  he  resigned 
DartforJ  vicarage  in  1430,  probably  to  take  Talding. 

1430  John  Smyth,  vicar   of  Yalding,  was   admitted  by   Bishop 

Langdon  on  the  3rd  of  October  1430.  He  resigned  this 
benefice  in  1431. 

1431  Ma.ster  John  Waerexe  was  collated  by  Bishop  Langdon  on 

the  2l8t  of  June  1431.  He  exchanged  this  benefice  in 
1437-8  for  the  rectory  of  Staplehurst. 

1438  John  CnKKKE,  rector  of  Staplehurst,  exchanging  with  Mr. 
Warren,  was  admitted  to  this  vicarage  by  Bishop  Wells 
on  the  10th  of  January  1437-8.  He  remained  here  for 
four  years,  and  died  at  the  end  of  1441. 

1442  Master  John  Hoknley,  8.T.B.,  President  of  Magdalen  Hall 
(at  its  foundation)  in  Oxford,  was  collated  to  this  benefice 
by  Bishop  Wells  on  the  20tli  of  January  1441-2.  He 
retained  the  vicarage  of  Dartford  for  35  years  or  more, 
and  died  bere  in  1447.  His  monumental  brass  remains 
in  the  church,  but  despoiled  of  his  effigies.  It  bears 
these  lines  : — 

Si  flerent  urtes,  Homloy  tftcuisse  Johannem 

Nim  posaent  ista,  qui  tumulatur  humo. 
In  septem  fuemt  libornlibuji  ille  magistor. 

Prudens  et  castus,  maiimu.^  atiiue  fide. 
Doctriue  Sacre  tunc  bacchalaureus  ingong. 

Oiooio  ounotis  semper  ainatus  erat. 
Consilio  valuit,  sermones  pandore  eaoros, 

Noverut,  ot  Doctos  semper  amare  viros 
Pauperibim  largtis  Tucrat ;  quos  noverat  aptog. 

In  studiis  iXLcieai,  siobrius  atquo  Tuit, 
Moribus  insignia  cuncla  virlute  refulgens, 

Pro  tontis  mentis  spiritus  astra  tenet. 


VICARS  OP  DA.RTFOBD. 


395 


^ 


1477     JoHTT  Habbies,  aliat  Gvks^b,  was  Homley's  successor.    He 

died  in  1501. 
1501     Edward  Bainabde,  nliat  Babkarde,  S.T.B.,  was  collated  to 

this  benefice  by  Bishop  Fitz  James  on  the  15th  o£  Sep- 
tember 1501.     Ho  died  here  in  1515. 
1515     John  Kooeks,  M.A.,  was  collated  by  good  Bishop  Fisher  on 

tho  19th  of  July  1615,  and  he  remained  here  until  his 

death  in  1526. 
1527    Thomas  Wadelaff,  S.T.B.,  called  also  Wadeluff  and  Wade- 

sufE,    was   collated   by    Bishop   Fisher   on    the   16th  of 

January  1526-7. 
1533    Master  John  Bbver  was  collated  to  this  vicarage  by  Bishop 

Fisher.     He  is  said  to  have  died  in  153'!. 
1536*  "William  Mote  was  Ticar,  20  October  1536.     He  resigned 

in  1545. 

1545  John  Johnson  was  instituted  on  the  15th  of  May  1545  by 

Bishop   Holbeach.     Mr.   Johnson  resigned  in   February 
1545-6. 

1546  John  Ptzaunt,  M.A.,  was  instituted  13  Feb.  1545-6,  but 

resigned  a  year  later. 

1647     James  Boldwell  was  collated  to  this  vicarage  by  Bishop 
Holbeach  on  the  4th  of  January  1546-7. 
BicHARLi    TuBNEB,   the    vicar    here,  was  deprived  for  his 
opinions  in  1553-4,  and   went  abroad.      He  was  a  pre- 
bendary of  St.  George's  Chapel,  Windsor. 

1554  Edmund  Bbowne  was  collated  to  this  benefice  on  the  4th  of 
May  1554  by  Bishop  Maurice  Gryflith,  but  he  resigned 
five  years  after,  in  1559. 

1569  Nicholas  Asfinall  was  presented  by  Queen  Elizabeth,  and 
was  instituted  on  the  2nd  of  May,  1559,  but  he  did  not 
retain  the  benefice,  as  the  old  deprived  vicar  was  restored. 

1559  EiCHABD  Turner,  the  old  vicar,  was  restored  in  July  1559, 
and  remained  here  for  sevenil  years.  In  the  following 
year  Archbishop  Parker  selected  him  to  be  a  visitor 
throughout  Kent  for  reforming  abuses  in  the  parishes  of 
the  two  Kentish  dioceses.  He  seems  to  have  been  a 
clever,  pious,  and  zealous  man.  He  was  still  vicar  in 
1565,  wuen  he  either  died  or  removed  hence. 

1565  John  ApPELBrE  was  collated  to  this  parish  by  Bishop  Gheast 
or  Guest  on  the  25th  of  August  1665,  and  after  holding 
the  benefice  nearly  ten  years  lie  resigned. 

1575  BiCRARD  Jackson,  B.D.,  was  collated  hither  by  Bishop 
Freako  in  April  1575,  but  did  not  enter  upon  the  duties. 

1575     John  Bbowne,  M.A.,  was  presented  by  Queen  Elizabeth  to 

this  benefice,  and  instituted  by  Bishop  Freake  on  the 

^m  13th  of  April  1575.     In  1591  he  thus  entered  the  bap- 

^V  *  John  Bartlbtt  is  mid  by  Duukin  (Sitlory  of  Darl/ord,  p.  88)  to  have 

^B  been  vicar  here  Iq  1540. 

^M  BiLPH  ....  is  named,  says  Dunkin,  a%  pu-ish  priest  io  1513,  in  the  will   of 

^M  Bissily  Freude. 


396 


VICAR*  OF  DAKTFOED. 


1602 


1630 
1632 


IClrl 


1646 


1689 


1718 


Ubdi  of  his  daughter,  "  Bkowjte,  Ellen,  the  dauj^ 
John    Browne,    preacher  and    vicar    of    Dartford,    waa 
christened    the    12th   of   March ;    godfather,    Chriatof 
Lamb,  gent.,  and  grandfather  to  her  godmothers,  Elli 
Eogers   and   Ann    Death,  gentlewomen."      He   died 
February  1601-2,  and  hia  burial  is  thua  entered,  "  Jol 
Browen,  Bachelor  of  Divinitie,  and  preacher  of  the  woi 
of  God,*  and  Vicker  of  Dartford 26  yeares,  buried  the  : 
day  of  February." 

BicuARD   Wallis    waa   collated   to   Dartford   vicarage  fa 
Bishop  Yong  on  the  18th  of  February  1601-2.     He 
vicar  here  for  about  30  years,  and  waa  buried  on  the  8i 
of  May  1632.     He  probably  resigned  in  1630. 

RoDEBT  Mebceb  wos  inducted  on  the  26th  of  August  1630 

Jons  Denxk,  8.T.B.,  was  inducted  on  the  5th  of  June  1632. 
White,  in   his  Centenary  of  Scandalous  Ministers,  p 
brings  heavy  indictments  against  this  vicar.     His  livioj 
was  sequestered  in  16't'4,  and  he  was  buried  in  1646. 

Vavasoub  Powell,  a  talented  Welshman,  waa  nominated 
16't4.  His  Lije  has  been  printed.  Ho  was  at  Dartfo; 
not  quite  three  years,  but  during  that  time  the  plagi 
^nailed  the  parish,  and  Mr.  Powell  waa  singularly  acti' 
and  faithful  in  discharging  his  pastoral  duties  among  hi 
afflicted  people.  He  resigned  in  1646,  but  lived  unti 
1671,  when  he  died,  Oct.  25th,  in  the  Fleet  Prison,  aged 51 

Stmon  Kc.mnet. 

EooEB  Chabnock  was  vicar  in  16Q0  when  the  Parliamentar 
Survey  of  benefices  was  made. 

Robert  Powell  is  said  by  Duukin  (p.  90)  to  be  mentdom 
in  the  churchwarden's  book  as  minister  in  1655. 

....  DuTTOjr  is  said  to  have  been  vicar  in  1656. 

John  Powle,  vicar  in  1G60,  subscribed  "  the  declaration," 
Aug.  20th,  16G2,  as  vicar  of  Dartford.  He  resigned  in  1688. 

Thomas  Pbice,  M.A.,  who  seems  to  have  been  curate  here 
from  1678  until  1689,  was  collated  to  this  benefice  by 
Bishop  Spratt  on  the  5th  of  February  1688-9.  Ho  waa 
buried  in  the  south  cliancel  (St.  Mary's  of  Stanpit)  oi^ 
the  27th  of  August  1718.  _      1 

CnARLKS  CuAMBERS,  M.A.,  was  collated  to  Dartford  vicar- 
age by  Bishop  Atterbury  on  the  30th  of  September  1718. 
He  remained  in  this  benefice  for  over  27  years,  and  w 
a  great  benefactor  to  the  church  and  parish.     Bv  his  wi 
dated  1  Oct,  1745,  he  gave  £25  towards  casting  ane' 
the  communion  plate ;  also  money  for  the  relief  of  th( 
poor,   and   for  establishing  a  charity  school  (this  w; 
opened  in   1748   in   the   north   chancel  of   St.  Tho 
Becket).     He  likewise  bequeathed  money  for  two  large 
brass   candelabra   for   the  church,  each  holding  twelv* 
candles ;    and   £18  for  setting  up  in  the  church 

•  Dmikin's  Hittory  t^f  Dartford,  p.  88. 


VICAES   OF   DARTFOBD. 


897 


1746 


1755 


1778 


1825 

1826 
1830 


1830 


1844 
1856 


distinct  tables  of  benefactions.  The  candelabra  were 
suspended  in  the  church  in  May  17lft,  but  the  benefac- 
tion tablets  were  not  put  up  until  1754.*  Mr.  Chambers 
was  buried  here  on  the  let  of  March  1745-6. 

John  Lewis,  M.A.,  was  collated  by  Bisljop  Wileocks  on  the 
3rd  of  March  1745-6,  and  he  retained  this  vicarage  for 
more  than  nine  years.  He  resigned  in  1755,  and 
ultimately  went  to  Irelaud  and  became  Dean  of  Ossory. 
He  died  2H  June  1783. 

James  H.^bwood,  M.A.,  was  collated  to  this  benefice  by 
Bishop  Wileocks  on  the  4th  of  November  1755.  He  re- 
mained here  until  he  died  on  February  the  14th,  1778, 
aged  G3.  The  rectory  of  Cliffo  at  Hoo  was  also  held  by 
him,  together  with  Dartford  vicarage,  from  1755  to  1778. 

JoHS  CuKKEY,  M.A.,  a  native  of  Cheshire,  was  collated  by 
Bishop  Thomas  to  the  vicarage  of  Dartford  on  the  24th 
of  April  1778.  He  graduated  aa  a  Senior  Optlnie  in  1758, 
and  obtained  a  Fellowship  at  St.  John's  College,  Cam- 
bridge, in  1761.  Ho  was  presented  in  1760  to  the  vicar- 
age of  East  Dereham.  The  H<3ctory  of  Longfield  was 
conferred  upon  him  in  1779,  and  he  held  it  with  this 
vicarage  of  Dartford  for  more  than  45  years.  When  89 
years  of  age,  he  died,  on  the  18th  of  October  1824,  and 
was  buried  in  Northfleet  Church.  His  parishioners  at 
Dartford,  to  commemorate  their  appreciation  of  his 
benevolence,  zeal,  and  piety,  erected  a  mural  monument 
to  him  in  Dartford  Church ;  his  bust  in  profile  is  carved 
upon  it  in  white  marble. 

Waikeb  Kino,  Archdeacon  of  Rochester,  and  rector  of 
Stone,  was  collated  to  Dartford  vicarage  by  Bishop 
"Walker  King  in  1825.  He  held  this  benefice  for  one 
year  only. 

Oeoroe  Heberdev,  son  of  King  (i^eorge  Ill.'e  physician, 
Dr.  Heberden,  was  vicar  of  Dartford  for  4  years,  until  he 
he  died  in  1830. 

Edward  Mcruay  was  collated  by  his  brother  George,  Bishop 
of  Rochester,  to  the  vicarage  of  Dartford,  but  he  resigned 
it  within  the  year.  He  was  horn  in  1798,  being  third 
son  of  Lord  George  Murray,  Bishop  of  St.  David's.  His 
nephews  have  been  rectors,  one  of  Chislehurst,  and 
another  of  Stone,  for  many  years. 

Francis  Bazett  Grant,  who  graduated  at  Christ  Church, 
Oxford,  in  1818,  accepted  this  benefice  in  1830,  and 
retained  it  until  1844,  when  he  was  promoted  to  the 
rectory  of  Shelton  in  Staffordshire. 

J.    GiLLMOB. 

Geoboe  John  BLOMFrEi.D,  M.A.,  of  Exeter  College,  Oxford, 
was  presented  by  the  Bishop  of  Worcester  in  1856.  He 
is  a  nephew  of  the  late  Bishop  Blomfield  of  Loudon,  one 

•  Dnnkin's  HMorj/  of  Daryord,  p,  46, 


808  YIOABS  OJf  DABTIOKD. 

of  whose  daughters  became  his  first  wife.     During  Mi 
Blomfield's  incumbencr  the  church  was  restored  ;    th 

5 resent  Sir  Arthur  Blomfield  being  the  architect  whi 
irectcd  the  work.  In  1867  Mr.  G-.  J.  Blomfield  accepter 
the  rectory  of  Aldington  near  Hrthe,  which  benefice  h( 
continues  to  hold  after  the  lapse  ot  22  rears. 

1867  Heney  Bond  Bowlbt,  M.A.,  formerly  Peilow  of  "Wadhan 
College,  Oxford,  was  presented  by  the  Bishop  of  Worcestei 
in  1867.  After  holding  this  benefice  for  about  six  yean 
he  became  rector  of  St.  Philip's,  Birmingham,  where  he 
still  is. 

1874  Fbedebic  Spkncee  Dale,  M.A.,  of  Trinity  Collie,  Cam- 
bridge, was  presented  by  the  Bishop  of  Worcester,  but  in 
1887  he  was  promoted  to  the  vicarage  of  Lydd. 

1887  Alak  Huktee  Watts,  of  the  London  College  of  Divinity, 
at  Highbury,  was  presented  by  the  Bishop  of  Worcester. 
Mr.  Watts  had  been  one  oi  Canon  Miller's  curates  a1 
Greenwich,  from  1876  to  1880.  He  was  vicar  of  Trinity 
Church,  Bordesley,  from  1883  to  1887,  and  came  thence  to 
Dartford. 


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HORSHAM  MANOR,  IN  UPCHURCH. 


I 


BY   CANON    SCOTT    ROBERTSON. 

Mb.  HoAcn  Smith  ha«  comtnuiiieal^d  to  me  some  original  documents, 
now  the  property  of  Miss  Millard  of  Teddington,  bookseller,  who 
has  permitted  me  to  make  therefrom  the  following  notes. 

In  A.D.  1598,  Mr.  Jolin  Milway,  farmer,  "occupied"  the  lands 
belonging  to  the  mauor  of  Uorsham,  which  extended,  beyond 
Upc.hurcJb,  into  the  parishes  of  Ilalstow,  Newington,  Hartlip, 
Raynham,  and  Deptling. 

The  MS.  fumisnes  all  the  abuttals  of  each  piece  of  land  (there 
are  121  distinct  pieces  named),  and  at  the  end,  there  is  the  follow- 
ing summary  of  lands  which  Mr.  Milway  sublet: — 

A  Particular  of  trial  land  it  lett  to 
Tho.  Jarvit. 


Land*  Utt  to  Arthur  Forragt. 


Tentishaw 

Mychelshaw 

Coockers    

Longcroft  (2  p'oeU). 

Lvnche 

Walbredgfield 

Lyncbe  Banke 

FBraoQsge  Farm  . . . 


Standerd    

Attrumfeild 

Blackebromes   

Crookliftm  Parkwood   .... 

Littio  Hooke 

Foot  balnnce 

Coney  cartbwood 

Foot  baknd 

Crabtree  Croft 

HorRham  Croft 

Cowlees 

EelePond 

Hoade* 

CalTerlees.BroomcloAe,  and 

Orchards  about  y*  house 
Croocker  Marsh  and  Gtu- '{ 

ney  Hooke ) 

Great  Hook 

Mucklandfeild 

Seaveo  acrci 

Ijeaden  Crocs    

Lumbers  Land 

Rainham  Church 


A. 

1 

1 

4 

1 

10 

14 

6 

■   S 

3 

11 

6 

7 


26 

4 
0 
0 
1 

s 


p. 
0 
6 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
1  31 
1  30 


16    0    0 

2  3  0 
0  0 
0  30 
0  0 
3  87 
0  83 
0    0 


2 

& 
19 
12 
28 
14 

I  14    0     0 
109    0    0 


Broom  close 

Potters 

In  Churchfield 

Dynden  or  Little  Church- 1 

field    / 

Stookaccr 

Crooked  oake    

Wallcrouch  


Acres 220    2  12 

Salto 100    0    6 


Laitdt  Utt  to  Ric'  Wh\ffiH. 

HoUowell 4 

Heelo 5 

HoUowcUbromos 7 

Landt  Utt  to  Tko.  Huni. 

We^stfcild 10 

Lubickwcll    6 

Little  Boxted  in  Upohurch  1    . 
and  Newington J 

Landt  Utt  to  Rob'  Iforrit. 
Harpe  (in  Upchuroh)  ....     10 
Groat  Boxted  (2  parcels)    'i 
inUpchurch,  Newington,  [  22 
and  Holstow j 

Landt  Utt  to  Geo.  Damt. 

Badookei    1    ^ 

Medow  Horsham  Croft  . .  / 

Stanfeild    11 

Meadfeild 9 

Keyleese    8 

Newleese  8 

Domefeild 1 

Thurlockes  saltmarsh  ....    14S 

Faniesse  Salts 36 

Little  Harbors 0 


r. 

20 
0 
0 


0    0 


0 

20 

0 


3  37 
0  0 
2    7 

2  18 
0    2 

8  20 


1  20 

0  6 

1  88 

2  10 
1  86 
0 


16 
8 
0 
0 
0 
0 


400 


H0B8HAM   MANOK,   IN   TJPOH¥BOH. 


Mr.  Milway  seems  to  have  kept  in  Land  these  pieces  of  land : — 


A. 

Wheatham  Saltmarsh ....     85 

Domui  Young 1 

Billet  alia$  lligham    181 

Hook,  at  Padbrooke  Stone      4 
Uptonfeild    and    Twyncy  \  -. 


:} 


Funton  (Halstow) 

Clyftonbtish 

Millcroft    (next    Halstow  \ 

Vickridge) J 

Hide's  Croft 

Callis  Croft  with  y'  Salthook 

Scalmers    

Chris'  Boat's  croft   

Wellfcild  

Dangerous  Lccsc  at  Heidi 

Goorc J 

Dane  next  AVoodoaks  .... 
Horsham  next  Nowington  \  . 

Vickcridgc    j 

Howling    4 

Parsonage  feild 2 

Black's  Dane 5 


p. 
16 
0 
16 
10 


0    0 


0 

8 

22 


Salts 

Loveletes  2 

Crondall  Croft 6 

Putwatters    5 

Horsham  Croft  aliat  Cal- 1 

lums J 

Hooke  aliat  Dungcroft  . .  3 

Gorram  Mead  0 

Bromedown  and  Brooks  in 

Newington  and  Halstow 

Bouthfeild '  2    3    8 

Crokersham 3    3    0 

Juliansfeild   2    0  IC 

Old  mill  in  Horsham  Croft  2    16 

Chantry  Croft 2    0  37 

~     "  "        "  1     1  16 
0    3    8 


2    3  13 

2  8 

3  0 

20    0    0 


4  3  20 

5  0  10 
3    0  31 

0  27 
2  0 
0  10 


3    2 

0  16 

1  22 

3  16 

2  10 
1    0 


} 


A.    B.  P. 

8    8  17 


=} 


0    3    0 


ington  and  Upchurob 
Hemingsdane  aUat  New-  f  8    3    2 

ington  feild   (.2    1     7 

W'cstfoild  next  y'  PlaystoU    10    2  86 

Berstedswood    11    2  24 

Goonest 10    2  28 

Stonchall  garden  having  8' 

Mary's    Lane   east  and 

Queen's  highway  south 
Burbrooke  Croft  in  New-\ 

ington  and  Halstow    . .  J 

Great  Burbrooke 

Standerhill  having  Frognall  1 

north J 

Great  Hoalle 

Little  Hoalle 

Koo  Coll  Croft 

Yallants 

In    Parsonage    feild    aPt'i 

Brygmerishma        al'i     }■ 

Milfeild J 

Holmfcild 8    8  18 

Parsonage  feild  adjacent. .       12    0 

Clinkwell  Wood   . . : 6     2    6 

Chosten  Wood,  y"  Heath) 

near  Donaway  Street  . .  j 

Christmells   1    0    0 

Long  Gooro 1    023 

At  Quecndown 3    0    0 

Chappelfeild 1    2    0 

Millteild 2    0    0 

Daanshill   3    0    0 

Chayham  and  Stumblcrs. .       0    3     8 

Sterrocke , . .       3    3  35 

KUpitts 3    2    0 


0  36 
3  84 

0    8 

0  8 
2     6 

1  4 

2  87 


6    8  18 


3    0    6 


The  landowners  whose  possessions  abutted  on  this  manor  were 
John  Cobham,  Eob.  Green,  \Vm.  Green,  Heirs  of  Thos.  Olyver, 
John  Norden,  Wm.  Norden,  —  Pearson,  —  Preston,  Clem.  Milway, 
Heirs  of  Mr.  Blower,  Ric.  Nicholas,  Thos.  Butt,  Heirs  of  — 
Baldock,  Heirs  of  \Vm.  Seed,  AVm.  Wingfeild,  Heirs  of  Mr. 
Bamme,  Hen.  Saake,  Mr.  Mayheye,  Christopher  JBoatt,  Bic.  Sewell 
or  Seywell,  Wm.  Wing,  Thos.  Cooper,  Heirs  of  Wm.  Bishop, 
Heirs  of  Wm.  Codd,  Heirs  of  Ric.  ^Norton,  Heirs  of  Jno.  King, 
Heirs  of  Robert  Marchant,  Fras.  Wood,  Heirs  of  Mr.  May,  Heirs 
of  Wm.  Bickard,  Mr.  Craford,  Mr.  Diggo,  Thos.  Wotton,  Robt. 
Lyford,  Wm.  Willmor,  Jno.  Pettit,  John  Clement,  Mr.  Garrod, 
Heirs  of  Henry  Lawrence,  St.  Katherine's  Hospital,  Thos.  King, 
John  Borden,  Mr.  Banning,  Wm.  Blackboy,  AVm.  Barry,  Rob. 
Gemuell,  AfFabel  Doate,  Heirs  of  John  Swyfte,  Heirs  of  Wm. 
Cantwoll,  Rob.  Bowden,  Thos.  Ilardoull,  Thos.Knighti  Nic.  Harris, 
Jno.  Crokham,  Geo.  Clyfford,  Sir  John  NortoQr  Roger  Williamson, 


HOBSHAM    MANOR,    IN   UPCHUEOH. 


401 


N 


Thos.  Keunet,  Fraa.  Hollbroke,  Thos.  Harrye,  Rowland  Searle, 
John  Osliorne,  Jno.  Balden,  Peter  Balden,  Wni.  Swayman,  Ralph 
Thayer,  Jeffery  Elmstone,  Heirs  of  Kobt.  Codd,  Heirs  of  Wm. 
Barker. 

OoLLEDO  Leace  FOB  HossHAM  in  J*  County  of  Kent  (a.d.  1660). 
Cb. 

To  Bought  of  S'  Che^ney  Culpeper  a  Lcne  liild  of  the  CoIIc^  of  all  Soules  in 
Oion  for  the  Manor  of  Hurshsm  in  j-*  Parish  of  Upchiirch  in  j'  County  of 
Kent  at  n  llj  years  purehfs  y'  clear  rent  and  did  all  amount  unto  as  per 
y  several  L/euses  appears  ru«  followeth,  viz' : — 


FEB  ANSfM. 

Nic  Dove  it  Bob'  Dunce  a  £    t.    d. 

.  Lease  at 94  10 

John  Eldye 90  00 

Bic"  Illis  payes     52  00 


John  Ailookc  per  lease 
Henry  Bajley       „ 
Jn°  Bii  „ 

■yV"  Austine  „ 

Geo.  Tlioniline      „ 
Hen.  Santford  payes    . . . 
Woods,  10  Acres,  worth . 
Fames  S&ltes,  worth    . . . 


31  00 
33  10 
21  12 
06  00 
09  09 
04  00 
04  10 
01  00 


CoU.  and  quitte  Bents : 

40  marlces  in  money  is  . . 

20  qre.  Wheat  at  40'  p'  q' 

2C)  (jrs.  6  bush.   1  peok  a 

Malt  at  23'  p'  q' 

Qiiitt  rents  per  anu.  in  all  is 


FEB  ANNUM. 

£      #.     rf. 
.      26  13     4 

40  00    0 


30  16 
9  13 


£107  02    4 


The  Cleare   Bent  I   pur- 
chase is  as  followeth  . .    £240 


9     8 


£347  11     0 


At  the  price  llj  years'  pur- 
chase and  he  to  renew 
with  Charg  Cost £2705    6    0 

To  so  much  laid  out  in 
Bcpayers,  etc 94  14    0 


£2800  00    0 


COSTBA. 

CB.                                                                                                                                £  g.  d. 

10  7'*'.          By  so  muoh  for  CoUes  (coa2()  Bould  my  Father  Hurlcstone      6  0  0 
80  9"^.         By  so  much  overcharged  for  house  keeping  in  y'  month 

9'" 13  0 

2S  March.     By  ao  much  Bee'  for  Hay  sould 20      3  0  0 

£10  3  0 
1660,  26  March.     By  w"  D'  a  Ball  Carid  a  profett 

and  22 177  1  2 


£187    4    2 


(Sijmd) 


Anna  Boopb, 
Nicholas  Boofe. 


East  Bbidoe  Watebino  is  BoMfiNOTOs. 

Miss  Millard  also  permitted  me  to  copy  the  following,  from 
"  Part  of  the  Mapp  or  Betcripfion  of  East  Bridgr  Watering  in 
Romeney  Marth,  In  the  paruih  of  Bonnington."  [K.xtraotea  by 
ThomaB  Turner  on  the  8th  of  June  1G93,  from  a  map  (made  in 

11652   by   Thomas  Boycott),  which    then   was   kept  at  Dyuiclmrch 
Lathhouse.] 
Shearlock  Bridge  is  marked  at  the  south-east  (top  comer),  and 
the  most   south-westerly   piece   of   Und  marked  ia  that  of  Esq' 
TOL.   XVIII.  1>   D 


402  HORSHAM  KAMOS,    IN  UPOHUBOH. 

Honiwood  7  A.  1 B.  22  f.  ;  toucliiiie  it  northward  are  three  pieoea 
land  ;  i.  (east)  Mr.  Barrett's  land  11  x.  1  K.  21  p. ;  ii.  (north  a 
east)  Sir  Wm.  Man's*  (now  Mr.  Turner's)  7  a..  S  b.  29  f.  ;  iii.  (doi 
and  west)  Sir  Wm.  Man's  (now  Mr.  Barrett's)  12  a.  8  s.  20 
(within  which,  on  its  south-west  side  were  two  bite  of  Mr.  Bigdei 
land.  3  a.  16  p.  ;  and  1  a.  1  b.  10  p.  respectively). 

Below  the  three  pieces,  further  north,  stand  5  pieces  of  land  < 
j.  (east)  Mris.  Fox  17  A.  2  B.  17  F. ;  ii.  Sir  William  Man  (now  M 
Turner)  11  a.  1  b.  26  P.  (in  the  north-east  comer  of  this  was  a  pat 
2  a.  1b.  of  Mrs.  Fox's) ;  iii.  Sir  Wm.  Man  (now  Mr.  Tum€ 
17  a.  0  B.  20  P. ;  h.  Sir  Wm.  Man  16  a.  (now  divided  into  2  piec< 
of  4 A.  and  12a.,  and  belonging  to  Mr.  Turner);  t.  Mr.  Thom 
Booke  18  A.  3  B.  8  P. 

Further  north  still  are  marked  four  pieces  of  land :  i.  Sir  Wi 
Man's  (now  Mr.  Man's)  42  a.  2  B.  20  P. ;  ii.  Mr.  John  Coveni 
20  A.  0  B.  34  P.  ;  iii.  Mr.  Flatcher  ;  iv.  Mr.  Boyce. 

At  the  foot  of  the  Map  Mr.  Thos.  Turner  notes  that  his  fi 
pieces  of  land,  herein  marked,  contain  52  a.  1  b.  85  p.,  all  in  tl 
occupation  of  Mr.  Bobert  Lushiugton. 

•  Sir  Wm.  Mann  was  the  son  of  Sir  Christopher  Mann  (ob..l6S8),  by  I 
second  wife  Frances,  dauubtor  of  Sir  Edward  Master.  Sir  WiUiam  died  Augii 
6, 1673,  leaving  a  sou  William,  who,  like  his  father,  possessed  the  advowson 
Bennington  Kectoir,  and  exercised  his  right  of  patronage  in  1688.  In  or  befo 
the  jear  1693  Mr.  Wm.  Mann  had  sold  the  lands  above  mentioned  to  Mr.  Thi 
Turner,  of  Lincoln's  Inn,  London,  and  the  advowson  likewise.  In  1701  I 
son,  Mr.  John  Turner,  presented  the  Eev.  John  Turner  to  the  B«ct(H-y  of  Bo 
nington.  Within  eight  years  the  Rev,  John  Turner  resigned,  and  Uien  Jol 
Turner,  gent.,  presented  the  Bev.  Thomas  Turner  to  the  Bectory,  which 
held  for  S3  years. 


(    403     ) 


ST.  LEONARD'S  CHURCH,  HYTHE. 


BY    CANON   SCOTT   ROBERTSON. 


N 


Hythe  is  the  modern  name  of  this  member  of  the  Cinque 
Ports ;  of  old,  its  name  was  written  Ilethe  (in  Domesday  Book 
it  is  Uede),  and  at  one  period  we  read  often  of  it  as  "  Hith,"  or 
"  Hithe";  but  it  lias  now  for  a  century  or  more  been  written 
"  Hythe," 

The  Church  of  St.  Leonard  lias  now  for  many  years  been  a 
parish  church,  witli  a  duly  inducted  Vicar  of  its  own;  but  for 
several  centuries  it  was  merely  a  chapel,  appendant  to  Saltwood 
Church,  although  its  parishioners  were  entitled  to  receive  in  it 
all  the  religious  rites  that  are  connected  with  an  ordinary 
parish  church.  Its  incumbent  was  legally  called  the  "  Parish 
Chaplain  "  ;*  he  was  not  instituted  uor  inducted,  as  to  a  benefice  ; 
but  each  rector  of  Saltwood  was  iuducted  to  the  rectory  of  the 
Church  of  Saltwood  with  the  Chapel  of  St.  Leonard  of  Hethe. 
It  had  a  "cemetery"  or  churchyard,  and  there  are  extant  the 
wills  of  many  persons  who  directed  that  they  should  be  buried 
"  in  the  Chapel  of  St.  Leonard  at  Hethe"  or  in  the  "  cemetery 
of  the  Chapel  of  St.  Leonard  at  Hethe."f 

Notwithstanding  its  ecclesiastical  dependence,  it  was 
actually  a  far  nobler  and  more  handsome  building  than  the 
mother  Church  of  Saltwood. 

The  architect  who  designed  its  magnificent  chancel  (between 
A.D.  1200  and  a.i>.  1230  probably)  was  not  permitted  to  com- 
plete his  design.      He  planned  vaulting  of  stone  for  the  high 

*  In  1474  Thoraiu  Honywode  by  will  bequeathed  Ss.  4d.  to  Master  John 
Merifield,  the  Parish  Chaplain.  About  a.d.  1538  the  priest  who  mrved  iu  St. 
LeoDurd's  Chapel  was  paid  £6  13s.  4d.  per  annum  by  the  rector  of  Saltwood,  as 
we  learn  from  the  J'alor  Eecletiartitnu,  p.  40. 

t  In  14C4  John  PecchynK,  and  in  1466  Uenry  Mersh  and  John  Lows  (son  of 
Tbonias  Lows),  dcsirpd  to  he  buried  "  in  cimvterio  Capelln  Sci  Leooardi  de 
Hethe."  In  1472  William  Howg-yn,  and  in  1 4S8  Bicliard  Lam bisfelde,  dented 
to  be  buried  in  "  Cajiella  Sci'  Leonardi  de  Ilctho." 

In  1486  William  Lunco  bequeathed  to  the  Chape)  of  St.  Leonard  at  Hethe 
ft  eope  of  the  value  of  £10.  To  the  torch  in  the  Chapel  of  St.  I^eonard  at  Hethe, 
R.  Liimbisfelde  left  6a.  8d.  b;  his  will  mode  in  1488.  To  the  "  works  "  of  the 
Chapel  of  St.  Leonard  at  Hethe,  or  to  the  repair  of  its  fabrir,  Thomas  Honv- 
wode  in  1474  bequeathed  20s. ;  Wm.  Hawkyn  Is.,  and  Henry  Mersh  6s.  Bd.,  In 
1486 ;  and  Bic.  Lunbeefelde  6s.  8d.  in  1488. 

D   D   2 


404 


8T.   LEONARD  8   CHURCH,    HYTHt. 


chancel  of  St.  Leonard,  and  for  the  side  chancels  of  St.  Mary 
and  St.  Katharine,  but  he  could  not  carrj'  out  this  costly  plan. 
He  was  not  able  even  to  complete  the  north  wall  of  St.  Leonanl'* 
chancel  so  fully  as  he  did  the  south  wall.  Not  until  the 
present  Vicar  (the  Rev.  T.  G.  Hall)  took  the  matter  in  liaud 
was  that  design  carried  to  completion,  which  the  architect 
conceived  six  hundred  and  fifty  years  ago.  Mr.  Hall,  with  the 
support  of  his  parishioners  and  the  lielp  of  other  friends,  has  been 
enabled  to  cause  the  triforium  to  be  formed  in  the  north  wall, 
and  the  vaulting  to  be  constructed  over  all  three  of  the  chancels 
under  the  direction  of  Mr.  Peai-son,  R.A.  The  "  restoration" 
of  the  church  had  previously  been  carried  out  under  the  direction 
of  the  late  Mr.  G.  E.  Street. 

Hasted,  in  liis  Uistonj  of  Kent,  viii.,  249 — 251,  gives  much 
fuller  details  respecting  this  handsome  church  than  was  bis 
custom.  As  many  of  the  facts  he  mentioned,  a  century  ago, 
possess  considerable  interest  now,  I  shall  quote  his  description 
of  Hythe  Church  : — 

"The  Church,  which  is  dodicatod  to  St.  Leonard,  is  a  fine  handsome  kuildini;. 
consistin);  of  t)irce  isles,  a  north  and  south  <Tn8s,  and  three  chanccb,  with  a  tower 
steeple  at  the  west  end,  in  which  are  six  bells  and  a  clook.  The  Church  sUmdn 
on  the  side  of  a  hij^b  and  steep  hill,  a  considerable  height  above  any  of  the  town, 
having  a  very  large  churchyard  adjoining,  mostly  on  the  west  and  north  sides, 
in  the  middle  of  which  is  a  large  open  well  of  water,  under  a  covo  of  the  qiiUTy 
stone. 

"  There  is  a  very  handsome  flight  of  many  stone  steps  up  to  the  Church,  ^ven 
by  William  Glanvillc,  representative  [in  Purliamont]  \u  1729.  The  room  nver 
the  porch  at  the  entrance  is  the  Tokh  Sail,  where  the  Mayor  and  other  members 
of  it  are  yearly  chosen. 

"  The  Tower,  built  in  the  room  of  the  old  one  which  suddenly  fell  down  in 
1748,  was  rebuilt  and  the  Church  repaired  hy  a  Brief.  It  is  a  very  fine  one.  of 
excellent  masonry  of  quarry  stone,  with  ashlar  quoins  and  ornaments,  and  has 
four  turrets  on  the  top. 

"  The  middle  isle  has,  not  long  since,  been  paved  with  PortUnd  stone,  luid 
new  pewod.  There  are  two  galleries  ;  one  built  at  the  cliarge  of  the  parish  in 
1750  ;  the  other  bv  Hercules  Baker  and  William  Glanville.  represenlativen,  in 
1734.  In  the  middle  hangs  a  handsome  brass  branch.  This  isle  has  a  row  of 
rurII  upper  windows,  on  eovh  side,  being  an  upper  story  in  the  choir  fashion. 

"The  south  orosR,  at  the  time  the  tower  was  now  built  and  the  church  re- 
paired, was  taken  down  by  the  family  of  Deedcs  and  rebuilt  by  them,  with  a 
vault  of  its  full  size  underneath,  for  their  burial,  which  was  fini.shed  in  1751  at 
their  own  charge;   for  this  and   for  appropriating  to  themselves  rn  "  t« 

four  JK5WS  in  this  isle,  they  obtained  a  faculty.    Thiseross-isle,  orohaii-  I 

with  PortUud  stone,  and  is  se|>arat«d  from  the  south  isle  by  an  iron  r;>ii>ii|.:  in 
it  are  several  monuments  of  the  Deodes'  family."  [At  a  fad,  no  faemlty  was 
obtained. 1 

"  On  the  west  side  of  the  north  cross  there  apfHsani  ou   the   outside  to  lu»» 
been  an  antient  doorway,  the  arch  over  it  being  circular,  with  lig-zag  ornament^ 
etc.    The  ground  ou  the  outside  is  nearly  up  to  the  spring  of  the  arch,  and  thvr« 
arc  no  ap|icaranoo«  of  it  on  the  inside. 

"  The  three  chancels  arc  very  antient  indeed,  much  more  so  thai  '  '  ■. 
from  which  there  is  ascent  to  each  ;  the  pillars  in  them  are  inclu^  i 

aiuall  ones  of  Bothorsden  marble,  and  both  the  arches  and  windows  vii ,  ;,.  ...i.i. 
ful  and  lofty.    The  middle  or  high  chancel  bos  a  gnuid  approach,  hnvuig  eight 


MiiMfR-ii 


SOUTH  BIDE  OP  ST.  LEONABD'S  CHDBCH.  at  Hytjik. 


ST.    LEONARD  8   CHURCH,    HYTHE. 


405 


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N 


steps  to  it  from  the  inkldle  isle,  and  three  more  towards  the  altar.  Tlio  miidows 
are  very  lipht  and  lofty,  especially  the  three  at  the  ea»t  end,  which  are  remarkably 
elefi;ant.  There  arc  rt:>untl  the  tipper  part  of  it,  and  on  the  south  side,  small 
double  arches  and  Betherwlen  pillan',  similar  to  those  on  the  sides  of  the  uhoir  in 
Canterbury  Cnlliedral.    The  wliolo  is  now  paved  with  Portland  stone. 

"  The  north  cliancel,  which,  as  well  as  the  opjwsite  one,  has  a  rise  of  steps 
from  the  isle,  ha.*  uo  inscription  in  it.  The  pillars  of  both  these  chancels  have 
an  untisualty  large  base,  of  near  three  feet  high,  and  about  five  feet  square,  upon 
the  surface  of  the  pavement  ...... 

"  In  this  church  are  numbers  of  monumente  and  memorials,  amonfr  others 
for  the  family  of  Deedes,  for  the  Masters  and  Collinses.  Memorials  for  Isaao 
Rutton,  lieutenant  of  Dover  Castle,  ob'  1683 ;  for  Henry  Estday,  gent.,  ob'  1610 ; 
for  Robert  Kelway,  A.M.,  rector  of  Hope,  etc.,  ob'  1759.  An  insaription  on 
brass  for  John  Bredi^ian,  the  last  bailiff  and  the  first  mayor  of  Hythe,  ob'  24 
Elizabeth,  1581.  For  several  of  the  Knights,  arms,  a  chevron  between  3  birds ; 
and  a  monument  for  Robinson  IJean,  gent.,  ten  times  mayor  here,  etc.,  etc." 

This  comprehensive  descrifytion  by  Hasted  gives  the  reader 
a  general  idea  of  what  the  church  is  like.  Our  plate  shewing 
the  estcriofj  both  from  the  north-east  and  from  the  south-east, 
will  render  more  definite  the  impression  upon  the  reader's  mind. 
We  will  now  proceed  to  a  minute  architectural  survey  of  the 
church. 

Thk  Norman  Cbubch. 

Many  traces  of  the  original  Norman  Church  still  remain. 
In  the  north  arcade  of  the  nave,  the  arched  heads  of  two  Norman 
windows,  witli  parts  of  their  jambs,  visible  above  the  eastern 
arches  of  the  arcade,  shew  that  the  old  Norman  north  wall  of  the 
nave  was  not  pulled  down  when  the  arches  of  the  north  aisle  were 
pierced  (in  the  fourteenth  century,  perhaps) . 

The  North  Transept  (probably  dedicated  to  St.  Edmund  the 
King  and  Martyr)  has  fragments  of  an  early-Norman  arch,  in 
the  exterior  of  its  eastern  wall.*  It  still  retains  a  tall  narrow 
doorway,  of  late-Norrann  work,  in  its  western  wall.  Hasted 
mentions  that  100  years  ago  the  top  of  the  doorway's  well- 
moulded  arch  was  visible  outside,  but  no  trace  of  it  could 
be  seen  within.  This  was  remedied  during  the  restoratioa 
carried  out  under  Mr.  Street's  guidance.  The  shafts  in  the 
outer  door-jambs  are  "banded,"  which  is  a  sure  tokeu  of  the 
work  having  been  done  late  in  the  Norman  period  of  archi- 
tecture. A  large  part  of  the  walls  of  this  transept  may  be 
Norman.     The  north-east  coign  is  so,  undoubtedly.     The  but- 

*  It  is  very  dilHcult,  now,  to  interpret  these  Norman  fragments,  but  pro- 
bably they  are  the  remains  of  the  entrance  to  n  small  Norman  cbanoel  of 
St.  Edmund's  transept  chapel.  On  the  mitsido  there  now  stand  steps  leading 
down  to  the  new  heating  apparatus.  Over  these  steps  we  discern  Norman 
masonry,  3  feet  wide  at  iiottom,  upon  a  level  (I  suppose)  with  the  floor  of  the 
transept  inside.  About  3  feet  above  this  Normin  masoury  there  is  a  bi(  of 
Norman  impost  moulding.  This  stands  aorth  of  the  arch  which  iis  .still  indi- 
cated, inside  the  transept  chapel,  by  the  stops  of  the  north  and  sonlh  jambs  of 
an  opening  in  the  east  wall,  beneath  part  of  the  modern  east  window  of  this 
transept. 


406 


8T.  Leonard's  chueoh,  hythe. 


tresses  may  have  been  added  late  in  the  style,  or  at  tlie  peric 
of  transition,  to  which  probably  the  window  in  the  west  wall 
belongs. 

A  late-Norman  arch  with  few  mouldings  (seen  in  our  Plate 
of  the  Interior)  gives  access  to  the  south  transept  from  the 
south  aisle.  This  chapel,  probably  dedicated  to  St.  James, 
came  eventually  into  the  possession  of  the  Deedea'  family,  by 
whom  it  was  rebuilt  (as  Hasted  tells  us)  in  1751. 

These  traces  of  the  Norman  Church  lead  us  to  believe  that 
in  the  twelfth  century  St.  Leonard's  Chapel  (for  Hythe  was  then 
a  chapelry  attached  to  the  parish  of  Saltwood)  had  been  so  far 
developed  that  it  possessed,  at  least,  a  nave  with  south  aisle,  a 
north  transept,  and  probably  a  short  chancel  with  south  chantry. 

The  round  turret  containing  a  staircase  outside  the  north- 
west pier  of  the  chancel-arch  is  curious,  and  it  has  the  appear- 
ance of  great  antiquity,  but  it  is  very  doubtful  whether  it  could 
have  existed  in  the  Norman  period.  Probably  it  was  added 
later. 

Early  in  the  thirteenth  century,  perhaps  while  Cardinal 
Stephen  Langton  was  Archbishop,  and  therefore  Lord  of 
Saltwood  and  Hythe,  great  improvements  were  planned  in  thi.'s 
church.  The  Norman  chancel  was  entirely  swept  away ;  so 
were  the  Norman  arches  between  the  nave  and  the  two 
transepts  ;  probably  also  the  small  Norman  ap.se  or  chancel  of 
the  north  transept  (St.  Edmund's  chapel)  was  then  replaced  by 
something  larger,  although  still  small  as  the  proportions  of  the 
transept  required.  The  Norman  south  arcade  of  the  nave  waa 
also  swept  away,  and  replaced  by  lofty  pointed  arches  with  hood 
mouldings.  Probably,  the  Normau  north  wall  of  the  nave  was 
still  left  standing,  with  its  Normau  windows  in  use,  for  another 
century. 

Thk  Vaclted  Procession  Path. 

The  architect,  whoever  he  may  have  been,  was  bold  and 
original.  He  proposed  to  carry  his  new  chancel  to  the  furthest 
boundary  of  the  churchyard  eastward.  If  this  were  done,  the 
rule  of  the  Church  so  strongly  insisted  upon  in  mediajval  times 
would  be  broken.  Whenever  buildings  were  erected  upon  a 
churchyard  near  its  edge  it  was  always  stipulated  that  room 
must  be  left  for  the  Procession  Path  around  the  church.* 

•  'VVlien  perrainsion  was  granted,  in  a.d.  1370,  fortlif' '     ' '  ' ''    '"  ""  :o 

of  CoblKiin  l<)  be  erected  on  the  south  jiile  of  the  parish  c'l  I  :l 

proviso  was  iunerted  iu  the  lioenco  "dura  tuuien  via  ; ,  -^  ,...il« 

KUBtrsli  ooclesie  predicto  ooiuueUi,  iu  pcrpeliiu  iu  futur\iiii  puteat  .  .  .  .  ol  |i«r 
edifioin  prodiotA  .  .  .  uoo  impoJintur  via  nntcdiota."  Arehaoloaia  Cantittua, 
II,2a+. 


ST.    LEONARD  S   CHURCH,    HYTHB. 


407 


At  Wrotliam  iu  Kent,  when  the  architect's  plan  required 
the  church  to  be  lengthened  so  far,  westward,  that  its  tower 
stood  upon  the  western  boundary  of  the  churchyard,  he  solved 
the  questiou  of  the  Procession  Path  by  making  the  lowest  part 
of  the  tower  a  strongly  vaulted  passage  or  open  archetl  way, 
through  which  the  frequent  ritual  processions  could  pass,  with 
cross  carried  erect ;  priests,  choristers  and  people  solemnly 
chanting  their  Litanies.*  At  Hythe,  the  architect's  plan 
required  exactly  the  reverse  of  what  was  done  at  Wrotham. 
Here,  his  plan  carried  the  chancel  of  the  church  out  to  the 
extreme  eastern  boundary  of  the  churchyard.  How  then  could 
the  Procession  Path  be  maintained,  and  kept  open,  as  re- 
quired for  priests,  choristers,  and  people  walking  solemnly  in 
procession,  cliautiiig  their  Litanies?  The  bold  and  ambitious 
architect  of  this  church  was  perfectly  equal  to  the  occasion.  He 
said,  "  I  will  build  a  beautiful,  vaulted,  arched-way  of  stone, 
beneath  the  extreme  cast  end  of  my  chancel,  and  not  only  shall 
I  thus  maintain  for  you  a  Procession  Path,  but  I  shall  at  the 
same  time  add  greatly  to  the  grandeur  and  beauty  of  your 
church  by  causing  the  chancel,  thus  elevated,  to  be  approached 
by  a  tall  flight  of  steps,  just  as  the  choir  of  Canterbury 
Cathedral  is  approached."  This  he  did.  That  he  had  done  so, 
however,  was  not  known  to  Hasted,  nor  to  the  following  gene- 
ration of  Hythe  people.  Not  until  the  present  vicar,  Mr.  Hall, 
called  in  Mr.  Pearson's  aid,  was  it  discovered  that  about  14  feet 
of  eartli,  which  hod  accumulated  at  the  north-eastern  part  of  the 
churchyard,  had  completely  covered  up  the  beautiful  northern 
doorway  of  that  fine  vaulted  Procession  Path.f     The  original 

•  Relics  of  these  Medisval  Procesaional  Litaoies  surrive  io  our"LlTAJiT" 
in  the  English  Book  of  Common  Prayer.  The  rubric  orders  it  to  be  used  after 
Morning  Prayer  on  Wednesdays  and  Fridays  a«  well  as  on  Sundays.  These 
«'ere  ancient  Procession  Days.  In  the  autumn  of  1403,  orders  were  issued  to 
every  incumbent  in  the  kingdom  that  processions  and  prayers  were  to  be  made 
for  the  king  against  Owen  Ulendower,  in  every  parish,  on  the  fourth  and  sixth 
feria  (i.e.,  Wednesday  and  Friday)  each  week  (RegiiUr  of  Jno.  BoUUtham.  Bp. 
of  Itochetter,  fol.  38*).  Exactly  similar  orders  were  issued,  in  March  1424-5,  for 
prayers  for  the  king,  and  similar  prooessions  for  bles.«ing  u|>on  his  majesty  were 
asked  for  everywhere,  on  the  same  day,  of  each  week  (liishop  LaogdoHi  Rochetier 
Befitler,  fol.  46*).  For  the  preservation  of  the  procession  path  in  the  churoh- 
yrai.  at  Stone,  neor  I)ttrlfor<J,  John  Bokeland  in  Jan.  1473-4  desired  that  his 
"  executors  ....  do  pnye  the  procession  way,  from  the  chancel  door  unto  the 
west  door,  with  paving  tiles  "  {Arch.  Camt.,  III.,  106).  In  Denne's  fft»^ory  q/" 
Roekfltr,  published  by  Fisher  in  1772,  we  read  (pp.  204-6),  "  As  solemn  pro- 
oewions  were  judged  to  be  <in  essential  part  of  rehgious  service;  and  as  the 
district  allotted  the  parishioners  [of  St.  Nicholas,  Rochester]  was  very  confined, 
the  monks  consented  that  they  should,  after  walking  round  the  north-east  side 
of  8t.  NichoUs  Churrh,  enter  into  the  cathedral  at  the  door  of  the  north  cross, 
and  pass  out  of  it  again  at  the  north  door  leading  int-j  the  clnirchyard." 

t  As  this  Processional  Way  wmilJ  be  in  conKtant  use,  until  the  Reformation 
was  fully  established,  I  feel  coislideat  that  nothing  would  have  been  permitted  to 
obstruct  free  passage  through  it,  with  orcas  erect  in  solemn  procession,  before 


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ST.    LEONAKD  8   CHURCH,   HTTHB. 


architect,  who  never  was  perraitted  to  complete  the  vaulting 
of  his  three  chancels,  had  yet  made,  beneath,  every  preparation 
for  supporting  their  vaulting.  Against  the  cast  wall's  exterior, 
he  placed  five  strong  buttresses  of  stone;  against  the  outer  wall 
of  the  north  chancel,  two  (which  differ  in  details),  and  against 
that  of  the  south  chancel  three  buttresses  (two  are  alike,  but 
the  westernmost  is  smaller  than  they).  As  the  building  ex- 
tended to  the  extreme  edge  of  the  churchyard,  the  architect 
constructed  through  each  of  the  five  eastern  buttresses  an 
archway  just  large  enough  to  admit  a  man  to  pass  through  it. 
The  northern  arch  seems  to  have  had  a  door  fitted  to  it.  The 
buttresses  around  this  chancel  resemble  those  at  the  south- 
eastern portion  of  Canterbury  Cathedral. 

High  Chancbl  of  St.  Leonard. 
Of  the  interior  of  the  beautiful  Early  English  chancel, 
its  elevation,  and  its  general  character,  some  idea  can  be  obtained 
from  our  Plate  representing  the  interior  of  the  Church.  The 
use  of  Bethersden  marble  for  many  of  the  slender  shafts,  in  the 
jambs  of  arches,  and  clusteriug  around  piers,  produces  an 
admirable  effect.     The  dog-tooth  moulding  is  introduced  richly 

the  Bororraation.  Consequently,  I  believe  that  the  Urge  collection  of  hnm&o 
skulla  and  bones,  now  Btored  tliere,  could  not  have  boon  (ilnoed  within  this  Pro- 
cesnoa  Palh  until  after  the  Rotormnlion,  in  the  sixtoeiilh  century.  Mr.  Hall, 
on  pf.  333-&  ol  Anhaoloffia  Cantimui,  XVIH.,  has  fully  and  dearly  described 
the  aoientilio  theories  respecting  thc^a  human  remains.  He  t«Us  us  that  no 
mention  ia  made  of  them  until  aft«r  the  period  of  the  Great  Rebellion.  Leiand, 
Lambard,  and  Kilhurn  s.iy  nothinif  about  thorn.  Mr.  Brome  of  Cheriton  is 
the  first  writer  who  alludes  to  them,  and  he  wrote  in  the  last  quart«>r  of  the 
seventoenth  century.  Whatever  their  autiqiiity  or  history  may  be,  they  cannot 
fail  to  be  of  interest  to  every  one  who  sees  them. 

As  I  had  been  informed  that  in  Boiue  of  these  skulls  there  was  a  frontal 
suture,  or  a  continuance  of  the  sajjitLal  suture  through  the  frontal  bone,  which 
usually  disappears  from  the  skull.s  of  adxlt  Englishmen,  I  asked  my  friend, , 
Mr.  Eandnll  Davis  of  Hytho,  surgeon,  to  einmine  these  craitia,  with  referenoM 
to  this  particular  matter.  His  very  interesting  reply  reads  thus : — "  I  havap 
examined  the  723  skulls  which  are  to  be  seen,  and  find  that  only  86,  or  abouif 
5  percent.,  have  such  a  sagittal  suture.  Of  these  36  skulU,  3  were  those  of^ 
children,  and  a  fourth  was  that  of  a  young  person  who  had  not  out  the  wisdom ' 
teeth. 

"Of  the  three  children's  skulls,  one  has  also  the  transverse  suture,  well 
marked ;  thu.5  shewing  a  constitutional  tendency  to  bte  union  of  the  sutures. 
Another  of  tho  three  has  an  injury,  probably  iriQiotfld  before  death. 

"  One  skull,  of  the  36  which  have  a  sagittal  suture,  that  of  an  adult,  haa 
certainly  been  buried. 

"There  are  only  10  (of  tho  753)  skulls  which  have  injuries,  that  were  oep 
tainly  inflicted  before  death  ;  all  of  these  are  on  tho  anterior  halt  of  the  ciHiin'iim  j 
and  in  nearly  every  case  each  of  these  10  skulls  shews  .several  injuries.  None  i ' 
these  has  the  sagittal  suture  (except  that  of  the  child  above  mentioned). 

"  Among  the  okulls  there  is  imniense  diversity  of  size  and  shape. 

"1  am  myself  inmble  to  distinguish,  witli  any  certainty,  between  a  male  and 
feoLile  skull,  but  Mr.  H.  li.  Mnckoson  Mia  me  that  Professor  Owen  said  manj 
of  these  skulls  were  those  of  females." 


ST.  leokaed's  church,  hythb.  409 

arounci  the  eastern  lancets  of  the  central  and  south  chancels 
and  in  the  arches  of  the  south  arcade.  The  arcades  north  and 
south  of  the  chancel,  each  of  two  bays,  are  not  exactly  alike, 
nor  arc  the  central  piers,  with  their  clustering  shafts.  The 
central  pier  on  the  south  side  has  a  square  base,  and  its  upper 
portion  forms  a.  bench  on  which  several  persons  may  sit.  The 
plan  of  the  base  of  the  opposite  pier  is  octagonal. 

The  triforium  in  each  wall  (original  on  the  south ;  new,  on 
the  north  side)  consists  of  four  round-headed  arches,  having 
beneath  each  of  them  two  pointed  arches.  They  resemble 
those  in  the  triforium  of  Canterbury  Cathedral,  which  were 
erected  in  1178.  Above  the  triforium  is  a  clcresttiry,  having 
three  single-light  windows  on  each  side  of  the  chancel. 

Above  the  apex  of  the  chancel  arch  is  an  open  arched  door- 
way (shewn  in  our  Plate)  in  the  middle  of  the  passage  that  runs 
round  three  sides  of  the  chancel.  The  stairs,  by  vtrhich  this 
passage  is  approached,  are  in  the  circular  turret  that  stands 
close  to  the  north  pier  of  the  chancel  arch.  This  turret  stair 
leads  first  to  the  door  of  the  rood  loft,  seen  above  the  pulpit 
at  the  north  side  of  the  chancel  arch.  It  is  then  continued 
up  to  the  passage  that  runs  through  the  thickness  of  the  walls 
of  the  chancel. 

The  reredos,  seen  behind  the  communion  table,  is  a  very 
beautiful  piece  of  sculpture  by  Arraitage,  generously  presented 
by  a  former  curate  of  this  parish,  the  Ilev.  Claude  Brown.  It 
represents  the  entombment  of  our  Lord.  Although  designed  by 
Mr.  Street,  it  is  quite  unfit,  in  its  present  mounting,  for  the 
place  it  occupies.  Its  top  interferes  with  the  view  of  the  three 
glorious  eastern  lancets  ;  and  the  curtains  beside  it  hide  a  string 
course,  of  carved  sunken  panels,  which  the  original  architect 
intended  to  be  kept  in  sight.  This  string  course  of  sunk 
panels  resembles  that  which  adorned  the  outer  south  wall  of  the 
refectory,  at  Christ  Church  Priory  in  Canterbury.  That  string 
course  is  still  visible  in  the  northern  alley  of  the  cloisters 
there;  the  date  of  its  execution  is  believed  to  be  circa  a.d.  1226. 
Similar  strings  appear  upon  two  stages  of  the  western  tower  of 
this  church,  and  a  similar  string  course  adorns  the  eastern  wall 
of  the  chancel  of  Minster  Church,  in  Thanet. 

The  sedilia  and  the  piscina  of  this  high  chancel  of 
St.  Leonard,  are  beautiful  examples  of  Early  English  work. 

The  eastern  lancets  were  filled  with  coloured  glass  some 
years  ago,  in  memory  of  a  native  of  Hythe,  Alderman  Finnis  of 
London,  who  served  the  office  of  Lord  Mayor  in  1856-7.  The 
glass  is  not  considered  fit  for  the  position  it  occupies,  and  I 
believe  that  a  faculty  has  been  obtained  for  its  removal. 


410 


ST.    LEONABD  S   CHURCH,    HTTHB. 


FbATUREB    in    TBI    DSCOKATED    StYLE. 

In  the  fourteenth  century,  when  much  was  done  in  almost 
all  our  churches,  there  seems  to  have  been  little  needed  at  St. 
Leonard's  in  Hythe.  It  is  certain,  however,  that  the  singular 
little  half  arch,  between  the  north  transept's  west  wall  and  the 
north  arcade  of  the  nave,  was  then  inserted.  It  probably  gave 
much  more  room  and  more  light  in  this  portion  of  the  church, 
although,  at  its  erection,  it  would  appear  that  a  small  window 
iu  tlie  cast  end  of  the  north  wall  was  blocked  up.  The  arch 
adjsiceut  to  it  iu  the  nave  arcade  (the  third  arch  from  the  west 
wall)  is  also  of  the  fourteenth  century.  It  is  higher  than  the 
two  nave  arches  that  stand  westward  of  it,  ajid  they  may  have 
been  pierced  earlier  in  the  same  century.  The  broad  shallow 
mouldings  on  the  bases  and  ca])s  of  the  roughly  octagonal  piers 
of  these  arches  ought  to  be  noticed. 

Two  windows  iu  the  north  wall  were  inserted  in  the  four- 
teenth century.  They  were  each  of  two  trefoiled  lights  with  a 
quatrefoi!  above  thcra.  The  westernmost  of  them  still  remains 
in  situ,  the  other  has  been  renewed.  The  tomb-canopy  in  the 
north  wail  of  the  north  transept  is  of  the  early  part  of  the  four- 
teenth century,  or  it  may  be  of  the  end  of  the  preceding  century, 
I  am  not  sure  which  date  it  belongs  to.  It  is  9-cusped,  each 
triangular  cusp  having  a  round  moulding  along  its  projecting 
edges,  and  another  at  its  base.  The  hood  mould  surmount- 
ing all  is  a  "  roll  moulding,"  characteristic  of  the  Decorated 
period.  East  of  this  tonib-cauopy  stands  an  arched  aumbry, 
the  slight  ogee  in  its  arch  proves  it  to  be  also  of  the  Deco- 
rated style.  In  the  east  wall  of  this  north  transept,  beneath 
the  existing  modern  window,  are  moulded  stones  which  formed 
parts  (near  the  bases)  of  the  jambs  of  a  simple  Early  English,  or 
early  Decorated  arch  about  8  feet  wide.  It  may  have  formed 
at  one  time  a  chancel  arch ;  and  later  perhaps  merely  a  recess 
for  an  altar.  An  Early  English  piscina  stands  immediately 
south  of  the  site  of  this  arch. 

What  was  the  original  treatment,  in  the  twelfth  century,  of 
this  eastern  wall  of  the  north  transept  it  is  impossible  now  to 
determine,  but  there  remain,  on  the  exterior  (close  beside  the 
site  of  the  northern  jamb  of  the  arch  just  mentioned,  and  north 
of  it),  traces  of  early  Norman  work.  These  may  have  formed 
part  of  a  Norman  pier  or  jamb  of  an  arch. 

Of  the  Decorated  style,  used  in  the  fourteenth  century,  we  findj 
further  examples  in  the  east  end  <if  the  south  aisle  of  the  choii 
or  chancel.  The  plain  aumbry  north  of  the  east  window  of  St. 
Mary's  (?)  chantry  here,  and  the  l>eautiful  piscina  with  its  trefoil- 
headed  arch,  are  good  examples  of  this  style.     Probably  also  tvc  ' 


leonaed's  church,  hythe. 


brackets  (one  large  and  square  on  the  north  side,  and  the  other 
smaller  and  semi-octagonal  on  the  south)  were  inserted  beneath 
this  east  window  (to  iiauk  the  altar  of  St.  Mary)  in  the  fourteenth 
century. 

St.  Mart's  Chancel. 

At  the  eastern  end  of  the  south  aisle  of  the  chancel  (now 
somewhat  obscured  by  the  organ)  are  three  exquisite  lancet 
windows  (two  in  the  south  wall,  and  one  in  the  east  wall)  having 
their  rere-arches  trebly  cuspcd,  and  the  cusps  adorned  with  dog- 
tooth mouldings.  In  the  south  wall  remains  a  handsome  pis- 
cina of  the  Decorated  iwriotl ;  opposite  is  a  plain  aumbry  of  the 
same  period  with  a  plain  ogeed  arch. 

From  old  wills  of  parishioners,  and  from  the  parish  re- 
cords, we  know  that  there  were  images  of  S^-  Mary  the  Virgin 
in  other  chapels  of  this  church  ;  but  the  chief  one  was  here. 
Here  also  stood,  in  1412,*  "  the  great  chest  "  (probably  con- 
taining vestments  and  other  valuable  things). 

In  1460,  Agnes  Ncwhouse  desired  to  be  buried  before  the 
image  of  St,  Mary  in  the  chapel  of  the  Virgin  here  (or  else 
before  the  great  rood).  She  left  12d.  to  the  light  of  St.  Mary 
in  this  chapel ;  and  ten  years  later  John  Honywodc  left  2()d.  to 
the  same  light.  Towards  making  a  window  "  ultra  altarem  "  in 
this  chapel,  Henry  Herman  bequeathed  (js.  Hd.  in  1482;  pro- 
bably at  that  time  the  eastern  lancet  was  filled  with  coloured 
glass. 

At  the  present  time  we  find  here  the  stone  slab  (unusually 
■well  sculptured  with  leaves  and  roses)  commemorating  Eliza- 
beth, wife  of  Robinson  Bean,  and  daughter  of  John  Knight.  She 
died  on  the  22nd  of  January  1680-1,  aged  58.  Her  sole 
daughter  and  heiress  Ann  died  January  the  12th,  1679-80,  aged 
twenty-two. 

The  coloured  glass  in  the  east  window  of  this  chancel  was 
inserted  in  memory  of  Henry  Mackeson,  who  died  on  the  9th  of 
March  18G0,  aged  87,  and  of  his  wife  Mary  Jane,  who  died  in 
November  1852,  aged  81.  On  the  north  wall  is  a  memorial 
brass  thus  inscribed  : — 

"  In  a  vault  neor  this  place  are  interred  the  remains  of  Marv  Jane.  S"* 
daughter  of  Henry  Mackeson  and  Mary  Jane  his  n-ife,  who  dii-d  22  June  1S09, 
aged  5  years  and  7  months."  It  also  oommemorsit««  Elizabeth,  their  eldeiil 
daughter,  born  at  Deal,  1  March  1799,  who  died  at  Tunbrid^'c  Wells,  16  July 
1862.  She  was  buried  in  the  churchyard  of  St.  Paul,  Uusthall.  Aluo  William 
Mackc«on  of  Hythe,  who  died  at  Bath  ia  1821,  aged  47,  and  Harriet  his  wife, 
who  died  at  Canterbury  in  1855,  aged  79.  Also  Charles  William,  tlioir  eldest  son, 
who  died  in  1819,  aged  19 ;  Thomas,  their  5th  son,  a  Lieutenant  R.N.,  who  died 

Malta  in  1837,  aged  28;  William  Laurence,  their  7th  son,  Lioutcnaut  in  the 

*  Arehaoloyia  CaiUiana,  X.,  248. 


412 


ST.  Leonard's  church,  htthe. 


19th  Bengal  Native  Infantry,  who  died  in  184S,  aged  86 ;  Julius  Artbar,  ' 
8th  son,  who  died  in  1H47.  agcA  29 ;    Frederick,  tboir  4th  son,  Lieutena 
Colonel  in  the  Bon^l  Native  Army,  a  Commander  of  the  Bath,  who  wad 
mi.Nsiouer  of  Peshnn ur,  niid  die<l  of  a  wound  in  1H53,  U);ed  4€ ;  he  is  oonunemd 
by  a  monument  in  Canterbury  Cathedral,  and  by  another  at  Pcshawur. 

In   the   westernmost   window   of  the   north  wall   ther 
coloured  glass,  inserted  by  Mrs.  Ann  Bell,  in  memory  of  Lie 
General  William  Robert  Haliday,  formerly  Commandant  ofj 
School  of  Musketry,  who  died  Feb.  12,  1878,  in  his  70th  ye 


nstoi 

1 

mol 
end 


Cbapel  of  St.  James. 

The  south  transept  was  rebuilt  by  the  family  of  Deede 
1751,  but  it  is  now  open  to  all.  Its  southern  window,  of  thT 
lights,  contains  handsome  modern  glass,  by  Clayton  and  Be 
representing  the  Transfiguration  of  our  Blessed  Lord.  J 

Above  that  window  there  is  a  small  lancet  in  which  are  paidi 
six  shields,  bearing  the  arms  of  six  esquires  of  the  Deedes  famj 
impaling  those  of  their  respective  wives,  viz.,  arms  of  the  famili 
of,  1  (top)  Harrison;  (2)  Drake;  (3)  Dencw ;  (4)  Bramstoi 
(5)  Bridges  ;  (6)  Tay  lor ;  at  the  base  of  the  light  is  the  fa 
motto,  "Facia  rum  V^erha"  (Deeds  not  words). 

Upon  the  walls  of  this  transept  are  five  long  marble  mo 
mental  tablets,  commemorating  the  Deedes  family.  Bent 
the  large  south  window  is  a  modern  inscribed  brass  plate  whi( 
states  tliat  within  the  Deedes'  fstmily  vault,  beneath  this  transe] 
lie  the  bwlics  of  twenty-eight  members  of  that  family;  th« 
names  are  as  follows,  Henrij  Deedes,  ob.  1715,  and  his  wi 
Margaret  (m'v  Harrison),  ob.  1706,  with  their  children,  Williai 
Abraham- Harrison,  and  Margaret.  Jiillug  Deedes,*  ob.  175 
and  Elizabeth  Deedes  {lu'c  Drake),  ob.  1755,  and  their  only  chi 
Julius,  ob.  174'1,  s.p.  Julin^  Deed efjf  oh.  1753,  and  Dorotl 
Deedes  (nee  Deucw|),  ob.  1754;  with  their  daughter  Mai 
Willifim  Deedeii,^  ob.  1793,  and  Mary  Deedes  (ne'e  Bramstou 
Skrcens),  ob.  1792,  with  their  children,  Caroline,  Anne,  ai 
Thomas.  William  Deed^;s,\\  ob.  1831,  and  Sophia  Deedes  (« 
Bridges),  with  their  six  daughters.  William  De^es,^  ob.  186 
and  Emily  Octavia  Deedes  (nie  Taylor  of  Bifrons),  ob.  It 
with  their  daughters  Emily  and  Sophia. 

•  Eldest  »on  of  Henry  and  Morgiiret. 

t  Son  of  Wm.  Deedes,  M.D.  (of  Cauterbury,  wlio  was  buried  at  Aldin 
in   1738).     Tlii.s  Julius  wag  a  Prebendary  of  Canterbury,  Rector  of 
Mongehfim,  and  of  Dimtihuroh.  _ 

t  Widow  of  Uielmrd  Ibbetstm,  D.D. ;  gmnddaugliter  of  8ir  Abraham  Jaot 

§  Eldest  son  of  I'rolieudary  Julius  Doodes.     He  was  bora  in  the  Archbiaho 
Palace  at  Canterbury  in  17.^3'. 

II  Eldest  9UU  of  William  and  Mary.     He  vria  of  the  Middle  Templs,] 
resided  at  St.  Stephen's,  Canterbury. 

%  Eldest  sou  of  AVillium  and  Sophia.     He  was  H.P.,  for  Bist  Kent 


ST.  Leonard's  church,  htthb.  413 

Another  tablet  of  brass  at  the  north  end  of  this  transept's 
east  wall  records  that  there  lie  buried  in  Saltwood  churchyard 
John  Dcedes,  of  the  Inner  Temple,  who  died  in  1885,  and 
Major  George  Decdes  (of  Ililiiurst)  lately  of  the  17th  Regiment, 
•who  died  in  1883 ;  they  were  brothers  of  William,  the  M.P.  for 
East  Kent,  18^5-62,  and  were  the  5th  and  6tli  sons  of  William 
Dcedes  by  his  wife  Sophia,  ni'e  Bridges. 

Above  this  brass  is  a  marble  tablet  commemorating  Lieut- 
Colonel  Henry  Deedes  (third  sou  of  William  and  Sophia),  who 
died  in  1HJ8,  on  board  the  Bellerophon,  as  he  was  going  with 
his  regiment  (the  34th)  from  Malta  to  Gibraltar. 

The  memory  of  an  earlier  member  of  the  Deedes  family  is 
preserved  by  the  inscription  on  a  tablet,  north  of  the  chancel 
arch,  seen  above  the  pulpit  in  our  Plate,  on  the  south-west  face 
of  the  turret  which  contains  the  stone  stair  that  leads  to  the 
triforinm  and  roof,  and  from  whicli  access  to  the  ancient  rood 
loft  (when  it  existed)  was  obtained  through  a  doorway,  still  to 
be  seen  above  this  tablet.  The  inscription  tells  us  that  Julius 
Deedes,  Esq.,  was  thrice  Baron  in  Parliament  for  the  Port  of 
Hythc,  and  as  often  Mayor ;  Captain  of  the  Trained  Band,  and 
Major  of  this  division.  He  left  three  sons  (William,  Henry,  and 
Julius)  and  two  daughters  (Sarah  and  Margaret)  by  liis  wife 
Anne,  daughter  of  Robert  Bate,  of  Lydd,  esquire.  He  died 
Sept.  3rd,  1692,  set.  58.  She  died  Feb.  2nd,  1697,  at.  58.  The 
Batc.<t'  arms,  sable,  a  chevron  between  3  right  hands  open,  are 
impaled  with  Deedes. 

The  original  residence  of  the  Dcedes'  family  in  Hythe  stood 
next  door  to  the  present  vicarage,  at  the  foot  of  the  ascent  to 
the  south  porch  of  the  church. 

St.  Katherine's  Chancel. 

This  we  believe  to  have  been  the  north  chancel.  There  was 
naturally  a  light  burning  l>efore  the  image  of  St.  Katherine  at 
the  altar  dedicated  to  her  iu  this  chancel.  To  that  light  of 
St.  Katherine,  Harry  Butter  bequeathed  a  few  pence  in  1486. 
In  the  same  chancel  there  was  an  image  of  St.  Mary  the 
Virgin,  "  to  garnish  "  which  John  Hunte  in  1513  bequeathed 
68.  8d. 

A  fraternity  met  periodically  to  hold  service  in  this  chancel  j 
and  in  1487  John  Clerke  bequeathed  8d.  to  the  fraternity  of 
St.  Katherine  here. 

Tiles  were  laid  as  a  floor  to  this  chancel,  in  1412,  to  the 
extent  or  value  of  20d.* 

Beneath  the  east  window's  string   course  a  con&ec< 

*  Arekaoloffia  Coniiami,  X.,  843. 


414 


8T.  leonajld's  chukch,  hythe. 


cross  is  still  visible — no  doubt,  the  chocolate-coloured  paint  has 
been  renewed  at  some  time. 

A  doorway  has  been  inserted  in  the  south  wall,  which 
separated  St.  Leonard's  altar-space  from  that  of  St.  Katherine. 
On  its  north  face  it  is  square-headed,  but  on  the  south  its  head 
is  a  Tudor  arch. 

Here  are  memorials  of  (i)  Elizabeth  Lott,  who  died  in  1798  ; 
(ii)  John  Collyns  (son  of  Giles  Coliyns),  who  had  two  wives,  and 
had  issue  by  tliem  both;  these  armorial  bearings  are  shewn  : — 
quarterly  1  and  4,  verl,  a  wyvern,  or;  2  and  3,  argent,  3  pales 
azure,  on  a  canton  a  fleur-de-lis ;  (iii)  Robinson  Bean,  gent, 
(ten  times  Mayor  of  Hythe),  wlio  died  in  1703. 

The  niemorial  of  (iilcs  Coliyns  (father  of  John  above  named) 
stands  on  the  north  wall  of  the  altar-spaco  in  the  high  chancel 
of  St.  Leonard.  It  states  that  he  married  Margaret,  daughter 
of  John  Tailor. 

The  lancet  windows  in  this  north  chancel  are  curiously 
unlike  each  other.  The  easternmost  in  the  wall  has  two  lancets 
under  one  arcli — next  to  it,  and  like  it  between  the  external 
buttresses  stand  two  separate  lancets,  each  with  a  hood  of  its 
own;  the  westerinuost  window  is  a  single  lancet,  very  near  to 
and  west  of  the  smaller  exterior  buttress,  and  having  its  apex 
higher  than  any  of  the  others.  Its  external  hood-string  is 
carried  hf»rizoiitally  along  the  wall,  at  a  level  9  to  12  inches 
higher  than  the  strings  of  the  other  chancel  vvindowa  in  the  same 
wall.  I  consider  that  the  peculiar  treatment  of  this  lancet  indi- 
cates the  existence  at  an  early  period  of  a  small  chancel  to 
the  north  transept  of  St.  Edmund,  which  must  have  projected 
some  distance  eastward. 


St.  Edmund's  Chapel. 

That  St.  Edmund  the  King  and  Martyr  was  highly  honoured 
in  Hythe,  we  gather  from  the  fact  that  a  fair  was,  in  the  Middle 
Ages,  held  in  this  town  upon  St.  Edmund's  Day. 

It  is  evident  from  the  town  records  that  St.  Edmund'aJ 
Chapel,  in  this  church,  was  closely  connected  with  the  muni- 
cipality. We  learn  from  those  records  that,  in  1367,  the  bailiff 
and  the  twelve  jurats  assembled,  for  deliberation,  in  this  church 
of  St.  Leonard  ;  and  in  1370  wc  are  told  distinctly  what  part  of 
the  church  they  appropriated.  They  sat  in  the  chancel*  of  the 
Chapel  of  St.  Edmund  King  and  Martyr.  Sundays  as  well  as 
other  days  were  made  use  of  for  these  solemn  meetings. 

In  1412  the  whole  town  was  scandalized  by  a  piece  of  sacri- 

•  Jliitorieat  MSS.  CommUtioH,  Fourth  Report,  p.  486*. 


ST.    LEONARD  8   CHURCH,    HYTHE. 


415 


lege.  A  candlestick  which  stood  before  the  image  of  St.  Edmund 
had  been  stolen  by  John  Sherwynd  ! 

In  the  same  year,  the  sura  of  4s.  2d.  was  expended  upon  the 
repair  of  the  arch  of  the  north  door,  its  hinges  and  its  bolts. 
No  doubt  this  was  the  door  which  the  jurats  used  when  they 
assembled  in  St.  Edmund's  Chapel. 

John  Honywode,  in  1470,  and  Thomas  Honywode,  in  1474, 
by  their  wills,  directed  that  they  should  be  buried  in  theChnpel 
of  St.  Edmund  in  this  oluirch  at  Hcthc.  The  former  bequeathed 
money  in  order  that  two  priests  should  daily  celebrate  for  bis 
soul  in  St.  Edmund's  Chapel, 

At  the  present  time,  in  this  North  Transept  there  are  many 
memorials — amongst  tliera  are  tablets  for  (i)  Capt.  Robert 
Finnis,  who,  comtnandiug  the  ship  Queen  Charlotte,  on  Lake 
Erie,  died  in  1813,  agcil  twenty-nine;  (ii)  the  sons  of  Colonel 
John  Finnis  ;  (iii)  Capt.  Riciiard  Mart,  of  the  78th  Regt.,  who 
died  in  1863,  aged  eighty -one;  also  Hannah  his  wife,  who  died 
in  1854,  and  their  son  and  heir  Capt.  Henry  Douglas  Hart,  of 
the  Syth  Madras  Native  Infantry,  who  was  kilted  by  a  mutinous 
sepoy,  in  1858,  aged  thirty-five;  (iv)  Robert  Finnis,  who  died 
in  18.32,  aged  seventy-nine,  and  Elizabeth  Quested  his  wife,  with 
her  father  and  her  sister.  Robert  and  Elizabeth  Finnis  were 
the  parents  of  Alderman  Thomas  Quested  Finnis,  in  whose 
memory  the  great  eastern  lancets  were  filled  with  coloured 
glass,  some  years  ago. 

The  Nave. 

Under  the  south-west  window  near  the  door  of  entrance  is  a 
large  memorial  brass  affi-xed  to  the  wall,  which  was  erected  in 
1883  by  Mr.  Edward  Mackeson,  to  his  father  and  mother, 
brother  and  sister.  His  father  was  Captain  Thomas  Mackeson, 
of  the  Hon.  East  India  Company's  Service,  who  resided  for 
many  years  in  Hythe,  but  died  at  Weston  near  Bath,  on  the 
28th  of  October,  1854 — his  widow  Mary,  died  abroad  in  1874. 
Their  son  Lumsden  Mackeson,  a  Barrister-at-Law,  died  on  the 
I8th  of  July,  1870 ;  and  their  only  daughter,  Mrs.  Mary  Louisa 
Hamilton,  died  on  the  14th  of  November,  1882. 

Beneath  this  large  modern  brass  stands  a  small  strip  in- 
scribed, "  Here  lyes  buryed  the  body  of  Henry  Est-day,  Gent., 
who  died  upon  the  18th  day  of  September,  in  the  yeere  of 
Christ  1610."  Mr.  George  Wilks,  the  learned  Town  Clerk  of 
Hythe,  in  his  valuable  history  of  "  T/m;  Barons  of  the  Oinque 
Ports,  and  tlie  Parliamentary  representation  of  Hythe "  (page 
51),  says  that  John  Esday,  who  was  elected  M.P.  for 
in  November 
Est-day. 


■      Est-da 


Hythe 
1554  was  probably  an   ancestor  of  this  Henry 


416 


ST.  Leonard's  church,  htthe. 


The  south-eastern  window  in  the  south  wall  of  the  nave  lins 
been  filled  with  coloured  glass  (made  by  Heaton  Butler  and 
Baync)  representing  the  Centurion  coming  to  our  Blessed  Lord 
to  intercede  for  his  servant's  life.  This  window  was  erected  by 
brother  officers  of  the  School  of  Musketry  and  friends  in  Hythe 
in  memory  of  Maximilian  Dudley  Diggcs  Dalison,  of  the 
Scots  Guards,  who  was  killed  in  action  at  Hashccn,  in  Egypt, 
March  20th,  1885.  He  was  a  gallant  young  officer  who  had 
been  on  the  Staff  at  Hythe  School  of  Musketry,  the  eldest  son 
of  Maximilian  Dalison,  Esq.,  of  Hamptons,  near  Tiinliridge. 
The  Queen  gave  apartments  in  Hampton  Court  Palace  to  bis 
widow,  a  sister  of  Sir  Henry  Beresford  Pierse,  of  Yorkshire.  It 
is  highly  probable  that  his  father's  family  seat,  Hamptons  in 
West  Peckham,  derived  its  name  from  a  descendant  of  William 
Hampton,  who  several  times  was  M.P.  for  Hythe  between  13G6 
and  1374'.  Beneath  this  window,  a  memorial  brass  alBxed  to 
the  wall  comnuMuorates  John  Bredgman  {aliafi  Bridgman)  who 
was  M.P.  for  Ilythe  in  1563,  as  Mr.  G.  AVilks  tells  us  (at  page 
51)  of  his  "Baroiis  of  the  Ctnqiie  Ports,"  and  who  being  the  last 
Bailiff  of  Hythe,  obtained  from  the  Crown  Hytlie's  Charter  of 
Incorporation  for  a  Mayor  and  Jurats,  and  also  the  grant  for  an 
annual  fair.  The  brass  plate  has  inscribed  around  its  outer 
edges  these  words,  "  Here  lyeth  y*  body  of  John  Bredgman, 
Jurat  of  this  Town  and  Porte  of  Hethe,  y"  laste  Bayly  and 
fyrstc  Mayor  of  y"  same,  who  departed  y"  3  of  December, 
A°  J  581,  and-in  y°  24  yere  of  y"  Reiijn  of  o"^  Sovereign  Laidyo 
Queen  Elizabeth." 

In  the  centre  of  the  brass  are  these  vcrsca  (engraved  two  in 
one  line,  looking  like  four  lines  only)  : — 

"  Whykt  he  did  live  which  heare  doth  lie, 

three  Rutcs  (pitt  or  y*  Crowne, 
The  mortmaine,  fayer,  and  majralltie, 

for  Hcythe,  this  auntienl  tonne 
And  wac  htm  Mlf  the  Baylyc  last, 

and  Mayer  fyrsto  by  name 
Though  he  be  gone,  tyme  is  not  paste 

to  proayge  God  for  y*  same." 

In  the  nave  at  present  the  modern  pulpit  is  a  very  pro- 
minent object,  and  a  work  of  art.  It  is  circular,  of  pure  white 
stone,  carved  with  arcading  above  a  panel,  all  round.  In  the 
panel  round  the  base  is  a  ring  of  mosaic  inserted  to  the  memory 
of  two  brothers : — Major-Geueral  W.  J.  King,  and  Lieu- 
tenant-General  Richard  T.  King,  R.A.  The  mosaic  represents 
the  four  Evangelistic  symbols,  with  Alpha  and  Omega,  and  ii 
the  midst  of  all  the  sacretl  monogram  IHC.  ;  with  the 
symbols  are  the  words  "  Bkssed  are  llie  peace-mnkerg."     Th« 


ST.  Leonard's  church,  hythe. 


417 


arched  panels  of  the  pulpit  are  to  be  filled  with  mosaic  figures 
of  the  Apostles  in  memory  of  various  persons.  Already  inserted 
are  figures  of — i.  N.E.,  St.  Baniubas  (a  memorial  of  Thomaa 
Judge) ;  ii.  St.  Paul  (of  Thomas  Denne) ;  iii.  (of  Eliza  Judge) 
St.  John ;  iv.  (of  Lieut.  R.  Leviugc)  St.  James ;  v.  (of 
Katherine  Denne)  St.  Peter;  vi.  (of  Colonel  R.  II.  Travers) 
St,  Andrew ;  vii.  St.  Bartholomew. 

These  representations  of  figures  of  saints,  in  mosaic,  on  the 
pulpit,  close  to  the  chancel  arcli,  lead  us  to  mention  that  before 
the  Ilcformation  there  appeared  under  the  centre  of  that  arch,  a 
huge  crucifix,  called  the  rood  or  the  great  cross,  representing 
our  Blessed  Lord  lianging  upon  the  cross.  This  rood  stood  on 
the  middle  of  a  broad  loft,  called  the  rood  loft,  which  formed 
the  top  of  a  wooden  screen  that  stretclied  across  the  east  end  of 
the  nave  close  to  the  chancel  arch.  From  the  doorway  still 
visible  (above  the  Decdes'  monument,  which  is  above  the  pulpit) 
on  the  north  side,  access  to  the  rood  loft  was  obtained,  when  one 
had  mounted  the  rood  stair  in  the  round  turret. 

The  screen  and  the  rood-loft  were  generally  painted  with 
bright  colours,  red  and  blue  being  predominant.  In  1 1"2 
William  Howgyn,  by  his  will,  left  6s.  8d.  towards  painting  "  the 
greatest  cross"  and  the  rood-lofl  here.  At  certain  seasons, 
handsome  clothes  or  curtains  were  hung  about  the  rood,  and  in 
Lent  a  vail  or  cloth  was  placed  over  the  crucifi.v.  In  1513 
John  Hunt  of  Hythe  bequeathed  £4  to  buy  a  cloth  for  the 
rood  of  this  church. 

Before  this  rood,  or  holy  cross,  or  great  cross,  as  it  was 
variously  called,  a  light  was  kept  always  burning.  To  maintain 
such  a  light,  money  was  required.  This  was  given  by  various 
parishioners.  Thus  in  1470  John  Houywode,  by  his  last  will, 
bequeathed  20d.  for  the  light  of  a  lamp  burning  be/ore  the 
Great  Cross ;  to  the  same  purpose,  in  1472,  William  Howgyn 
bequeathed  12d.  Richard  Lambisfelde  in  1488  left  12d.  to  the 
light  of  the  Holy  Cross. 

Not  only  before  the  rood,  or  holy  cross,  was  a  light  always  kept 
burning.  When  money  to  defray  the  cost  could  be  obtained, 
lights  were  similarly  kept  burning  before  images  of  other 
saints. 

In  this  church,  we  find  that  lights  were  also  burned  before 
representations  of — i,,  the   Holy   Trinity;*  ii.,  St.   Leonard ;t 


•  To  the  Light  of  the  Holy  Trinity  bequest*  were  left,  iu  1470  by  John 
Honywode,  in  1472  by  Wm.  Howjfyn,  anil  in  1508-9  by  William  John. 

t  To  the  Light  of  St.  Leoiinrd,  John  Honywode  in  1470  left  20d.  He  like- 
wiie  bequeathed  6  marlu  (£3  68.  8d.),  for  painting  th»  crest  >ad  tabomaole  of 
St.  Leonard  ;  and  iu  1474  Thomas  Houywode  left  Gs.  8d.  to  the  Hit;b  Altar  of 
Bt.  Leonard. 


VOL.    XTIII. 


as 


418  ST.  Leonard's  church,  htthb. 

iii.,  St.  John  the  Baptist  (the  senior  image)  ;*  iv.,  Corpas 
Christijt  v.,  St.  Katharine;^  vi.,  St.  James ;§  vii.,  St.  Mary 
in  the  Chapel  of  St.  James  ;||  viii.,  St.  Mary  in  the  Chancel 
of  St.  Mary ;%  ix.,  St.  Mary  of  the  Assumption  ;**  i.,  St. 
Christopher  jft  and  xi.,  Our  Lady  in  St.  Katherine's  Aisle.^ 

The  description  of  one  representation  of  St.  John  the  Bap- 
tist as  "  senior,"  at  once  suggests  that  there  must  have  heea  a 
"junior  "  figure  also.  This  seems  really  to  have  been  the  case. 
It  would  appear  that  at  Bilsington  there  was  a  well-known 
image  of  St.  John  the  Baptist ;  so,  in  1488,  Richard  Lambis- 
felde,  by  will,  bequeathed  12a.  in  order  that  Thomas  Chircbe 
should  make,  for  Hethe  Church,  an  image  exactly  similar  in  shape 
and  colouring  to  the  Bilsington  St.  John. 

Connected  with  this  church  was  a  Fraternity  or  Brother- 
hood of  St.  John,  to  which,  in  1513  John  Hunt,  by  his  will  left 
1  lb.  of  wax.  Not  far  off,  stood  the  Almshouse  of  St.  John  the 
Baptist,  for  the  poor  of  Hytlie ;  to  which  almshouse  in  1486 
William  Lunce  bequeathed  13s.  4id.  (equivalent  to  one  mark). 

There  may  have  been  other  Lay  Fraternities  (besides  those 
of  St.  Kathcrine  and  St.  John)  connected  with  this  church,  but 
we  do  not  know  the  name  of  any  other.  In  1474,  Thomas 
Honywode  bequeathed  "  12*  to  every  Fraternity  of  the  Chapel 
of  St.  Leonard  at  Hethe." 

The  regular  fee  in  Hythe,  as  elsewhere,  for  a  priest  saying 
mass  for  a  soul  departed  was  about  4id.  per  day.  William 
Luuce  in  1486,  and  William  Bryght  in  1492,  bequeathed  each 
10  marks  {£6  I3s.  4d.),  for  a  priest  to  "  sing  for  their  souls  "  for 
a  whole  year.  In  1474,  Thomas  Honywode  left  20  marks  that 
a  priest  miglit  siug  mass  for  his  soul  during  two  years.  These 
masses  for  the  dead,  accumulating  as  they  did  year  by  year, 
necessitated  the  erection  of  many  altars,  in  order  that  various 

*  To  the  Light  of  St.  John  the  Baptist  senior,  John  Honywode  in  1470  bo- 
que»th«d  20d. 

+  To  the  Light  of  Corpus  Chriati,  Agnes  Newhouse  in  1460  loft  12d.,  John 
Honywode  in  1170  left  20d.,  and  Harry  ButU-r  in  1480  left  8d. 

J  To  the  Light  of  St.  Kiitherine,  Harry  Butter  left  a  bequest. 

§  To  the  Light  of  St.  James,  Wm.  Howgyii  loftl2d.  in  1472,  and  so  did  Tho- 
mas Levght  in  1476.    John  Hokbyn  also  mentioned  this  light  in  his  will. 

II  To  the  Light  of  St.  M-iry  in  the  Chapel  of  St.  James,  Thomas  Leyght 
left  12d.  in  1476. 

%■  To  the  Light  of  St.  Mary  in  the  Chancel  of  St.  Mary,  Agnes  Newhouse 
left  12d.  in  1460,  and  John  Honywode  20d.  in  1470. 

*»  To  the  Light  of  St.  Marv  of  the  As!<uniption,  Bio.  Lambisfelde  left  12d. 
in  1488. 

t+  To  paint  and  make  St.  Christopher,  40s.  were  bequeathed  by  Will"  Luncc 
in  1486.  This  was  but  a  renewal  of  the  figure,  as,  in  1476,  Thomas  Leyght 
desired  that  he  should  be  buried  before  the  image  of  St.  Chri.stopher. 

Jl  To  g-irnish  Our  Lady  in  St.  Katherine's  aisle,  John  Hunt  left  6».  8d. 
in  1513. 


ST.    LEONARD  8   CHUKOH,    HYTHB. 


419 


priests  might  be  "celebrating"  at  one  time  in  the  same  church. 
This  necessity  caused  tlie  enlargement  of  churches,  even  in  very 
small  parishes,  where  there  were  wealthy  parishioners  who  could 
bequeath  money  thus  to  [iroviile  masses  to  be  said  for  their  souls. 
The  Reformation,  which  abolished  these  superstitious  cere- 
monies, enabled  the  area  within  the  walls  of  each  church  to  be 
utilised  for  worshi])  by  the  living,  instead  of  being  occupied 
mainly  by  priests  saying  masses  for  the  dead. 


Ordinations  held  in  Hythe  Church. 

It  waa  not  unusual,  in  the  Middle  Ages,  for  bishops  and 
archbishops  to  hc)ld  their  ordinations  iu  the  Parish  Churches  of 
towns  and  villages.  As  St.  Leonard's  at  Hythe  enjoyed  all  the 
usual  privileges  of  a  Parish  Clmrcli,  although  it  was  appendant 
to  the  mother  church  at  Saltwood,  it  enjoyed  this  privilege 
also. 

On  Ember  Saturday  in  September  1282,  Archbishop  Peck- 
ham  held  a  large  ordination  in  this  church,  when  no  less  than 
fifty-two  young  men  were  admitted  to  some  degree  of  Holy 
Orders.  His  grace  ordained  nine  to  the  Priesthood,  twelve  to 
be  Deacons,  fourteen  to  be  Sabdeacous,  and  seventeen  to  be 
Acolites.  In  those  days,  the  legal  "  privilege  of  clergy  "  induced 
many  to  seek  the  minor  orders,  of  "  first  tonsure,"  "  acolite," 
or  "  subdeacoH,"  who  never  went  any  further. 

On  the  Ember  Saturday  at  Whitsuastide,  iu  1288,  Arch- 
bishop Peckham  again  held  an  ordination  in  this  church,  when 
he  admitted  eleven  to  Priest's  Orders,  ten  to  be  Deacons,  eleven 
to  be  Subdeacons,  and  seventeen  to  be  Acolites.  Testimony  to 
the  looseness  of  proceeding  in  those  days,  and  a  reminder  of  the 
great  improvement  which  the  Reformation  brought,  is  found  in 
the  fact  that  one  of  the  eleven  young  men  who  were  admitted 
to  the  order  of  Subdeacons,  by  Archbishop  Peckham,  in  this 
church,  at  Whitsuntide  1288,  was  already  Rector  of  Lud- 
dcuham. 

These  minor  Orders  were  all  abolished  at  the  Reformation ; 
and  the  Laity  may  well  be  thankful  that,  in  the  English  Re- 
formed Church,  there  cannot  be  instituted  to  the  incumbency 
of  any  parish  those  who  are  not  in  Priest's  Orders;  which 
implies  that  the  Parish  Priest  must  be  at  least  twenty-four  years 
of  age.  This  benefit,  conferred  upon  parishes  by  the  Reforma- 
tion, and  that  also  of  freeing  the  area  of  the  Parish  Church 
from  occupation  by  the  altars  of  Mass-Priests,  celebrating  for  the 
souls  of  the  departed,  are  two  causes  for  thankfulness,  which  in 
these  days  men  scarcely  recognize. 

For  Huother  ordination  held  here,  this  church  was  un- 
it s  2 


420 


ST.  Leonard's  ohuech,  hythb. 


doubtedly  indebted  to  the  fact  of  its  being  appendant  to  the 
church  of  Saltwood.  This  ordinatioa  took  place  on  the  27th 
of  March  1456,  when  Archbishop  Bourghchier  was  prinoate.  His 
grace  did  not  himself  officiate,  for  he  and  his  two  immediate 
predecessors  in  the  See  of  Canterbury  found  it  needful  to  pro- 
vide a  suffragan  bishop  to  perform  such  duties.  Consequently, 
at  that  Eastertide,  in  1456,  Richard  Bishop  of  Ross,*  officiated 
at  the  small  ordination  held  in  this  church.  Only  five  candi- 
dates were  ordained,  and  of  them  Peter  Renek,  rector  of 
Burmarsh  {Broijfttnerush),  was  the  only  Kentish  Parish  priest. 
He  was  then  admitted  to  Priest's  Orders.  The  reason  for 
holding  the  ordination  here  was,  simply,  that  the  Bishop  of  Ross 
(who  acted  as  suffragan  to  Archbishops  Stafford,  Kemp,  and 
Bourghchier),  was  then  rector  of  Saltwood,  and  was  probably  in 
residence  there  at  the  time. 

The  Tower. 

Although  this  tower  is  said  to  have  fallen  down  in  1748,  I 
believe  that  only  the  upper  part  could  have  fallen.  If  the 
whole  tower  fell,  the  lower  part  of  it  must  have  been  rebuilt  with 
the  old  materials,  so  carefully  that  the  masonry  looks  like 
earlier  work.  It  has  Early  English  projecting  string-courses 
between  its  stages,  and  the  mouldings  of  those  strings  are 
deeply  undercut.  Beneath  each  of  them,  on  two  sides  of  the 
tower,  runs  a  string-course  of  sunk  panels,  similar  to  that,  in 
the  interior,  upon  the  east  wall  of  the  chancel.  If  we  com- 
pare an  imitation  string-course  seen  upon  the  south  transept, 
which  was  rebuilt  by  Mr.  Dcedes,  we  at  once  detect  a  differ- 
ence. On  the  south  side  of  the  tower  the  under-striug  is 
plain  and  not  carved. 

The  tower-buttresses  are  diagonal,  at  the  angles  of  the  tower. 
Inside,  the  lower  stage  of  the  tower  is  octagonal.  Within  it 
there  is  an  old,  ironbound  chest,  curiously  painted, 

•  The  record  in  Archbishop  Bourglichicr'a  Register,  fol.  ISS',  is  lut  follows  : — 
Ordinea  oclcbrati,  in  CaixjUa  de  Hith,  ab  eocleHia  de  Saltwodo  depcndente^ 
Sabtnto  Snucto  Pascbe,  viz  :  xxvij"'"  die  niousiit  Marcii,  Anno  Dumiui  MilluKii 
0000"°  qiiiuqungcMiinio  sexto,  per  vcnenibilem  patreni  Domiuum  Ricivrdu  _ 
fiossonsem  Episcopum,  auctorilate  Revercndissimi  iii  Cbristo  patris  et  Domini, 
Domini  Tbonie  Dei  (n°sciii  Cuntuar.  Aruhiopisoopi,  tocius  Anglie  primatiit, 
Apostolico  Scdis  Leguti.  AccoUtui  el  Suhdiaconut,  Frutor  Willeliuus  Cbanipyown, 
oanonirus  Sci.  Augustini  de  Lant;duii,  Cant,  diocesis.  Diaco»»t,  Robortua 
Norton,  Cantuar.  dioc.,  ad  litulum  Domus  S<.'0.  TriniUilisde  Molyu'l"'-  ■"■:-  i-rri 
dio<.'««is.      I'retbileri,   Will'   Kxliall,  Sarum.  dioc.,    por  lilleras  din  I 

tiluluui  boneficii  Bui, eiusdein  dioocsis ;    Fratcr  Johes.  Langdon,  onln      .  i- 

tnrum  Cantuar. ;   Petrui  Renek,  Cantiuvr.  dioc«sia,  ad  titulum  beaefioii  lui  d* 
Broghmcrssh,  oiUBdem  diouosis. 

I  may  mention  that  on  tbo  next  folio  of  the  Bcgistor  ( 136')  U>«  asine  Rkh- 
ard.  Bishop  of  Ross,  iii  in  two  entries  styled  "  JPalrem  Domimiimt,  Ihmin»m 
Bicardmn"  etc. 


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TbnL  and  Chest  at  Sallwood  Churdu 


(    421 


8ALTW00D   CIIURCK. 

BY   CA.NON    SCOTr    EOBERTSON. 

The  Church  of  St.  Peter  and  St.  Paul,  at  Saltwood,  has  no 
pretenaions  to  architectural  beauty  or  grandeur,  but  it  is  on 
interesting  rm-al  church  of  a  plain  and  simple  type. 

It  consiats  of  a  western  Tower,  which  shews  traces  of 
its  Norman  original  •,  a  nave,  with  Norman  south  doorway 
and  an  Early  English  north  aisle  of  two  bays ;  and  a  chancel, 
the  details  of  which  shew  more  features  of  the  Decorated 
style  than  of  any  other.  An  organ  chamber  was  built  on 
the  north  side  of  the  chancel,  and  a  northern  turret-stair 
added  to  the  tower,  during  Canon  Knollys'  incumbency. 
The  church  was  restored  while  Archdeacon  Croft  was  rector; 
but  a  new  roof  and  a  new  reredos  have  recently  been  added 
to  the  chancel,  by  the  executors  of  Canon  Hodgson. 

Between  the  tower  and  nave  there  is  no  Tower  arch,  but 
simply  a  doorway.  Above  the  doorway  there  is  no  arched 
opening,  like  a  small  doorway,  high  up  in  the  wall  (as  we 
usually  find),  but  there  is  a  small  circular  orifice  through  the 
wall,  with  trefoiled  stone  work  therein,  through  the  curves 
of  which  the  Sexton  could  see  the  high  altar. 

In  the  Tower,  the  basement  of  which  is  now  used  as  the 
Vestry,  there  stands  an  old  chest  with  carved  front,  which 
must  be  between  500  and  600  years  old.  The  Plate  opposite 
gives  a  general  idea  of  what  it  is  like,  but  minute  details 
cannot  accurately  be  gathered  from  it.  The  front  is  carved 
to  represent  five  windows,  each  of  four  trefoil-headed  lights. 
Over  each  pair  of  lights  there  is  what  I  may  call  a  six-leaved 
flower.  Over  each  group  of  four  lights  there  is  a  sexfoil, 
or  three  trefoils.  The  chest  is  not  quit*  eight  feet  long,  and 
it  is  two  feet  wide. 

In  the  Nave,  near  the  tower,  just  inside  and  west  of  the 
south  door,  stands  the  interesting  Font,  which  also  appears 
upon  our  Plate.  The  bowl  is  a  plain  octagon ;  but  upon  its 
eastern  face  is  a  shield  on  which  appear  two  words,  one  above 
the  other ;  the  letters  being  carved  in  high  relief.  They  are 
intended  for  Jehtu,  \  Marya,  but  the  formation  of  each  letter 


422  SAIiTWOOD  OHUBOH. 

is  peculiar,  and  rude.  The  date  of  the  work  is  nndonbtedly 
late ;  probably  between  a.d.  1450  and  1530.  Hasted  relates 
(viii.,  229)  that,  in  his  day,  this  font  was  enclosed  in  a  yeiy 
curious  case  of  carved  oak,  like  that  in  some  neighbonxing 
churches.     All  such  cases  hare  now  been  removed. 

Mr.  Blyth,  the  rector,  most  kindly  obtained  a  sketch, 
in  oil  colours,  of  these  two  interesting  objects  (the  Font  and 
the  Chest),  and  from  that  oil  painting  the  Plate  has  been 
prepared. 

MONTTHEITTAL   BbASSBS. 

There  are  three  monumental  brasses  remaining  in  the 
floor  of  this  chiirch. 

The  most  ancient  is  a  demi  figure  of  a  priest,  in  the  floor 
of  the  chancel,  on  its  north  side.  The  tonsure  is  seen,  the 
hair  is  curly,  the  neck  is  all  visible,  as  the  apparels  of  the 
chasuble  stand  clearly  away  from  it.  The  priest's  hands  are 
upraised  together  in  the  attitude  of  prayer,  an  embroidered 
apparel  is  seen  upon  each  wrist ;  the  embroidery  of  the 
maniple  is  just  visible  near  the  left  wrist.  The  inscription, 
which  is  not  dated,  runs  thus : — "  Hie  jacet  d'n's  Johannes 
Verieu  quondam  rector  eccl'ie  de  Sandherst  cujus  a'ie 
p'picietur  omnium  rector  d's."  The  concluding  words  are 
quite  unusual ;  they  seem  to  suggest  a  play  upon  words. 
"  John  Verieu  was  rector  of  Sandherst,  may  God,  the  rector 
(ruler)  of  all,  have  mercy  upon  his  soul."  This  John  Verieu 
had  been  rector  of  Chislehurst  (1361)  and  of  Sevenoaks 
(1362),  and  he  died  in  1370,  being  then  rector  of  Sandherst, 
now  generally  spelt  Sandhurst.  The  Rev.  T.  S.  Frampton 
kindly  supplied  me  with  extracts  from  the  Lambeth 
Registers*  which  prove  these  facts. 

The  next  monumental  brass,  in  point  of  date,  is  on  the 
floor  at  the  east  end  of  the  north  aisle.  It  bears  the  efGlgies 
of  Thomas  Brockhill,  esquire  (who  died  in  1437-8),  and  of 
his  wife.  Around  the  margins  of  the  slab  runs  this  inscrip- 
tion upon  brass  : — "  Hie  jacet  Thomas  Brockhill,  armiger, 
qui  obiit  III"  die  Januarii  anno  d'ni  mill'mo  ccccxxxvii"  et 

eius  ;  quar'  a'iab's  p'picietur  deus  amek."      The 

armorial  bearings  were  {Brockhill)  a  cross  between  twelve 
crosses  fitchees,  impaling  (Fineux)  a  chevron  between  three 

•  13  Kal.  AuR.  1361,  Jolm  Verieu  was  coUatod  to  the  Church  of  Chislohuret 
(Itlep'a  Reg.,  225').  On  the  13  Kal.  April  1361-2,  John  VerKieu  was  collated  to 
the  rectory  of  Sevenoaks  (Ihid.  290").  On  6  Kal.  November  1370  at  Lambeth, 
Archbishop  'Whittlesey  conferred  on  William  Bocoumbo,  clerk,  of  Sarum  diocese, 
the  parish  church  of  i^ndherst,  vacant  through  the  death  of  John  Verieve,  the 
last  rector  thereof  (Reginter  SO"). 


.-I» 


t)iniintlni8  fobaniiro  vmni  qiiDiiiin  i  frnii  nTlifiir 
s^iiiilinlt  mnio  air  .pinnrtiir  onmnnii  inroftQ 


biK  lutfi  ttif  (HitiKd  of  iifluu-Mf  aiuiwultitr  tiii^W  of 
iiiiumrAiai'titiiWitiuli  Otmr.^TOr  iVati'O  tfx^wlm  iTf  fcptflin 
))'iH:iiiit'iVicioai'rdnvv4'v))iini\\)lpiciinunt]aiiRiifinnrp 


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8ALTW00D    CUUKCH. 


423 


spread  eaj^les.  He  was  the  younger  son  of  William  and 
Margaret  Brockliill,  but  lie  inherited  the  JBrockbull  or  Thome 
manor  and  estate  in  Saltwood. 

This  is  the  only  Brockhill  monument  that  remains  in 
the  north  aisle,  which,  Philipott  states,  was  built  by  Margaret, 
wife  of  William  Brockhill  or  Brockhull,  as  a  burial  place 
for  fiiture  possessors  of  her  manor  of  Brockhull.  There 
must  be  some  mistake  in  this  statement.  The  architecture 
shews  that  this  aisle  was  built  during  the  thirteenth  century, 
and  on  the  south  side  near  the  east  window  still  stands 
apixcinn  of  the  early  English  style  of  architecture,  yet  the 
lady  named  died  in  the  fifteenth  century. 

Thomas  Brockhill,  whose  brass  is  in  this  north  aisle,  had  no 
son.  His  estates  went  to  his  only  child  Eli/,abeth,  who  married 
Richard  Sellyng.  Their  son  and  beir  John  married  a  lady 
named  Anne  .  .  .  .,  who  bore  him  only  one  child,  a  daughter, 
Joanc  Sellyng,  who  was  his  heiress.  After  John  Sellyng's 
death  his  widow  married  William  Muston,  who  seems  to 
have  been  a  Nottinghamshire  gentleman. 

She  died  on  the  7th  of  September  1496,  and  she  is 
commemorated  here  by  a  small  but  pretty  monumental  brass 
on  the  south  side  of  the  chancel  floor.  It  represents  an 
angel  rising  through  the  clouds,  and  bearing  in  his  hands  a 
heart-shaped  object,  possibly  intended  to  typify  the  soul  of 
Dame  Anne.  The  inscription  is  in  English  : — "  Here  lieth 
the  bowell  of  Dame  Anne  Muston,  late  the  wyf  of  [  William 
Muston;  which  Dame  Anne  decessyd  the  vii"'  day  of 
September  |  y°  yere  of  o'  Lord  M'  iiii*^  Ixxxxrj  on  whose 
soull  ih'u  have  mercy." 

Beneath  the  inscription  is  a  shield  bearing  three  coats  of 
arms  side  by  side,  viz. :  i.  (dexter)  Sellyng* ;  ii.  (centre) 
Mustont ;  iii.  (sinister)  the  lady's  paternal  coat,  "  three 
voided  crossed  crosslets." 

This  lady's  daughter,  Joane  Sellyng,  m.arried,  in  1498, 
John  Toumay,  whose  descendants  have  ever  since  been  the 
owners  of  Brockhill  manor  in  SaJtwood.  Many  monumental 
tablets  upon  the  walls  of  this  church  commemorate  members 
of  the  Tournay  family. 

In  the  year  1511,  Archbishop  Warham  held  a  Visitation 
of  the  whole  diocese.  For  the  Deanery  of  Elham,  this 
Visitation  was  held  in  Saltwood  Church  on  the  23rd  of 
September,  by  commission.    The  sermon  thereat  was  preached 

•  Pttpnrorth  f^xes  this  in  bis  Ordiimry  of  ArmoriaU,  p.  44-*,  us  Vert,  a 
chevron  Sable,  between  three  wolvea  enued  Or. 

t  Burke,  in  his  Oeneral  Armory,  gives  this  coat  thun,  "  Argent,  a  chevron 
between  throe  swords  erect  0*le*,  and  U78  that  Anne,  daughter  and  heir  of  Will™ 
Muston,  of  Callbt,  Notts,  in  the  reign  of  Heurr  VIII.,  married  Tho*  Mariihiill. 


424 


8ALTW0OD  OHTJROtf: 


by  the  Vicar  of  Croydon,  Mr.  Rowland,  from  words  in  on 
the  Psalms — Bem'dictionetn  dahil  Ugi«lator.* 

From  the  presentment  then  made  respecting  Saltw 
Chorch,  we  learn  that  the  chancel  was  not  well  repaired 
The  rain  came  in   over  the  high  altar.      The  person   wh< 
farmed  the  revenues  of  the  rectory  was  called   Dom.,  or  Sir 
Alexander  Liffington,  and   he  was  directed   to   repair   t 
chancel  roof  before  the  Feast  of  the  Assumption   of 
Virgin,  under  pain  of  sequestration.t 

It  was  likewise  represented  that  the  churchyard  was 
thoroughly  enclosed. 

There  were  formerly  connected  with  Saltwood  Chun 
several  Fraternities  which  held  periodical  services  therein- 
one  was  the  Fraternity  of  St.  Peter,  another  was  that 
Saint  Bartholomew.  In  or  about  1475  Thomas  Hay-wai 
of  Saltwood,  bequeathed  a  mejisure  of  barley  "to  every  F: 
ternity  of  that  church  in  whirh  1  am  a  brother."  To  t 
parish  priest  he  left  12d. ;  to  the  clerk  6d.  Thomas  & 
wood,  of  Saltwode,  in  1503.  left  4d.  to  the  Light  of  t 
Fraternity  of  St.  Peter  in  Saltwode  Church. 

Thomas  Houywode  of  Hethe,  in  I47t,  left  "to  the  wor 
of  the  church  at  Saltwode  Ss.  8d." 

Of  Archdeacon  Croft's  restoration  of  this  church  we  fin? 
several  traces.  At  the  east  end  of  the  north  aisle  now 
stands  a  Table  (probably  given  as  a  Communion  Table  bj 
him)  upon  which  are  carved  these  words:  "■Presented  by 
Venerable  Archdeacon  Croft,  a.d.  1847." 

In  the  chancel's  north  wall  near  the  west  end  is  a 
light  window,  in  which  are  seen  two  shields  of  arms.     O 
is  that  of  Archbishop  Manners  Sutton ;  the  other  is  that  o! 
Archdeacon  Croft,  which  shews  the  arms  of  Croft  (quarter! 
per  fesse  indented  murf.  and  nrgend,  in  the  first  quarter  a  li< 
passant   guardant   or)    quartering   the   Bowes   coat   of 
mother,  who  was  an  heiress ;  ermine,  three  long  bows,  be: 
in  pale  f/uies.     The  quarries  or  quarrel  panes  of  the  window 
bear  the  initials  and  emblems  of  the  joint  patron  saints  of 
the  church  alternately,  viz. :  P  impaled  upon  a  sword,  and  P 
impaled  upon  a  key.     The  east  window  was  filled  with 
loured  glass,  by  Archdeacon  Croft,   I  believe.     The  gra' 
and  tombstone  of  the  Archdeacon  and  his  daughter  stand 
the  west  end  of  the  churchyard,  near  the  entrance  gate. 

Of  the  work  done  while  Canon  Knollys  was  rector  we 
see  several  mementoes.  The  Lectern  was  given  by  his  sons 
E.  W.  and  W.  E.  Knollys  in  1872;  and  the  Bible  which 


u  tr 
ra^ 

1 


BHtuh  Magasine,  xxx.,  26o. 


t  Ibid.,  p.  261. 


8AXTW00D   CHUEOH. 


4.25 


I 


thereon  was  presented  by  the  wives  of  those  sons,  viz.,  Caro- 
line M.  Kuollya  and  Aiuicia  M.  Knollys. 

Beneath  the  south-east  window  of  the  chancel  are  two 
brass  plates ;  one  states  that  the  painted  glass  therein  was 
inserted  in  memory  of  Caroline  Augusta  Knollys  in  1878, 
by  her  husband  the  rector.  The  subjects  of  the  window's 
two  lights  are  (W)  Prayer  for  St.  Peter  made  without  ceas- 
ing by  the  church,  and  (E)  St.  Peter  delivered  from  prison 
by  the  angel.  The  second  brass  states  that  in  memoiy  of 
the  same  lady  window  lights  in  the  nave  and  aisle  were 
newly  glazed  by  some  friends  in  1878. 

Canon  Knollys  also  cansed  to  be  engraved  (upon  a  monu- 
mental brass  in  the  tower,  to  the  memory  of  Mrs.  Hansard, 
mother  of  Sir  John  Hassard)  a  copy  of  the  ancient  seal*  of 
the  jurisdiction  of  Saltwood,  formerly  used  by  rectors  of 
Saltwood. 

Beneath  the  chancel's  north-east  window  is  a  brass  re- 
minding us  that  the  painted  glass  (representing  St.  Paul's 
shipwreck,  in  two  scenes)  was  given  in  memory  of  Elizabeth, 
wife  of  Charles  Augustus  North. 

In  the  north  aisle  the  east  window  was  inserted  in 
memory  of  Colonel  Percy  Harry  Stanley  Barrow, C.B.,C.M.,G., 
of  the  1 9th  Hussars,  by  his  mother,  brothers,  and  sisters,  in 
September  1887.  His  body  lies  in  the  churchyard.  The 
subject  of  the  two  lights  is  the  Resurrection  of  our  Blessed 
Lord. 

An  old  slab  in  the  chancel  commemorates  Jane,  daughter 
of  Thomas  Boys  of  Mcrsham,  gent.,  who  was  the  wife  of 
Thomas  Tournay  the  elder,  of  Saltwood,  by  whom  she  liad 
six  sons  and  three  daughters.     She  died  in  July  1653. 

RECTORS  OF  SALTWOOD. 
Stkphek   dk  Forde  was  rector  at  Easter  1276  (see  Hitt. 


(Peckham't  Beg., 
150.) 


MSS.  Gimmr  Gth  Report,  p.  512").  He 
died  before  August  1282,  when  the  Arch- 
bishop issued  a  Commission  to  his  ConimissAry 
to  compel  the  debtors  of  Stephen,  the  late 
rector,  to  pay  their  debts. 
1279  William  de  Dover  was  collated  by  Archbishop  Peckham 
{Peckham's  Reg.,  in  August  1279. 

48.) 
1309-10    Maater  William  Abcueb  was  rector  in  3  Ed.  II.  (see 

HUt.  MSS.  Gomm"  Qth  Report,  p.  512). 
1310     Master    Michael    dk    Bereham,    Doctor    or    Civil    Law, 
{Wynchehe*   Reg-,      Chancellor  of    the  diocese,  was  collated  by 
40*.)  Archbishop   Wynchelse  on   the  3rd   of  the 

*  See  Arckaologia  Caniiana,  XI.,  p.  40. 


426  RBOTORS  OV  SAIiTWOOD. 

nones  of  December  1810.    In  tlie  following 
month  he  was  made  a  canon  of  Wingham. 
He  died  in  1320. 
1320    JoHir  DE  Bbvtton,  Chancellor  of  the  diocese,  was  collated 
by   Archbishop    Beynolds    in    1820.       This 
learned  man  was  a  canon  of  Wells  and  of  Exeter. 
In  December  1317  he  obtuned  the  rectory  of 
Gliffe  at  Hoo,  but  exchanged  it  for  that  of 
Ljminge  in  Oct.  1318.    In  1820  he  became  a 
canon  of  Wingham,  and  for  a  year,  1823-4,  he 
was    Archdeacon    of    CantOTbuiy.       King 
Edward  II.  appointed  him  to  be  one  of  his 
Boyal  Chaplains. 
1322    John  de  fixirGEWODE  was  collated  in  Jannaiy  1821-2  by 
Archbishop  Beynolds. 
Dom.  BiCHAsn  de  Hemmzsbt  died  in  1361  holding  this 
benefice. 
1362    Master  John  Bboquton,  Doctor  of  Law,  was  collated  by 
{Islep's  Reg.,  295.)      ArchbiBbop   Islep  in   January   1361-2,   who 
gave  him  (in  October  1362)  a  Commission  to 
exercise  Jurisdiction  in  Saltwood  Church. 
John  Ma.B8Ei:.lt  was  rector  of  Saltwood  in  September  1365, 
when  he  exchanged  this  benefice  for  that  of 
Tunstall  near  Sittingbourne. 
1365    Dom.  Alan  he  Sleddale,  who  had  been  rector  of  Tunstall 
{Mep's  Reg.,  307".)     since  June  1363,  obtained  this  benefice  by 

exchange  in  September  1365. 
1384     Dom.  Outdo  Mone,  who  was  then  Archbishop  Courtenay's 
{Courtenay'g  Rfg.,        domestic  chaplain  {clericu*  familiarU  s»u«), 
254*.)  was  collated  by  that  Primate  to  this  benefice 

on  the  5th  of  August  1384.  He  had  up  to 
that  time  been  rector  of  Bradwell  by  the  Sea 
in  Essex,  and  a  prebendary  of  Lincoln  Cathe- 
dral. In  October  1386,  Braybroke,  Bishop  of 
London,  gave  him  Cadington-major  Prebend 
in  St.  Paul's  Cathedral,  which  he  resigned  in 
1389.  Arcbbisliop  Courtenay  gave  him  the 
rectory  of  Harrow  at  Christmas  1387.  He 
resigned  Harrow  in  October  1390,  when  he 
became  Rector  of  Maidstone.  Then  probably 
he  resigned  Saltwood  also.  He  was,  in  1390, 
the  Land-Steward  of  the  Archbishop.  On 
the  27th  of  Mav  1394,  Bishop  Braybroke  of 
Loudon  made  him  Treasurer  of  St.  Paul's 
Cathedral,  and,  soon  after,  he  resigned  the 
rectory  of  Maidstone,  in  lieu  of  which  he 
got  an  annuity  of  £133  6s.  8d.  for  life.  Guy 
Mone  resigned  the  Treasurership  of  St.  Paul's 
in  July  or  August  1397.  He  was  conse- 
crated Bishop  of  St.  David's  November  11, 


RECTORS  OF   8ALTW00D. 


427 


1397,  and  waa  appointed  Lord  High  Trca- 
Buror  of  England  by  Richard  II.  He  aeeniB 
to  have  held  that  high  office  for  little  more 
than  a  year.  It  is  remarkable,  however,  that 
Henry  IV.  also  appointed  him  to  the  same 

freat  post  on  the  25th  of  October  1402. 
[e  died  at  Charlton  near  Woolwich  in  1407, 
and  in  accordance  with  hiw  will  (dated  August 
17,  1407)  he  was  buried  in  the  church  of 
Leeds  Priory. 
(P)  William  de  Kentaw  may  have  been  rector  here,  and 
have  exchanged  about  1390  with  William 
Preonc,  whom  he  Bucceeded  at  Woolwich. 
Dom.  WiXLiAM  DE  Preone  wag  rector  of  Saltwood  in 
February  1391-2,  when  he  accepted  the 
rectory  of  Lyminge  in  exchange  for  it.  He 
had  been  rector  of  Woolwich  from  September 
6,  13G1,  for  many  years.  He  died  late  in 
140-i,  having  made  his  will  on  the  13th  of 
August,  desiring  to  be  buried  in  Woolwich 
Church.  He  derived  his  name  from  Preone  in 
Salop. 

1392  Dom.  John  Ekcebtue,  rector  of  Lymingc,  became  rector  of 
{Courienai/'s  addi-       Saltwood  on  the   16th  of  February  1391-2, 

tional  Reg.,  203*.)     but  he   resigned  this   benefice  in  Koveniber 
1393. 

1393  Dom.   Thomas   SpABKEFonn,   a   chaplain,  was   collated  by 
{Courlenay't  addi-        Archbishop  Courtenay  on  the  llthol'NoTem- 

tional  keg.,  215.)      ber  1393. 
1413     William  Jacts,  on  the  death  of  the  last  rector,  was  collated 
(ArundePs  Reg.,  ii.,      to  Saltwood  by  Archbishop  Arundel  on  the 
30th   of  January   1412-13.     He  resigned  in 
March,   and   took   the   rectory  of  Lyminge, 
which  he  retained  for  twenty  years.     He  was 
also  rector  of  Hunton. 
Matthew   EDEifnAU,  a  canon  of  Lincoln  Cathedral,  was 
cidlated    hither   bv  Archbishop  Arundel   on 
the  10th  of  March  1412-13.     He  exchanged  in 
1416   with   a    Lincolnshire    incumbent,    the 
rector  of  Waltham. 
1416     Simon  Hoke,  rector  of  Waltham  in  Lindscy,  obtained  this 
{Ckickele'*  Reg.,  benefice  by  exchange  with  Canon  Edenham  on 

791^.)  the  8th  of  November   1416.     Mr.  Hoke,  in 

1419,  made  another  exchange,  and  went  into 
the  diocese  of  Norwich  to  Palgrave. 
1419     EuDo   With,   rector  of    Palgrave  in  Suffolk   (near  Diss), 
{Chiekele'*  Reg.,  obtained  this  benefice,  by  exchange,  on  the 

nV.)  29th  of  March  1419. 

Master  John  Estcoubt  was  rector  of  Saltwood  when  he  died, 
lato  in  the  year  1427. 


65".) 


1413 
{Ibid.,  66.) 


428 


RECTORS   OP  8ALTW00D. 


1427    Dom.  Dnooo 
{ChiclwAes  Rrq., 


1487     Dom.  Henry 
{Morton's  Reg., 
130''.) 


Malefobxetcs,  who  wm   a   foreigner, 
collated  to  SaltwooJ  ou  the  l«t  of  Dccemt 
1427.     lie  held  this  benefice  for  more  than 
twenty-BCven   years,  and   died   holding  it  in 
1455.     llis  name  may  have  been  Malefometi ; 
if  80,  he  was  probably  an  Italian. 
1455    The  Right  Reverend  RicnAHD,  Bishop  of  Ross,  was  collated 
{Bourqchier't  Reg.,      to  this  benefice  by  Archbishop  Bonrgchier  on 
eo".)  the  12th  of  June  1455.     Ho  had  for  manj 

years  acted  as  Bishop  Suffragan,  under  Arch- 
bishops Stafford,  Kemp,  and  Bourgchier. 
14(56    Joinf  Saundkh,  was  collated,  Feb.  16, 1463-6,  by  Prior  Gold- 
{/ifgisfer  S,  of  JC'       stone,  ged^  vacante. 
Oh.  Cant.  220\) 

Master  Jons  Peksk,  Doctor  of  Law,  was  rector  of  Saltwood 
when  he  died  in  1487.  Ho  was  rector  of 
Lyminge  in  1477.  but  hnw  long  he  had  held 
that  benefice,  or  this  of  Saltwood,  I  have  not 
ascertained.  Dr.  Peese  was  a  prebendary  of 
St.  Paul's  Cathedral  from  1471  until  his  death. 
Ediall.  a  Prebendary  of  Lichfield,  was  col- 
lated to  Saltwood  by  Archbishop  Morton  on 
the  Kith  of  June  14S7.  He,  in  July  1497, 
became  Provost  of  Wingham  College,  where 
he  was  buried  in  1520.  He  was  Archdeacon 
of  Rochester,  and  an  executor  of  Cardinal 
Morton's  will. 
Master  Jomf  Tono.  LL.D.,  the  King's  "Master  of  the  Rolla" 
{Ou*tos  liotulontm)  from  1508  to  1516,  resigned 
this  benefice  in  1514  upon  being  made 
Dean  of  York.  Ho  died  April  25,  1516,  and 
was  buried  in  the  Rolls  Chapel.  He  had  been 
rector  of  St.  Stephen's,  Walbrook  (1503),  of 
St.  Mary  Ic  Bow  (1504-5),  and  of  St.  Magnus. 
He  was  also  a  prebendary  of  St.  Paul's  and 
of  York  for  a  time. 
1514  Master  Edmund  Chollerton,  Bachelor  of  Theology,  was 
{Warham's  Reg.,  collated  by  Archbishop  Warham  on  the  22nd 

355«.)  of  July  15 14,  to  the  parish  church  of  St.  Peter 

at  Saltwode,  together  with  the  chapel  of  St. 
Leonard  at  Hith.     He  resigned  in  1526. 
1526    Master  Peter  Liohaji,  Doctor  of  Decrees,  was  collated  by 
{Ibid.,  39 1».)  the   same    Archbishop   on   the  0th  of  June 

1526  to  the  parish  church  of  Saltwode  with 
the  chapel  at  Hith.  Dr.  liigham  paid 
£G  ISs.  4d.  to  the  priest,  who  served  as  his 
curate  at  Hyihe.  Dr.  Ligham  died  in  August 
1538.  He  was  Dain  of  tlie  Court  of  Arches, 
and  from  abuut  1626  to  1538  was  viwr  of 
Lydd  also.  For  a  few  months  b<i 
death  he  was  likewise  Master  of  En^    ' 


RECTORS   OF   SALTWOOD. 


429 


Hospital  in  Canterbury.     He  held  a  PpebeuJ 
(Weiihikcsbani)  in  St.  Paul's  Cathedral  from 
1533  to  153f5,  and  a  canoury  at  "Wiu^lmm. 
1538    Master  Johx  Thixtill,  S.T.P.,  was  collated  to  this  benefice 
{Cranm&r's  Reg.,  by    Archbishop    Craniiier,    on    the    27th    of 

365^)  August   1538.     Two  months  later  he  was  also 

collated  to   tho  vicarage  of  Lydd,  which  his 
predecessor  Dr.    Ligham   had  likewiie   held. 
Dr.  Thi.ttill  died  in  1540. 
1540    Master  Henby  Mabkeham,  M.A.,  was  collated  to  Saltwood 
(Ibid.,  378*.)  by   Archbishop  Crauiner  on  the  lat  of  No- 

vember 1540.     Mr.  Markeham  died  in  1550. 
1550     RoBEBT  Watson,   presbiter,  one  of  Archbishop  Cranmer's 
{Ibid.,  412''.)  household,  was  collated  on  the  30th  of  Sep- 

tember 1550. 
N^iouoLAS  Hari'bfiei,d,  LL.D.,  was  Archdeacon  of  Canter- 
bury (1554-9),  and  author  of  a  List  of  the 
ArchdeacoHB,  and  of  a  Life  of  Sir  Thomas  More 
which  contains  the  assertion  that  the  bones  of 
Archbishop  Becket  were  burned  in  1538.  He 
was  deprived  for  his  opinions  in  1559. 
1560  Master  Alexa>'deb  Nowell,  M.A.,  was  collated  to  this 
{Parker't  Reg.,  beuefice  by  Archbishop  Parker  ou  the  3rd  of 


34.1*.) 


February  1559-60,  on  the  deprivation  of 
Harpsfield.  At  this  time  Nowell  was  Arch- 
deacon of  Middlesex,  having  succeeded  to  that 
dignity  on  the  Ist  of  January  1559-60.  He 
vacated  it  when  inado  Dean  of  St.  Paul's  in 
November  or  December  1560,  when  he  also 
vacated  a  Canonry  of  Westminster  Abbey 
which  he  held  only  a  few  months.  In  addition 
to  the  deanery,  however,  he  was  allowed  to 
hold  the  Wildlund  Prebend  of  St.  Paul's 
Cathedral  from  December  3,  1560,  to  Novem- 
ber 1588,  when  he  obtained  the  Totenhall  Pre- 
bend in  that  Cathedral,  which  he  held  at  his 
death  in  1601.  The  rectory  of  Much  Hadham, 
Herts,  was  given  to  him  in  December  1562, 
but  he  resigned  it  about  1589.  In  1594  he 
became  a  Canon  of  Windsor.  His  college 
(Brazennose),  at  Oxford  (from  which  he  had 
graduated  Bachelor  of  Arts  in  1536),  elected 
him  its  Principal  in  September  1595,  and  the 
University  then  created  him  Doctorof  Divinity 
with  precedence  of  seniority  over  all  other 
doctors  then  in  Oiford.  It  is  said  that  for 
thirty  years,  continuously,  he  in  Lent  preach- 
ed before  Queen  Elizabeth  the  first  and  tho 
last  sermons  of  each  season.  He  died  Feb- 
ruary  13, 1601-2,  and  was  buried  in  S*^ 


430  BE0TOB8  OF  SALTWOOD. 

Cathedral.    He  was  a  benefactor  to  BraEen- 
nose  College,  and  he  published  many  books. 
1561    Master  Stevkk  Nevtnson  was  collated  hither  by  Archbishop 
(^Parker  $  Reg.,  Parker  on  the  2nd  of  January  1560-1,  when 

347».)  Dean  Nowell  resigned. 

1580    Master  John  Coldweli,,  Doctor  of  Medicine,  Fellow  of  St. 

{OrindaVa  Reg.,  John's  College,  Cambridge,  a  native  of  Farers- 

542''.)  ham,  was  collated  to  Saltwood  by  Archbishop 

Grindal  on  the  7th  of  October  1580.     In  1585 

he  became  Dean  of  Bochester,  and  in  1501  he 

was  consecrated  Bishop  of  Salisbury. 

1592    Master  Balpu  Talbotes,  S.T.F.,  was  collated  to  this  benefice 

{Whitgift-t  Reg.,        by  Archbishop  Whitgift  on  the  29th  of  July 

ii.  316».)  1592.     He  died  in  1596. 

1596    Master  Joux  Setter  was  Dr.  Talboyes'  successor,  and  was 
{Ibid.,  338*.)  collated  hither  on  the  31st  of  July  1696  by 

Archbishop  Whitgift.     Mr.  Selter  or  Salter 
died  in  1614. 
1614    Master  William  Kinoslet,  S.T.P.,  was  collated  by  Arch- 
(Abbot't  Reg.,  bishop  Abbot  on  the  I7th  of  November  1614, 

i.,  410*.)  with  the  old  formula  to  the  Church  of  Salt- 

wood,  with  the  Chapel  of  Hith  thereto  an- 
nexed. Dr.  Kingsley  was  rector  of  Ickham 
from  1617,  and  Archdeacon  of  Canterbury 
from  1619  until  his  death  in  January  1648. 
He  had  been  Fellow  of  All  Souls,  Oxford,  and 
a  Prebendsry  of  Canterbury.  He  married 
Damaris  Abbot,  a  niece  of  Archbishop  Abbot, 
and  by  her  had  sixteen  children.  Parliament 
sequestered  Saltwood  from  him,  April  30, 1644. 

Halted  obtained  the  names  of  the  tiext  eight  rectort,from  (J  believe) 
the  Register  of  Inductiont  in  the  Office  of  First  Fruits  (now 
Queen  Anne's  Bounty). 

Thomas  Caeteb,  who  was  rector  in  1663,  died  in  1674. 

1674    Francis  Peck  was  inducted  in  1674,  and  he  died  in  1706. 

1706  John  Lewis,  inducted  in  1706,  resigned  in  1709,  when  he 
became  vicar  of  Minster  in  Thanet.  He  held 
that  benefice  until  his  death  in  1747-8.  His 
History  of  Thanet  is  a  valuable  work.  He 
likewise  wrote  a  History  of  Faversham  Church 
and  Abbey.  His  antiquarian  researches  were 
wide  and  deep. 

1709  Egbert  Payne,  M.A.,  succeeded  Mr.  Lewis,  and  remained 
rector  of  Saltwood  about  thirty-two  years, 
until  he  died  in  October  1741.  He  was  also 
vicar  of  Postling. 

1741  John  Chapman,  S,T.P.,  who  had  been  educated  at  Eton 
CoUege,  held  this  rectory  for  about  three 


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481 


years.  He  was  then  preferred  to  tlie  rectory 
of  Mersham,  which  he  retained  nntil  his  doath 
in  October  1784.  He  was  one  of  the  execu- 
tors of  Archbishop  Potter,  and  he  seenm  to 
have  enjoyed  plumlitieg  of  great  value.  With 
Mershnni  he  held  Aldington  rectory,  and  the 
TrcnsurerBhip  of  Chichester  Cathedral.  He 
lived  tu  the  age  of  eighty-one. 

1744  Jeremiah  Milles,  who  succeeded  Dr.  Chapman  in  Decem- 
ber 174-1,  resigned  in  1746.  He  was  a  dis- 
tinguished antiquary,  and  became  President 
of  the  Society  of  Antiquaries  in  London. 
When  he  died  in  1784  he  was  Dean  of  Exeter. 

1746  TuoKAs  Randolph,  S.T.P.,  held  this  rectory  from  1746  to 
1769,  when  he  resigned  it  in  favour  of  his  son. 
He  was  Archdeacon  of  Oxford,  President  of 
Corpus  Christi  College  in  that  University, 
Lady  Margaret's  Professor  of  Divinity  there, 
with  a  canonry  at  Worcester  annexed.  For 
a  time  he  also  held  the  vicarage  of  Petham 
cum  Waltham  by  dispensation.  He  died  in 
1783. 

1769  Thouab  Randolph,  son  of  Archdeacon  Randolph,  obtained 
this  rectory  when  hia  father  resigneil  it,  and 
also  obtained  the  vicarage  of  Petham  cum 
Waltham  in  1783  when  his  father  died.  Ho 
was  educated  at  Westminster  School.  He 
died  in  1808  on  the  18th  of  July. 

Jaukb  Cbopt  was  presented  to  this  benefice  by  Archbishop 
Manners  Sutton  in  1812.  Cliffe-at-Hoo  Rectory 
was  given  to  him  in  1818.  He  got  a  Prebendal 
Stall  in  Canterbury  Cathedral  in  1822,  and 
was  made  Archdeacon  of  Canterbury  in  1825. 
These  benclices  and  dignities  were  all  con- 
ferred upon  him  by  the  same  Archbishop,  one 
of  whoso  daughters  became  his  wife.  He 
survived  until  1869,  when  he  died  atSaltwood 
Rectory  on  the  8th  of  May.  The  American 
gardens  in  the  rectory  grounds  were  formed 
by  him,  and  were  Tery  successful  and  beautiful 
until  the  railway  was  carried  through  them, 
when  the  chief  spring  in  them  was  interfered 
with  by  the  construction  of  the  line. 
1869  Wm.  Fbkd.  Ekskink  Knollts  was  presented  to  Saltwood  by 
Archbishop  Tait,  whose  chaplain  he  was  for 
thirteen  years,  1869-82.  He  was  promoted  to 
the  rectory  of  Wrotham  in  1879,  having  in 
1876  been  made  an  Honorary  Canon  of  Canter- 
bury.    He  was  an  active  Secretary  of  the 


1808 
1812 


482  BK0T0B8  OF  SALTWOOD. 

Canterbury  Diocesan    Conference  for  t 
years,  1883-G.     For  a  short  time  the  late 
Craufurd  Tait  (son  of  Archbishop  Tait) 
Canon  KnoUys's  curate  here. 

1879    JoHV  Geoboe  Hooosok  succeeded  Canon  Erskine  Knc 
in  1879.     He  was  for  thirty-three  years  t 
of  Croydon  from  1846  to  1879,  and  rural  d 
there  from  1870  to  1879.     In  1870   ho 
made  an  Honoraiy  Canon  of  Canterbury, 
father,  the  Ber.  John  Hodgson  (who  man 
Sarah,  daughter  of  the  first  Lord  Harris),  • 
the  founder  of  that  useful  institution  the 
Bathing  Infirmary  at  Margate.      He  died 
Saltwood  Eectory  May  24, 1888,  aged  76. 

1888  Edwabb  HAMii.Toy  Blyth,  who  had  been  vicar  of  Marg 
for  eight  years,  was  promoted  by  Archbiu 
Benson  first  to  the  rectory  of  Woodchui 
(which  he  held  for  two  or  three  months),  i 
then  to  this  rectory  of  Saltwood,  to  which 
came  in  August  1888.  Mr.  Blyth  was 
Indian  chapliun  for  three  yean,  1864-7,  a 
he  held  the  vicarage  of  Hammersmith  : 
seven  years,  1871-8.  For  his  brother,  Bisl 
Blyth  of  Jerusalem,  he  acta  as  Commissi 
in  England. 


(     433     ) 


JOSEPH  HATCH,  THE  BELLFOUNDER,  AND 
^  ROSES  FARM,  IN  BROOMFIELD  AND 
M      ULCOMBE. 


BY   CANON   SCOTT   ROBERTSON. 


I 


The  locality  of  Joseph  Hatch's  residence,  in  Broomfield  orTJlcombe, 
had  noTer  been  ascertained,  until  Mr.  J.  D.  Norwood  deciphered  the 
title-deeds  of  his  property  culled  Boses  Farm,  which  lies  on  the 
boundary  of,  and  extends  into,  both  parishes.  He  has  communi- 
cated to  this  18th  Volume  of  Archceoloaia  Cantiana  a  concise  precU 
of  the  contents  of  those  deeds.  Fuller  accounts  of  some  of  the 
deeds  will,  I  think,  be  useful. 

This  farm  undoubtedly  must  have  obtained  its  name  from  Wil- 
liam Rose,  who  possessed  it  in  the  reign  of  Kiny  Henry  VI. 

I.  The  title-deed,  dated  February  28,  1  Kichard  III.,  ia  entirely 
written  in  English,  and  bearing  no  simature,  has  appended  to  it  the 
emblematic  seal  of  William  Hose.  That  seal  shows  a  vase,  out  of 
which  sprinps  a  rose-tree,  on  which  are  three  full-blown  roses.  The 
vase  stands  between  the  letters  W.  R.,  which  were  the  initials  of 
William  Rose  the  elder,  of  "  Bromefeld-beside-Ledys."  He  recites 
in  this  dee<l,  the  terms  of  another  which  bore  the  rare  and  unusual 
date  of  "  the  thirde  day  of  June  the  first  yer  of  the  reigne  of  Edward 
thefifte  late  king  of  England." 

He  says  that  therein  he  had  enfeoffed  "  William  Bose  the  yonger, 
sone  of  John  Rose  of  Wey,"  together  with  John  Rose,  John 
Vyncent  of  Ledys,  and  John  Mason  of  Bromcfeld  the  yonger,  of 
all  the  landes,  et-c.,  lately  belonKiug  to  William  Munde  (or  Monde), 
now  "  lied,"  in  Bromcfeld  and  Ulconibe  (which  W.  Munde  had 
conveyed  to  William  Rose  the  elder),  excepting  Estcrofte  in 
Bromefeld. 

The   purpose  of  this  cnfeofment  was  that  the  lands  should  be 

Pheld  for  the  benefit  of  William  Rose  the  elder,  aa  long  as  he  should 
live,  and  that  upon  his  decease  these  lands  should  pass  to  William 
Hose  the  younger  (who  had  paid  £20  for  the  bargain),  on  condition 
that  during  the  life  of  the  elder  William's  widow  Alice,  the  younger 
William  Rose  fhould  provide  for  her  a  competent  house  of  residence 
in  Bromefeld,  and  should  pav  to  her  2G».  8(/.  per  annum  in  money. 

II.  The  deed  dated  11  Elizabeth,  September  2rth,  is  signed  thus 
"per  me  Richardus  Warhani,"  and  has  aHiied  to  it  his  seal,  bearing 
the  Warhani  arms*  with  his  initials  added : — R  (in  dexter  chief),  and 

*  Oalet,  a  foss  or,  between  »  goat's  beud  in  uliicf,  and  tbaeo  escallop  shells  ia 
base  argent,  nttired  or. 

TOL.  XVIII.  t  F 


k 


434       JOSEPH   BATCH,  THB  BBLLFOUNDBB,  AKD 

W  (in  siniBter  cbief).  The  deed  contaiiu  a  curioiu  clanae  or  con- 
dition, that  if  on  the  (ith  of  January,  following  the  date  of  its 
execution,  Bichsrd  Warham  should  })ay,  in  the  porch  of  Patrickes- 
borne  Parish  Church,  between  the  hours  of  9  a.m.  and  .  .  .  P-tn.,  the 
sum  of  £52  to  Edward  Warham  or  his  heirs,  then  Bichard  Warham 
should  have  power  to  re-enter  the  said  three  messuages  and  sixty 
acres  of  land. 

A  power  of  attorney,  sealed  with  the  seal  of  Edward  Warham, 
of  Patriiiesborne,  empowers  his  son  and  heir  John  Warham  to 
receive  possession  on  his  behalf.  It  is  dated  27th  September,  11 
Elizabotli,  and  has  written  at  base  the  initials  E.  W.  The  seal  bears 
the  AVarhani  crest,  a  goat's  head,  between  the  initials  E.  W. 

The  witnesses  to  both  decils  are  James  Chapman,  John  Parker, 
and  William  Uiclom  (?).  The  witnesses  of  delivery  of  seisin  were 
John  Orennell  (?),  Thomas  Malin,  liobert  Tompsone,  and  Jamea 
RawBone. 

III.  and  IV.  The  two  title-deeds  of  Boses  Farm,  which  are 
signed  by  Walter  Taylor,  of  Ilollingbourne,  gent.,  and  dated  the  1st 
of  April  1606,  both  bear  his  armorial  seal,  which  shews  four  quarter- 
ings : — 1  and  4  (Taylor  of  Lingfield,  Surrey),  a  chevron  bietween 
three  bucks'  heads,  and  in  chief  two  hounds  respectaut ;  2  and  3, 
three (obliterated). 

They  are  mode  more  interesting  by  being  endorsed,  both  of 
them,  thus,  "  The  marke  T.H.  ofJoteph  Hatch."  This  was  the  well- 
known  bellfounder,  by  whom  so  many  church-bells  in  Kent  were 
cast.  On  one  deed  this  fuller  endorsement  appears  :  "  Bead,  sealed, 
and  delyvered,  and  liverie  and  scizine  of  tne  within-mentioned 
premises*  by  the  within-named  Walter  Taylor,  to  the  within-named 
S'icolas  My  Her  [the  elder,  of  Wrotham,  gent.]  aecordinglie  delyvered 
in  the  presence  of  Xic.  Myller  junior ;  Thomas  Hatch,  the  within- 
nauied  Tenant,  who  did  Attorne  Tenant  to  the  within-named  Nicolas 
Myller  ;  and  Nicolas  Hooper." 

''The  marke  T.H.  of  Thomas  Hatch"  (probably  brother  of 
Jo8e])h  Hatch,  who,  in  1G30,  bequeathed  to  him  much  of  his 
property). 

"  The  marke  I.H.  of  Joseph  Hatch:' 

Tu  the  late  Mr.  Stahlselnnidt's  Church  Jielho/Kent,vv.  73-76, 
will  bo  found  mention  of  Thomas  Hatch,  the  father  (of  whose  bells, 
two  still  remain  in  Kent ;  one  at  Langley,  another  at  Canterbury 
St.  Margaret),  and  of  Jo.feph  Hatch,  no  less  than  155  of  whose  bells 
still  remain  in  ehurcli-steeples  in  Kent.  Mr.  Stahlschmidt  also 
mentions  William,  nephew  and  successor  of  Joseph  Hatch.  Joseph 
Hatch  '•  died  cliiliiless  and  wealthy,  in  September,  16;J9,  being  buried 

•  Two  parcfis  of  lands,  etc.,  "  heretofore  divided  into  more  Kcvetuls,"  oon- 
tiiiniug  in  tlic  wbolu  twcnty-thrco  acres  in  Bromfield,  Iraunded  by  lands  of 
Anthony  81.  Tx^ger,  Em|.,  and  ot  Kic.  Saunders  on  the  south ;  of  Ant.  St.  Leger, 
and  said  Nitrolas  Myller,  on  tlie  east ;  by  the  Kiugs  Highway  and  a  little  tote- 
ment  belonfring  to  the  king  on  the  west;  and  lands  of  Nicolas  Myller  on  the 
norlb.  Also  two  otlier  iKirccU  contuiuiug  five  acres  of  meadow  and  woodland, 
surrr>undcd  by  lands  of  Nio.  Myller,  afl  in  tenure  and  occupation  of  Joseph 
Hatch.  i~  r 


B08ES  PABH  IN  BBOOMPIELD  AND  VLOOHBE.    436 

at  Broomfield  on  the  IT""  of  that  month."  In  hia  will  (printed  bv 
Stahlschmidt  on  pp.  76-80),  he  describes  himself  as  of  the  parisn 
of  Ulcomb. 

V.  The  deed  dated  26th  of  July  1636  (12  Charies  I.),  bears  the 
signature  of  James  Miller,  but  the  seal  is  gone.  By  it  James 
Miller,  (youngest  son  of  Nicholas  Miller  of  Wrotham,  Esquire,  and 
nephew  of  another  Nicholas  Miller,  deceased,  who  formerly  owned 
this  property,)  sold  to  Solomon  Wood,  of  Wormesbill,  gent.,  "  all 
that  the  Mannor,  Lordship,  Messuage  and  tenement  in  Bromefeild 

called  or  knowne  by  the  name  of  the  Mannor  of  Boses  " 

with  all  appurtenances,  now  or  late  in  the  tenure  of  Peter  Hunt  and 
JOSEPH  HATCH  or  their  assigns.  He  warrants  against  the  heirs 
of  his  uncle  Nicholas  Miller  deceased,  and  against  his  father  Nicolas 
Miller.  It  mentions  a  lease  granted  by  James  Miller  to  Peter  Hunt 
for  ten  years,  from  the  previous  Michaelmas,  of  part  of  the  premises 
at  an  annual  rent  of  £22,  and  another  lease  of  same  date,  and  for 
same  period,  of  another  parcel  of  the  premises  granted  to  JOSEPH 
HATCH  at  a  rent  of  £6  per  annum.  Endorsed  is  this  statement : 
"  Sealed  and  delivered  in  the  presence  of  Bichard  Tylden  ;  William 
Guildeford ;  Bichard  Wood ;  John  Wood  ;  the  marke  of  James 
Ghime."  The  same  witnesses  endorse  a  small  deed  on  which  is  en- 
grossed "  M*"  in  dors :  Clans'*  Cancellar'  infrascript'  Domini  Begis 
decimo  nono  die  Septemb'  anno  infrascript' — per  Thouam  Stait- 
LET."*  This  smaller  deed,  dated  28  July  1636,  is  signed  by  Jamea 
Miller,  and  bears  a  seal  on  which  appears  a  pine-apple  or  huge 
thistle. 


*  Thomas  Stanley,  of  Hamptona ;  aee  Arehaologia  Cantia»a,  XVII.,  p.  866, 
last  three  lines. 


■«  »^ 


(     436     ) 


LYMNE*    CASTLE    AND    CHURCH. 


BY   CANON    SCOTT   ROBERTSON. 

Of  Lymne  Castle,  or  the  Archdeacon's  House,  the  outer 
remain  very  much  as  they  were,  when  the  building  waa  fit 
erected,  in  the  reign  of  Henry  V. 

The  interior  has  been  greatly  changed,  to  fit  it  for  t! 
residence  of  a  modern  fanner.  The  Hall  (once  open  fro 
floor  to  roof  lidge)  has  been  divided  into  two  stories  of  roon 
Its  four  tall  arched  windows  (two  looking  north,  and  ti 
south)  with  their  transoms,  which  divided  the  two  lights 
each  into  four  arched  lights,  and  the  tracery  in  their  hea« 
have  been  transformed  into  the  plainest  possible  windo 
for  bedrooms  above,  and  sitting  rooms  below.  Neverthelei 
we  stiU  see  complete,  upon  the  north  side,  the  porch 
entrance  with  its  handsome  outer  archway,  and  the  roa 
above  it. 

From  the  porch  the  "  screen  "  passage  passes  straig 
through  to  the  south  door.     East  of  the  passage  stands  t 
large  kitchen  ;  and,  above  it,  a  fine  large  room,  approach 
by  a  roomy  turret-stairway  of  stone.     West  of  the  passa; 
stood  the  Hall,  beyond  which  (further  west)  were  the  priva 
rooms  for  the  nmster  of  the  house.    Still  further  west,  standi 
the  defensive  tower  with  its  semi-cii'cular  western  face 
which  some  original   windows  remain.      This  tower  in 
main  plan  is  square  and  roomy,  but,  as  our  illustration  she 
its  western  face  is  semi-circiilar — somewhat  resembling 
gatehouse  towers  at  Saltwood  Castle. 

The  roof  of  the  castle  is  protected  by  battlements  on 
east,  south,  and  west. 

This  was  really  the  Parsonage  House,  but  it  has  beer 
called  the  Court  Lodge  also.  Archbishop  Lanfranc  (1070-93 
severed  Lymne  Church,  with  its  glebe  lands,  its  tithes, 
its  advowson,  from  the  revenues  of  the  Archiepiseopal  Si 
and  gave  them  all  as  an  endowment  for  the  Archdeacon 
Canterbury.     Probably  the  early  Archdeacons  resided  hi 

•  The  name  of  this  Parish  is  now  commonly  spelt  "  Lyrapne."    WTiere 
"p"  hM  como  from  it  i»  diilifiill  to  aH'ortain.    Certainly  in  the  Middle  Agt 
was  not  U8ed.     Hasted  adupts  "  Li miie  "  as  the  right  orthography.     Sonuier  i 
Battely  write  it  "  Lymne." 


LTMNE    CASTLE   AND    CHUKCH. 


437 


I 


Til  later  times  the  place  was  let.  In  1790,  William  Glanvill 
Evelyn,  Esq.,  was  tbe  lessee  of  tbem.  He  held  them  from 
the  Archdeacoa  on  a  lease  for  three  lives ;  and  the  lease  enu- 
merated this  house  (or  castle  or  court  lodge)  with  its  yards 
and  appurtenances  ;  the  great  tithes  of  Lymne  aud  of  West 
Hythe;  112  acres  of  arable  and  pasture  land,  and  forty  acres 
of  woodland  in  Lymne,  with  other  lajid  iu  West  Hythe  and 
Stanford. 

Archdeacon  Croft  kept  all  these  in  his  own  hands  and 
farmed  the  land. 

They  are  now  in  the  possession  of  the  Ecclesiastical  Com- 
missioners, whose  surplus  income  is  devoted  to  the  increase 
of  the  stipend  of  poorly  endowed  benefices  in  thickly  popu- 
lated places. 

The  Advowson  of  the  Vicarage  has  always  been  retained 
by  the  successive  Archdeacons  of  Canterbury. 

Witliin  the  parish  stands  the  mined  Chapel  of  St.  Mary 
at  Court-at-Street,  or  Bellirica,  and  attached  to  it  is  the 
ruined  Church  of  West  Hythe,  at  the  foot  of  the  hill  on 
which  LjTiine  Church  stands. 

Lymne  Church,  dedicated  to  St.  Stephen,  has  a  very 
remarkable  central  tower  of  early  Norman  work.  It  may  be 
compared  with  that  of  St.  Lawrence  in  Thanet.  Originally 
it  had  on  the  interior  no  northern  arch,  as  the  church  had 
no  north  aisle,  and  its  western  arch  was  evidently  lower,  and 
round-headed.  In  fact,  the  Norman  church  consisted  of  a 
simple  nave,  central  tower,  and  a  chancel.  The  chancel, 
probably  was  much  shorter  than  that  now  existing. 

From  the  nave,  at  present,  we  can  see,  above  the  existing 
tower-arch,  three  Norman  windows  (now  blocked  up),  which 
in  the  twelfth  century  were  open  to  the  sky,  above  the  level 
of  the  nave's  Norman  roof.  Similar  windows  are  visible  (now 
also  blocked)  upon  tbe  same  level,  on  the  exterior  of  the  south 
and  north  sides  of  the  tower.  Upon  a  lower  level,  in  the 
tower's  north  wall,  and  in  its  south  wall  there  was, originally,  a 
central  Norman  window,  of  small  size.  Of  these,  the  southern 
window's  jambs  and  heiul  still  remain,  blocked  up,  but  visi- 
ble, west  of  the  existing  window  of  two  lights.  The  stone- 
work of  the  northern  window  was  mainly  destroyed  when  an 
Early  English  arch  was  opened  into  the  Early  English  north 
aisle,  a  little  before  or  after  a.d.  1200;  but  the  round  head 
of  this  Norman  north  window  can  still  be  traced,  above  the 
apex  of  the  Early  English  arch. 

In  the  tower's  east  wall  a  central  Norman  window  still 
appears,  on  the  exterior,  above  the  apex  of  the  chancel  roof's 
ridge. 


438 


LTMNK    CASTLE   AND    CHTTBCH. 


From  the  nave,  we  can  now  see  the  north-we«ten>  Nor-J 
man  buttress  of  the  tower  which  in  the  twelfth  cent^irv  wa 
au  exterior  buttress  hidden  by  the  nave's  north  wall ;  j  uat 
the  similar  buttress  on  the  south  is  still  by  the  nave's  soath^ 
wall. 

The  eastern  arch  of  the  tower  (opening  into  the  cbanoel) 
seems  to  be  original,  and  its  hatchet-cut  impost  monldinf 
may  be  of  circa  a.d.  1100 — 1110. 

The  western  arch  was  probably  altered  when  the  north 
aisle  was  added,  after  a.d.  1180.  It  is  pointed;  so  is  the 
arch  then  pierced  through  the  north  wall  of  the  tower ;  but 
the  western,  or  nave,  arch  has  Norman  impost  mouldings. 

The  southern  impost  moulding  may  be  the  original  on€ 
of  Early  Norman  date ;  but  the  northern  impost  seems 
have  a  much  lat^er  moulding.  It  is  carved  with  a  series 
circles,  iu  each  of  which  is  a  central  lozenge  with  cunre 
edges,  and  between  these  edges  and  the  outer  circumference 
are  cut  four  deep  hollows  (each  pointed  at  both  ends  but 
broad  in  the  middle)  along  the  centre  of  which  are  dots  in 
high  relief.  The  Rev.  G.  B.  Coulcher  (a  former  vicjir,  under 
whose  auspices  the  restoration  of  the  nave  and  tower  iviis 
carried  out.,  by  Mr.  8t.  AubyTi,  in  1878-80)  suggests  that  this 
ornamentation  resembles  some  to  be  found  in  the  late  Nor- 
man basement  of  the  Baptistery  at  Canterbury  Cathedral. 

The  Norman  doorway  in  the  west  wall  of  the  nave 
taken  down  when  the  west  wall  was  entirely  rebuilt,  mail 
years  before  the  restoration  of  the  nave.  Rough  foundatic 
masonry  is  visible  north  of  the  base  of  the  north-west  pittr  ol 
the  tower ;  when  it  originally  was  inserted  we  cannot  now 
say.     It  was  then  outside  the  church. 

Evidently  much  was  done  here  a  little  before,  or  a  little 
after  the  year  1200.  The  north  aisle  was  then  erected,  and 
the  north  chancel  built ;  arches  being  opened  into  tiara 
through  the  north  wall  of  the  nave  (two)  and  through  the 
north  wall  of  the  tower.  The  chancel  was  also  then  greatly 
enlarged,  and  hooded  lancet  windows  were  inserted  in  the 
nave's  south  wall. 

In  the  north  aisle's  north  wall  are  four  lancet  windows 
east  of  the  porch;  and  in   its  eastern  wall  are  tw    '  ^ 

The  sqiuire  bowl  of  the  Font  is  of  Purbeck  or  B.  n 

marble.     It  was  found  beneath  the  floor,  and  after  being  re- 
paired,  was  reinstated  by  Mr.  (.'oulcher.     Each  face  of  the 
bowl  is  simply  divided  by  lines.      It  has  a  new  base  exuctlj 
similar  to  that  which  it  had  originally.     The  four  small     ' ' 
lars  were  made  to  ht  into  the  old  openings  in  the  base  oi 
bowl  clustering  round  a  large  one  in  the  centre. 


LTMNE   CHURCH. 


439 


Chancel. 


I 


In  the  twelfth  century  it  is  possible  that  the  chaneel  did 
not  extend  far  beyond  the  westernmost  windows  now  existing 
therein ;  but  this  is  merely  a  matter  of  conjecture.  The 
westernmost  lancet  on  each  side  of  the  chancel  is  not  nearly 
80  tall  as  the  other  chancel  windows,  and  on  the  exterior 
there  is  some  indication  of  a  joint  in  the  walls  east  of  those 
windows.  This,  however,  does  not  decide  the  matter  by  any 
means,  [t  would  seem  rather  to  shew  that  the  present 
chancel  was  built  at  two  different  periods,  in  the  thirteenth 
.century,  and  to  suj^gest  that  the  Norman  chancel  was  then 
entirely  destroyed.  On  the  other  hand,  it  tnay  be  observed 
that  outside  the  north-east  angle  of  the  chancel  there  is  a 
buttreas-like  bit  of  masonry,  closely  resembling'  a  shallow 
Norman  buttress  ;  it  may,  however,  be  a  bit  of  Early  English 
masonry. 

There  are  three  lancets  in  each  side  wall  of  the  chancel, 
and  in  its  east  wall  a  small  circular  light  surmounts  a  triplet 
of  lancets.  These  three  now  contain  painted  glass,  represent- 
ing, in  the  centre,  the  Crucifixion  of  our  Lord,  and  at  each 
side  a  scene  from  the  history  of  St.  Stephen  the  Patron 
Saint. 

Stone  bench  tables  run  along  the  north  and  south  walls. 
There  is  an  ancient  piscina  in  the  south  wall,  and  east 
of  it  stands  a  small  pointed  niche.  It  reminds  me  of  the 
niche  which  rcmained  in  Folkestone  chancel  wall  at  the  spot 
where  the  leaden  casket  containing  bones  (of  St.  Eanswith 
probably)  was  found. 

This  chancel  was  restored  sevenil  years  ago,  when  the  Rev. 
Edwin  Biron  (father  of  the  present  incumbent)  was  vicar 
here. 

In  the  south  wall  is  a  low  and  short  altar-like  tomb  with 
Jacobean  ornamentation  upon  its  front.  The  ornaments  are 
simply  a  centnil  lozenge  flanked  on  each  side  by  a  low  round- 
headed  arch.  It  is  not  known  whom  it  commemorates.  Close 
above  it  now  stands  against  the  wall  a  peculiar  piece  of 
carving  or  casting,  not  unlike  a  small  iron  fire-grate  back. 
Mr.  Coulcher  suggests  that  this  bore  an  inscription  respect- 
ing the  person  here  buried. 

A  marble  mural  slab  commemorates  Augustine  Greenland 
of  Belle  Vue  in  this  parish,  who  died  in  1708,  and  also  Jane 
his  wife  {nie  Gifford),  who  died  in  1720.  It  mentions  their 
six  children  who  were  baptized  in  1690,  1692,  1695,  1697, 
1698,  and  1700  respectively,  four  being  sons  and  two  beino' 
daughters.     This  gentleman  wa.s  churchwarden  at 


440  LTHNE  CHUBCH. 

before,  the  time  of  his  death,  and  his  initials  are  marked 
with  the  date  1708  upon  the  north  door  of  this  charch. 
Brass-headed  nails  hare  been  driven  into  the  door,  forming 
these  letters,  A.a  |  c.w.  |  1708. 

In  the  floor  in  front  of  the  commnnion  rails  there  is  s 
large  slab,  bearing  at  its  top  the  arms  of  Finch  impaling 
those  of  Twyaden.  It  commemorates  (i)  Sarah,  wife  of  John 
Finch  of  Lymne,  she  died  in  1702,  aged  37 ;  and  (ii)  her 
husband,  John  Finch,  eldest  son  of  Q^rge  Finch  of  Wy^ 
gentleman,  by  his  first  wife  Jane,  daughter  of  Thomas  Twys- 
den  of  Wye,  gentleman.  Mr.  John  iinch  was  baptized  at 
Wye  on  the  29th  of  September  1635 ;  he  died  at  Lymne  in 
1707,  and  was  buried  here  on  the  5th  of  February.  The  day 
of  his  interment  was  annually  commemoitited  by  the  dis- 
tribution, to  six  of  the  poorest  and  eldest  people  of 
Lymne  who  have  not  received  parochial  relief,  an  annual  dole 
of  money,  being  half  of  the  annual  produce  of  certain  lands 
which  he  left  for  the  purpose.     The  other  half  was  to  be 

fiven  on  Christmas  Day.  The  lands  were  his  one-sixth  part  of 
60  acres  of  marsh  land  in  Eastbridge.  Upon  the  anniversary 
of  his  burial,  the  Vicar  of  Lymne  was  every  year  to  preach 
in  this  church  a  sermon,  for  which  he  was  to  receive  208. 
out  of  the  lands  left  by  Mr.  Finch.  To  Wye  and  Newchurch 
also  benefactions  were  bequeathed  by  his  will. 

In  this  chaucel  there  are  also  memorials  of  Edith,  wife  of 
Thomas  Bridger,  who  died  24  February  1783,  aged  79;  Tho- 
mas Bridger  of  Hithe,  wlio  died  3rd  January  1828,  aged  84 ; 
Thomas,  his  son,  who  died  3rd  December  1803,  aged  23 ; 
Henry  Bridger,  who  died  17  September  1806,  aged  61.  Upon 
the  north  wall  is  a  tablet  for  John  Bridger,  who  died  in  1765, 
aged  72,  and  upon  the  tablet  is  his  armorial  coat,  "  Argent,  a 
chevron  engrailed  gable,  between  three  crabs  gule^," 

TOWEB. 

In  the  tower  we  see,  on  each  side  of  the  early-Norman 
eastern  arch,  a  pointed  arched  recess,  probably  of  the  four- 
teenth century,  each  of  which  may  have  served  as  reredos  for 
an  altar.  Mr.  Coulchcr  informs  me  that  these  niches  were 
carefully  examined  when  the  walls  were  bare,  and  they  were 
found  to  be  merely  recesses ;  the  wall  behind  them  had  never 
been  pierced.  Traces  of  psiinted  ornamentation  were  found 
around  these  little  arches. 

The  aumbry  was  discovered  at  the  time  of  the  restoration, 
1878-80.  It  may  have  been  plastered  over  for  centuries. 
The  wooden  frame  therein  crumbled  to  pieces  soon  after  it 


LTMNE    CHURCH. 


441 


I 


was  exposed  to  the  air,  but  Mr.  Coiilcher  caused  it  to  be  re- 
produced as  exactly  as  possible. 

Upon  the  western  side  of  the  north  pier  of  the  west  arch  of 
the  nave,  Mr.  Couleher  tells  me,  painted  decoration  was  dis- 
covered beneath  the  lime-wash,  but  it  faded,  and  th<>  plaister 
crumbled  upon  exposure  to  the  air.  It  extended  also  along 
the  north  wail  adjawnt  to  the  tower  arch,  as  far  as  the  eastern- 
moat  arch  of  the  nave  arcade.  The  pattern  was  arranged  in 
vertical  stripes,  each  filled  with  eleven  figures,  which  were 
fleurs-de-lys  and  wheel-like  roundels,  or  flowers,  alternately ; 
but  there  was  a  fleur-de-lys  always  at  the  top  and  at  the 
bottom  of  each  stripe.  The  upper  border  (formed  of  double 
chevron  pattern)  ran  just  below  the  impost  moulding  of  the 
tower's  western  arch.  The  lower  border  of  the  same  chevron- 
like  pattern  was  at  a  level  twelve  or  fourteen  inches  below 
that  of  the  spring  of  the  arches  of  the  north  arcude  of  the  nave. 
No  doubt  an  altar  had  stood  against  this  N.W.  pier  of  the 
tower,  and  the  space  immediately  above  the  altar  had  some 
other  decoration  which  could  not  be  traced.  The  stripes  (two 
on  each  side  of  this  space)  flanked  the  central  decoration,  and 
two  additional  stripes  were  on  the  north  wall. 

On  the  southern  face  of  the  N.W.  pier  of  the  tower's 
■west^'rn  arch  there  had  been  painted  a  text  of  Scripture,  in 
black-letter  type. 

When  the  north  aisle  was  added,  and  its  arcade  built, 
the  Norman  north  windows  were  removed,  and  the  round 
arch  was  taken  from  the  west  wall  of  the  tower.  Mr.  Coul- 
eher suggests  that  Norman  mouldings  built  into  the  jambs 
of  the  Early  English  windows  on  each  side  of  the  north 
door,  and  at  the  top  of  the  east  jamb  of  the  north  doorway, 
and  into  the  jambs  of  the  east  windows  of  the  north  aisle  are 
portions  of  the  details  of  these  Norman  features. 

Whether  the  porch  was  erected  in  the  thirteenth  century 
I  doubt.  I  rather  incline  to  believe  that  it,  like  the  doorway 
into  the  aisle,  is  of  the  fourteenth  century ;  when  also  it  is 
possible  that  the  north  aisle's  Kingpost-roof  (now  standing) 
was  put  on.  On  the  eastern  jamb  of  the  north  door  is  a 
small  Latin  cross  cut  in  the  stone  ;  possibly  as  a  memorial. 

The  little  windows,  one  on  each  side,  in  the  porch  are 
worthy  of  a  glance.  Their  wooden  headings  were  restored 
in  1873  from  portions  of  the  nave's  aucient  tie-beams. 

The  Decorated,  trefoil-arched  tomb  in  the  north  wall  is 
not  of  a  common  type.  It  is  simple,  yet  bold,  in  its  design, 
and  I  should  consider  it  to  be  early  in  date,  possibly  of  the 
reign  of  Edward  I.  or  Edward  II.  A  crossed  stone  slab  lies 
beneath  the  arch. 


U2 


LYMNE   CHUEOH. 


Near  it  is  a  stone  in  the  floor  from  which  the  small  e&gj 
(in  brass)  of  a  man  has  been  torn  away. 

Beside  the  rough  masonry  in  the  floor,  at  the  foot  of  the 
north-west  pier  of  the  tower,  there  is  a  very  good  example  of 
a  crossed  coffin  slab.     The  cross  head  is  perfect. 

There  is  a  slab  commemorating  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
Peter  Bonny,  minister  of  this  parish,  and  of  Elizabeth  his 
wife.     She  died  May  31st  1671,  aged  1  year  and  7  months. 

Parsons,  in  his  iformments  in  Churches  of  Kent,  pp.  223— i, 
gives  inscriptions  upon  monumental  stones  commemorat- 
ing Mr.  F.  MoKBis,  who  died  1775,  aged  64;  Thomas 
Weaith,  who  died  in  1(>01  ;  Dennis  Wraith,  who  died  14th 
of  June  1 606,  with  these  words :  "  Think  for  to  dye,  and 
thus  to  lye:"  and  Captain  Isaac  Bachelour,  who  being  com- 
missioned to  sei-ve  his  Majesty  under  an  honourable  title  in 
the  militia  for  this  country,  was  discharged  by  death,  the 
26th  of  May  1684,  aged  40.  The  monument  was  placed  by 
his  widow  Margai-et  Bachelour. 

There  are  few  wills  tif  parishionerB  of  Lymne,  but  I  have 
seen  some.  In  1390,  Agnes,  wife  of  John  Gardner,  of  the 
Vill  of  Roniene,  desired  (by  will)  to  be  buried  in  the  church- 
yard of  St.  Stephen  at  "  Lymen  ;"  and  bequeathed  408.  to 
pay  a  chaplain  who  should  ia  this  church  celebrate  masses 
for  her  soul  during  three  years.*  John  Fagge,  in  1497, 
bequeathed  £20  to  purchase  a  suit  of  vestments  for  Lymne 
Church,  and  also  o  marks  for  an  Antiphoiiar,  to  be  used  here. 
To  the  Lights  in  this  church  John  Fagge  left  338.  4d. 

To  the  Light  before  the  Greater  Cross,  a  small  sum  waa 
bi.'queathed  by  Alice,  relict  of  Stephen  May  of  Limne,  in 
1497. 

In  1442,  Richard  Fawkener,  of  Warehorne,  left  by  his 
will  3s.  4d.  to  the  High  Altar  of  "Lymne"  Church,  and  28. 
to  each  Light  in  the  same  church. f 

In  1497,  William  Crosby,  of  "Lymne,"  bequeathed  to 
the  Lights  of  this  Church  5  measures  of  barley. 

In  the  Valor  Eci:h-«ia«ticu»,  respecting  the  rectorial  value 
of  Lymne  to  the  Archdeacon,  it  is  said, "  Archdeacon  Cranmer 
receives  of  Lyinpne  and  Westhethe,  with  their  glebe  lands, 
;fi28  per  annum,  out  of  which  he  pays  408.  per  annum  for 
Scots,  on  the  Marsh  belonging  to  Lympne  parsonage." 


•   Ckritl  fhHrch,  Canterlivrv,  Rei/ifter  G,  fol.  255b. 
f  AreAaoloffia  Cantiaita,  XI.,  370. 


VICARS   OF    LYMNE. 


443 


VICAES  OF  LYMNE. 

1292  John  dk  Otbinoedene  was  ftdmitted  to  be  Vicar  of  Limene 
by  Archbishop  Pcckham  (Jiey.,  41"),  8  Kal.  April  1291-2. 

1308  WiXLiAM  D£  BA.BKEIIAM  waa  admitted  by  Ardibishop 
Wynchelse  (JReg.,  SI""),  on  the  3  Kal.  August  1308,  to  be 
Vicar  of  Lumene,  on  the  presentation  of  William  the 
Proctor  of  the  Archdeacon. 

1310  Hknrt  dictum  LE  Kous  was  admitted  by  the  game  Arch- 

bishop (Wynchelte'tSeff., 62^),  on  the  10  Kal.  May  1310, 
having  been  presented  by  Bernard  de  Galerio,  who  was 
Vicar-General  of  the  Archdeacon  of  ('anterbury  (Ber- 
nard Giles  de  Leybreto). 

1311  Thomas  DE  Kthnedehe,  by  the  same  Primate   {Wynchehet 

Reg.,  53*),  was  admitted  on  the  8  Kal.  March  1310-1,  on 
the  presentation  of  the  Archdeacon's  Vicar  (or  Proctor), 
Peter  de  Galere. 
HiENMCi-s  (?)  died  in  1320. 

1320  "Walter  dictus  Botteb  was  admitted  by  Archbishop  Eey- 
nolds  on  the  9  Kal.  January,  i.e.  December,  1320.  lie 
went  by  exchange  to  the  Vicarage  of  West  Farleigh  in 
1325. 

1325  Huon  Prices,  Vicar  of  "  West  Farlce,"  was  admitted  by 
Archbishop  Keynolds  {Beg.,  237),  in  December  1325. 

1382  Thomas  atte  Cuavmbbe  was  admitted  bv  Archbiidiop  Cour- 
tenay  U^g.,  247''),  on  the  14th  of  December  1382,  to  the 
Vicarage  of  "  Lgmene,"  to  which  William  de  Pakynton, 
then  Archdeacon,  had  presented  him. 

1886  Walter  atte  Cuaumiibe  was  admitted  by  Archbishop 
Courteuay  {Reg.,  263"),  on  the  8th  of  Aueiist  1386. 

1395  Clement  Ecclksto,  admitted  on  the  31st  of  May  1395  by 
Archbishop  Courtenay  {Additional  Reg.,  221),  was  Vicar 
in  1401  when  ho  resigned.  The  patron  who  presented 
Eccleeton  was  Archdeacon  Mottrum. 

1401  JoiLN  BuDDOK  was  presented  by  ArchdcAcon  Hallum,  and 
was  admitted  by  Archbishop  Arundel  {Reg.,  ii.  275»),  on 
the  2l8t  of  February  l-K)0-l. 

1413  William  LEKrNFELD  was  urcsonted  by  Archdoai-on  John 
Wakering,  and  admitted  on  the  10th  of  beptcmber  by 
Archbishop  Arundel  {Reg.,  ii.  68»). 

1417  WiLUAM  Welle  was  admitted  by  Archbishop  Chichele 
{Reg.,  84"),  on  the  20th  of  February  1416-7,  but  he  re- 
signed within  a  month. 

1417  William  Sitton  was  admitted  by  Primate  Chichele  {Seg., 
86*),  on  the  20th  of  March  1416-7. 
John  \jTsq  was  Vicar  in  February  1428-9  when  he  re- 
signed. 
1429  fioBEBT  Htloabd  was  presented  by  the  Archdeacon  Prosper 
de  Columpna,  a  Cardinal-deacon,  and  was  admitted  on 
the  22nd  of  February  1428-9  by  Archbishop  Chichele 
{Reg.,  175«). 


d4A 


VTCAHS  OP  LTMNE. 


Thomas  BHOtm  was  Vicar   in  1435  when  he  obtained,  %j 

exchange,  the  Bectory  of  Longfield. 
'i486  Joiis  DvKEs,  Rector  of  Longfield,  Kent  (diocese  of  Ro- 
chester), by  exchange  became  Vicar  of  Lymne,  being 
admitted  by  Archbishop  Chichele  {Reg.,  209»),  on  the  2l8t 
of  October  1435.  The  patron  then  was  Archdeacon  Tho- 
mas Chichele.  He  retained  this  benefice  less  than  three 
months. 

1436  WiLMAM  NoBTON  was  admitted  by  Arclibishop  Chichele 
(Reff.,  209''),  on  the  18th  of  January  1435-6.  He  reaigned 
in  1448. 

1448  William  Dtoon,  M.A.,  succeeded  Norton,  the  patron  being 
still  Thomas  Chichele  as  Archdeacon.  Dygon  wa«  ad- 
mitted by  Archbishop  Stafford  {Reg.,  98"),  on  the  Slat  of 
October  1448.  He  resigned  within  a  year  from  hia 
admission. 

1449  John  Boyue  was  admittotlby  Archbishop  Stafford  (Sey.,  100, 

101),  on  the  21st  of  September  1449. 

1459  Thomas  Kempk,  presented  by  Archdeacon  Thomas  Chichele, 
was  admitted  on  the  11th  of  tjcptember  1459,  by  Arch- 
bishop Bourghchier  {Reg.,  74'').  Mr.  Kempe  took  Dim- 
cliurch  Kectory  in  1461. 

1461  Huon  llAnrLETE,  Rector  of  Dimchurch,  was  admitted, 
on  the  Ist  of  July  14G1,  by  Archbishop  Bourghchier 
{Reij.,  81'').  Thomas  Chichele  being  still  the  patron. 
He  exchanged  this  for  Dodingtou  in  1466-7. 

1467  Thomas  Grtmesby,  Vicar  of  Dodyngton  (another  benefice 
within  the  patronage  of  the  Archdeacon),  by  exchange, 
came  to  "  Lymine,"  and  was  admitted  by  Archbishop 
Bourghchier  {Reg.,  95''),  on  the  19th  of  February  1466-7. 
The  [latron  then  was  Dr.  Thomas  Wynterbum,  Arch- 
deacon.    Mr.  Grymesby  resigned  in  1468-9. 

1469  RoBKRT  Bradfeld,  alint  Bhadford,  was  admitted  on  the 
4th  of  March  1468-9,  by  Archbishop  Bourghchier  {Reg., 
im)''),  but  he  resigued  iii  1471-2. 

1472     William  Newtos  was  admitted  bv  Archbishop  Bourehchier 
{Rei;.,  105"),  ou  the  12th  of  January  1471-2.    Dr.  Wynter- 
bum being  still  the  patron. 
Daviu  Flemyso  was  Vicar  in  1512  when  he  died. 

1512  Joux  SvMsoN,  succeeding  Flemvng,  was  admitted  by  Arch- 
bishop Warham  {Reg.,  345"),  on  the  8th  of  July  1512. 
He  resigned  before  1520. 

151  .  Alexanueu  LyFFmoTOX  was  presented  by  Archdeacon  Wil- 
liam Warham,  and  was  admitted  by  Archbishop  Warham 
(A'ey.,  362'').  In  1511,  he  held,  to  farm,  the  revenue  of 
Saltwood  Rectory.     He  died  in  1524. 

1524  RoBEnT  Culens,  Bachelor  of  Law,  succeeded  Lyffington,  and 
was  admitted  by  Archbishop  Warham  {Reg.,  383''),  on 
the  Slst  of  December  1524.     He  resigned  in  1535. 

1535     Hichabu    Kecutn,    succeeding    Colyns    or    Colens,     was 


VICARS  OP  LTMNB. 


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1537 


1663 


1585 


1610 


1620 


1630 


presented  by  Archdeacon  Edmund  Cranmer,  and  was 
admitted  by  Archbieliop  Cranmer  {Reg.,  365*)  on  the 
13th  of  April  1535.     He  resigned  in  1537. 

Thomas  Cabden  wa«  admitted  on  the  29th  of  September 
1537  {Cranmer' »  Reg.,  362).  The  Valor  Ecclesiatticut 
Btatefl  that,  as  vicar  of  Westhethe,  his  income  was 
£8  148.  6d.  per  annum,  net.  Ue  waa  still  vicar  bf  Lyinne 
in  1550. 

John  Ktte  or  liobert  Keete,  Vicar  in  1555,  died  in  1563. 

He^'bt  Westphalino  was  presented  by  Edmund  Qheast, 
Bishop  of  Eochoster,  who  held  in  commendam  the  Arch- 
deaconry of  Canterbury.  H.  Westphaling  was  admitted 
to  Lymno  Vicarage  on  the  4t!i  of  June  1563  by  Arch- 
bishop Parker  {Reg.,  SGI').     He  resigned  Lymnc  in  1584. 

Wii.LtAM  Merbick  was  presented  by  Archdeacon  AVilliam 
Redman  in  succession  to  Westphaling.  Merrick  waa 
instituted  by  Archbishop  Whitgift  {Reg.,  i.  458'')  on  the 
3rd  of  February  15S4-5  to  the  Vicarage  of  "  Lymine  alias 
Lympne."  He  died  in  IGIO,  and  was  buried  here. 
Tnis  is  the  earliest  use  of  "  p"  in  the  name  of  the  place  in 
the  Archiepiseopal  Registers.  Hasted's  note  (to  Mr. 
Merrick's  name)  errs  in  stating  that  before  his  time  this 
Vicarage  had  been  held  for  a  long  time  by  sequestrations. 

John  Fbancis,  M.A.,  was  presented  by  Dr.  Charles  Fother- 
by,  then  Archdeacon,  and  he  was  instituted  by  Archbishop 
Bancroft  {Reg.,  300'')  on  the  6th  of  June  1610  to  the 
Vicarage  of  "  Limpne."  He  resigned  in  1616.  Hasted 
erroneously  states  that  he  was  Rector  of  Bishopsboume. 

Thomas  Martyn,  B.A.,  inducted  December  7,  1616,  was 
Vicar  in  1619,  when  he  gave  up  this  benefice. 

Thomas  Chest,  M.A.,  was  instituted  on  the  13th  of 
January  1619-20  (Abbot'*  Reg.,  ii.  SIS'-),  and  waa  Vicar 
of  Lymue  when  he  died  in  the  same  year,  within  seven 
months  of  liis  admission. 

Thomas  Kingsmill,  M.A.,  was  presented  by  Archdeacon 
Wui.  Kingslev,  and  was  admitted  on  the  lOth  of  August 
1620,  by  Archbishop  Abbot  {Reg.,  ii.  321-2).  Mr. 
Kingsmill  resigned  in  1630. 

BiCHABn  JuuaARU,  or  Jauoabd  M.A.,  was  presented  by 
Archdeacon  Kingslev,  and  wa«  instituted  on  the  Ist  of 
October  1630  to  the  '^'icarage  by  Archbishop  Abbot  (Reg., 
iii.  lOO"").  He  was  still  Vicar  in  1044,  but  seems  then  to 
have  found  it  needful  to  leave  Lyrane. 

Peteb  Bonny  died  in  1676,  and  was  buried  in  Lymne 
Church.  His  infant  child  was  buried  hero,  in  May  1671. 
He  was  Rector  of  Hawkinge  from  1666  to  1676. 

Geoboe  Gipps  resigrned  1679,  and  became  Incumbent  of 
Wye  and  of  Breuset,  and  Curat*  of  Fairfield.  He  was 
Chaplain  to  Sir  Norton  Knatchbull  at  Mersham  Hatch. 

Abdia  Mobbis,  also  Vicar  of  Sellindge  1676-80,  died  in 
1680. 


Fireplace  in    thc  Dining  Hall  OF  Cobham  COLLEeE.KENT 

ERECTED  DURIN&THE  ReiCN  Of  RiCHAROll. 


448  CHIMNBY*PIBCE  IN   OOBHAM  GOLIiBGB  HAIiL. 

electrotype  taken  which  was  submitted  to  Mr.  De 
Gray  Birch.  He  says  that  the  two  first  lines  are  clear 
enough,  but  the  third  line,  cramped  within  the  pointed 
base  of  the  shield,  is  not  clear.  The  name  seems  to 
be  iE.  C  I  tTpib  I  gn  I  ;  probably  the  name  of  the 
mason  or  builder. 

The  founder  of  the  College  was  Sir  John  Cobham, 
who  began  it  in  1362,  and  increased  its  endowment 
in  1389.  The  name  on  the  shield  clearly  is  not  his. 
It  has  been  suggested  that  the  name  of  the  first 
Master  might  be  placed  in  such  a  position,  but  I 
hare  ascertained  that  the  first  Master  was  the  Vicar 
of  Cobham,  Walter  Shulham,  or  Ohudham,  or  Shuld- 
ham,*  and  certainly  the  shield  does  not  bear  that 
name.  I  have  examined  the  names  of  the  six  original 
" Fellows "t  of  the  Collie;  and  not  one  of  them 
agrees  with  that  upon  the  shield.  Consequently  we 
ai-e  driven  to  the  conclusion  that  the  mason  or  archi- 
tect signed  the  mantelpiece  with  his  own  name. 
Little  is  known  of  the  history  of  the  College.  The 
monumental  brasses  in  Cobham  Churchf  shew  that  of 
the  Masters  who  succeeded  Walter  Shuldham,  William 
Tanner  was  buried  in  June  1418;   John  Byrkhede§ 

•  Stgitirum  RoffeMt,  p.  238.  Hasted  erroneously  states  that  WlLLli.li 
Tannkr  was  the  first  Master  of  this  College  (Sittorif  of  Kent,  Hi.,  485).  He 
was  misled  by  a.  misconstruction  of  Tsmncr's  eintaph,  which  snjs  that  he  was  the 
first  Master  who  died  in  that  office :  "  Uic  jacet  Willielmus  I'auuer  qui  primus 
obiit  Ma^istcr  istius  collei;ii  zxij"  die  mensis  Jnnii  anno  domini  m"cccc"  xviii*  " 
(Reg.  Soff.,  p.  776).  The  fact  is  that  in  April  1389,  William  Tanner  was  one  of 
the  Fellows  of  the  College.  His  epitaph  makes  it  clear  that  Walter  Shuldham, 
the  first  Ma-sler,  was  promoted  to  a  higher  office,  and  did  not  die  while  holding 
the  position  of  Master  of  Cobham  College. 

t  In  April  1389  the  Collegiate  body  cousistod  of  Walter  Shuldham.(Mastor), 
2.  John  Moys  (Sub-Master);  3.  John  Thurston;  4.  William  Tanner;  5.  John 
Morcote  or  Morcote;  C.  Richard  Yonge  (probably  Bishop  of  Bangor  l^OO  to 
1407,  and  of  Rochester  from  1407  to  1419) ;  7.  Ralphe  List«r  (Regi$trnm 
Sofeiue,  p.  238). 

t  A  Fellow  of  the  College,  named  John  Gery,  who  died  in  July  1447,  is 
likewise  commemorated  by  a  monumental  brass  in  the  Church. 

§  Jno.  Byrkhede  was  instituted  to  a  Prebend  in  Cobham  College,  by  Arch- 
bishop Chichele,  on  the  28th  of  July  1419,  during  a  vmoanoy  of  the  see  of  Boohester. 


CHIMNEY-PLBOE   IN   COBHAM    COLLEGE   HALL.   449 

became  Master  not  long  after  ;  John  Gladwyn  died  in 
1450;  William  ilobson  was  interred  in  August  1473; 
and  John  Sprotto  died  Oct.  25, 1498.  John  Alan,  his 
successor,  was  Master  from  1499  until  1501.*  Other 
Masters  were  John  Whoot,  Hoot,  or  Hett  (Rector  of 
Nursted  1448) ;  Edward  Underdown  ;  William  Bour- 
chier ;  Robert  Fyswick ;  and  Thomas  Stone.  We 
know  that  George  Crowmer,  iVrchbishop  of  Armagh 
from  1521  to  1543,  and  Lord  Chancellor  of  Ireland 
1532-4,  had  been  Master  of  Cobham  College  for  nine 
years  from  May  21,  1512,  until  1521.  Subsequent 
Masters  were,  Robert  Johusonf  (1632,  August  3,  until 
1633),  John  Wildboret  (1533  to  1534),  and  John  Bayley. 
The  last  Master,  John  Bayley,  with  four  Eellows 
(Thomas  Webster,  William  "Wliarfe,  John  Norman, 
and  Stephen  Tennard),  renounced  the  Papal  Supremacy 
on  the  27th  of  October  1536,  and,  soon  afterward, 
subscribed  their  siibmission  to  the  King's  Supren^acy. 
Three  years  later  they  sold  the  College  and  its  posses- 
sions to  George,  Lord  Cobham.  His  son,  William,  Loi-d 
Cobham,  refoundod  the  College,  as  an  almshouse  for 
twenty  poor  persons  in  1598,  in  which  year  he  died. 
The  quadrangle  round  which  the  alms-people's  rooms 
stand  measures  G0|  feet  by  51  feet.  The  ancient  hall 
occupies  the  south  side  of  it.  The  new  buildings 
were  finished  in  1598.  An  inscription  stating  these 
facts  appears  over  the  south  gate  of  the  College, 
and  above  the  inscription  is  the  armorial  shield  of 


*  JoHK  Alas,  or  Ailam,  was  Comminary  to  the  Bishop  of  Eocbester  10th 
Fcbruun-  1499,  O.S.  (1500  N.S.).  He  was  Vicar  of  St.  Nicholas,  Deptford,  in 
1500,  and  died  in  1503,  boin^tben  Vicar  of  St.  Wprburgh,  Hoo. 

t  Rob'  Johmoii  was  Vicar  of  Yalding  July  1524. ;  R«ctor  of  Stone-by-Dart^ 
ford  (1525-58)  ;  third  Prebeudary  of  Uo<:hester  Cathedral  (1648-4),  and  a  Caoon 
of  Worcester  (1544-58). 

X  John  Wildbore  was  Vicar  of  I/amberhurst  1515;  Master  of  Strood  Ho«pital 
1617-40 ;    Vicar  of  St.   Nicholas,   Boc-hester,  1519-22 ;   Rector  of  Chislehurrt 
1623-62 ;  and  second  Prebendary  of  Boohecter  Cathedral  1542-52. 
vol..  IVIII.  0  O 


460  CHIMNBT-PIEOB  IN  COBHAM  COLLBOB   HIXL. 

William,  Lord  Cobham,  with  its  12  qtiarterings. 
Close  to  this  gateway  an  Elizabethan  chimney-piece  of 
stone  remains  in  good  condition,  probably  it  was  in 
the  kitchen  of  the  New  College. 

Probably  the  most  remarkable  ceremony  ever  wit- 
nessed, in  the  Hall  of  Cobham  College,  near  the  fire- 
place which  is  represented  on  our  plate,  was  that  of 
"swearing-in"  Dr.  Geoi^e  Crowmer,  who  was  Master 
in  1521,  on  his  appointment  to  the  Archbishopric  of 
Armagh.  Special  Commissioners,  appointed  for  the 
purpose,  attended  at  Cobham  College,  and  before  them 
Dr.  Crowmer  took  the  Oaths  of  Allegiance  and  Fealty. 
Of  this  ceremony  the  Commissioners  executed  a 
formal  certificate,  which  was  transmitted  to  Pope  Leo 
the  Xth,  in  due  course. 

Dr.  Crowmer  had  always  been  in  favour  with  King 
Henry  VIII.,  who  presented  him  to  the  Mastership  of 
Cobham  College  on  the  21st  of  May  1512.  The 
patronage  then  fell  to  the  King,  through  the  recent 
death  of  John  Brooke,  Lord  Cobham.  Henry  VIII., 
in  1518,  selected  Dr.  Crowmer  to  bear  to  Canterbury 
the  King's  Christmas  offering  to  the  Shrine  of  St. 
Thomas.  On  his  journey  thither  George  Crowmer 
passed  through  the  parish  of  Murston,  of  which  he 
had  been  Sector  until  1513,  and  very  near  to  his  native 
parish  of  Tunstall,  of  which  his  father  Sir  James  Crow- 
mer was  the  wealthy  squire.  Dr.  Crowmer  had  held 
the  rectory  of  Stanford  le  Hope,  in  Essex,  from  July 
19,  1511,  until  1514  (February) ;  he  was  instituted 
October  27,  1513,  to  the  vicarage  of  Benenden,  Kent, 
which  he  retained  when  he  became  Primate  of  Ireland, 
and  held  until  1542. 


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NOTICES   OF   BOOKS. 

The  History  of  the  Parish  Church  of  All  Saints,  Maidstone,  witliteu 
illustrations,  by  the  Rev.  J.  Cavk-Bromne,  M.A.,  Vicar  of  Detling. 
Maidstone  ;  G.  Bunyard,  Week  Street  (270  pages),  price  10s.  fid. 

Mr.  Care- Brow  lie's  books  are  always  readable  ;  his  style  being 
good,  liK'id,  and  plcaaing. 

The  Bcope  of  this  publication  may  be  gathered  from  the  headings 
of  its  eight  chapters,  viz. — i.  The  Church  and  its  Architecture  ;  ii. 
the  Chancel,  Altar-tombs,  and  Sedilia;  iii.  the  Keclnrsof  St.  Mary's 
Church  ;  iv.  Archbinhop  Boniface's  Hospitute  ;  v.  All  Saints  Col- 
lege, its  Masters,  etc. ;  vi.  All  Saints  a  Parish  Church  ;  m.  The 
Monuments;  viii.  The  Registers;  is.  Ap]»eudi.\  of  Documents 
extending  over  twenty-nine  pages. 

This  book  contains  much  information  that  has  not  been  printed 
before;  although  iu  traversing  ground  previously  occupied  by 
Newton,  Bealc  Poste,  WLichcord,  and  Gilbert,  much  that  is  well  said 
by  Mr.  Cave-Browne  cannot  be  new. 

As  to  the  date  of  the  building,  Mr.  Cave-Browne,  like  many 
others  before  him,  calls  attention  to  the  windows  in  the  north  wall 
as  suggestive  of  patchwork  in  the  architecture.  He,  however,  has 
been  bolder  than  others,  and  he  says,  on  p.  9:  "There  is  a  marked 
difference  between  the  arches  of  the  chancel,  and  those  of  the  nave. 
The  broader  four-centred  spans  of  the  former  confirm  the  impression 
made  by  the  glance  at  the  exterior,  and  indicate  fourteenth-contury 
work  :  but  the  narrower  two-centred  arches,  which  give  so  charming 
an  air  of  lightness  to  the  nave,  claim  to  be  well  nigh  a  century 
older." 

This  means  that  while  Archbishop  Courteuay  may  have  caused 
the  chancel  arcades  to  be  erected, circa  1 395,  the  nave  arcades  are  well 
nigh  a  century  older. 

To  this  statement,  probably,  architects  and  all  who  are  well 
acquainted  with  medieval  styles  will  demur.  Completely  round  the 
nave  arches  run  those  continuous  mouldings,  from  the  base  of  one 
pier  to  the  base  of  the  other  pier,  which  are  so  characteristic.  They 
occur,  around  the  whole  of  the  arches,  in  the  nave  and  in  the 
chancel  alike,  and  they  will,  by  most  judges,  be  thought  to  shew 
conclusively  that  the  arcades  are  of  the  same  date,  both  in  chancel 
and  in  tiave  ;  and  that  both  are  of  the  age  of  Courtenay  or  Arundel. 
A  reader  of  the  book  can  judge  of  this  matter  for  himself,  by  con- 
sulting Mr.  Cave-Browne's  useful  plates,  opposite  pages  9  and  10. 

Mr.  Cave- Browne  is  extremely  painstaking  in  his  researches,  and 
he  furnishes  abundant  references  to,  and  extracts  from,  original 
documents.  Sometimes,  however,  he  gives  loose  rein  to  his  imagin- 
atioa.    These  occasional  ebullitions  of  fanciful  generaliz^itiou  are, 

G  a  2 


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I0TICB8  OP  BOOKS. 


happily,  few  and  far  between  ;  but  they  may  mislead  the  unwjur. 
Of  Nicholas  dc  Knoville,  who  was  Hector  nf  Maidstone  from 
December  1287  until  his  death  in  1310,  ilr.  Cave-Browne  erron- 
eously says,  on  p.  66 :  "  He  had  eridently  been  Rector  of  Favershsun 
before  coming  to  Maidstone."  As  a  fact,  he  never  was  Rciotor  of 
Faversham.  The  truth  is  that  he  was  Rector  of  Bocton,  or  Boughton, 
under  Blcan,  and,  in  virtue  of  that  ofScc,  he  had  in  his  patronage 
the  vicarage  of  Bocton,  and  also  that  of  Hernhill.  Mr.  Cave- Browne 
says  that  these  vicarages  were  "  benefices  then  in  the  patronage  of 
the  Rectory  of  Faversham  ; "  but  when  he  looks  closely  at  the  entries 
in  the  Regi8t<?r  of  Archbishop  Peckham,  he  will  find  that  hie  iniagiu- 
ation  has  misled  him  in  this  matter. 

Again,  on  p.  74,  Mr.  Cave-Browne  tells  the  reader  that "  in  1387 
Courtcnay,  then  Bishop  of  London,"  did  something.  The  fact  is, 
that  Courtenay  had  then  been,  for  five  years  or  more.  Archbishop 
of  Canterbury.  Consequently  the  imaginative  statement  that  mean- 
while, between  1387  and  1390,  Courtenay  had  "  been  raised  to  the 
Primacy  "  is  misleading  to  the  ordinary  reader. 

This  occurs  in  reference  to  a  rector  whom  Mr.  Cave-Browne 
calls  &uido  or  Guy  de  Mone.  This  rector  seems  seldom  to  hare 
affected  the  "  de  "  as  a  prefix  to  his  name,  until  after  he  had  resigned 
the  rectory  of  Maidstone.  He  was  appointed  as  simply  Ouido 
Mone,  to  be  Rector  of  Bradwell  in  Essex,  to  be  Prebendary  of 
Cadington  Major  in  St.  Paul's  Cathedral,  and  to  be  Treasurer  of 
that  Cathedral ;  also  when  collated  to  the  rectory  of  SaltAvood,  in 
13S-t,  and  to  the  rectory  of  Maidstone  on  the  15t.n  of  October  139(), 
he  was  styled  Guydo  or  Guido  Mone.  I  am  not  sure  that  even 
in  the  Letters  Patent  by  which  he  was  raised  to  be  Keeper  of  King 
Richard's  Privy  Seal,*  the  "de"  is  inserted  before  his  surname  Mone. 
That  prefix  is,  however,  used  in  Archbishop  Courtenay 's  will,  wheroof 
he  nominated  Guido  de  Mone  to  be  an  exeirutor;  a  similar  prefix  I 
believe  was  used  when  he  was  appointed  rector  of  Harrow — he  was 
then  styled  Guido  (/-e-  Mont,  or  otherwise  mis-described.  When 
he  became  Lord  High  Treasurer  of  England,  and  Bishop  of  St. 
David's,  he  seems  to  have  insisted  upon  the  prefix  de,  and  he  is  railed 
Guy  de  Mono  in  the  lists  of  holders  of  those  dignities.  That  he  wan 
not  a  member  of  the  family  of  "  de  Mohun  "  is  testified  by  his  epis- 
copal seal,  which  bore  the  arms  described  by  Papworth,  in  his 
Ordinary  of  British  Armoriah,  p.  -1.54',  as  u  "  chevron  engrailed 
.  .  .  between  three  (?  laurel)  leaves  ....  Guy  dk  Mona,  Bishop  of 
S'  David's  1397-1407."  These  arms  appear  upon  a  Miserere  ntjill 
in  Maidstone  Church,  of  which  he  was  the  rector,  and  are  also 
carved  upon  the  F(mt  in  Sevenoaks  Church. 

It  waa  said  of  this  Guy  Mone,  by  Walsiiigham  the  chronicler,  that 
while  he  lived  he  was  the  cause  of  many  evils.  Bishop  Go<hviu.  '•  />« 
PrmtuHbwt,"  ii.  162,  styles  hira  "  Guido  dc  Mona,  nonnullis  (tuid 
de  Mohun."  At  Maidstone  and  Salt  wood  he  was  Guy  Men 
Probably  be  is  represented,  as  Bishop  of  St.  David's,  in  the  painting 


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at  the  back  of  Dr.  WuIIou'd  U)iub,  iu  iLu  huuiIi  chunuel  of  Maidstone 
Church.  There  is  an  episcopal  figure  inserted  oa  a  pendant  to  that 
of  Archbishop  Courtenay. 

Mr.  Cave- Browne's  description  of  the  monuments  is  lucid  and 
thorough.  Especial  care  has  been  lavished  upon  the  singular,  we 
may  almost  say  unicjue,  memorials  of  the  Aatley  family.  On  page 
161,  he  acknowledges  (in  note  2)  that  he  has  been  unable  to  trace 
the  intermarriages  of  Susan  Knatchbull  &  AlifO  Knatchbull, 
daughters  of  Thomas  Knatchbull  by  hi»  wife  Eleaiiora  Astley.  We 
are  glad  to  be  able  to  supply  the  information,  which  Mr.  Cave 
Browne  has  vainly  sought.  Susan,  third  daughter  of  Thomas  and 
Eleanor  Knatchbull,  wa.s  married  on  the  22ad  of  April,  1622,  to 
Christopher  Allen  of  Maidstone.  Their  shield,  upon  the  tomb,  is 
the  second  on  the  sinister  side  of  the  central  shield ;  it  bears  the 
arms  of  Allen  of  Grove  near  Maidstone  {tee  Papworth's  Ordinary, 
p.  386''),  or,  a  chevron  sahle,  between  three  blooahounds  passant,  as 
the  second,  armed  yi»/p«  and  collared  of  the  first ;  impaling  the  arms 
of  Knatchbull  and  Astley  quarterly.  Susan  Allen  died  without  issue 
before  1653. 

The  last  shield,  on  the  sinister  aide  of  the  central  shield,  com- 
memonites  the  marriage  of  .Alice  Knatchbull,  the  fourth  daughter,  to 
John  Cage,  of  Maidstone.  He  died  in  16(J-i,  leaving  three  children, 
Eleanor  {born  1&44,  married  her  first-cousin  Kobert  Cage),  Alice, 
and  Kobert.  Their  shield  shews  the  arms  of  Cage  {see  Papworth's 
Ordinary,  p.  1059''),  per  [)ale  yuJet  and  azure  a  saltire  or,  with  a 
crescent  for  ditlerence,  impaling  the  arms  of  Knatchbull  and  Astley 
quarterly. 

Tliis  chapter,  in  which  Mr.  Cave-Brovrne  recites  epitaphs  upon 
the  monuments,  adding  copious  annotations  to  each,  will  be  found 
e.xtremely  useful,  and  is  highly  to  be  commended. 

The  very  curious  monumental  brass  (a  plate  of  copper)  erected 
by  Thomas  Beale,  about  A.n.  1000,  in  memory  of  six  generations  of 
his  ancestors  is  well  represented  and  described  at  pages  144 — 146. 
Mr.  Cave-Browne  will  be  interested  in  hearing  (if  he  docs  not 
already  know)  that  the  gentleman  who  put  up  this  remarkable 
monument,  Thomas  Beale,  lived  until  1606.  The  brother  John, 
who  is  named  on  the  monument,  and  is  represented  as  kneeling 
behind  Thomas,  became  a  Loudon  merchant,  and  had  a  son,  John 
Beale,  who  in  1G60  was  created  a  Baronet.  Sir  John  Beale  waa 
married,  in  May  1655,  at  Aylesford,  by  a  Justice  of  the  Peace, 
George  Duke,  Esq.  The  bride  was  Ann,  daughter  of  Sir  William 
Colepepcr,  Baronet,  of  Preston  Hall  in  Aylesford,  and  sister  of  Sir 
Richard  Colepeper,  Baronet,  who  "  gave  her  away,"  on  this  occasion. 
Her  cousin  Thomas  Crispe,  of  Dover,  gentleman,  was  also  present. 
Sir  John  Beale  purchased  Chillington  House  (now  the  Maidstone 
Museum)  and  West  Court  in  Detling,  but  he  also  bought  Farning- 
ham  Court,  in  Kent,  and  resided  there.  His  first  wife  died  without 
issue  in  1657.  By  his  second  wife,  Jane,  daughter  of  Kichard 
Duke,  Esq.,  of  Maidstone,  he  had  four  daughters,  but  no  son ;  so 
the  baronetcy  expired  with  him,  in  1684. 

Ambrose  Beale,  a  younger  brother,  whose  name  and  figure  also 


454  JI0TI0B8   OF   BOOKS. 

appear  upon  the  monumental  brass,  was  twice  Mayor  of  Maidstona 
in  1624  and  1637. 

In  the  List  of  Incumbents  on  pp.  139-140,  the  date  1392,  against 
the  name  of  G-uido  de  Mone,  is  a  misprint  for  1390 ;  and  the  date 
1559,  against  Eobert  Carr's  name,  is  an  error,  caused  by  Mr.  Carr's 
signing  a  fair  copy  of  the  Parish  Begisters,  which  was  made  to- 
wards the  dose  of  the  century,  when  he  was  actually  the  incumbent. 

Antiquarian  Jottingg  relating  to  Bromley,  Sayei,  Ketton,  and 
Wett  JVichham,  by  (Jkoebk  Clinch,  of  the  British  Museum, 
and  of  Addiscombe,  Surrey :  1889,  pp.  191,  with  twelve  woodcuta. 
(To  be  obtained  of  the  Author.) 

This  is  an  unpretentious  book,  which  contains  a  good  deal  of 
infoimatioD  respecting  the  churches  of  the  four  parishes  of  which  it 
treats,  including  careful  transcripts  of  the  epitaphs  upon  the  monu- 
ments within  them.  The  description  of  West  Wickham  Church,  and 
of  the  flint  implements  found  in  that  parish,  has,  to  a  great  extent, 
already  appeared  in  Archeologia  Cantiana,  Vols.  XIV.  and  XVI., 
and  tne  woodcuts  from  those  volumes  have  been  lent  by  our 
Society's  Council  to  Mr.  Clinch  for  use  in  his  book. 

Bespecting  Hayes  Place,  as  well  as  several  other  estates,  aud  the 
Clergy  Widows'  College  in  Bromley,  Mr.  Clinch  has  given  interesting 
information.  He  also  narrates  his  investigations  of  Pit-dwellings 
on  Hayes  Common.  He  has  not  discovered  the  dedication  of 
Keston  Church.  This  is  one  of  the  very  few  Kentish  churches  of 
which  the  dedication  is  unknown. 


Kentish  Brasses,  collected  by  Wm.  Douglas  Bklchee  (Archi- 
tect), Vol.  I. :  Sprague  and  Co.,  22  Martin's  Lane,  Cannon  Street, 
London,  B.C.,  1888. 

This  is  a  valuable  volume,  and  quite  unique.  The  purchaser 
obtains  for  2l8.  excellent  photo-lithographs  of  225  monumental 
brasses  which  are  found  in  seventy-five  churches  of  Kent.  In  time 
Mr.  Belcher  will  issue  another  volume  to  complete  the  work.  No 
one  has  ever  previously  endeavoured  to  reproduce  every  monu- 
mental brass  in  Kent. 


Gcesar  in  Kent,  an  account  of  the  landing  of  Julius  Ctesar,  and 
his  battles  with  the  Ancient  Britons,  by  the  Rev.  Fhakcis  T.  Vine, 
Eector  of  Eastington.  Second  Edition.  London :  Elliot  Stock. 
1887. 

Mr.  Vine  wrote  this  book  while  he  was  Vicar  of  Patricksbourne, 
near  Canterbury.  In  the  second  edition,  two  very  useful  maps  are 
inserted ;  one  shews  Mr.  Vine's  notion  of  Julius  Cajsar's  route  ; 
the  other  indicates  the  position  which  he  supposes  the  British  and 
Roman  armies  to  have  probably  occupied  when  Caesar  returned  to 
Barham  Downs,  after  repairing  his  shattered  fleet  at  Deal. 


^^B                    ^^^^^^^^H 

GENERAL  INDEX.                   ^H 

Asm,  John,  34. 

Alleyn,  Simon  (1494),  386;  Thomu,              ^^H 
Ibyor  of  Fordwich  (1694-5),  88.                  ^H 

Abbey  Wood,  Dartforf,  tumuliuin,  308. 

Abcrford  ;     teg    Applcford,      AUen, 

AUingtoo  Cattle,  20.                                          ^^H 

Howett. 

Anient,  Marr,  22 ;  Robert,  22.                         ^^U 

Abooton ;  <m  Boughton. 

Amhurst,   Giles,   40;    NicboUs,  40;              ^^M 

Aohildren,  Sinden,  24;  AVilliam,  24. 

Mr.  (1606),  121.                                             ^H 

Aorin,  31 ;  #««  Clarebor«b. 

AmpoUere,  Clement  le,  347 ;  Simon  le,              ^^H 

Acton,  Ricbnrd,  37  ;   Mildred,  37. 

347 ;  Wm.,  347.                                                ^H 

AdamB,   John.    Mayor    of    Kordwich 

ATidrowo,  Thomas,  38.                                          ^^H 

(1720),  88 ;  Eichard,  29  ;   Thus.,  29. 

Andrewm,  John,  27 ;  Eichard,  40 ;  Bo-              ^^H 

A^nuon,  Reginald.  20. 

bort,  27.                                                                 ■ 

Adanuion  alia*  Leii;h,  Prudence,  20, 

AndrcwK,  A^ues  (1526),  111 ».;  The-                     ■ 

Adcoko,  John,  401. 

ma»,  829.                                                                    ~ 

Addington,  21,  34. 

Aodroo  aliat  lAsh,  Alloc,  28 ;  Thomas, 

Administrations,  Kentish  (1569-1603), 

28. 

15-40. 

Adolphiu,  Mr.,  140,  162. 

Dover,  205. 

Adye,  John,  18 ;  Nicholua,  17;  Boger, 

Aniislcy,  Nicholas,  32  ;  Susan,  32. 

18. 

Anfiquitatet  JUlupina,  notioo  of  coins 

.fithelbert,  Kinnr  of  Kent,  St.  Andrew'* 

in,  72. 

Church,    Rochester,   built  and  en- 

Antoninus,  Itinerary  of,  conjovturad 

dowed  by,  263. 

dat«  of  compilation,  179-80. 

Agar,  Mr.,  132. 

Apledore,  26. 

Ainger,  Eev.  Mr.,  138. 

Apleford,  William,  38. 

Alan,  John,  449. 

Aplcford,  aliat  AJlon,  Susan,  88 ;  aUat 

Albery,  Anno,  37;  Henry,  37;  Tho- 

Abcrford, 39. 

mas,  37. 

Apleton,  Roger,  and  Agnes  his  wife, 

Alcook,  Eev.  J.  P.,  332. 

monumental     brass    in     Craj-ford 

Aldincfton,  Manor,  244;  vicarage  an- 

Church, 328. 

nexed  U>  Thomham,  244,  246-248  ; 

Ap  Mathew,  Meredith  ap  Jen'n,  28. 

Viosn  of,  S44. 

Ap  Morgan,  Katherinc,  26. 

Aldington  Cobham,  243. 

Ap{>elbio,  Jolin  (Dartford,  1665),  895. 

Aldington  near  Hythe,  rectory,  >98. 

AptK-lton,  Ai,Tic«,  888 ;  John,  388. 

Aldington  Septvans,  243. 

Appledore,  the  Chutes  of,  the  Rev.  A. 

Aldington ;  tee  Thomham. 

J .  Pcarman  on,  68-71. 

Ale,  Bobert,  220. 

Appledore,  Home  Place  in,  58. 

Alexander,  William  (Sholdwich,1379), 

Appledore,    parish    registers    of,    de- 

296. 

stroyed  previouf  to  1700,  68. 

Alern,  Sir  Cristopher,  Knt.,  24 ;  Dame 

Appleford.  Appolina,  37  ;  ttt  Allen. 

b'thelredc.  24. 

Applcford   a  iat    Abcrford,   William, 

Allen,  James,  19  ;  John,  19,  20;  Susan, 

39. 

aliai  Appleford,  37 ;  Wm.,  37 ;  tee 

Ap  Thomas.  Evan.  89 :  Mornn.  39. 

Appleford. 

Arijhder"'                                                     '^^^i^^ 

AUen,  Christopher  ( 1453),  463 ;  Mr.  Jo* 

^^^K^mi 

(1749).  392  ;  Eoger  (1011),  218. 

m 

456 


GENERAL   INDEX. 


Arches  in  tho  CiMtle  moat  at  Roches- 
ter, 196-8. 
Ambco,  John  dfl,  362. 
Architei'ture,  vxnmploa    of,  Pro-Nor- 
man, 253,  363  ;  E.-irlv-NormBQ,  261, 

265.  269-278;    Norm.in,   171,  17*, 

175,  261.  288,  320,  369,  383,  421  ; 

Lntcr-Nomwn,  171,  261, 270, 274-8; 

Tran-sition,    285;     Early    Enjflwh, 

280-2,  321,  3fi9,  384,  409.  421,  423  ; 

Dc<jon»le<l,  170.  291,  294,  320,  821, 

824,  381,  410,  411,  421;    Perpen- 

dinuhir,  294,  320,  322. 
Arclon,  Thomits,  22. 
Arklpy  Chapel,  Bamet,  Herts,  368. 
Armstrong,  NiohoUu,  298 ;    Richard, 

Vicar  of  Sholdwioh    (1671),    898; 

ThomM,  298. 
Ameyo,  John,  385. 
ArDold,  A.  A.,  Eoq.,  on  Roman   R«- 

mainH  at  Friadsbury,  189 :  at  Bo- 

cheater,  193  ;  on  Medinval  Remains 

at  Rooheator,  196. 
Arnold,  Sir  Edwin,  178. 
AmiiM,  Goorgo  M.,  Esq., on  the  Roman 

Station  of  Vagniaoie  at  Springhead, 

177. 
Arnold,    Riohard  (Shcldirioh,  1396), 

296. 
Anindol,    Archbishop,    attainder    of 

(1396),  51. 
Arundel  Church,  54. 
Anindcll,  John  do,  351  ;  Murtforia,  351. 
Ash,  collection  of  Palioolilhiu  Implo- 

mcutfi  at,  306. 
Asheford,  25,  32. 
Anhek'j,  Geoffrey,  298. 
Asheiiden,  Dame  Mary,  36  ;  Sir  Wil- 

lidm,  Knt.,  36. 
Aahendon,  Bucks,  specimen    of    cup- 

■liapcd  brooch  at,  315. 
Ashford    Church,    rebuilt    by    John 

Fogge,  Esq.,  363. 
Aslilev,  John,  Rector  of  St.  Paul's  Oay 

(16112-1703),  287. 
Ajipinall,    Nicholas   (Dartford,  1569), 

395. 
Aston,  Agnes,  26  ;  William,  26. 
Astley,  Dr.,  203;  family  and  mouu- 

ments,  453. 
Atte  Brok,  Johanna,  347  ;  Roger,  347. 
Atte  Chapele,  Agnes,  340  ;  Jamex,  340 ; 

Richard,  340;  Thomas,  3-10. 
Atto  Chaumbre,  Thomas,  ■U3  ;  'Waltor, 

443. 
Atte  Chorclie,  Alice,  3-16  :  Ilarao,  34fi. 
Atchurch,  Richard  (Fordwich,  1303), 

87. 
Atte  Cruche,  Homy,  S46;  Thos.,  of 

TVestgate,  346. 


Atte  Gore,  Adam,  338. 

Atkins,  Thomas,  22,  24  ;  Anne,  22.  S4 : 
Elisabeth,  24;  Mr.,  161. 

Atte  KnoU,  Agnes,  338  ;  John.  SS& 

Atte  Lose,  arms,  290;  Cecilia,  290a. ; 
Dionisia,  290 ;  Lora,  290 ;  Lucy. 
290;  Marcellus,  290 ;  Kichord,  290: 
Sampson,  290. 

Atte  Noke,  Adam,  S62. 

Atto  Nynne,  Alioe,  345  ;  Walt«r,  345. 

Atte  Pette,  Jlargeria,  361. 

Atte  Pond,  John  (Bexley,  1385),  879. 

Attcrbury,  Joban,  16  ;  John,  16. 

Atte  Stonpette,  Thomas,  founder  o{ 
Staupit  Chantry,  Dartford,  393. 

Auohcr,  Anthony,  365 ;  Sir  Anthony, 
of  Surreuden  (1548),  56. 

Audlev  End,  Lord  Suffolk's  place  in 
Essex,  157,  159. 

Aula  or  Camera  de  Lyminge,  SO,  51. 

Austen,  Mrs.  Ann,  372  ;  Edward,  871 ; 
Sir  Edward,  Bart.,  of  Boiley  Abbey, 
371  :  Sir  Edward,  Bart.,  of  Tenter- 
den,  70;  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
Edward,  371 ;  Elizabeth,  aft«r<rardt 
Lady  Daores,  871  :  Elizabeth  (aA 
Stawell),  371 ;  Mr.  Harry,  of  Canter- 
bury, 303  ;  Jdhu.  371 ';  Sir  John, 
Bart.,  371 ;  PhiUis,  33  ;  Rachel,  Lady 
(»rfe  Doshwood),  372;  Mr.  Robert, 
168 ;  Robert,  370,  371 ;  the  Hon. 
Robert,  371;  Sir  Robert,  370-2; 
Mrs.  Stawell,  372 ;  Thomas,  33,  370; 
Waller,  31 ;  William,  870. 

Austin,  Mr.  H.  G.,  256;  Robert,  of 
Fordwich  (1726),  88 ;  Sir  Bobert 
(1663-4),  115. 

Austine,  VVm.,  401. 

Austou  aliat  Blome,  Agnes,  36. 

Aiwtridge,  Robert.  32. 

Aven,  John  (Shcldwnoh,  1501),  298. 

Aware,  John,  29  ;  Mary,  29. 

Awder,  (Jeorge  (1512),  105. 

Awston,  Aune,  24  ;  Gervase,  24w 

Axton,  hundred  of  ;  tee  Ruxley. 

Aycrst,  Elizb.,  26  ;  John,  26. 

Aylcsfonle,  18,  32. 

Aylward,  Edward,  26 ;  Elizabeth,  26. 

Aynesford,  30,  34, 38. 

Bacchild  (Bapchild),  Wm.  Sale,  Vicar 

of,  299. 
Bachclour,  Capt.  L,  443;   Marniet, 

442. 
Bai-khouse,  J.   B.  (Cheriton,   1780) 

367. 
Bacdii,  Robert,  385. 
Biulcokk,  John,  93. 
Badgersmount,  Darenth  Wood,  earth- 

walled  enulofiuro  at,  306. 


GENERAL 

INDEX.                                 457            ^H 

Badleiimero,  302,  303. 

Borrow  alia*  Moore,  Elir.b.,  37.                         ^^H 

Binfuall,  Henry,  446  ;  Rebocon,  446. 

Burton  (alia*  Burton),  Joshua,  446.                  ^^H 

lUieux,   Odo,    Bp.   of,   chief   lord    of 

Bartlett,  John,  395  ».                                         ^^M 

Thornham,  at  Domesday  survey,  243. 

Barvnlon,  John    de.   345  ;    Matilda,              ^^M 

Bniimrde     alitu     B:irnarde,     Edward 

345:  Peter,  345.                                               ^^1 

(Dartford,  1501),  395. 

Basden,  John,  18;  Ursula,  18;  Wil-             ^H 

Bftisdcii,  287. 

liam,                                                              ^^H 

Bakechildo,  338. 

Basilii^  of  Lyminge,  observations  on,             ^^H 

Baker  ( Kent  Administrations),  20, 27, 

46 ;    double    one    founded    by    St.              ^^H 

30,  33,  35,  36. 

Pniilinus  at  Nola,  48,  54.                                 ^^H 

Baker,  Georife,  1*7 ;  Henry  (Cheriton, 

Ba.'<ilical  Church,  only  remains  of  a,               ^^H 

1570-84),  i365  ;  Hercules,  404. 

in  England,  47.                                                 ^^H 

Biikero.  Thomas,  340. 

BasiuK'stokc,  .Mr.  Chute  of,  56.                           ^^M 

Baker's  VValkf,  Ro<-hc«t«r,  199. 

Basset,  alia*  Fathers,  alia*  Mills,  39.                ^^H 

Bnlam,  Edmund,  332. 

Uatchelor,  Joane,  40  ;  Henry,  40.           ,          ^^H 

Baldock,  Eiohard,  38. 

Batoocke,    Edward,    18;    Katherine,             ^^M 

Baldwyn's   Park,   Dartford,    tumulus 

alia*  Basdeu,  18.                                               ^^H 

in,  308. 

Bate,  Robert,  of  Lydd,  Esq.,  418.                       ^H 

Balser,  John,  33. 

Bat«s,  Isaac  I.Sheldwich,  1667),  299;              ^^1 

Bam,  Katherine,  22  ;  Thns.,  28. 

Richard  (Fordwicb.  1651),  88.                        ^^1 

Bamberg,  .John,  384  «.,  388. 

Bathunt,  Sir  Edward,  15SI.                                ^^M 

Biinl)eryfeliles,  in  Broomaeld,  2S1. 

Bntt.Jo.in,  19;  Tho!..,  19.                                  ^^M 

Banbury,  Boger,  24 ;  Wm.,  24. 

Battrscroft,  in  BroomAcld,  251.                         ^^H 

Bancks,  Alexander,   19  hi*;    Uellon, 

Bayk-v,  Henry,  401 ;  John,  448.                        ^^1 

19 ;  John,  19. 

Bavthoyte.  287.                                                    ^^1 

Bancrutl,  Peter,  39  ;  Robert,  89. 

Bcale  familv,  453;    Sir  John,  463;             ^^B 

Bank-bouse  Piirra,  365. 

Thomas.  22,  453.                                                 ^H 

Banks,   Mr.,  discovery  of  Roman  re- 

Bean,   Ann,    41 1  ;     Elizabeth,    411  ;                     ■ 

main.*  at  Rochester.  191 ;  description 

Bobitison,  405.  411.414.                                      ■ 

of  Priory  Wall,  Rochester,  201. 

Beane,  Marion,  26 ;  William,  26.                            ■ 

Bapchild  ;  tee  Bacchild. 

Bcckenham,  20.  25,  35,  36.                                         ■ 

Baptista,  John,  20. 

Becket,  Thomas  jl,  conjectured  skull                      ■ 

Barenton,  Nicholas  de,  346;   Philip, 

of,  260;  alUr  of  (he  tomb  of,  255;                      ■ 

34C. 

north  ohanoel  of  Dartford  Church                     1 

Baret,  Valentine,  290  «. 

dedicated  to,  384. 

Barger    alia*  Macklin,  Angela,  37; 

Bccket's  coffin,  probable  position  of 

Wm.,  37. 

(1170-1220),  254. 

Barham,  Jamas,  24 ;  Thomas,  24. 

Beddcrsden,  27. 

BarkcU,  Anthony,  220. 

Bedgbury,  16. 

Barker,  John,  23  ;  Richard,  26  ;  Robt., 

Be«i,  bequest  of,  to  churchwardens. 

26. 

374. 

Barker,   Eliziibeth,  219;   John,  219: 

Bokesbourne,  102 ;  its  connection  with 

Mr, 301;  William  (Cray ford,  1577). 

Hastings.  79. 

332. 

Belcher,    Mr.  TuswcU,  357;  W.  D.. 

Barn,  Edward,  93. 

Kfnti*h  Brattt*,  388-9,  464. 

Barnard,  Edward  (Beiloy,  1808),  381. 

Belcher,  Mr.,370ii. 

Bameham,   Martin,  59 «. ;    Wm.  de. 

Belke,    Antony,    291;    Canon    Wm. 

443. 

(1602-1676),  291 ;  Christopher,  291 ; 
Edwin,  291 ;  Elizabeth,  291 ;  Gabriel, 

Barnes,  Henry,  23. 

Bamewell,  Georije,  214. 

291 ;  George,  291 ;  John.  291 ;  Mary, 

Uarntiam,  Anne.  62  ;  Sir  Martin,  62. 

291;  Michael,  291;  Major  Michael, 

Baron,  James  (Fordwioh,  1673-4),  88. 

291 ;  Ecbec<^a,  291  ;  Susanna,  291  ; 

Baroun,    Agatha,  S48;    ThomM,    of 

Thomas,  291 ;  Valentine,  291. 

Eoylegh,  348. 

Belke,  William  ;  *et  Polcvn. 

Barowo,  William  a,  106,  112. 

Bell,  Mrs.  Ann,  412  ;  Rev.  John,  446; 

Barr.  John,  28  ;  Thos.,  28. 

Mr.  Luther.  259. 

Barret,  Meriel,  370;  Mr.,  1*4. 

BcUinghani,  Ed.,  19. 

Barrett,  Mr.,  402. 

Belliriis  in  Lymue,  437. 

Uarrington,  Francis,  29  ;  Henry,  29. 

Beuhowe,  Bajiil,  31  ;  Bic  .  81. 

Barrow,  Colonel  P.  H.  Stanley,  425. 

Bendish,  Martha,  24;  Booke.34. 

468 


GEKEBAJi  INDEX. 


Benendea,  18,  26, 89,  30,  82, 34,  460. 
Beunet,  Richard  (1666-6),  123. 
Bennett  (Kent  Administrationg),  28, 

32,  34,  39. 
Bens,  James,  of  Chatham  (1647),  214. 
Benson,  Mariane,  27 ;  Thos.,  27. 
Bentley,  Cristopher  (Pordwich,  1466), 

87 ;  (1614),  87, 96 ;  John,  96 ;  Tho- 
mas, 94. 
Benyndenn,  345. 
Bercbelton,  343. 
Bere  family  arms,  390. 
Bere,  Anne,  391 ;  Edward,  390,  391 ; 

Henry,   391 ;  John,  390,  891 ;  his 

children,  391. 
Bereham,Miohaelde  (Saltwood,  1810), 

426. 
Berens,  B«t.  E.,  282  «. 
Beresforde,  John,  20. 
Berkele}',  Lady  Mary,  376;  Charles, 

Lord  Viscount  Fitzharding,  375. 
Borsted,  40. 

Bery,  Thomas  a,  106,  112. 
Besbich,  George,  36. 
Besbiche,  Margerie,  19 ;  Biohard,  19. 
Besbitch,  Micol,  30 ;  Biohard,  30. 
Best,  Thos.,  of  Old  Surrenden,  70. 
Best  cUia*  Bichbell,  Alice,  18. 
Beste,  Mary,  21 ;  Nicholas,  21. 
Bethersden,  342 ;  the  Chutes  of,  55-71. 
Bethersden,  lands  in,  58,  66,  68,  69. 
Betle,    Thomas     (Thornham,    1427), 

244. 
Betsom,  Roman  tumuli  at,  308,  313. 
Bcttes,  Wm.,  3.3. 

Betteshanger  Church  Tower,  384. 
Bettesle,  VVm.,  Cheuenyng,  362. 
Betts  aliat  Lane,  Elizb.,  33. 
Betts,  Major,  of  Norfolk,  59. 
Beveridge,  Bishop,  plan  of  an  Eastern 

basihca  given  in  his  Syndicon,  49. 
Beverley,      Christopher      (Fordwich, 

1480),  87  ;  owner  of  Tanorev  Island 

Estate,  89;  Beatrix,  89 ;  William,  89. 
Bexlcy     Church,     dimensions,    369 ; 

painted     windows,      tiles,     ancient 

screen,  369  n.  J  memorial  brasses  in, 

373,  377;  Vicarage,  378 ».;  list  of 

Vicars,  378-82. 
Bexley,  Manor  of,  369. 
Bexley  Heath,  Upton,  coins  found  at, 

313. 
Bexley  (Kent  Administrations),  17, 20, 

22,31 ;  lands  in,  214,  351. 
Bible,  presentation    of    a,    to    King 

Charles  II.,  at  Dover,  36G. 
Bickerstaife,  Sir  Charles  (1676),  166. 
Biddenden,  16,  31,  33. 
Biga,  Sybern,  243. 
Bigg,  John,  89».;  Gkwrge  (Fordwich, 


1579),    88,    89«.;    Sarah,     89«.; 

Stephen,  89«.;  Thomas  (1660),  88; 

Walter  (1613),  88,  89  «.  bit. 
Bigge,  Marion,  20;  Walter,  20 ;  Wal- 
ter (Fordwich,  1606, 1621),  88. 
Biggs  of  Benenden,  note  relating  to 

the  family  of,  89 ;  Thomas,  90. 
Bilton,  Henry  (1719-43).  366. 
Bingham,  Adwn,  16;  Anthony,  23; 

Gieorge,  16. 
Bingham,  Joseph,  of  Cra3rford,  329 ; 

Bev.  Biohard,  303. 
Bii^ham't  Antiquities,  803. 
Birchington,  Crispes  of  Quez  in,  89. 
Bird,  Mr.  (attorney),  140, 165 ;  Joan, 

24;  Bobt.,  24. 
Birde,  Anna,  16  ;  Henry,  16. 
Birling,  36. 
Biron,  Bev.  Edwin,  439,  446;  Bev. 

H.  B.,  446. 
Bishop,  Thomas  (Cheriton,   1603-80), 

365. 
Bisshopsbom,  21. 
Bix  family,  note  on  the,  90 ;  John,  88, 

401 ;  Thos.,  88. 
Bla«ke,  Julian,  33  ;  Bobert,  33. 
Blackdou,    Elizabeth,  aliai  Worthe, 

34. 
Bladigdon,  John   de,  373 ;  Maud  de, 

373 ;  tee  Blendon. 
Blakeben  Streto,  Bexley,  374. 
Bland,  John,  32;  Mabel,  alitu  Bid- 
ding, 32. 
Blaxland,  John  (Fordwich,  1767-76), 

89. 
Blayno,  Thomas  (Crayford),  332. 
Blean,  337. 
Blechenden,  John,  26. 
Blen,  Le,  next  Chileham,  838. 
Blendon    Hall,    formerly    Bladindon, 

373 ;  owners  of,  373-8. 
Blome  aliM  Auston,  36. 
Blomfield,  Sir  Arthur,  898 ;  Bev.  G.  J., 

397 ;  J.  C,  of  Launton,  238. 
Blore,  John,  385. 

Blount,  Edward  )e,  346 ;  Sara,  346. 
Blundell,  Johan,  alias  Meadehurste, 

34;  Elizb.,  37;   Bopus,  37;  Theo- 
dora, 370. 
Blyth,  Bp.  of  Jerusalem,  482  ;  Edward 

Hamilton  (Saltwood),  432. 
Bobbing  Court,  36. 
Bocton,  337. 

Boctone  Mounchonsy,  348. 
Bogas,  Joan,  22 ;  William,  22. 
Bokeland,  John,  407  ». 
Boley  Hill,    Bochester,    urns,    coins, 

lachrymatories,  etc.,  at,  195 ;  Bpmaa 

wall  at,  271 ». ;  remarkable  tree  on, 

200. 


•GENERAL    INDEX. 


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I 


I 


Boley-liill    ITmne,    rojidenoo    of   the 

Gordon  fuinily,  200. 
Bolno.v,  Thouiuo  (1175-97),  3«4. 
Bond,  Thomas  ( 1500),  385. 
Boniface,  Archbi.ihop,  h\n  residence  at 

Lyminge  (1260),  50. 
Bonniugton,  East  Bridge  watering  in, 

401-2;  Ecctory,  402  ». 
Bonny,  Elizb.,  442 ;  Bcv.  Peter,  442, 

445. 
Bonwicke,  AmbroM,  211 ;  will,  227 ; 

Elizabeth,  211. 
Books,  Chiin-b,  destructive  use  ot,  at 

I'DVcrahaiD,  110. 
Booruo,  John,  33. 
Bootlic,  Uioni^ia,  27 ;  George,  27. 
Bomgc,  Andrew,   16;  Anthony,    16; 

TboiuB*.  16. 
Bore,   Alice,   aliru  Lesilen,    19;    Ed- 
mund,  19;  Jonne.    19;   Mary,   19; 

llichard,  220. 
Bonimn,  Nicholas,    36 ;     Anue,   alia* 

Sedgar,  3fi. 
Borne,  EUzabeth,  218 ;  Katherine,  219; 

.John,  219  :  William,  105. 
Sot  loni/ifroHt,  ;),  267  «. 
Boswvile,  Elizabeth.  25. 
Bostol  Ileitb,  tumulus  on,  308. 
Boswell,  Edward,  ,10  ;  Ilubt.,  30. 
Boteler,  Anno,  1)2;  John,  112. 
Botiller,  Johanna  lo,  341 ;  Biobard  le, 

341. 
Bott,  Jane,  39. 
Botter,  Walter,  443. 
Boughton  Aluph,  55. 
Bougliton    Ulvanu,   29;    on   a  monu- 

mout  at,   241 ;    Percival   BaduliSe, 

Vicnr,  299. 
Bound,  Petronilla,  24. 
Bonude,  Alice,  24  ;  Elizb.,  24  :  Lucy, 

24  ;    Niohula.1,  24  ;  Wombnell,  24. 
Bourchier.  William,  4t9. 
Buume,    Bartholomew,    of   Sbarsted, 

290  H.;  Joannii,  290  ii.;  John,  221 ; 

Mr.,  160. 
Bower  Lane,  pabuolithic  implements, 

305. 
Bowlby,  Eev.  Henry  Bond,  M.A.,398. 
Boxle,  862 ,  Johanna  de,  338 ;  Wil- 
liam de,  338. 
Boiley,  25 ;  Edw.  Cboute  of,  Co. 
Boyoote,   Tbomas   (Fordwioh.  1670), 

88  ;  William  (Fordwicb,  1662),  88. 
Boycott,  Thoman,  401. 
Boyde,  John,  4(4. 
Boys,  5  ;  Sir  Edward,  366  ;  Jane,  425 ; 

Tbomn.",  425. 
Bradbury,  Godfrey.  38. 
Bradfleld,  Robert,  444. 
Bradford,  Abraham,  101 ;  Bobert,  441. 


Bradley,    Bobert   (Sheldwich,    1505), 

397. 
Bndshawe,  Charlotte,  355 ;  Bachel  A. 

Harden,  355. 
Bradwnniinp,  Archbishop,  170. 
Braiii[>ton,  Thoma*  de  (1303),  368. 
Bmni.-don  arms  impaling  Deedes,  412. 
Brancaster  in  Norfolk,  41. 
Brand,  Elizabeth,  40 ;  Henry,  40. 
Brarnes,  464 ;  in  Bcxley  Church,  373-4 ; 

at    Cheriton,    355 ;     in    Dartford 

Church,  390  ;  at  Sheldwich,  290-1. 
Bra8t«de,  16,  40. 
Brattle,  Mr.,  162. 
Bravbourne,  Lord,  368. 
Uraylield,  Thomas,  28. 
Breekenden,  Lidia,  Ofi ;  Thomas,  66. 
Brcde,  land  in.  58. 
Brc«iK»r,  Jaa.  T<mge  of,  29. 
Bredger,  Joan,  20 ;  llobl.,  20. 
Bred^'man,  John,  405,  410. 
Brwlkyrke.  Henry  (1551).  297. 
Breuchiev,  16, 23, 36  ;  *f«  Brentchley. 
BreuchleV,  imn,  378. 
Brenl,  Hobert,  17  ;  Tho«..  17. 
Brent,  Sir  Nicholas  (1633),  329. 
Brent<:hlev,  32. 

Breton,  Alice,  350  :  John,  350. 
Brett  (Kent  Administnvlioiis),  17,  20, 

22,26. 
Brolt,  Sir  Edward,  of  Blendon   Hall, 

375  ;  Mr.  Fisher,  375. 
Brickonden,  Katherine,  22. 
Bridger.  Edith,  440 ;  John,  440 ;  Tho- 
mas. 440. 
Bridges.  Francis,  39  ;  John,  82,  89  ; 

Mary,  30 ;  AVm.  30.  331 ;  arms  im- 

piUiug  Ueedcs,  412. 
Bridfrrann,  Stephen,  27. 
Bright,  Barbara.  22  ;    MarKarel,  aliiu 

Rodes,  37  ;  Margaret,  37  ;    Robert, 

37. 
Briscoe,  John,  of  London  (1663),  214. 
Bristol,  Lord  (1663),  116. 
British  Kt-mains  at  Dartford,  304-318. 
British  Village  at  Bamsgate,  t-4. 
Uroadnax,  Ann,  356  ;  Thomafi,  of  Ood- 

mcrsham,  356. 
Broadnax,  Joanc,  wife  of  Robert,  356; 

Bobert,  of  Cheriton,  365. 
Brockhill  (or   Bruckhull),   Elizabeth, 

423 ;  Margaret,  423 ;  Thomas,  422, 

423 ;  William,  423. 
Brookman  family,  memorial  tablet*  to, 

at  Cheriton,  355  ;  pedigree,  355. 
Brorkman,  Caroline,  3C7 ;   F.  Drake, 

368  ;    James,    366,    367  ;     Captain 

John,  357  ;  Jlaria,  353 ;  Mar)',  357  ; 

Ralph  D.,  367 ;  Thomas,  867 ;  WU- 

lUm,  363,  366. 


^M               460                                  GENERAL   INDEX.*                     ^^^^^H 

^^m                 Brockman.  Henry,  of  Benrhbnroiifc'h, 

Bucknam,  Thomas,  26.                         ^^^B 

^H                       35«; ,  Iter.  Tatton,  353,  31)7.  36S. 

Buckwoll,  Rev.  Wm.  B.,  368. 

^^m                Brockman,  J.  Drake,  M.A.  (CheriloD, 

Buoler,  Walter,  Esq.  (1544),  66. 

^H                      1849),  367. 

Budd,  Dr  ,  293. 

^^B                Brode,  John,  108. 

Bugle.  Elono,  351 ;  John,  SSI. 

^H                 Bro^hton,  Joliii  (Saltwood,  136£),  426. 

Bulbeck,  Geoffrey,  benefactor  to  Cray- 

^H                  Brokcfordp.  William  do,  342. 

ford  Church.  327. 

^^M                  Brnkehill,  iSdward,  Lord  of  Aldibgtoo 

Bullv  (Boley)  Hill,  Rochester,  33. 

^H                      Manor,  347  n. ;  Honry,  243. 

Bun'ce,  J.  B.,  Sheldwich  (1818),  302. 

^H                  BrokpjMToft,  in  Cmrford,  325. 

Bunche,  Elizabeth,  aliai  Johnson,  84; 

^H                  Brokhill.  ChriMian'de,  sai  ;  William 

William,  3t. 

^H                     du,  302  :  TliomDJi  di<,  362. 

Bunton,  John  (Bexley,    1566).  379  ; 

^H                 Bromo,  ,T,'imi>»  (1679-1719).  333,  366. 

Marg-.iret,  379. 

^^^^^          Broniidge,  Abraham,  Vinar  of  Sheld- 

Burchett,  Walter,  220. 

^^^B            wirh    (1625),    2»8;    liU    children. 

Burden,  Frances,  32  ;  Wm.,  38. 

^^^V             298-9  ;  Lydia,  298. 

Bureford,  John  de, 337;  Rocsia de, 337. 

^                 Bromley,  17,  18,  33,  39,  40. 

Burford,  John,  385. 

^^H                  Bronze  thumb,   hollow,   supposed    to 

Surges,  Dorothy,  36 ;  Paul,  36 ;    Tho- 

^^H                    be  a  Roman  votive  oflbring,  8. 

mas,  23. 

^H                  Brook,  Sarah,  66. 

Burgham,  352. 

^^m                 Brooke,  Sir  Henry.  Cobham,  Knt.,  30 ; 

Burgis,  Edmund,  34:  Joan,  34. 

^H                      lU'iiry.  33  ;  Mari^ret.  33  ;  Mr.,  200. 

Burlcyson   and  Grylls,    painted    win- 

^H                 BnKiko.'john,  of  Rnche.<<t«r,  214. 

dows  by,  in  Bexley  Church,  369  ». 

^^H                  Broome,  R«v.  J.,  Rector  of  Cheriton 

Burlton,     Katryn,     388  ;       Byoliikrd, 

^H                      (1679-1719),  on  Human  Remains  at 

"Jantilman,"  388. 

^H                      Hythe,  333. 

Burne,  Eli/jit)cfh,  220. 

^^M                 Broome  Park,  68. 

Bumey,  Edwar.l  Kayo  (1849),  260. 

^H                  Broomfiold,  133  ,  Hatch  epitaph,  252  ». 

Burroughs,  Ellis  (1833),  250. 

^H                  Broomfictd,    Roses    Farm    in,    251-2, 

Burrows,  Prof.  Montagu,  his  sketch  of 

^H                      433-5. 

the  Cinque  Porfx,  83. 

^H                  Brothcrhedds  Wood,  in  Fordwich,  89. 

Burstoii  o/i'a*  Uuslon,  20. 

^H                  Brougbton,  Elizabeth,  28 ;  Roland,  28. 

Burt,  Thomas,  27. 

^^B                  Broun,  Robert,  of  Sandwich,  342. 

Burte  alitu  Peckham,  Elizabeth,  27. 

^^^^^          Brown,  the  Rev.  Claude,  409  ;   John, 

Bury,  Alii-e,   19;    Ann,  19;   Jeffrey, 

^^^K              15;     Kathcrine,    16;    Ralph,    15; 

19;  Johan,  19;  John,  19. 

^^^^             Stephen,  93  ;  Thomas,  485. 

Bushebre.  Paul,  220. 

^^^^^          Browne,  Margaret,  aliat  Pratinoee,  2C ; 

Bushingbiiry,  94,  05. 

^■^                    Robert,  39. 

Bushopp,  John,  15  ;  Richard,  15. 

^^^^          Browne,  Gdm.  (Partford,  1554),  395; 

Busterde,  .Vlilon,  32  ;  William,  32. 

^^^B              Edward,  102;    Ellen,  396;   Henry, 

BustoD  o/iVm  Burston,  20. 

^^^K             Mayor    of    Fordwi<;h    (1712),    88; 

Butcher,  Alice,  aliat  Chambers,  82. 

^^^B             John  (Dartford,  1575),  395;  Bioh- 

Butler,  Sir  Oliver  (1663),  115. 

^^^^F             ard,  219. 

Butte,  Thomas,  17. 

^                Browne,   Rev.  J.  Care,  on  Vicars   of 

Butter,  Harry,  413,  418  n. 

^^M                     Thornhnm-cum-Aldin^n,   243-50; 

Button,  bronze,  found  in  Saxon  g^rave 

^B                       UiMt.  o/Maidttone  CMurch.  451-4. 

at  Crayford,  316. 

^H                  Brownstone,  Anthony  (1687),  249. 

ButtyvanI,  Dorothy,  36  ;  Roger,  86. 

^^B                  Bnire;  w«  Knight. 

Bycroft,  Henry.  18 ;  Wm.,  18. 

^H                  Bruer.  John  (Dartford.  1563),  395. 

Bydenden,  18,  19. 

^H                  Bruinley,  23. 

Bygge,  John,  iKuofaotor  to  Crayfoytl 

^^B                 Bniniitede,  Rector  of,  394. 

Church.  326. 

^H                 Bruvt<m,  John  do(8nltwood,  1320),  426. 

BylLn,  Isabella,  26;  Wm.,  26. 

^H                  Brygbl,  AVilliam,  418. 

Bylsyngton,  Robert,  100 ;  "  Gontil  of 

^H                  Biicklnin^t,  Agnes,  30  ;  Elizabeth,  36; 

Kent,"  112. 

^H                      Joan,  36 :  Thomas, 36 :  Wiltinm,  36. 

Byniman,  Brigid,  21 ;  Henry,  21. 

^H                   Bu><kiiicr,  Alice.  18  ;   Wiiltor,  IH. 

Byrkhcdo,  John,  4W-9. 

^^"                  Biic-klniid  (Dover),  list  of  Roman  re- 

Bysh,   .Sir    Edward,    King    at    Anns 

^^^^^— ^              mains  found  at,  204. 

(1663),  114. 

^^^^^       Bucktuere,    Alice,    19 ;    Faith,    19  ; 

Bysshopeston,  Thomas  dc,  S42. 

Walter,  19. 

i 

^^^^^^^^F          OENEBAL                                                    461           ^H 

H    Css«r,  Thomag,  gent.,  24. 

Ceritou,   Isabelhi  de,  362 ;  John  do,            ^^H 

■    Cage,  Alice,  463;  John,   453;   Mr., 

362 ;  Margaret  de,  3i)2  ;  Robert  de,            ^^| 

™         140;    Robert,   453;    Col.   Williini, 

362;   Roger  de,  362  bit;  Walran,            ^^| 

250. 

362  ;  AVilliam  de,  3i>:2 ;  tee  Cherilon.             ^^1 

Catehull,  John  dc,  362. 

Cerne,  John,  343  ;  Mar^iiret,  343.                   ^^M 

Calewe,  John,   Mayor    of    Fonlwich 

ClittUiiiers,    Chnrlec,    .Xf.A.,    Dartford             ^^H 

{1377),  S7. 

(1718.1,  SOK  ;  William  (1724),  292.               ^H 

Calkin,  Margaret,  27  ;  Robert,  27. 

Chambers  (Kent  Administrations),  21,            ^^H 

Cnlnay,  John,  '.13,  96. 

32,  38,  89.                                                        ^H 

Camber  Castlo,  description  of,  67  n. 

CUampneis,   Catherine,   370 ;    Henry,            ^^^| 

Canipljell,  293. 

370  ■.;   Sir  John,  370;   Justinian,             ^^| 

Canterbury,  land  in,  343,346,  347,  348; 

370    bU  ;     Richard,    370,    370  n.  ;             ^H 

St.  Miirgaret's  Clmroh  bell,  434. 

Sarah,  370  ».  ■  William,  370  a.                     ^^| 

Canterbury   Cathwiral,   paper   on  St. 

Champneys,  Mr.  Basil  (architect),  369.            ^^H 

Anselm's  Chapel  in,  169-73,   174-6; 

Chancel  screen,  wooden,  in  St.  Paul's            ^^H 

on   the   erypt    of.   253();    surgical 

Cray  Church,  282.                                          ^H 

H        report  on  a  skeleton   found  in  the 
P        crypt  of,  257-260. 

Chapman,   Alice,   21 ;    Elizabeth,  25 ;             ^^M 

James,  43-1;  John,  25.                                   ^^M 

Capell,  15,  28. 

Cha[>man,  Isabella  lo,  352  ;  Jooosa  le,             ^^M 

Carausius,  coins  of,  43. 

34« ;  John   (Saltnood,   1741),  430;             ^H 

Carden,     Alice,    alias    Pudnnll,    21  ; 

Richard  (1726),  287 ;  Simon  le,  352  ;             ^H 

Thomas,  21,  445. 

Thomas  le,  348.                                             ^^H 

_      OardwtU't  Docvmentarj/  A  n  naU,  order 
■        to  be  obserTed  by  rommunicaots  at 
W        Crayford  Church,  in,  329. 

Chapman,  familr  of,  287 ;  Rev.  E.  W.,            ^^M 

o(  SI.  Paul's  Cray  Hill,  287.                          ^H 

CharleUiu,  Helvne,  19 ;  Henry,  19.                 ^^M 

Carkaridge,  Wm.,  of  Hide,  34. 

Charlot<ui,  33.                                                          ^^M 

Carkeredge,  Gcrvase,  89. 

Charnock,  Roger  (Dartford,  1650),396.             ^H 

Ciiriwnlcr,  f'atheriue,  aliat  Price,  27  ; 

Charricr,  ]3en]amin  ( 1599),  249,  248  it.             ^^M 

John,  27  ;  Philip,  40  ;  Robert.  34  ; 

Chiirte,  35  :  lee  Chert.                                     ^H 

Tlioniaa.  10 ;  Vincent,  95  ;  Williaai, 

Chartham,  22,  3G,  3(>6.                                          ^^1 

34. 

Charrte.     Alexander,     benefactor    to             ^^H 

Carter,  Criatopher,  221 ;  John  (1586), 

Crayford  Church,  327.                                  ^H 

213;  Thomas,  Soltwood  {1663},  430. 

Chastelyn,  Castilnrn,  arms  in  Bexley            ^^H 

Case,  la.  Manor  of,  343. 

Church,  373.                                                    ^^1 

Caseborne,  Catherine  dc,  358;  Thomas 

Chatham,  29,  35,  37,  38 ;  Parva,  340.             ^H 

de,  358. 

^H 

Caseborne,  Manor  of,  358. 

Chawnoe.  Nicholas,  24 ;  William,  24.               ^H 

Caseborne  or  Catesmore,  359. 

Chedingstone,  35.                                                ^^H 

Casteleyn,  arm.»,  373  h. 

Chciioy,  Sir  Thomas,  89.                                     ^^1 

Castilayn,    Henry,   373,  374;   Simon, 

Cberiton,  Manor  of.  358,  362.                            ^^M 

374 ;  lee  Chastelyn. 

Choriton    Chimh,    353-368;    menu-             ^^M 

Cattle     Bridge,    Rochester,    ancient 

mental  brasses,  365  ;  ancient  effigies             ^^^| 

arch  under,  197. 

in,   357;   porch,   361;    communion              ^^^| 

Castle  Street,  afterwards  Castle  Lane, 

plate,  3<jl  ;    patrons.  362 ;  RMtona             ^^M 

Roiihcster,  197. 

of.  363-8  ;  tee  Ccriton.                                     ^^H 

Casvrell,  Thonias,  Mayor  of  Fordwich 

Cherryng  (Charing),  337.                                  ^H 

(1510),  87. 

Chert  Magna,  342!                                            ^H 

Catesmore ;  tee  Caseborne. 

Chest,  Thos.,  445.                                                 ^H 

Caudebek,  John  (1432),  297. 

Chester,  Jane,  39  ;  Richard,  39.                        ^^M 

Caulfleld,    Ann,   daughter   of   Tobv, 

Chettell,  John,  30.                                               ^H 

Lord,  374 

Chcveuiiig,  21,  38;  rectory,  368.                        ^^M 

Cawse,  Abraham,  38. 

Chewt  (Chute),  Arthur,  and  Margaret              ^^H 

Cayser,  Elizabeth,  31  ;  Wm.,  31. 

his  wife,  monumental  brass  to,  in  All              ^^H 

Caythorpc  Church,  Lincolnshire,  iiecu- 

Saints'  Church,  Ellough,  Suffolk,  71.              ^H 

liarity  in  the  design  of,  321. 

Cheyne,  Charle«',  370  n.                                       ^^M 

Cely  family,  arms,  202. 

Chichole.  Archdeacon  Thomas,  444.                   ^^H 

Cely,  John,  290 ;  brass  in  Sheldwrich 

Child,  John  (Cberiton,  1458-74),  364 ;              ^H 

Church,  291. 

iiinnuuiental  brass  at  Cherilon,  356.               ^^| 

Cemetery  Gate,  belonging  to  the  pre- 
cinct* of  Rochester  Priory,  200. 

Chilebam,  338.                                                   ^H 

Chilham,  20,  68.                                                   ^H 

GENERAL    IKDEX. 


Chillenden,  Tbomaa,  Prior  of  Christ 

Church,  Ciiiterbury  (1390),  296. 
Chiiiiirr.v,  Elizabeth,  212. 
Chirchc,  Jame«,  Vicar  of  Thomham, 

247 ;  Thoniiu,  418. 
Chiiilohur»t  Churrh,  rocHl-atuir,  828, 
Chi!ilchur<t,  40.  214. 
Chinlokt,  343. 
Chiiwell,  Fraiiois.  360. 
Chittenden,  Joan,  24 ,  Robert,  24. 
Chittendon  or  OhvttinKton,  287. 
Chollertoii,  Edmund  (1514).  428. 
Choutc  or  Chute  family,  the  Rer.  A.  J. 

I'wirmnn  on,  66-71  ;  »«  Chutes. 
ChoulP,  Aliei',  06  ;  Anne,  66. 
Chouto,  Charles,  56 ;  Ciuelr,  69. 
Cboute,  Ednnrd,  son  of  George,  OS  ; 

Edward  {ob.  1659),  08. 
Choutc,  Sir  Edward,  63. 
Cboute,   George,  of    Old    Surrenden 

(1613),     59-63;     George,    son     of 

Edward,  67,  68 ;  George,  afterwards 

Sir  George,  Knt.,  of  Betbersden,  69. 
Choute,  Sir  George,  Bart.,   09 ;   la«t 

representative     of     the     Kenlbb 

Chuutes,  71. 
Chouto,  Lvdia,  63. 
Choute,   I^icholus,  mentioned  in   will 

of  Edward,  60. 
Chnuto,  Philip,  son   of   Edward,  66; 

Philip,  aliat  Chute,  56. 
Choute,  or  Chute,  Sir  Walter,  00 ;  im- 
prisonment for  seditious  gpeeobes, 

61. 
Christopher,  Joan,  28  ;  Richard,  28. 
Chucks,  John  (171&),  287. 
Church   goods   stolen,   at   St.    Paul's 

Cray,   284;    at   Crayford,   327;   at 

Favershara,  112. 
Chute,  arms,  57  ».,  69 ;   anliiiuity  of 

the  name,  56  n. 
Chute,  Anno,  61  n. ;  Anthony,  58. 
Chute,  Chaloncr,  71 ;  Charles,  66. 
Chute,   Edmond,   50 ;    Edward,    68 ; 

Elizabeth,  62  n. 
Chute,  Elizabeth,  wife  of  John  Taylor, 

buried  in  Kingwiorth  Church,  71. 
Chute,  George,  58 ;  George,  knighted 

(1008),  61;  his  will,  63. 
Chute,  Margaret,  buried  in   Leigh's 

Cbapel,  Lambeth  Church,  02  n. 
Chute,  Mr.,  of  the  Vyne,  56. 
Chuto,   Philip,  of  Surrenden,   66-59; 

Thomas,  66i«.,  58;  Sir  Walter,  60, 

61  »i. 
Chuto  Hall.  00.  Kerry,  62,  71. 
Chutes  of  Bethcrsden,  Applodone,  and 

Hinihill,  55-71. 
Chutes,  of  Old  Surrenden,  66 ;  Lords 

of    the     Manor    of    Tauuton,     in 


Somersetshire       (1268-1500). 

Lords  of  the   Jiauor  of   Stockwell, 

62 ;  ttt  Chout«. 
Chydingsloue,  17. 
Chyttington :  tee  Chittendon. 
Cnquc  Port*,  charter  of  Edward  I.  to 

the,  81 ;  mode  of  inflictiug  capital 

punishment  in,  83. 
rUf  Corn  (S-oti,  Rochester,  201. 
Clare,  Gilbert  de,  Earl  <»f  Gloucester, 

his  homage  to  Ap.-bbishop  Peckham, 

St  Lvminpe  (1279),  50-1. 
Clare,  tlaudius,  446. 
Clartbornh      aliat      Acris,      William 

(Cberiton,  1445),  304. 
Clark,  Osmond,  166;  Thomas,  29S. 
CTarke,  Henry,  36 ;  Richard,  35. 
Cbiy,  Richard,  23. 
CTayton,  Mr.  William,  203. 
Clement,  NichoUs,  26  ;  Thomas,  847  ; 

Thouiazioe,  26. 
Clerk,  Jnbn  le,  340 ;  Dame  Joyce.  38 ; 

Margaret,    16 ;    Richard,    16  ;    Sir 

H^jland.  Knt,  28;  William,  16. 
Clerke,    Fardinand,  37 ;    Jocosn,  37  ; 

John,  413  ;  Sir  Rt>wland,  Knt..  37. 
Cleves,  Ann  of,  at  Dartford,  391-2. 
Cliffe  at  Hoo,  Rectory,  397. 
Clifford,  Sir  Conier,  Kt.,  36;  Dsme 

Mary,  30. 
Clioch,    Geo.,    Antiquariim  Jottirtgt, 

454. 
Clinton,  Alice,  24  ;  John,  24. 
aynton,  Elizabeth,  24 ;   Henry,   24  ; 

Joan,  24;  John,  24:  William.  24. 
Clynton,  Juliana  de,  346 ;  William  de, 

Conste,  Richard,  33  ;  let  Coitte. 

Cobb,  Eleanor,  292  ;  John,  292. 

Cobcham,  Reginald  de,  343. 

Cobhani.  S4;  College,  447-50;  Sir  John 
dc>,  447-8 ;  Lt.rd,  4441-50. 

Cocke,  Isabella,  37 ;  Philip,  37. 

Cockerell,  Maria,  28. 

Cockos,  Mr.,  220. 

Cockett,  John,  37  ;  Sampson,  37. 

Cocks,  Elizabeth,  24 ;  John,  24. 

Cocksboalh,  118. 

Codd,  John,  24;  Thomas,  24. 

Cmlhani,  344. 

Coffin,  leaden,  found  at  Bexley,  313. 

C^tlin-lids,  stone,  dug  up  at  St.  Patil's 
Cray,  288,  283. 

Coffins,  stone,  found  in  arypt  of 
Canterbury  Cathedral,  256,  266; 
at  Dartford,  312. 

Cogaa,  Sir  Andrew,  160. 

Coins,  found,  at  Ramsgate,  2  ;  at  Rich- 
borough,  6,  12,  72-76;  at  Lvmne, 
43,  44,  46  ;  at  Springhead,  188  ;  at 


^^^^^^^V          GENERAL   INDEX.                                  463              ^| 

Frindsbury,  190, 193  ;  at  Boobester, 

N  ichoUuD,  31 ;  George,  378  n.,  381 ;               ^H 

194,    195;    »t    Dnrtford,    312;    at 

Henrr,  378*.;    John,   17,  31;  of              ^^H 
Broadwater,  378  n. ;  Kathcrine,  17;               ^^H 

Boxley  Heath,  Upton,  813. 

Coins,   cup-shaped,   316;   dnte  of  the 

Robert,   Mayor    of   Fordwiuh,   87 ;               ^^^| 

earliest    soyphnte,    316 ;    mystinal 

Thoa.,  34;  William,  34,  385.                            ^^M 

fifpires    on,    816 ;    their    historical 

CookesoD,  Elizubeth,  widow,  83.                          ^^1 

importance,  45. 

Coole,  Rictmrd,  26.                                              ^^M 

Cok,   John    A.,   of    Swyncfeld,    846; 

Cooling,  Mr.  Button,  Rector  of,  302.                 ^^H 

Leticia,  345. 

Cooper,  Edward,  22;  Elizabeth,  214;               ^^H 

Cokkys,  John,  386. 

Robert,  of  Ueiley  (1663).  211 ;  Tho-               ^^M 

Cold»ell,  John  (8altwood,  1580),  430. 

mas,  Mayor  of  Furdwich  (1846-75),               ^^1 

Cole,  Alice,  alia*  Williard,  26;  Eliza- 

^H 

beth,   18,  37;   John,  37;   Richard, 

Cooto,  Hon.  Thomas,  381.                                   ^^M 

18  ;  Eobert,  minister  of  Bethenden, 

Coot«8,  Kalbcriiie,  22 ;  Richard,  22.                  ^^H 

69;  William,  18. 

Copwhayte,  Henry,  20.                                          ^^H 

Colebourue,  Mr.,  scrivener,  159,  160, 

Corby,  Alice,  350;  John,  350.                             ^^H 

164. 

Comiiok,  Edward  Henrr,  357.                           ^^H 

Coleiis,  Bnbt.,  444. 

Coniehell,  Emma  de,   352;  Pet«r  de,               ^^H 

Colei>ci>cr.  Ann,  463;   Sir  Ric,  468; 

^H 

Sir  William,  453;  «c  Culpeper. 

Cornwell,  Alice.  88  ;  Thomas,  38.                       ^^M 

Coleson  aliiu  Hayncs,  Anna,  40. 

Coniayser,    Johanna,    339;     Robert,              ^^H 

Colkyn,  Alitia,  341  ;  Thomas,  341. 

339  :  WiUiam,  339.                                              ^^M 

Collen,  William  (1526),  111  «. 

Cosiii,  Dr.,   Bishop  of  Durham,  375;              ^^H 

Collie,  Riife,  40. 

Mar>-.  375.                                                          ^^M 

Collins  family,  405. 

Coste,  Edmund,  83  ;  tn  Coute.                         ^^1 

Collier,  Jesse,  25  ;  Margaret,  26. 

Cosyu,    John,    Maror    of    Fordwich              ^^H 

Collyer.  Johu,  378 ;  Sarah,  39 ;  William, 

(1522),  87,  95  ;  Philip,  94  bit.                         ^H 

38. 

CottiuKham's    repairs    of     Rochester               ^^H 

Gollyns,  Oil«,  414;    John,  414;  his 

Cathednil,  cost  of,  277  n.                                ^^H 

arms,  414.  • 

Couk'her.  Rov.  G.  B.,  438-41,  446.                      ^H 

Colman,  Margaret,  16  ;  Thorais,  IG. 

Coulvng  (Cooling;),  341.                                       ^^H 

Colson,  Eliiabeth,  17. 

Court  at  Street  Chapel  of  St.  Mary,              ^^1 

CoUimpna,    Archdeacon    Prosper    de, 

^H 

443. 

Courtenay,    Archbishop,     lioenoe    to              ^^^| 

Colvcrhagh,  land  in  BroomReld,  251. 

pull  down  fionie  of  his  manor  bousM,               ^^H 

Combdeii,  John,  36  ;  Wm.,  36. 

to  reimir  Saltwood  Castle,  61.                           ^^H 

Combe,  John  de,  337. 

Covenay,  Mr.  John,  4(.i2.                                       ^^M 

Combden,  John,  36  ;  William,  36. 

Coventree,  James,  27;  Katherine,  27.                 ^^H 

Conibewell    Priory,    advowsoo    of  St. 

Coward,  Edmund,  19.                                           ^^^| 

Peter's,  Aldinj,non,  granted  to,  244. 

Cowardc  aliat  Quver,  Edward,  19.                      ^^^| 

Comfort,  "  jfoodmnn,"  138. 

Cowdeu,  18.  32,  34.  39.                                         ^^M 

Communion  pbte,  at  Choriton,  361-2 ; 

Cowdry,  William,  34.                                           ^^H 

at   Crayford,    327-8;   at    Dartford, 

Cowell,   Robert,  298  ;    AVilliam,  Vicar               ^^M 

892. 

of  Sheldwich,  298  ;  Su!<an,  298.                        ^H 

Compton,  Dr.,  Bp.  of  London,  237, 238. 

Cowkow,  Richard.  40  ;  Thoniax,  40.                    ^^M 

Connlrey,    Bennetta,   89i». ;    Jerome, 

Cowpcr,  Earl  (Yordwich,  1732),  88;              .^H 

89  N.;  John,  89  m. 

Elianor.  S8  ;  Thomas,  28.                                 ^^H 

Conntrer,  Tliomas,  Mayor  of  Fordwich 

Cowpere,  WilUam,  385.                                        ^^H 

(1572,'  1577),  88,  89. 

Cox,    Agnes,    27  ;    Col.    Chas.    Ja«.,              ^^M 

Consistory  Court  of  the  Bp.   of  Ro- 

Mayor    of    Fordwich    (1884),    89;               ^^M 

che«ter,  at  Dartford,  386. 

Juliu,  27;  Robert,  252  ;WUIiam,  262.                ^H 

Congtantine,  peculiar  features  of  the 

Crane,  the,  on  quay  at  Fordwioh,  96.                  ^^H 

churches  foundod  by  him,  46. 

Craiibrookc,  16,  17,  20,  21,  22,  23,  28,               ^^M 

Constantine  family,  coins  of  the,  48, 

29,  30,  36,  37,  38.  39.                                          ^^M 

44. 

Cranmer,  Archdeacon   Edmund,  442,              ^^H 

Cook,  Sir  Edward  (1667),  128. 

445.                                                                     ^H 

Cook,  Thomas  (Cheriton.  1437),  364. 

Crawford,  Robert,  of  Donegal,  212.                    ^^H 

Cooke,  Agnes,  3-t ;  Edmund,  of  Lecnes, 

Cray,  St.  Paul's,  Major  A.  Healea  on               ^^1 

379 ;  Edmund,  of  North  Cnr.  380 ; 

the  ohurch  of,    279-287;    *t»  St,              ^H 

Elizabeth,  378  a. ;    Elizabeth,  aliat 

Paul's  Cray.                                                    ^^H 

^^H          464                                    GENERAL                                         ^^^^^^| 

^^^1          Crayford,  17,  21,  32.  30.  :)5,  40 ;  iitone 

401  ;    Margaret,   alia*  BedltJ,  17; 

^^^^H               implemonta  at,  305  ;  Roman  remains 

Foiningos,  16 ;  Richard,  17 ;  Thnm^ 

^^^^H              at,  316;  curious  Burnames  at,  332. 

16 ;  Sir  Thoma«,  71 ;   Walter.  20. 

^^^^1           CraVford  Church,  origin  of  name,  319; 

Culuerdon,  William  de,  343. 

^^^H              "'Erbede  "  in  Domesdnv  Book,  319  ; 

Cumber,  "  Goodman  "  (16«>3).  114. 

^^^^H              dimeniiions,    320 ;      peculiar    nave, 

Cumberland,    Martha,    90  ;     Kobert, 

^^^^H              321 ;    Inventory   of   church    goods. 

Vioar  nf  Chilham.  90. 

^^^^H             327 ;    belU,   327 ;    luouumentail   re- 

Cumbwell.fonnorl  r  CombevrelUfouoda- 

^^^^H              maitu,  328  ;    parish   regiiteni,  330 ; 

^^^H             Rectors, 

ohan^ed  into  a  priory,  243-4.      ^h 

^^^^m          Crarford  CUun-h,  Major  A.  Heales, 
^^H               F.8.A.,  on,  319-332. 

Curabwell  Priory,  deed>>,rhart«ra^^^H 

the,  relating  to  Thornham,  aisT^^^H 

^^^^m          Crayfurd,  manor  of, "  Erde  "  in  Domes- 

Cup-Shaped  brooches,  mystioal  fignrct  V 

^^H               day, 

on,  316.                                                  fl 

^^^^1          Craythonie,  manor  of,  belonging  to  the 

Curroy,  John  (Dartford,  1778),  397.      1 

^^^^P               Choute  family,  68 1%. 

CurtevB,  Alexander,  Mayor  of  Ford-  1 

^^^            Crck.  John,  Sholdwioh  (1400),  290. 

vricii  (1313).  87.                                       B 

^M                Creeke,  John  (IMrtford,  1438),  394. 

Curva.«pina   (Crookthorne,   or    Crow-  B 

^H                  Crenlyn,  John,  93. 

thorn).  Ralph  de,  243.                   j^M 

^H                  Crenstcd  alias  Williams,  Alice,  20. 

Cu!itumal  at  Fordwieb,  92.                ^^^| 

^m                 Cresbeld,  Mary,  326  ;  Richard,  326. 

Cuttle,  John.  22.                                 ^^M 

^M                Creswell,  Henry,  36. 

^^^H 

^H                  Creye,  Stephen,  350. 

^^^1 

^H                 Crcrpaulin,  279. 

Dacres,  Elizabet-h,  Lady  (»ie  Auateu). 

^m                Crigpc.  Hen.,  00 ;  John,  of  Thanet,  66. 

371. 

^V                  CrinpoK,  the,  of  Quei,  89. 

D'Aeth's,  of  Knowlton,  390. 

^B                   Crii-p  family,  82  n. 

Dale,  Rev.  Frederic  Si)encer,  S98. 

^^^^H           Croft,  Archdeacon,  hi.s  urm.s  quartering; 

Ualison,  Sir  Charles,  161. 

^^^B              Bowes,  in  SaltwoiKl  Church.  424; 

DalisoD,  Maximilian,  Esq.,  of  Hamp- 

^^^^^L              grave    and    tombstone   of  ivclf  nnd 

t<)ai,  near  Tunbridge,   416 ;    Maxi- 

^^^^H            daughter,     in      oliurchyard,    424 ; 

milian  Dudley  Digiies,  416. 

^^^r             Rector    of    Saltwood    (1812).   431, 

Dallison,  Maiimillian,  28  ;  Boger,  28; 

^f                    437. 

Silvester,  alia*  Deone,  28. 

^B                  Croft,  John,  89. 

Dallyson,  William,  21. 

^B                  Croft  alias  Chambers,  Elizabeth,  89. 

Dnn,  Richard,  28 ;  Thomas.  28.        ^^H 

^m                  Cruft  alitu  Lurch,  Ellon,  39. 

Dnnbour,  William,  385.                       ^^H 

^B                   Cromer,  Catherine,  36  ;    James,  36 ; 

Daniel,  William.  148 »..                        ^ 

H                       WilliiiDi,  36;  Br.  George,  449-50. 

Danit,  GeorfP,  399. 

^B                   Crumpe,    John,    Vicar  of   Thomham 

Darbie,  Ajidrcw,  34 ;  Jocomin,  34. 

■                       (1614),  249. 

Darcie,   or   Darcy,   Charles,    16,    25 ; 

^B                   Croomer,  Frances,  36 ;  James,  35. 

Edith,  alia*  Sparrowe,  10,  25 ;  Jo- 

H                Crosby,  Wm..  442. 

anna,  widow,  16.  26. 

^B                  Croesnest,  Roman  remains  at,  309. 

Daroy ;  tee  Darcie. 

^H                  Crostonnysmodc,  in  Urooinfleld,  261. 

Dare.  Clare  St.  George,  879  «..  381 ; 

^H                  CroAtonnhavvcii,  in  Brucmlicld,  261. 

Thomas,  379  n. 

^V                  Crouchmun,  John  (Shpldwich,  1404), 

Darell,  John.  370  ». ;  Sarah,  370  «. 

■                       29fj. 

Darcnth,  Saxon  cemetery  at,  314. 

^B                   Crow  Lane,  Rmshcstcr,  198. 

Darenth  and  Swanscombe  Hills,  gra- 

^H                  Crowe,  Alice,  339 ;  John.  339. 

vels    contain     stone     implements. 

^H                  Crowle,  manor  of,  Lincolnshire,  164. 

305. 

^H                 Crown  Inn,  Rochester,  200. 

Darenth  Wood  earthworks,  307. 

^H                Croydon,  27  ;  Simon  de,  of  Moriston, 

Darnth  (Darenth),  23. 

^B                     338. 

Darrell,  Alice,  alia*  Hastlin,  30 ;  Elea- 

^H               Cru.sh,  William,  29;  aliai  Dowlinge, 

nor,  18;  Mrs.  Elitabeth  (1673),  89; 

^H                    John,  29. 

Hugh,    18;   James,  21,  90;   John, 

^H                 Cryel,  Thomas,  347. 

Mayor    of    Fordwich    (1511).    87; 

^m                Cryppon,  William  (Shcldwich,  1505), 

John,   of    Cale    Hill,   90;     Robert 

^m                    297. 

(Fordwich,  1607),  88,  89,  90  ;  Wil- 

^H                 Crypt  of  Canterbury  Cathedral,  263-6. 

liam,  21. 

^H               Culpeper,  Cicely,  71 ;    Sir  Cheyncy, 

Darrells,  Fordwich,  82  «. 

^H 

J 

OENEEAX   INDEX. 


465 


Dsrtford  (Kentish  Administrations), 
19,21,23,31-34,37,38. 

Dartfnnl,  ou  iVntiquittPS  at,  304-318; 
bronze  ligula  found  at,  207  ;  Dene- 
holos,  317  ;  earthworks  at,  306-309; 
glwial  moraine  near,  305 ;  Saxon 
remains  at,  314-16. 

Dortford,  Robert,  Vicar  o(  (1293), 
393 ;  Tbomaii,  Vicar  of,  assessment 
for  a  war  tax,  386. 

Dartford  Brent,  Roman  road  at,  808 ; 
tumuli  formerly  at,  308. 

Dartford  Cliureh  (Uoly  Trinity),  paper 
on,  383-398  ;  Norman  tower,  383 ; 
royal  marriage  ceremony  at  (1235), 
384;  Stanpit  Chantrj-,  38-t-6;  old 
painting  discovered  in,  385;  Con- 
sistory Court  held  in,  366;  monu- 
mental bnuiges,  387-391 ;  curious 
in.scription  on  brass  in,  388;  belli, 
382 ;  wooden  screen,  392 ;  dimen- 
sions, 892 ;  communion  plate,  392-3 ; 
Viiars,  398. 

Dartford  Heath,  ancient  stone  imple- 
ments at,  305 ;  earthworks,  308  ; 
mediicvzLl  camps,  309. 

Dartford  Priory,  a  royal  palace  temp. 
Henry  VIII.,  Mary,  and  Elizabeth, 
391-2. 

Dashwood,  Francis,  372  ;  Sir  Francis, 
Lord  L(3  Despeucer,  372 ;  Rachel, 
372. 

Daulrad,  Peter,  346. 

Da\-id,  Hugh  (Clicriton,  1555),  365. 

Davies,  AUce,  25 ;  Leonard,  220;  Ste- 
phen, 23;  Thomas,  25. 

Davis,  Mr.  Randall,  of  Uythe,  on 
human  remaiiu  at  Hvthc.  108  n. 

Davyd,  John  (Cheriton',  1552),  365. 

Davye,  Stephen,  16  ;  Thomas,  HI. 

Dawe,  William  (bell-founder),  286. 

Day,  Elizabeth,  33  ;  John,  23. 

Dayo,  Hugh,  of  Oxford,  27. 

Dayiy,  Johanna,  331 ;  Thomas,  331. 

Deaue,  Ignatius,  36 ;  Margaret,  21 ; 
Mar>-,  36;  Robert,  21,  28 ;  Silvester, 
aliat  Dallison,  21,  28. 

DeanCi  Richard,  of  Woolwich,  18. 

Death,  Aun,  390,  396;  Elizabeth, 390; 
William,  390. 

Deaths,  the,  of  North  Cray,  390. 

Dcdioott,  Elizabeth,  21  :  Thomas,  21. 

Deedei  family,  south  transept  of  St. 
Leonard's  Church,  Hythe,  rebuilt 
by,  412;  arms,  412;  memorial  tab- 
leta,  412-13 ;  original  residence  in 
Hvtbe,  413. 

DeeoM,  Major  George  (of  Hilhurst), 
413. 

Deedes,  Henry,  and  Margaret  bis  wife 
VOL.  XVIII, 


(»ee  Harrison),  412 ;  children,  Wil- 
liam, Abraham-Harrison,  and  Mar- 
garet, 412;  Lieut.-Col.  Henry,  413. 
Deedes,  John,  of  Inner  Temple,  413. 
Deedes,  JuUus,  and  Elizabeth  his  wife 
{nee  Drake),  412  ;  their  son  Julius 
(ob.  1741),  412;  Julius, and  Dorothy 
his  wife  (ik**  Dcnew),  412;  their 
daughter  Mary,  412. 

Deedes,  Julius  and  .'\uue  his  wife  {nee 
Bate),  413 ;  their  children  William, 
Henry,  Julius,  Sarah,  and  Mar- 
garet, 413. 

Deedes,  William,  and  Mary  his  wife 
(n^  Bramston),  412 ;  their  children 
Caroline,  Anne,  and  Thomas,  412 ; 
William  (ob.  1834)  and  Sophia  his 
wife  (nee  Bridges),  412,  tl3;  their 
six  daughters,  412;  William  (ob. 
1862)  and  Emily  Octavia  his  wife 
(nie  Taylor),  412 ;  their  daughters 
Emily  and  Sophia,  412. 

Delahay,  George,  28. 

Delamotte,  Charles,  376. 

Dell,  Mr.,  157. 

Dels,  or  Dclse,  Magna,  Manor,  340-1. 

Denlwwe,  Avicc,  29  ;  George,  29. 

Deneholes  at  Dartford,  317,  318. 

Denewarms  impaling  Deedos,  412. 

Denn,  Mr.,  101. 

Denne,  Donne,  E.«q.  (Fordwioh,  1876, 
188-t),  89 ;  John  (Dartford,  1632), 
396;  Katheriiie,  417;  Nathaniel, 
90  ;  Mr.  Seargent,  102  ;  Thos.,  417. 

Denny,  Alice,  40. 

Dennys,  Sir  Maurice  (1647),  56. 

Deptford  (Debtford,  Debpforde,  etc.), 
Kentish  AdmiuiMnition,  16-40. 

Derby,  Robert  de.  Vicar  of  Aldington 
(1353),  245. 

DerinK,  Sir  Edward,  2S0;  Henry,  Vicar 
of  Thornlmm  (1073),  250. 

Despencer,  Le,  Sir  Francis  Dasbwood, 
Lord,  372 ;  barony  of,  372. 

Detling,  40,  447,  451. 

Deurose  [Duns],  Lord  Lowes  (1676-6), 
295  and  n. 

Dovoril  Harrow,  shells  found,  203  ». 

Deward,  John,  20;  Peler,  26. 

Deyk,  Reynold  de,  289. 

Deyk,  or  Dyke,  Reginald,  of  Loes 
Court,  Sheldwich  (1356),  290. 

Diclom,  W.,  434. 

Digbyc,  Sir  K.  (1663),  115. 

Dike,  John,  U. 

Dimchurch,  444. 

Disley,  John,  sen.,  21;  John,  jun., 
21. 

DixoD,    Mildred,    aliat    Gouler,   39 ; 
Thomas,  39 ;  William,  39. 
JI  B 


^^H         466                                  GBNEBA.L                                        ^^^^^^1 

^^^H          Dixwcll,    Elizabeth,    SB;    Mirk,    of 

Bmikin,  A.  J.,  179  a. ;  John,  men*- 

^^^B               Broome  Park.  08. 

rial  in  Dartford  Church,  391. 

^^^           Dod,  Joaeph,  40;  Margaret,  40. 

Dunstable,  William,  Mayor  of  Leiae» 

^m                 Dodington,  444. 

ter,  386». 

^H                 Doddingbeme ;  «<<  King's-head  Lane. 

BunsUble,  William  (Blartford,  1400), 

^H                 DodemeytoD,  Bobert  de,  339. 

394. 

^H                 Dorant,  Richard,  Majror  of  Fordwioh 

Bunion,  R.  Wilook,  R«otor  of,  864. 

H                     (15-17).  87. 

Duns,  Lewis,  296  •. ;  tee  DeuroM. 

^H                  Dorman,  Goodman  (1663).  114 ;  John, 

Burant,  Robert,  Vioar   of   Sheldwieb 

^B                      803  ;  Thomofi,  J. P.,  6. 

(1316).  296. 

^H                  Douocdnme,  Thoma«,  339. 

BurobrivB,  Roman  station,  178,178a. 

^1                 DoTe,  Nicbolaf,  401. 

Burobrivian  ware,  at  Bamsgate,  S. 

^H                  Borer  (Kenti.nh  Adminiiitrationfi),  15, 

Burst,  John,  of  Thombam,  850. 

^1                       23,  25,  26,  28,  31,  31,  37,  38. 

Button,  Vicar  of  Barlford  (1666). 896. 

^B                   Dover,  entrance  to  Britain,  42. 

Btbno,  inscription  on  coin  found  tt 

^^^           Dover,  William  dc  (Saltwood,  1279), 

Frindsbury,  192. 

^^H 

Bygon,  Wm.,  444. 

^^^^g         Dover  Muwum,  on  Roman  remains  in. 

Bykee,  Jno.,  444. 

^m                  202-3. 

^m               Dover    Road,   the,  Watling    Street. 

Garfield,  Robert,  35 ;  Thomazine,  SS. 

^m                    308. 

Earheatho ;  tes  Erde. 

^H                 Duwker,  George,  F.G.8.,  on  excavation* 

Earith.  21,28,  32,  34,  39. 

^H                    at  Riohborough  in  1887,  K. 

Earthworkii  at  Dartford,  306-9. 

^H                  Dotrman,  Cornelius,  28  ;  John,  28. 

Easfield,  in  Elthom,  213. 

^^^^          Bowne,  John,  17,  19;  John   (li?fi6). 

EastcUurob,  24. 

^^H             125 ;  Mary,  17 ;  Thomas,  19 ;  Wal- 

East  Croft,  in  Bntomfield,  251. 

^^H 

East  Oroenwich  (Kentish  Adiiiiaigti«> 

^^r^          Downea    aliai    Warren,    Susan,    40; 

tions),  17-40. 

■                    William,  40. 

East  Kingsnorth.  30. 

^H                 Brake  armit  impaling  Deedes,  412. 

East  Mailing,  25,  31,  34. 

^1                  Brake,  Rev.  Ral]>h,  355. 

Eastemeade,  Thomas,  37;  of  Hartlye 

^1                  Braper,  Christopher,  23 ;  Henry,  23  ; 

Waspell  in  South',  33. 

^1                     Robert,  349. 

Eastoft  Manor,  Linoolnshire,  164. 

^H                 Braper,  William,  and  Mary  his  vidfe. 

Easlrey,  30. 

^B                      buried  in  CmyforU  Church,  320. 

Eaton,     Barbara,     aliat     Aleo.     85  ■     ■ 

William,  25.                                               ■ 

^B                 Draper's  Chapel,  in  Crayford  Chureh, 

^B                      824;  monumcat,  328. 

F^tonbridKC,  20,  25,  32. 

^H                 Brayner,  Hannah,  357 ;  James,  3S7. 

Ebbs.  Elizabeth,    daughter  of  Saun- 

^M                  Brew,  John,  385. 

droll,  378. 

^m                  Driiman,  Chri.ftian,  18  ;  William,  18. 

Ebeney,  23,  25,  27. 

^H                  Drury,  Sir  Uru,  34,  38;  Dame  Kathe- 

Bccleston,  Clement,  443. 

^H                       rine,  aliru  Piuche,  34,  38. 

Edenhum,  Matthew  (Saltwood,  1418). 

^H                  Brydcn,  Sir  Ucnry,  Bart.,  on  a  moau- 

427. 

^H                      moat  at  Bought^m  Blean,  241. 

Edgnr,  Richard,  20. 

^H                 Bryden,  Jonathiui  (Choritoii,  1668-79), 

Ediall,  Henry  (Saltwood,  1487),  438. 

H                      ^''^' 

Edolph,  Mr.,  157. 

^H                  Bubiiovelauiiu5,  coin  of,  102. 

Edward  IV.,  letter  from,  to  the  Mayor 

^M                  Dubois,  Mrs.,  1G3. 

of  Fordwich  (1«2),98. 

^B                  Bui.'V,  Niubolaa,  39. 

Edwards,  Kov,  Richard,  165,  168. 

^B                 Dufmir,  John,  Stamford  Hill,  :il. 

Edwy,  John,  of  Hcthe,  341 ;  Margeria. 

^H                 Buke,  Geo.,  453  ;  June,  453  ;  Richard, 

341. 

^m              -vss. 

Egerley,  Hugh  (howe),  95. 

^H                 Bun,  Anno,  37 ;  Richard,  37. 

Egglesficld,  Christopher,  21 ;  Francis 

^H                Duiican,  Leland  L.,  on  Kentish  Ad- 

21  ;  Maria,  31. 

^m                    niinistrations  (1559-1003),  15-40. 

Eithorne  (Eytliorne),  16. 

Elara,  Dorothy,  25;  Edward,  25. 

^H                 Bunco,  Ttiumos,  31 ;  William,  31. 

^H                 BuDckc,  Heurv,  35  ;  John,  35. 
^H                 T)uiicorabe.  Giles,  34. 

Eloo,  287. 

Eldredge,  or  Bldridge,   Uryau    (bell. 

^H                 Bu[ike,  Christopher,  25 ;  Edmund,  25  ; 

founder,  1624),  286,  286  *. 

^H                    John,  25. 

Eldyo,  John,  401. 

1 

^^^^^^^^^^        GENERAL   INDEX.                                 467                       ■ 

Elcstene,   Amnbilla  de,  347;  Williim 

Euerard    [Evorard],    Dionisia,   34*i;                         H 

du.  317. 

Stephen,  346.                                                         ^^M 

ElKar,  Dorothy,  34 ;  John,  34 ;  Mr., 

Evuus,  Adrian  (1635),  214.                                    ^^H 

9,14. 

Evaua,  Arthur,  F.S.A.,  ou  eoin  found                ^^^H 

Elhaiii,  3-10. 

nt  Riohborough,  5,  76.                                        ^^^H 

Elict,  Rditli,  31 ;  John,  31;  Suimo,  31 ; 

Evans,  Dr.,  on  coins,  72,  76,  192.                           ^^^H 

Thomas,  31. 

Evcliii,  Mr.  (l»&t).  116.                                       ^^H 

Eli(itl,  Bdnnrd,  218. 

Evelyn,  W.  Glanvillo,  4.-)7.                                     ^^H 

ElUim,  Elizabeth,  320;   Henry,  329; 

Even,  Gartrude,  32  ;  Wm.,  32.                              ^^H 

John,  329. 

Everouden,  Alexander,  34;   Juliana,                ^^^H 

Elliugton,  hamlet  of,  Ranuga.te,  4. 

34  ;  Paul,  34  ;  Robert,  34.                                  ^^H 

Elliot,  William,  220. 

Everest,  Dorothy,  28;  Thomas,  28.                      ^^H 

Elliott,     Mr.,    of    Dymohuroh,    42; 

Everiat,  287.                                                             ^^^H 

Walter,  209. 

Evington,  in  Elmsted,  367.                                   ^^^H 

Ellis,  Edwanl,  101 ;  Henry,  16;  Mar- 

Exccetre,  John  (Sultwood,  1392),  427.                 ^^H 

Raret,  16. 

"  Eyesse  Teroell  Gentle,"  a  speciea  of                ^^H 

Ellyot,   William,  of    Ellham   (1695), 

hawk,  158.                                                         ^^H 

213. 

Eyleaford,  852 ;  tet  Aylesford.                             ^^H 

Elniele,  346. 

EynsTord,  26,  31,  33,  34,  38,  343.                         ^^H 

Elmer,    John,    Mayor   of    Fordwioh 

^^^^H 

(1583),  88. 

Faber,  John,  engraver  (1722),  238.                      ^^H 

Elmonll,  John,  385. 

Fagge,  John,  442.                                                   ^^^H 

Eltliam,  22,  29,  40 ;  laadi  in,  213,  214, 

Fainuan,  Robert,  138.                                            ^^^H 

351 ;    Stubbs,    extraolA    from    the 

Fale,  Robert,  benefactor  to  Favorsbam                 ^^^H 

Parish  Registers,  214-0. 

Church  (1529),  110.                                             ^^H 

Eraiiictt,  Henry,  379  ». 

Fane.  Francis,  dntightor  of  Thomas,                ^^^H 

Eubrooke,  family  of,  Cherilou,  358 ; 

^^H 

Michael,  358. 

Fane,  Thomas,  Clerk,  Paraon  of  Cray-                ^^^H 

Enbrooke  Manor,  858. 

ford  (1633),  329.                                                  ^^H 

Engesham,  Christopher,  32  ;  Edward, 

Fane.   Sir  Vore,   138,  142,  147,  163;                 ^^H 

32. 

Mr.,  147,                                                           ^^H 

English  William,  254. 

Fantyng,  John,  Mayor  of   Fordwioh                ^^^H 

Ensyuge,  Alice  do,  338 ;  John,  son  of 

(1161),                                                              ^^H 

John  de,  338 ;  Thomas  dc,  338. 

Farley  Heath,  British  coin  found  at,  72.                ^^^H 

Epplc  lane,  Eo<iho8ter,  197  n. ;  Boman 

Farmer,    Dorothy,    aliat    Paler,    29 ;                 ^^^H 

ooin  found  at,  194. 

Elizabeth,  29  ;  William,  33.                             ^^H 

Ercbebaud,  Alartinuii,  346, 

Farnoboruugh,  31.                                                ^^^H 

Erde,  337  ;  Met  Erhede. 

Farningham,  83.                                                   ^^^H 

Erhedc,  Erdc,  Eurhcthe,  ancient  names 

Farriat,  Robert,  102.                                             ^^H 

of  Crayford,  319. 

Fathers,    Agues,    aliai     Mills,    aliat                ^^^H 

Erhytbc,  337. 

Basset,  39 ;  Joyce,  alia*  Gens,  21                  ^^^H 

Erith,  21 ;  ancient  stone  implements  at, 

Symon,  39.                                                             ^^^H 

305,  306. 

Faunce  family,  157.                                               ^^^B 

ErnulT,  Bp.  of  llocho»ter  (1116-1124), 

Faant,  Willinm,  97  n.                                              ^^H 

262,    270;    his   Canterbury   Crypt, 

Faveraham,  337,  339 ;  tee  Ferenham.                  ^^^1 

263-4. 

Faverobam  Church,  on  goods  and  orua-                ^^^H 

Ewlav,  John,  415. 

mcutsat  (1512),  103-113;  inventorv,                 ^^^H 
106-111  ;    destructive    use    of    old                ^^^H 

Enh'  next  Sandwich,  339,  345. 

Bstbttrmlyngg,  849, 

church  books,  110  n. ;  church  goods                 ^^^H 

Estcourt,  John  (Sallwood,  1427),  427. 

stolen,  112;  bouefactors,  112-113.                     ^^^H 

Estday,  Henrv.  4(.I5,  415. 

FWwkener,  Ric,  442.                                               ^^H 

Estbrlegh,  347 ;  liarlh..  Vicar  of,  840. 

Foet  of  Fines  ;  ete  Fines.                                        ^^^H 

btfeld,  Le,  349. 

Folthorp,  Ralph  de  cDartford,  1338),                ^^H 

Esthall  next  Sittingboumo,  22. 

^^H 

Esthallc,  John  do,  senior,  and  Matilda 

Folton,  Richard,  219.                                               ^^H 

his  wife,  344,  846. 

Ferby,  Sir  Lcoi»rd,  165,  287.                                 ^^H 

Ethelburga,  St.,   monastery    founded 

Ferby  or  Fereby  family  of  St.  Paul's                ^^^| 

by,  at  Lyminge,  62 ;  her  rolioa  re- 

Cray, 287.                                                             ^^H 

moved  to  Cauterburj',  53. 

Fereby  ;  tee  Ferby.                                                  ^^^H 
Ferntho.  352.                                                        ^^H 

Etoubridge  (Edeubridgc),  19. 

[ 

^^H 

^ ^ 

-^B 

•168 


OEMEBAL   INDEX. 


Fethentone,  John,  !51. 

Feveraham,  17,  24,  25,  88.  31,  83,  86. 

Ffreeton,  Biobsrd  de,  Vicar  of  Thorn- 
hnm  (1328),  244. 

Fictile  VcRsetx  from  Sichborough,  11. 

Fidge,  Mr.  (166CJ,  124. 

Fiennes,  Elixabcth,  d.  and  co-b.  of 
Lord  Say  and  Sele,  391. 

Filmer,  Edward,  25  ;  Robert,  25. 

Finch,  Counsellor,  101 ;  Elinbeth,  87 ; 
Elizabeth,  nidow,  88;  Geo.,  440; 
Jane,  440 ;  John,  440 ;  Mary,  heiress 
of  Norton,  296  ;  Sir  Mojlc,  89  ; 
Petor,  37  ;  Sarah,  440. 

Finche,  Elizabeth,  35  ;  John,  35 ; 
Katharine.  20 ;  alia*  Drury,  34,  38  ; 
Thomas,  20  ;  William.  34.  38. 

Fines,  ahetract  of  the  Feet  of,  ttmp. 
Edward  III  ,  337-352. 

Finnis,  Colonel  John,  416  ;  Capt.  Ro- 
bert, 416 :  Hubert  and  Elizmbeth 
his  wife,  415 ;  Alderman  Thoma« 
Quested,  415. 

Fisbendcn,  Anna,  40;  John,  40;  Tho- 
mas, 40. 

Fisher,  Edward,  Vicar  of  Sheldwich 
(1685),  299  ;  Elizabeth,  299  ;  (nie 
Abel),  373 :  John,  299,  375  ;  John, 
Mayor  of  Fordwich  (1553),  87  ; 
Samuel,  366. 

Fitzlinrding;  tte  Berkeley. 

Fitz-Helto,  Willijim,  Lord  of  Alding- 
ton Manor,  2'14. 

Fitz-Johnn,  Adam  le,  337  ;  Elizabeth, 
337. 

Fitz  Marine,  William,  362. 

Flecchynge.  Alice,  3-17  ;  Eichard,  347. 

Fleete,  Eden,  35  ;  Thomas,  35. 

Flemyiig,  David,  444. 

Floloher,  Elizal>cth,  27  ;  George,  27. 

Flote,  John  de,  olork,  341. 

FoKg,  Ann,  36;  John,  364  ;  Sir  John, 
364  ;  Richard,  36  ;  tee  Fogge. 

Foggo  arm.s  impaling  Valuyiis,  358. 

Fogge,  Alianora,  360 ;  Sir  Francis, 
358 ;  Mr.  George,  of  Uraboiirne, 
356,  3S9  ;  Joanna,  3«3,  3li4 ;  John, 
304 ;  Asliford  Churoh,  rebuilt  by, 
363;  John,  i<on  of  Sir  John,  363; 
Sir  John,  .155,  35(>,  363-5;  Dnme 
Mary,  363,  3«5;  Richard,  of  Til- 
mauetouo,  359;  Thomas,  359,  3t;0; 
Sir  Thomas,  360,  363  ;  TliomiLS 
(Cheriton,  1498-1502),  355,  361; 
William,  359,  360;  Wilham  and 
Joanna  his  wife,  3fl3,  364. 

Fogge  family,  patrons  of  Cheriton 
Church,  363. 

Foggea  Park,  Cheriton,  359. 

FolkestoD,  28,  30. 


Foorde,  Anne,  23 ;  Edward,  29 ;  Joia, 
23  ;  Katherine,  23. 

Forbes,  Dr.,  Rector  of  St.  JiOM't 
CJhurch,  Garlickhithe,  238. 

Force  aliat  Ualser,  Mary,  33. 

Forde,  37 ;  Charles,  17  ;  Richard,  17. 

Forde,  Elizabeth,  17;  Stephen  de  (Silt- 
wood,  1276),  426. 

Fordull,  Elizabeth,  40 ;  John,  4a 

Fordington,  Henry,  246. 

Fordwich,  municipal  records  of,  bf 
the  Rev.  C.  E.  Woodruff.  M.A, 
78-102;  port  of  Canterbury,  7»; 
quarrel  between  the  monks  of  St. 
Augustine's  and  Christ  Church,  re- 
specting the  right  of  the  latter  to 
put  up  a  hou.se  on  the  quay  at,  79; 
Its  oonunercial  and  military  im- 
portanoe,  79 ;  collector  of  cust<<iiu 
stationed  here  by  Saxon  Kings,  79; 
charter  of  Henry  II.  to,  quot«d  in 
the  Custumal,  81;  the  Mayor,  83; 
crown  pleas,  83;  respective  rights  of 
the  Mayor,  Jurats,  and  Commonaltv, 
85 ;  of  the  Abbot  of  St.  Augii»- 
tine's,  85 ;  ]>etition  of  the  Mayor  and 
Jurats  to  the  Duke  of  Gloucester, 
Lord  Warden  of  the  Cinque  Fcols, 
86 ;  decline  in  the  trade  of,  87 ;  it» 
importance  to  Canterbury,  87;  list  of 
Mayors,  87-89;  the  maces  and  ths 
»eal,  91 ;  hst  of  bundles  and  books  in 
the  muniment  chest,  91 ;  boundarioi 
of  the  liberty,  92  n. ;  the  C^istiimal, 
92;  Churchwardens'  ao<;ouuts,  93; 
Church  lands,  9-4  ;  Mayor's  account 
(1515),  95;  the  trout  fishery,  96  s.; 
fees  paid  to  the  crouesman,  \)7  ;  let- 
ter  from  King  Edward  IV.  to  tht 
Mayor,  it8;  Town  Acoounis,  100. 

Fordwich  Manor,  89. 

Fordwich,  John  Nicholls,  Rector  of 
(1714),  300. 

Fortivngtou,  Uenry,  Vicar  of  AldioK-l 
ton  (1370),  245. 

Forker,  Agnes,  28. 

Forshammo,  Hugh  de,  346. 

Forster,  Sir  Humphrey,  159,  161. 

Foster,  Agnes,  34  ;  John,  34. 

Fotherby,  Archdeacon,  445. 

Found,  Isabella,  39 ;  Wm.,  39. 

Fowler,    Elizabeth,   214,   223  ; 
217;     her    will,    223;     John,    i 
Margaret,   209,   215  ;     Oliver,    2 
Philij),  214,  217;  his  will,  222-3. 

Fox,  Edward,  29 ;  Magdalen,  89 ; : 
402. 

FoxB,  Heury,  17. 

Frampton,  Rev.  T.  8.,  422. 

Francklyo,  Henry,  40 ;  Mary, '. 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


469 


Franokwoll,  Duraian,  380. 

Franklin,  Henry.  292. 

Prsnklyii,    Anna,    30;     Mary,    aliat 

Gorsby,  30, 
Pranks  in  Horton  Kirby,  387. 
Frankton,  Elizabeth,  32;   John,  32; 

Margery,  32. 
FrankweU,  Nicholas  (Boxley,  1609), 

880. 
Fraser,  Hev.  Rob«rt,  Rector  of  Cberi- 
{      ton,  and  Mary  Ann  his  wife,  367-8. 
Frauiiceys,  Simon,  of  London,  3*4. 
Frauuois,  Anne,    36  ;    Edward,    86 ; 

John,  26,  445 ;  Margaret,  26  ;  Tbo- 

max,  36. 

''Freboruo,  Margaret,  221 ;  me  also  210. 
FrokB,  Miss  Judith,  371 ;   Ralph,  of 

Ebmninffton,  co.  Wilts,  Esq.,  71. 
Frcinlyn,  John,  31 ;  Robert,  81. 
Fremyntrham,  342. 
Frcndc,  Sissily,  396  n. 
Freiidesbury,  27. 

Frenin({hani,  Johanna,  9i ;  John,  94 
Frensted  (Friosted),  29. 
Frente,  or  Frynte,  Agues,  alioM  Goro, 

16 ;  John,  16. 
Frenyngh,ini,    John    de,    347i    350; 

Ralph  de,  347,  860. 
Frid,  in  Uothersden,  64. 
Frier  aliat  Marden,  Marion,  36. 
Frindsbury,  27;  on   Roman   remains 

found  at,  189. 
Frith,  Mr.  H.  (1697),  287. 
Friltenden,  35. 
Frymontil,  Robert,  348. 
Frynt« ;  tet  Frente. 
Fryth,  Mr.  Thomas  (1088),  287. 
Fuller,  Beatrice,  10 ;  James,  16 ;  Pro- 
fessor John  Moe    (Bexley,    1874), 

369,  382. 
Fulsbam,  Benedict  de,  341. 
Furloy,  Mr.  Robert,  66. 
Furlongor,  287. 
Fyswick,  Robert,  449. 

e,  Elizabeth,  of  Boutlcy,  wife  of 
orge    Choule,    59  ;     Sir    John, 
249. 

[ford,  John,  16. 
Jere,  Bernard  de,  443 ;  Peter  de,  443. 
[Oaliao,  Bartholomew,  340 ;  Johanna, 
I    340. 

tOallis,  Katherine,  32  ;  William,  32. 
fOammon,  "  Goodman,"  121. 
Gardener,  Richard,  31. 
Gardiner,  Anthony,  19;  Richard,  19. 
Gardner.   A^fnes,    442 ;    "  Goodman," 
122,  123,  US,  U7,  131,  148,  161 ; 
John,  442. 
e,  Ia,  manor  of,  346. 


Garland,  Edward,  19 ;  John,  19. 
Garrard,  George,  26;  Margaret,  26. 
Gascoignc,  Edward,  228 ;  Mary,  211. 
Gaste,  Godfrey,  27. 
Galeford,  George,  39 ;  Rose,  89. 
Gal«s  of  Rochester  Priory,  199-200. 
Gatford,  Dionisia,  28  ;  Wm.,  28. 
Gavcll,  John,  19 ;  Mary,  aliia  Sharpe, 

32 ;  Thomas,  19. 
Gaven's  wife,  of  Dover,  benefactor  to 

I'avcrsh.im  Church,  109,  112. 
(jawdrye,  Richard,  36. 
Gawyne,  William,  385. 
Gcldewyne,  Luoia,  351 ;   William,  of 

Strode,  351. 
Oellibrand,  287. 

Gender,  John,  29 ;  William,  29. 
Gens,  Edward,  21 ;  James,  21 ;  Joyoe, 

aliat  Fathers,  21. 
Gent's  collection  of  coins,  6,  72,  73. 
Genynges,  Faith,  aliat  Thomas,  3-*. 
George,  Edward,  30  ;  Margaret,  aliat 

Jeukin,  36. 
George,  the,  in  Elthum,  213. 
Gerrard,    Eleanor,  69;   Sir    Gilbert, 

375 ;  WilUam,  69. 
Ocrueys,  Ralph,  342. 
Gerusalemme      in      Rome,     basllioal 

ohurohes  of,  49. 
Gheost,  Archdeacon  Edmund,  445. 
Giblwn,  Francis,  40 ;  John,  30 ;  Lydia, 

04 ;  Mary,  40 ;  Thomas,  64. 
Oibbs,  Robert,  292  ;  Susanna,  292. 
Gibson,    Elizabeth,    21 ;    John,    28 ; 

Richard,  21 ;  Thomas,  28. 
Gitfard,  John,  343  ;  Robert,  343. 
QifTord,  Mr.,  115,  117,  126,  130,  134, 

149.  150. 
Gildridge,  Thomas,  19 ;  William,  19. 
Gilct,  Christian,  292  ;  Elizabeth,  292  ; 

Elizabeth,    aliat     Williams,     24; 

Robert,  392. 
Gilles,  John,  26. 

Gillingham,  16,  22,  31,  34,  38,  39. 
Gillmor.  J.  (Dartford,  1844),  397. 
Gimmingham  )Ianor,  Norfolk,  158. 
Gipps,  Geo.,  446. 
Qiraud,  F.  F.,  on  goods  and  ornament* 

at  Fnversham  Church,  103-118. 
Glaoial  moraine  on  the  Thames,  near 

Dartford,  305. 
Qladwyu,  Jno.,  440. 
Glanfield,    George,    31;     John,    31; 

Mark,  31. 
Glanvillo,  William,  404. 
Glaunuyll,  Hugh  de,  849. 
Glondower,  Owen,  '107  ». 
Gloucester,  Duke  of.  Lord  Warden,  80. 
Glover,  Elizabeth,  38 ;  Vinoent,  38. 
Olydd,  Martha,  356. 


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^^H          470                                  6KKERAL   INDEX.                                              1 

^^^^H           Glynnp,  Sir  8t«iihcii,  noteson  Crayford 

Green  Church   Haw,  Bo<-Ji««ter,  ak 

^^^H                Churnli.  330. 

of  a  Saoion  Kravevard,  266  ». 

^^^H            OoBd,  K<>v.  Mr..  236. 

Greene,  Francis,  ^icar  of  Sheldwici 

^^H           Goddarvl,  Cliarle!)  ( Bcxley,  1825),  38S ; 

(1691),   300;    Honor,  31;  ThotM^ 

^^^H                William, 

20;  Wro,  31. 

^^^H           Oodden.  John,  of  London,  249. 

Greene  aliat  Haine«,  Mary,  40. 

^^^H            (iodfrcy,  Edward,  66  ;  Elizabeth,  32 ; 

Grecnhithe,  Roman  road  near,  30& 

^^^H 

Groenhind,  Aui;ustinp,  439;  Jane,  40. 

^^^H            Oodroershani,  68,  345. 

Greenstrect,  James,    Esq.,  on    Keel 

^^^^H           Godwyncstone,  Josoph  do,  Viciur  of 

Fines,  trmp.  Edw.  III.,  337-852. 

^^^H               Thomhun  (1816),  244. 

Greenstrect  Green  (Dartford),  carlh- 

^^^H            Golden,  Ro^er,  386. 

banks  at,  307. 

^^^H           Ooldhuwk.  Thomiu  Woods,  Vioar  of 

Greenwich  (Kentish  Adminixtntions, 

^^^H               Sheldwinh  (1850),  303. 

1559-63),  16-40. 

^^^H            Ooldinf;,  "  Goodman,"   119,  122,  123, 

Greenwich,  tombstone  of  ArchdeMoa 

^^^H                126-9,  131,  134,  135,  143. 

Stubbs  in  mausoleum  at,  240. 

^^^H            Goldsmith,  Franom,  328;  Samuol,  332. 

Greenwich  Hospital,  chaplains,  235. 

^^^H           Gnldsmvth,  Sir  Frmncis,  Knt.,  40. 

Gregory,  Anna,  36 ;  Hose,  36 ;  Thomu, 

^^^H            GoMwcil,  Agaef  de,  344 ;  Oeoffrej,  341. 

287. 

^^^H           Goldwcll,    James     (Chcriton,    1460), 

Grenchill,  Eli»ibcth.35;  Bichard,S5. 

^^^1                364;    (Dikftford),  395;  John,  341; 

Grenehode,  Robert,  Vicar  of  Thorn- 

^^^H               Mr.,  of  Beiloy,  157  ;  William,  344. 

ham  (1553),  249. 

^^^H           Gooddy,  Williiim,  40. 

Grenelaue,  John,  Vicar  of  Sheldwiob 

^^^^B           Goodvryn,  Eustace,  96. 

(1413),  297. 

^^^^H           Gordon  family,  residence  at  Boloy  Hill 

Grennell,  John,  434. 

^^^H               House,  Bochester,  200. 

Greuesende  (Gravesend),  343. 

^^^^H           Gore ;  tee  Atte  Gore. 

Grie*lve,  Sir  Thoma.%  128. 

^^^^H           Oortby  mliat  Franklyn,  Mary,  36. 

Griffin,  the  lord,   102  ;    Balph,    26 ; 

^^^^H          Goieboum,  Thomu  de,  846. 

William,  26. 

^^^H           Goslrige,  Robert,  221. 

Grimston,  Sir  Henry,  Knt.,  66 ;   laAf 

^^^H           Gosner,  John  (Foidtrich,  1A38),  88. 

Margaret,  66. 

^^^H           Oot«by,  Edward,  16;  Winifred,  16. 

Grinslead.  West,  368. 

^^^^B           Oouldjiniilhc,  Sir  Francis,  331. 

Grojan,  Francis,  213,  218. 

^^^H           Gouler,  Mildred,  39. 

Groue,  Reginald  de,  841. 

^^^H           Gounter,  Prettefue,  38. 

Grove,  Dr.  Robert,  Bp.  of  Chioheetor 

^^^H           Gowdhurst,  30,  36,  243. 

(1691),  237. 

^^^H           Goze,  E<lwnrd.  21  ;  Oliver,  21. 

Grove  Fonr.  102. 

Orvffvth,  Edward,  36 ;  Elizeus,  86. 

^^^m           Gndell,  Willt,iin,  19. 

^^^H            Grairbnin,  Thomas,  101. 

Gryme,  Pet«r,  261. 

^^^1           Grant,  F.  0.  (Dartford,  1830),  397. 

Gn-mcsby,  Thn.,  444. 

^^^B          Grape,  RobeH  (Dartford,  1390),  394. 

Guildeford,  Willm.,  436. 

^^^H          Grass,  Elizabeth,  21. 

Gulson,  Jasper,    81  j    Margaret,  81; 

^^^H           Orassowith,  John,  221. 

Mathew,  31. 

^^^^^B            Gratianiis,  coins  of,  5,  43. 

Gundulf,    Bp.    of   Rochester    (1077- 

^^^^H           Graus,  Bartholomew,  220. 

1108),  262 ;  his  church  at  Rochester, 

^^^H           Grauesendo,  340  ;  AVilliam  de,  341. 

2fi9  ei  leq. ;  tower  at  St.  Leonard's, 

^^^^^1          OraveDey  Church,  brass  to  John  and 

MullinK,  273  «. 

^^^^B              Anne  Martyn,  387. 

Giinter,  Henry,  38. 

^^^^H          Graves,  Anglo-Saxon,  at  Dover,  205 ; 

Gurly,  Elizabeth,  40;  John,  40. 

^^^H              at  Dartford,  314,  317. 

Gurnay,  Thos.  (Dartford,  1349),  385. 

^^^H           Graves,  shells  found  in,  203  n.,  205. 

Games ;  tee  Harries, 

^^^^H          Gravoseud  (Kentish  Administrations), 

Guyes,  William,  27. 

^^^m              17,  23,  24,  34,  36.  37,  38. 

Gybbes,  Thomas,  385. 

^^^^H          Gravesend,  Roman  rood  at,  308. 

Gye,  John,  95 ;  John,  Mayor  of  Ford- 

^^^^H          Graydon,  Admiral,  91. 

wich  (1166),  87. 

^^^^H          Graydon,  John,  Mayor  of  Fordtvich 

Gyles  aliae  Wiltiami,  Eliiabeth,  22. 

^^^H              (1098-1725),  88  ;  arms,  90  h. 

^^^^M          Oraye  aliat  Smith,  GUea,  31. 

Hadlowo,  27. 

^^^H         Great  Chart,  31. 

Haft,   William,   Vicar  of   Sheldwioh 

^^^H         Green,  Wm.  (Bexley.  1770),  381. 

(1400),  296. 

^^^^^^^^           GENERA T,   INDEX.                                  471           ^| 

K    Uaightc,  Katberine,  aliat  Stubbs,  209 ; 

Harnhullc  (Hcrncbill),  361.                             ^H 

■        will,  219. 

llamill  (Heruchill),  837.                                    ^H 
Harold,  John,  19  ;  Richard,  10.                        ^H 

H    Ilsiward,  or  HeywBrd,  Eliaibeth,  29  ; 

■       Oeorge,  29. 

Harper,  John,  58.                                               ^^H 

f    Hale,  arms,  376 ;  Mai'j,  daughter  of 

Harp.Efli>ld,       Archdeacon       Nioholu             ^^B 

Miijor-Gciicml,  376. 

(Saltwood,  1554-9),  429.                                 ^H 

Halps,  Mr.  (solicitor),  159. 

Harries  aliat  Gunies,  John  (Dartford,             ^^M 

Halidn3-,  Liout.-General,  412. 

1477),  395.                                                       ^H 

Httike,  K«v.  Richard,  302. 

Harriott,  Joan,  33  ;  Robert,  33.                        ^H 

_     Uall,    Emanuel,    30;      Helen,    370; 
■        NiobokB,  385 ;    Roger,  870 ;    Wil- 
W       liam,  30,  386. 

HArriott^n  (Harriettibiim),  20,  33.                  ^^1 

Harris,  George,  34;    Joan,  84;   Sir            ^^1 

Paul,  874.                                                     ^H 

Hall,  A.  Hall  (Cheriton,  1876),  368; 

Harrison,  Hugh,  17  ;    Isabella,    17';            ^H 

Richard  (Fordwicb,  1650),  88. 

Joanna,  17 ;  arms  impaling  Dcedes,            ^^H 

Hall,  Rot.  T.  G.,  M.A.,on  human  re- 

^H 

mains    in    81.    Leonard's    Church, 

Harrison  aliat  Nvoolls,  Dionisia,  17.                ^^H 

Hythe,  333. 

Harrys,  Robert  (1487),  247.                            ^H 

Hall  alias  Pearcfl,  Anna,  39. 

Harrysam  alia*  Henry  Etisham,  20.                 ^^H 

Hall  Plac<>,  Bcjiley,  owners  of,  370-372. 

Horn-son,  John,  28 ;  Margaret,  28.                  ^^| 

Halhwav,  William,  31. 

HarrVson,  Nicholas  (1504),  248.                        ^H 

Hallinge,  21,  28,  342. 

Hart;  Mrs.  (1665),  122.                                    ^H 

Uallum,  Archdeacon,  443. 

Hart,  Capt.  Henry  DougUs,  41 6 ;  Capt.            ^H 

Hallyng,  342. 

Ricbani,  and  itannnb  bis  wife,  415.              ^^H 

Halh-well,  William,  03. 

Hart«,  Sir  Perevval,  Knt.,  328.                       ^^M 

Halsted,  Mr.  Henry,  237. 

Hartford  aliat  botts,  Maria,  87.                        ^^B 

Haletwle,  manor  of,  352. 

Hartlip,  22,  28,  35.                                              ^H 

Ham,  Francui,  34 ;  Grace,  34. 

Hartridge,  Dens,  36 ;  aliat Sherington,             ^^M 

Ham  brook,        Kicbard       (Fordwich, 

Sarah,  36.                                                         ^H 

1832-3),  89. 

Harvey,  Elizabeth  (1819),  293.                        ^H 

HamerKoId,  Thoma.^  (Dartford,  1349), 

Hnrvy,  (George,  22.                                              ^^M 

393. 

Harward,  Cockell,  28;  John,  sen.,  28 ;            ^^1 

Hamilton,  Jas.,  Duke  of,  370«. 

John,  jun.,  28.                                              ^^| 

Harwood,  Jas.,  M.A.  (Dartford.  1766),            ^M 

Hammerson,  Thomas  (1544),  56. 

397.                                                               ^M 

Hammond,  Ant.  Egerton,  446. 

Haielgrove,  William  (Cheriton,  1440),            ^H 

Hamsher,  William,  220. 

364.                                                               ^H 

Hancock,  William,  22,  24. 

Haiuard,  Sir  John,  426  ;  Mrs.,  425.                 ^H 

Hmndeii,  Alice,  29. 

Hastoliffe,  Mr.,  236.                                          ^H 

Hannington    Church,    Northampton- 

Hasting, John,  18.                                           ^H 

shire,  321  and  n. 

Hastinge  aliat  Randolf,  Sibille,  18.                   ^^1 

Harding,  Rev.  Thomaa,  377. 

HostUn,  Edward,  30.                                           ^H 

Hardyman,  Dionyae,  Churchwarden  of 

Uastlin  aliat  Darrcll,  Alice,  30.                        ^^M 

Faversham,  105 ;    Kathorine,    17  ; 

Hatch,    Joseph    (bellfounder),     863,             ^^M 

Robert,  17. 

433-6 ;  epitaph  at   Broomfleld,  252,             ^^M 

Harfletc  aliat  Seivannce,    Elizabeth, 

252  n. ;  Thomas,  434.                                       ^^M 

23;  Hugh,  444;  Thomnit,  23. 
Harince,  Thomas,  219. 

Hatobe,  Henr}-,  18  ;  William,  35.                      ^H 

Haveroroft,  Thomas  (Dartford,  1404),             ^^1 

Harkard,  Catherine,  27 ;  Richard,  27. 

^H 

Harlakinden,  WalUr,  40. 

Hawkhurst,  89 ;  (Administrations),  16,              ^H 

Harlestone,   Key.  Hamuel,  Rector  of 

34,  25,  26,  29.  33,  34,  35,  36,  37,  40.              ^H 

lokham  (1568-1616),  00. 

Hawkin,  Wm.,  403.                                          ^H 

Harlestone     family,     90  n. ;      Simon, 

Hawkinge,  445.                                                 ^H 

■  Mayor  of  Fordwich  ( 1620),  88,  90 ; 

■  Simon  (Mayor  1632),  88. 

■  Harlestone,  'rhomas.  Mayor  of  Ford- 

Hawkins, Agnes,  27  ;  Henrj',  of  Naab             ^^M 

Court,  69  ;  Robert,  36.                                    ^H 

Hawlinge,  27, 33.                                              ^H 

wich  (1630),  88,  90;    Capt.  Thomas 

Hawte,  William,  21.                                          ^^1 

(Mayor.  1633),  88;  Thomas  (Mayor, 

Haye,  0«orge  de  la,  Wateringbury,  23.             ^^M 

165«),  88. 

Hayes,  palalolithio  implements,  805.                 ^^U 

Haraun,  Richard,  35 ;  Thomas,  328. 

HaywanL  Henry  lo,  347;    Thomu,             ^H 

_. 

tM.                                                              ^H 

^^^^^r       miiHHBH 

■^^^■■^^■■■i^^MilM 

B              472                                   OENBRAL   INDEX. 

^H               Hvnd,  John,  Arobdeaoon.  867. 

236 ;  John,  2»5  and  n. ;  Mary,  2S6 ■.; 

^■^          Ileales,  Major  Alfred,  F.8.A.,  on  Cimy- 
^^^K             ford  Cburoli,   819  ;    on   St.   Pkul's 

Mathew,236i..;  E«becc*,217,23S».; 

Sarah,  235  ■. ;  Thumas,  217,  236a. 

^^^B            Cn.T  Church,  279. 

Hillier,     Elizabetii,     210;      Bebeooa, 

^^^^          Hearne,  Mr.,  letter  to,  239. 

widow,  216 ;  Thomas,  210 ;  <w  Hillar. 

^m               Heaver  (Uever),  26,  84. 

Hillier,  James  T.,  Esq.,  on  a  Britisb 

^H                HeberdoD,  George   (Dartford,   1826), 

Village  at  Ramitgste,  1-i. 

^1                    397. 

Hilton,  Eev.  George,  Curate  of  Sbeld- 

^B               Hedoom,  26, 40. 

wich,  303;  Mr.  Giles,  of  Lords,  in 

^m               Heldcher,  Ia,  842. 
H                Held«,  Willmm,  93. 

Sbeldwich,  294. 

Hilton,  Hugh  de,  Vioar  of  Thomham 

^H                Helena,   Empress,  ooin  of,  found   at 

(1322).  244. 

^1                    Boohester,  194. 

Hilton,  family,  of  Lords  in  Sheldwich, 

^M               Heleslethtre,  Robert,  344. 

292 ;  pedigree,  292-3. 
Hinxhilf,  68,  69. 

^H                Hemmesby,    Richard    de    (Saltwood, 

H                     1361),  426. 

Uinxhill  Court,  residence  of  Edwmrd 

^H                Uemminge,  Blarsaret,  23;  Walt-er.SS. 
^H                 Ilcmp  HaKh,  in  liroomficld,  251. 

Chout«,  or  Chut«,  64,  68,  68  •- 

Hippesly,  Sir  John,  159. 

H                 Hemp  Hull,  82,  89. 

Hix  (or  Hicks),  John,  39. 

^H                 Uoiieworlh,  Thomas,  370. 

Hoare,  Sir  R.  C.,  on  shells  met  with  in 

^H                 Hcnnakor,  William,  17. 

groves,  203  n. 

^H                Henry   V.,   funeral    mas.<*  performed 

Hobbs,  Faith,  38 ;  Stephen,  S8. 

^1               trover  his  body  at  Dartford,  391. 

Hobson,  Wm.,  4-19. 

^m               Herdson,  Thomas,  30. 

Hodder,  John,  214 ;  Marpiret.  214. 

^H               Herdson    aU<u   Whitehorne,   Kathe- 

Hodgekins,  Jone,  219.                          ^_ 

^H                   rine,  30. 

Hodge-i,  William,  236.                          ^^M 

^H                Hennan,  Henry,  411. 

Uodgkin,  Tboma.s,  23.                         ^H 

^H                Hermesland,  in  Fordnrich,  90. 

Hodgson,  arms,  376 ;  Henrietta,  376 ; 

^B               Heme,  Mr.  Milles  of,  65. 

Isabella,  wife  of  Valentine  Norton, 

^H               Hemhill  and  Boughtou,  113. 

89  ;  Dr.,  376 ;  Mary,  376. 

^B               Herat,  58. 

Hodgson,   John    (George     (Saltwood, 

^H               Hert«ye,  337. 

1879),  432. 

^B                Hcrwood,  Thonina,  424. 

Hodsall,  Conisia,  36  ;  Robert.  36. 

^m               Hesebeth,  Robert  de(Cheriton,  1318), 

Hodson,  Henry,  Vicar  of  Thomham 

^1                    862,  363  ;  John  de  (1320),  363. 

(1768),  250;  John  (Vicar.  1782).  260. 

H               Heeilt,  William,  388. 

Hoggyii,  William,  95. 

H               Hetbe,  841;  Bp.  Hamo  de,  884,  393, 

Hoke,  Simon  (Saltwood,  1416),  427. 

^B                    394. 

Holbury,  Agnos  Domina  do,    wife  of 

^m               Hetherington,  Balpb,  18 ;  Thomas,  18. 

Roger  Apleton,  328. 

^B               Heuere    (Hever),    Alesia    de,    362; 

Holcombe,  Rose,  18. 

H                    Katherine  de,  348,  351 :  Michael  de. 

Holder.    Elizabeth,  37;    Henry,   37; 

■                    3 18,  351 ;  Thomas  do,  Knt.,  352. 

James,  37  ;  John,  37. 

H                Hever,  33,  352. 

Holland,  Ciinou  Francis  J.,  169. 

^H                Howes ;  tee  Hughes. 

Hollendcn,  Laurence,  33  ;  Mary,  33. 

^H                Hcwsler,  Jerome,  17  ;  Mary,  17. 

Hollioglmrne,  31,  434. 

^H               Hewton,  Thomas,  Vicar  of  Sbeldwich 

Uollingworth,  Benjamin,  M.A.,  Vio»r 

H                   (1568- 1571),  298. 

of  Sbeldwich  (1694),  300. 

^B               Heyes,  Mr.,  155 ;  William,  332. 

Uolloway,  John,  25;  Thomas,  25,  39. 

^H               Heyman,  Margaret,  89  ;  I'etor,  89. 

Uolman,     Arthur,     30;     John,     29; 

^m               Hickes,  John,  38. 

Richard,  29. 

^m               Hiokex  aliat  Pate,  Alice,  38. 

Holmes,  Margaret,  25;  Thomas,  31; 

H               Hide,  34;  Gilbert,  25 ;  Balf,  25. 

William,  25. 

^H              Hionnicos,  443. 

Holt,  Gabriel,  32. 

^B               Higham,  17,  22,  24. 

Holwood  Hill,  Keston,  alleged  site  of 

^H               Hiloy,  Elizabeth,  22;  Thoma.",  22. 

Noiriomaflits,  182. 

^m              Hill,  Thomas  (Uoxley,  1456),  379. 

Home,    Philip,    Vioar    of    Sbeldwich 

^M              Hille,  Johane.  112;  Mastros,  109, 112 ; 

(1418),  297. 

^H                  Richard,  112. 

Hones,  Susan,  30 ;  William,  80. 

^B              Hille,  Richard  (bellfounder,  1418),  353. 

Honye,    "Goodman,"   126,    128,  129, 

^1               Hiller,  Elizabeth,  217;  Mrs.  EUnboth, 

131,  134.  135,  143. 

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^^^^^^^^^         GENBUAL  INDEX.                                473           ^| 

Honywode,  Jobn,  411,415, 417,  417  «., 

Hunt,  James  (1663),  114;  John,  417,             ^H 

4I8ii.i  Thomas,  403 a.,  416,  417  n., 

418;  Margaret,  30:  Peter,  252,  435  ;             ^H 

418.  424. 

Thos..  399.                                                         ^^1 

Honywode,  John    de,    of    HakTutoD, 

Iliiiit  alita  Stoerc,  Maria,  29.                            ^^H 

340;  Lucia  de,  3-tO. 

Hiintc,  John,  413.                                               ^^H 

IIoQywo<}d,  William  de,  of  Hoaetrood, 

Uuntiiigdnn  alioM  Uunton,  24.                           ^^^| 

ID  PostliDg,  358. 

Huotiugdon,  Benjamin  (Bexley,  1666),             ^^M 

Hooker,  G.,  149. 

381  ;  Eleanor,  381 ;   Elisabeth,  381                ^^1 

Hoop,  Jno.,  449. 

John,  381  ;  Robert,  381.                                 ^^1 

Hooper  Joseph,  31 ;  Nic,  484. 
Hope,  Anne,  33. 

Hauttcy  alias  Wody,  Katherine,  20.                 ^^H 

Hunton  ;  tte  Hunltugdon.                                  ^^H 

H   Hope,    James,    Mayor    of    Fordwich 

■  (1452),  87. 

■  Hope,    Mr.  W.  H.  St.  John,  on  Ro- 

Uuret, William  de,  344.                                   ^^H 

Uustwaite,  Edward,  19 ;  Isabelht,  19  ;            ^H 

Mary.  19.                                                          ^H 

chester  Cathedral,  262, 268.  270,278. 

Hyde,  25.  26,  29.  39  ;  alia*  Hive,  37.                ^H 

Hope,  in  llomuey  Marsh,  17,  27. 

Hyld,  Robert,  95,  96,  07.                                     ^^1 

Hopkins,  John,  23,  25. 

Uylde,  Robert,  Mayor   of    Fordwich            ^^H 

Hopton,  Captain,  101. 

(1520),  87.                                                         ^H 

Hormado,  Juhn,  34G. 

Hvlgard.  Robt.,  443.                                         ^^1 

Horn,  John,  345. 

Eythc,  25,  26.  29,  34,  37.  39.  54;  on              ^H 

Home  Place,  in  Appledore,  58. 
Hornley,    John,    Vicar   of    Dartford 

human    remains    in    St.    Leonard's             ^^H 

Cliurch.  333-336;   on  St.  Leonard's             ^^H 

(1442),  887,  394. 

church,  403-420.                                               ^^1 

Horstibam,  Thomas  de,  View  of  Sheld- 

^^^M 

wich  (1279),  296. 

IckliaiD,  19,  20,  22.                                               ^^M 

Horsemondoa,  34,  35. 

Idcii.  58.  66.                                                          ^H 

Horsewaah,    formerly    St.    Clement's 

Ifeld,  Adam,  parson  of  the  church  of,             ^^H 

Lane,  Rueheatcr,  193. 

322 ;  Michael  de,  840,  348.                              ^^1 

Horsham  Manor,  llpchurch,  399-402. 

Ighbm,  24.                                                        ^H 

Horton,  Eoger,  Vioaj  of  Tfaomham, 

lies,  Thomas,  32.                                                ^H 

241. 

Illiii,  Kic,  401.                                                   ^^1 

Horton  Priory,  29. 

Ini,  King,  mention  of  a  "  basilica"  iu             ^^H 

Hotfeildo,  83. 

Cliarter  (704),  46.                                             ^^1 

Hougham,  38. 

lusvriptions,     curious,    in      Cheriton              ^^H 

Houkyngge,  Idonia  do,  339 ;  William 

Church,  3r>8;  in  Dartford,  388;  in              ^^M 

de.  339. 

Sheldwich  Cbiirch,  289-292 ;  in  St.              ^H 

HoutoQ,  John,  son  of  John  de,  343. 

Paul's    Cray,    283,    286;    on    coin              ^^1 

HoTideu,  John,  21 ;  Mary,  21. 

found  at  Friitdsbur}-,  192.                                ^^H 

Howard,    Mr.,    164;    Lord    Thomas 

I]iciibury.  Ambrose,  19.                                       ^^H 

(1697),  60. 

Iroii-fimelting,  early  traces  of,  at  Dart-              ^^H 

Howbery,  328  ;  oamp  at,  307. 

furd  Uuath  and  neighbourhood,  308.             ^^^| 

Howe,  Thomas,  28. 

Ironsyde,  Dr.  Gilbert,  236.                                  ^H 

Howett  aliiu  Aberford,  Thomazou,  39. 

Irvine,  Mr.  J.  T.,  on  Rochester  Cathe-             ^^H 

Howgyu,  William,  403  ii.,  417,  418  n. 

dral.  262,  2C5,  271 ».,  272  *.,   274,              ^H 

Hubbard,  NichoUs,  149. 

276  n..  278.                                                        ^H 

Hudson,  Barbara,  17;  Thomas,  17. 

Isake,  Henry,  benefactor  to  Crayford             ^^H 

Hugesscii,  Maria.  353  ;  B.  B.  Knatch- 

Church,  327.                                                      ^H 

bull  (Choriton,  1866-7r.),  353,  368. 

Isham.  Edward,  38 ;  Margery,  38.                     ^^H 

Huitgctt,  James,  23  ;  Joan,  23. 

Isle  of  Sbopey,  24.                                              ^^1 

Hughes  (Hewos),  Biehard,   Vioar  of 
'niornham-cum-AldiDL'ton,     247  n., 
248,   849;    Thomas,    Vicar    (1531), 

Isle  of  Thanet,  25.                                                ^^M 

Iwede  (Iwade),  338.                                           ^H 

^^^M 

249. 

Jackson,  Jno.,  ob.  1821,  212.                               ^^H 

Hulse,  Biehard,  68,  69. 

Jackson,    Richard,    B.D.     (Dartford,            ^^M 

HuL»tou,  >[ar>^'ery,  17. 

1S7S),  395.                                                         ^^H 

Hulston  ali(u  Williams,  Anne,  17. 

Jacob,  Richard.  25.                                              ^^H 

Humfrcy  alicu  Moudcy,  Alice,  35. 

Jaggard.  or  Juggard,  Bic,  445.                          ^^H 

Hune  ali<u  Pratt,  Anne,  26 ;  Edw.  26. 

Jakys,  William  (SaUwoud,  1413),  427.              ^H 

Hungerford,  Eliabeth  de,  337 ;  Walter 

James,  Edward  George,  Vicar  of  Thorn-              ^^H 

do,  337. 

ham  (1880),  250.                                            ^H 

^M           474                       oenehal  index.                ^^^^^^H 

^H                 Jane,  Mrs.,  139.  140. 163. 

Kellam.  Bri(?id,  21;   EUabclh,    Jl^^B 

^H                 Jaquea,  Mr.  John,  160 ;  Sir  John,  160. 

Henry,  21 ;  Thomas,  21.                        ■ 

^H                 Jams,  Thos..  339. 

Kelluin  iiliat  I)ra{>er,  William.  21.            ^M 

^H                 JecVetta/uw Smith, Alice, 21 ;  Jobii,>!l. 

Kellio.  Hviiry,  36  :   Rich.inl,  36.                ■ 

^H                JofTrer,  AinK^s,  18 ;  Thomiu,  18. 

Kclhvave.  Robert,  Em\.,  325.                      V 

^H                JofTrv,  Ednurd,  28;  John,  28, 3S;  Ste- 

Keltray.  Robert,  405.                                    V 

^^B                      I'faen,  22. 

Kemp,  Cardinal    Arobbisbop,   Bottles      V 

^^B                Jenkin  alia$  George,   Margaret,  86; 

Surrendcn    on    his   newly-touDdod 

^H                     Thomac.  36. 

college  nt  Wye,  56, 

^^M                Jenkinii,  Rev.  Cauon  R.  C,  on  Basilica 

Kemp,  Mr.,  160. 

^^m                     of  Lvinin);(>,  46. 

Kempe,    Christopher,   23;    Jn.,    22; 

^^H                Jeuniri^'ii,  Anthony,  Mayor  of  Ford- 

Tbos.,  444. 

^H                     wioh     (1680),     88,    90;     Anthony, 

Kennardinf,'ton,  26,  B8. 

^^^^_              Mayor  (1743-64),  89;  Anthony,  the 

Kennetl,  Thomas,  38 ;  Wm.,  36. 

^^^^^H            rounder,  Mayor   (l7)>4-6),  89;  An- 

KennynRton,  16. 

^^^^F            thony.  Mayor  (1785-1830),  89,  90. 

Kenrick  aliiu  Eaton,  James,  25 ;  Mar^ 

^^V               Jennink^K,  Thomas,  Mayor  of  Fordmich 
^H                      (108H-1694),  88;    Thomas,     Mayor 

Karet,  26. 

Kent,  Elizabeth,  228;  John,  210;  bia 

^H                      (1714-15),  88. 

will,  223  ;  Mercy,  210. 

^^m                Jennini^,  Upton,  Mayor  ot  Fordwicb 

Kent,  Thomas,  Esq.,  365. 

^H                      (1776-85),  89. 

Kentish  Adniiiiistrutions  (1569-1603), 

^H                 Jes»op,  -William  (16()4),  117. 

16-40. 

^^M                 Jphn»,  Margaret,  33. 

Kentish  Petition  burned.  67. 

^^m                Johnran,    Chrititiaii,    19 ;    Elizabeth, 

Kenulph,  Kint;  of  Mprria.  369. 

^^^^              31,  32,  34  ;  Francis.  82 ;  John,  19  ; 

Ken>-an,  Wm.  de  (Saltntiod,  1390).  427. 

^^^H             Peter,  24,  25 ;  Wiston,  of  Estborg- 

Kcrhy,  John,  211. 

^^^B             holt,  Suff.,  29. 

Keroseyo,  Sampson  do,  33?. 

^^^^          Johnson,  Capt.,  114.  163. 

Ketle,  John,  40.                                    ^^H 

^^B               Johnxou,  Henry,  Mayor  of  Fordwich 

Kettle,  John,  of  Crayford,  829.          ^^H 

^^^^             (1603,   1605,    etc.),'  88,   89  ;    John 

Kihvnrdby,  Archbishop,  244.                ^^^^H 

^^^B            (Mayor,  1561),   87,  89;    Paul.  89; 

Kink',  Lieut.-Gen.    Richard  T.,  416;    ^M 

^^^™^            Timothy,    his    son,    89 ;    Thomas 

Mujor-Gen.  W.  J.,  416.                           H 

^V                    (Mayor,  1668).  88. 

Kini;,  Thomas,  of  Crayford,  329.                ^M 

^H                Johnson,  John  (Dartford,  1545),  395  ; 

Kini,',  Walker  (Dartford.  1825),  897.         ■ 

^H                    Robert,  885,  449. 

Kinjfe,  George,  17;  Pereival,  17.                ^M 

^^H                Johnron  family,  note  on,  82  h.,  89. 

Kin^'ham,  William,  will  dated  (1545).     ■ 

^H                 Jones,   Ann,  292;  Darid,  23;    Eliza- 

385.                                                             V 

^H                    beth,  217:    Joan.  39;    Ro^er,  29; 

King's  Head  Lane.  Boohoster,  formerly      ^t 

^H                     StepbiMi,  292;  Susan,  23;  Thomas, 

DoddinKheme,  197  ».                             ^M 

^H                     101.  217  ;  William,  29,  39. 

Kingsley,  Archdeacon  Wra.  (Saltwood.    ^| 

^^B                Jordan,    John,    Vicar   of   Sheldwiuh 

1614).  430.  445.                                     M 

^H                    (1433),  297. 

Kingsmill.  Tbos.,  446.                               H 

^H               Jordan,  Robert,  Rector  of  Cnyford, 

Kingsnorth  Church,  71.                            ^^ 

^H 

Kinifston,  Elizabeth,  widow,  26. 

^^M               Jordan,  William,  presented  to  Monke- 

Kippinge,    AKiies,  16;    Riohanl,   16; 

^H                     ton  Reotorv  (1340).  292. 

Robert,  16.                                              H 

^^H                Jordcn's    Wood.    IHrtford,     Roman 

Kipps,  Mary,  830.                                        ■ 

^^H                   («mp  on,  307 ;  old  road.  SOis. 

Kirkehy,  John  (Roxley.  1467).  870.          ■ 

^H                Joyce,  Dame,  28;  Thomas,  31. 

Kirklcy.  John,  22.                                        ■ 

^^B                 Joyner,  Francis,  81 ;  Margaret,  31. 

Kitohouman,  Jaue,  300;  John,  Vicar     ^| 

^H                Jud»:c,  Eliza,  417 ;  Thomas,  417. 

of  Sheldwioh  (1«97),  800. 

^^^^         Jull,    Francis,    Mayor   of    Pordwich 

Knatchhiill,   Anne,  81;    Alice.    468;         ■ 

^^^B            (1675-6).  88. 

Eleanor,    453;     Sir    Norton.    44S:    fl^ 

Snmn,  453 ;  Richard. 31 ;  Thumaa.  SL    ^1 

^^^^^          Kandie  n/iW*  Brickendeii,  Mary,  22. 

Knatohbull,    Thomas,   of    Menhaia,    ^| 

^^B                 Krblc,   Edward.   Vicnr   of    Sbelilwicb 

Gent.,  68.  453.                                          ■ 

^H                       (1558).  298. 

Knatohbn'^  '■            -              "^^H 

^H                Kechyn,  Rich.,  444. 
^m                Keeble,  287 

Knight,                                                 Li^^H 

O.,  of  i ,                  ^T^^H 

^^^             Kecue,  Eiohard,  212. 

i 

^^^^^^^^r           OBNBRAI 

INBEX.                               476          ^H 

KnTKbt-'Bruoe,  Sir  Jamos  Lewis,  and 

Lnrkin,  Henry.  21 ;  Tbomu,  21.                     ^^M 

Dame     Elim    his    wife,    memorial 

Larkyn,  Joan.  25 :  RoKer,  25.                            ^^M 

[lorcli  to,  in  Cheriton  Church,  361. 

Latham,    Eliza  Dure,  379n. ;    Louisa,            ^^H 

Kni^hte,     AKnes,    S* ;     Aiinh,     3t; 

379  n. ;  .Sarah,  379  n.  ;  Thomas  (sur-            ^^M 

Arthur,  34;    Elizabeth.  34;    John, 

K'Con),379'>.                                                    ^^H 

34;  Miitthew,  34;  Williiim,  34. 

Lauder,  Henry,  18  ;  William.  18.                    ^^M 

Knipe,  Richard;  Bex  ley ,  1732-6) ,  379  »., 

Lnune,  F^unce  De,  of  Shnrsled,  167.                ^^^| 

381. 

Laiuiton  Church,  staioed-Klai^s  to  the            ^^H 

KnoUys,  Csnon,  Rector  of  Saltwood 

memory  of  Archdeacon  Stubbs,  240.  ^^H 
Law,    Elizabeth,    292;     John.    292;            ^^1 

K        (1B69),  421,  424,  426,  431 ;  his  wife 

H       Caroline    Auf^sta,    42S;   his    sons 

Mary,  292.                                                    ^H 

■        E.  W.  and  W.  E.,  424 ;  their  wives. 

Lawes  Major,  Errata.                                       ^^H 

■        426. 

Lawley,  Ro^cr,  26.                                             ^^H 

"     Kuolton,  John  do,  351 ;  Margeria  de, 

Lawly  aliat  Norris,  Mary,  26.                          ^^H 

351;   William  de,  351. 

Lawrence,  Henry,  38 ;  Jonn,  38 ;  John,            ^^^| 

Knoville,  Nic.  de,  452. 

21,  88  ;  Richard,  38 ;  Thomas,  38 ;            ^^1 

Knowles,     Mrs.    Rebecca,    of     West 

William,  38.                                                    ^H 

Chester,  236. 

Ijayoocke,Chri!>topbcr,  34;  Robert,  34.           ^^H 

Knox,  Robert,  M.D.,  F.E.S.,  on  human 

Leake,  Oeori^e,  38.  ^^M 
Leake  aliat  Wilson,  Jane,  38.                           ^^1 

remains  at  Hythe,  334-5. 

M      Kylesby,  Robert,  Vicar  of  Aldington 

■  (1352),  244. 

■  Kymber,  William,  of  Barking,  40. 

Leavebind,  302.                                                   ^^H 

Leckynfeld,  Wm.,  443.                                      ^H 

Ledes,  John  de.  Vicar  of  Tbombam           ^^H 

Kynnebore,  John  de,  443. 

(1320),  244.                                                     ^H 

Kyriol,  Bortmm.  362. 

Lee,  19,  32,  36.                                                ^H 

Kvrvell,  Thomas  360;  William,  360. 

Leedes,  20,  22,  26.                                           ^H 

Kyr'ton,  William,  220. 

Lees  Court,  Shcldwich,  289,  890,  294.             ^H 

Kyte,  or  Keete,  John,  44S. 

LeKh,  352.                                                       ^^1 

Lo>;hton,  Walter  de,  346.                                ^H 

LnchrjTnatories,  195. 

Lei^'h,  16,  25,  36,  39,  40.                                   ^H 

Ladd,  Christopher.  29  ;  Marptirot,  29. 

Lei);h,  Dame  Christian,  of  East  Wick-            ^^H 

Tatke,  Agnee,  21 ;  Jane,  32  ;  John.  21. 

ham  (1647),  214.                                             ^H 

littmaby  (or  Lammaby),  in    Be.iley, 

Loi^'h  alia*  Adamson,  Prudence,  20.                ^^^| 

114,  118. 

Lei);he,  Johanna.  25 ;  Robert,  25.                    ^^H 

Lamb,  Cristofer,  Gent.,  396. 

Leii;h's  Chapel,  Umbeth  Church,  62.            ^^1 

Lambe,    Elizabeth,    21:    Mabel,    19; 

Lempstcr,  Ricliard,  Vicar  of  Burham,           ^^^| 

Richard,  21,  30;  Robert,  19. 

386.                                                                  ^H 

Lambe,  Eliag,  and  Mabilla  his  wife,  343. 

Lenham,  17,  23,  26,  36.                                   ^^H 

Lamherhorst.  26,  339. 

Leofwine  the  Red,  55.                                     ^^H 

Lambert,  Gilbert,  26;  Joan,  18,  26; 

Leonard,  John,  Es(|.,  325,  326.                        ^^H 

Thoraa.",  18. 

Lesdeu  aliat  Bore,  Alice,  19.                            ^^H 

Limbert,  Sir  Robert,  111  ». 

Lese  ;  tet  Atte  Leise.                                       ^^H 

Lambisfelde,  R.,  403  ».,  417,  418  ». 

Lesnes,  310 ;  tee  Little  Brook.                         ^^H 

Lombrea,  25. 

Leueyo,  Cecilia,  339 :  John,  339.                    ^^H 

Lamienby  (or  Lamorby),  376 ;  oburcb 
at,  founded  by  Mr.  Malcolm,  377. 

Leve,  Robert  (Dartford,  1308),  393.                ^^1 

Lewes,  Margaret,  17;    Morgan,    25;           ^^H 

Landalo,  Mr.,  his  di.sooTcry  of  Roman 

Robert,  17.                                                   ^H 

remains  at  Dartford,  312. 

Lewin,  40;  Mr.  Thomas,  376.                         ^^1 

London,  Rev.  John,  Curate  of  South- 

Lewin  arms  impaliux  Hale,  in  Boxley           ^^^| 

fleet,  185. 

Church,  376.                                                ^^1 

Lane,  Richard,  384;  William,  239. 

Lewis,  John,  M.A.   (Dartford,  1746).           ^H 

Lane  alia*  Betto,  Elizabeth,  33. 

397;  John'(SaltwQod,  1706),  430.                ^^1 

Lane  aliat  Netlin^bAm,  MarKcrie,  20. 

Lewisham  (Kentish  Administrations),           ^^H 

Lanfnuic's  crypt  in  Canterbury  Cathe- 

16, 17,  25.  29.  32.  33,  37.                               ^H 

dral.  264. 

hewya,  Anna,  40 ;  John,  40.                          ^^H 

TMigdon,  Daniel,  29  ;  Joan,  29. 

Leybreto,  Bernard  Giles  de,  443.                    ^^M 

TAHKcleye,  William  de,  and  Alice  his 

Leykcrc,  John  Ic.  346 ;  Leticia,  345.              ^^H 

wife,  340. 

Leysdou,  345.                                                     ^^^| 

Lant;ley  ahurch  bell,  434 ;  William,  of 

Libbis.  287.                                                     ^H 

Knolton,  290 ;  his  arau,  290. 

Lidd,  33,  36,  37.                                              ^H 

^H            476                                GEKERAT.  INBEX.                 ^^^^^^^^H 

^H             Lidle,  RicarduB  de  (1349),  292. 

LiiddinRton  Manor,  Lincolnshire.  164.       ^M 

^^M              Liffin^D,  Aloxandor,  424,  444. 

Ludlonp,  John,  329.                                        ^U 

^H               Li^be,  22. 

Luffe.  Willinm  (Boxicy.  1591),  379.              ■ 

^H              Liiainui,  Pet«r  (Saltwood,  1626),  428. 

Luke,  Samuel.  32  ;  William,  32.                    ■ 

^^M             Ligula  of  bronze  found  at   Uartford 

Lukiu  (or  Lukiue),  John,  Mayor.  o{  ^^^M 

^H                 in  1887,  206. 

Fordvrich     (16451.    88;       Rt<.-h)ird,^^H 

^^B              Lilly,  Marin,  36. 

(Mayor,  1609),  88 ;  Thonuu  (Mayo^^^H 

^H              Linoolne,  Biclmrd,  26 ;  Robert,  26. 

1665-6),  88.                                          ^^H 

^^m              Liudeslede  next  Tenbam,  347. 

Lukyn,    John,    Mayor   of    Fordwioli^^^H 

^H             Linsted,  38,  347. 

(1663),  87 ;  his  wife  Thomasine,  88 ;  ^^B 

^^M             Linton  (or  Lvnton),  32. 

his  sons  John  and  Thomas,  89.                 ^| 

^H              Lister,  Ralpb,  448. 

Lull3mg»toii,  343.                                        ^U 
Lunce,  William,  403  n.,  418,  418  ».              ^M 

^H              LitcbBnld.  Earl  of,  102. 

^^m             Litboll,  Willinm,  api>ointed  Eegistr&T 

Lundcuysh,  Emma,  344;  Wm.,  344.     ^^^| 

^H                  of  Cruyford,  831. 

Lunsforde,  John,  32 ;  Robert,  32.           ^^^H 

^^H              Litlegrome,  John,  218. 

Lunsforde  aliat  Oley,  Benett,  32.          ^^^H 

^^M             LitlinKtou,  Cri«tin>  de,  341 ;  John  de, 

Lurt-h  aliat  Croft,  Ellen,  39.                  ^^^H 

^H 

Lusbinifton,  Mr.  Robert,  403.                ^^^H 

^^m             Little   Brook,    river  buiks  of  Saxon 

Lydd,  34,  3.'<8 ;  Vicarajfc,  398.                 ^^B 

^H                 date,  309 ;  tide  walls  at,  311. 

Lyle  (or  Lyslc),  Richard  de,  292.                  ^M 

^^M             Littuf  Snxon  icum,  or  Saxon  Shore,  why 

Lymiuf^e,  ob.'<ervationB  on  the  reiuoiiw^^^H 

^^B                  K)  oallod,  43. 

of  the  Bu«ilica  of,  paper  on.   40  ^^^^| 

^H             Livctt,  tbo  B«v.  Grevile  ill.,  101 ;  on 

Aula,  or  Camera  du,  erected  by  Lait^^^^f 

^H                 Bkxon  CathodnU  Church  at  Roubes- 

f rano,  50 ;  Eastern  ap!<e  in  the  Baet<^^^H 

^H                 ter,  261. 

lica  of,  work  of  EtbelburKa  (f^S3),^^^l 

^H             Lloidd,  Glisha,  38. 

60 ;  Mona»tory  of,  incorporated  with  ^^^B 

^H              Loat,  AVilliam,  127,  139,  145,  ISS. 

Christ  Church  (965),  53.                            ■ 

^H              Locke,  Harriet,  355;    Rev.  Thomas, 

Lymne,  367 :  on  a  Roman  castrutn  at,        ^H 

^H                 367. 

41-5  ;  land  slip  at,  43  ;  ca.stle   and         ^M 

^H              Lod,  Nicholas  (Bexley,  1390),  379. 

church,  436-46 ;  Vicars  of,  443-6.              ■ 

^H             Lodge,  32. 

Lymynge,  26.                                                H 

^H             LofUe,  Margaret,  302;  William,  302; 

Lynch,  George,  M.A.  (Cheriton,  1770-        ^M 

^H                 0»pt.  Wm.  Henry,  302. 

89),  367.  446.                                                ■ 

^H             Loggon,  Roger,  94. 

Lynch,  Dr.  John,  Deou  of  Canterbury  •_^M 

^^1             Loudon,    Roger,   tion   of   Roger   de, 

(1734-60),  367.                                  ^^H 

^H                 843. 

Lynch,  Thom:ii<,  87.                             ^^^^| 

^^M             Lone,  John,  36 ;  Richard,  36 ;  Samp- 

L^nde«t«de,  352.                              ^^^^^1 

^^H                  son,  35. 

Lyng,  John,  443.                              ^^^^^H 

^H             Loue  (or  Loane),  Mr.,  139, 144. 

Lynox,  the  Duke  of,  100.                ^^^^^1 

^^M             Lon^,  Thomas,  Mayor  of    Fordwich 

Lynstod,  34.                                     ^^^^^H 

^H                  (1591),  88. 

Lynton,  32,  348,  360,  361.               ^^^^M 

^H              Longc,  David,  365. 

Lyon,  Patrioius,  25.                             ^^^^| 

^B              LouKeficId,  26,  444 ;  R^tory,  397. 

Lyslo ;  «««  Lyle.                                    ^^^H 

^^m             Loose,  Geo.  Simpson,  Vicar  of,  303. 

Lyte,  Anthony.  21.                                ^^^H 

^^M              Lorkyn,  John,  35. 

Lyt«  aliat  Smyth,  Brigett,  21.                     ^M 

^H             Lott,  Elizubclh,  414. 

Lytic,    Richard    le,    of    Orene,    346j^^^H 

^^M              Love,  Jubu,  105. 

Thomas  le,  346.                                 ^^^H 

^H             Lovelaoo,  Joan,  83,  38  ;    Mary,  38 ; 

Lytlobounie,  23.                                    ^^^H 

^H                 Robert,  33,  38. 

^^^^H 

^H             LoveUoe,    Capt.,  of    Betborsdcn,  67  ; 

Mabolyfcld,  349.                                   ^^H 

^m                 Unoelot,  288;  Mr.,  101;  Sir  WiU 

Mocos  and  Seal  of  Fordwich,  demripi^^^H 

^H                 liom,  66. 

^^^H 

^H             LovesoQ,  Sir  John,  Knt.,  33;    Mar- 

Moakcson,   Mr.    Edward.   415 ;    Cupt^^^^^f 

^^m                garst,  33. 

Thomas,  415  ;  Uif  widow  Mury,  415  |i^^^H 

^^m             Lowe,  Antie,  378  n. ;    Edmund,    23  ; 

son  Lumsden,  415.                              ^^^B 

^H                 Sir  Timotb  V,  378  ». 

Mookeson,  Henry,  411,  411  n. ;  hia  wifo        ^H 

^H             Lowc«,  Giles  36;  Henry,  26;  Myldred, 

Mary  Jano,  411,  411 ».;    £lixab<<tk.^^H 

^H                 25 ;  TbomiL'.,  36. 

his  daughter,  411  ».                           .^^^1 

^^B             Lowfield    Street,     Durtford,    auoioDt 

Mackesou,   Willium,  of    Qylhe,    anj'^^^H 

^^H                 pavement  near,  312. 

Harriot     bui     wife,    411 «. :    their       ^H 

^^^^      lows,  John,  403  ». ;  Thoouw,  403  «. 

chUdrcu,  411 ».,  4U, ».                        ^^M 

OENERAX  DTDEX. 


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MMklin  aliai  Barger,  Angela,  37. 
Magminot,  Gilbert,  243. 
Haidptistanp,  348  :  John  dc,  347. 
MnidstoDc  (Maydcston,   etc.,   Kentish 

Administrations,  1559-C3),  15,  40. 
Maid.stone,  claims  of,  to  bo   fayHiaete, 

182;    Uutory   of     Church    of   AU 

Saintt,  461. 
Makenhauede,  John,  339. 
Malixilm,   Mary  Ann,  377;    Neil,  of 

Poltulloch,  377. 
Muldeii,  25. 
Miilden,    Env.     Bingham    Sibthoriie, 

Vioir  of  Sheldwich  (1870),  303. 
Malefonietus,  Drogo  (Saltwood,  1427), 

428. 
Mallard,  John,  21). 
Mallerd,  John,  30  ;  ali<u  Wood,  Glleu, 

30. 
^lulling,  St.  Leonard's  tower,  work  of 

Gundulph,  273  i». 
Maltvii^,    341 ;    John    dc,    Vicmr  o( 

Tliornham  (1385),  244. 
MaljD,  Thos.,  434. 
Malmayuos,  Sir  Henry,  Sheriff  of  Kent, 

92. 
Man,  William,  Riq.,  102. 
Manby,  Lawrence,  112 ;  Mr.  (solicitor), 

124. 

Manger,  Mary,  102. 
Man»;le«dcnn,  John  do,  338. 
Mauioun,  Ferandus,  3-13;    Margaret, 

343. 
Mann,  Sir  Christopher,  402  «. ;  Frances 

his  wife,  402  m.  ;  Sir  Wm.  bis  son, 

402,  402  n. ;  Mr.  Wm.,  402  n. 
Manncring,  Edward,  32 ;  Geortte,  32. 
Manning,  Mr.  (16«3.76),  116,  118,119, 

122,   123,  127,    139,    141,  146,   150, 

151,   162,  168;  Cousin  Uettv,  135; 

Mr.  Edward,  1(J2 ;  K.,  128 ;  "Sister," 

114. 
Manning,  John  (1455),  247. 
Mantcll,  Thomas,  of  Chilham,  90. 
Munwood,  Sir  Roger,  Knt.,  26. 
Mapelisoompe,  342. 
Maroball,  John,  the    elder,  his    will 

(1488),  325  and  ». ;  Richard,  Vicar  of 

Shcldwich  (1407),  296. 
Mardeu     (Kentish     Administrations, 

1659-63),  24,  25,  28,  35. 
Harden  Ciiuroh,  Herefordshire,  eflSgy 

of  Dame  Margaret  Chute  in,  61  m. 
Mareys  arms,  291  ;  Joanna,  290,  291  ; 

John,  290  n. ;  WillUm,  290,  290  n., 

291. 
Maridumum  (Carmarthen),  178. 
Marjoribaiiks,  James,  memorial  brass 

Lto,    in     Chcriton     Church,     356; 
Stewart  Faxton,  366. 


Markant,  Thomas,  Rector  of  Hever, 
385. 

Markeham,  Henry  (Saltwood,  1540), 
429. 

Marlar,  Blanche,  monument  to,  in 
Crayford  Church,  328. 

Marler,  Blanche,  34 ;  George,  34 ;  Mr. 
George,  and  Elizabeth  his  »ifc,  330. 

Marloe,  John,  Alderman  of  Rochester 
(1567),  214. 

Marscal,  William,  Vicar  of  Aldington 
(1279),  2+4. 

Murselly,  John  (Saltwood,  1365),  426. 

Marsh,  Anne,  26 ;  George,  26. 

Mar.'<lmll,  Elizalxjth,  32;  George,  21; 
KatUcnne,  22  ;  Simon,  22. 

Marshall,  John,  founder  of  Drapen*  i 
Cha]>i'l  in  Crayford  Church,  324-5  ;■' 
benefactor  to  Crayford  Church,  326. 

Marshall  aliat  Chambers,  Agnes,  21. 

Marshe,  John,  29. 

Marshes  in  Selling,  292. 

Marston,  39. 

Marten,  Edward,  221;  Maria,  22; 
Percival,  22.  * 

Martnn,  Anna,  40 ;  John,  40. 

Martyn,  Aimo,  387;  Benedict,  112; 
John,  112  ;  John,  of  Franks,  387  ; 
Dame  KaU-rvn,  109,  112 ;  Richard, 
106,  112,  387  ;  Thomas,  of  Eden- 
bridge,  387,  445  ;  William, 93  ;  Wil- 
liam, Mayor  of  Fordwich  (1501),  87. 

Martyn's  Salary,  387. 

Masham,  John,  Vicar  of  Thomham 
(1433),  244. 

Mason,  John,  443 ;  of  Broomfield,  261 ; 
Mary,  34;  Patrick,  34. 

MaiMvim,  John,  Vicar  of  Aldingtoal 
(W31),  245. 

Masse,  William,  Vicar  of  Thoniham- 
cum-Aldins;ton  (1506),  248. 

Mastard.  Thomas,  of  Feversham,  27. 

Master,  Exi>cn80-book  of  James  (1663- 
76),  114-156;  his  life  (1647-55),  167- 
168;  "Cousin"  M.,  115,  123,  124, 
134,  136,  138,  155, 166;  Sir  Edward, 
157,  ICl ;  '  Brother  Francis,"  117, 
122;  Martha,  118  «.;  Richard,  167, 
lfi5  ;  William  Daniel,  148  n. 

Master,  Audrey,  101;  Edward,  66;  Sir 
Edward,  402  n.;  Elizabeth,  66; 
Prances,  402;  Gilbert  C,  Vicar  of 
Thornham  (1880),  250;  Thomas,  of 
Est  Barham  (1348-9),  .385. 

Masters,  Agnes,  21,  37 ;  Alive,  209, 
215,  216;  Richard,  209,  215;  his 
will,  221 ;  Thomas,  21 ;  William,  37. 

Mathew,  Elizabeth,  ,12  ;  Richard,  32. 

Mathewe,  AUoo,  214;  Thomas.  214. 

Mattheu,  John,  of  Teurygge,  352. 


478 


OEXERAL   IKDEX. 


Mkttheira,  Hugh,  23;  n«  Ap  Uathew. 
Mkw,  Oipt.  293 ;  8anh  A.,  283. 
M»wdiiley,  jamet,  212. 
Mawndf 0,  Jubu,  16 ;  Kichard,  16. 
M»y,  Antliony,    Mayor  of   Fordirich 

(1576, 15H5,  1G36),'88, 100;  Mr.,  101 

bi$ ;  Thonuui,  90. 
Mar,  Alioc,  442;  Stephen,  Mayor  of 

Fordwich  (1537),  87,  442. 
Mayoot,  Aiithouy,  of  RccuWer,  89. 
Mavcoll,  John,  95 ;    William,  Mayor 

of  Fordwich  (ItOU),  87,  89. 
MaydonitBD    (Maidntono),    338,   339, 

847 ;  John  de.  347. 
Maydeuntanc,  34H,  351. 
Msyc  alioM  Novell,  Anne,  17. 
Mayer,  Mr.,  102. 
Maynard,  John,  343  ;  John.  Mayor  of 

Fordwich  (1292),  82,  87;    probable 

founder    of     Maynard't     Hospital 

(1317),  89. 
Mayne,  Anne,  19,  27  ;  Walter,  19. 
Mayney,  John,  27,  29. 
Marney  aliat  Windsor,  Anup,  29. 
MJjt,  note  on  the  family  of,  90. 
Mayatonon,  Benjamin,  31;  Edmund, 

31. 
Mead,   CHiarlca,  Mayor  of   Fordwich 

(1834-48),  89. 
Meade,  Thomaa,  102. 
Meadebunite  (or  Meadeberxto),  Anne, 

34;  Margaret,  34;  Susan,  34. 
Meodehunto  alias  Blundell,  Joban,  34. 
Meadows,  Mr.,  192. 
Mears  and  Stoinbuuk  (bcll-foundcrs), 

392. 
Medhurst,  Edward,  33 ;  Elizabolb,  33. 
Mediasval  remains  at  Bocboater,  on, 

196-201. 
Melford,  John  de,  342 ;  Kathorine  de, 

342. 
Mellituj,  Bp.  of  London  (a.d.  604), 

263. 
Mellow,  William,  26. 
MonKol,  Arms,  390  ». ;  Elizabeth,  390. 
Menstre,  in  tho  Isle  of  Sbcpeyc,  339 ; 

in  the  Isle  of  Tfaanet,  339,  342,  351. 
Meopham  (or  Mepbam),  30,  38,  39 ; 

tomb  of  Archbishop  Simon,  in  Can- 
terbury Cathedral,  189 ;  his  sup- 
posed    tombstone,     in     Bou^hton 

Church,  241. 
Meroer,  Robert  (Dartford,  1630),  396. 
Mercote,  or  Morcotc,  John,  -148. 
Mcrdou,  21. 
More,  346. 

Meredith,  Richard,  30. 
Mereworth,  Sir  John  do,  363;   Mar- 

geria  his  wife,  303  ». ;  manor  house 

at,  363  a. 


Mergate,  21. 

Mrriall,  Katberine,  35;    Thomas.  36; 

William.  19. 
Morick,  William,  Vicar  of  Thomhaa 

(1572),  243. 
Merrick.  William.  446. 
Mcrsh,  Ueiiry,  403  •. 
Mprslmra,  3li  68  «.,  368. 
Merton,  Roi;cr,  ntpot  of    Walter  da 

(Dartford,  1278).  393. 
Morworth,   28;    John    de.    3S8.   342; 

Margoria  de,  338,  342  ;    Tliomaa  de, 

3.38  ;  William  de,  838. 
Middele,  338. 

Middelt«n,  338,  M6 ;  Alan  de.  S45. 
Middleton,  Dorothy,  18;   Lctitia.  23; 

William,  23. 
Middleton  (Milton),  the   hundred  of, 

79;  the  Earl  of,  102. 
Midlio,  39. 

Mildmay,  Sir  Walter,  Knt.,  325. 
Mildr«tha,  St.,  her  relics  remov«d  lo 

CJanterbury,  63. 
Miles,   Mr.,  shells  found   by,  in  tlw 

Dovoril  Burrow,  203  ii. 
Miller,  Sir  Humphrey,  122,  126,  138, 

160,    153,    150;    James,    252.    436; 

John,  23,  164;  Nicholas,  251,  232, 

434-6;  SirNichohu,  161,  102,  163: 

Wm..  23. 
Millard,  Miss,  of  Teddington,  399-401. 
Millos,  Anne,  23;  Mr,  65;  Williiun, 

25 ;  Jeremiah  (Saltwood,  1744),  431. 
Mills  alitu  Fathers,  Agnes,  39. 
Mills  alUu  Still,  Alioe,  34. 
Milst«d,  29. 
Milton,  23,  32,  34,  38. 
Milton  by  Sittingboume,  Roman  ring 

fuund  at,  207 ;  manor,  156. 
Milway,  Mr.  John,  399. 
Minster,  21,  33. 
Mirfine,  Margaret,  370;  Sir  Thomas, 

of  London,  370. 
Ma<;k,  John,   locksmith  (1637),  283; 

John  (lfir>4),  117. 
Moffott,  Slarv,  17;  Robert,  17. 
Molossche,  William  de,  Vicar  of  Thorn- 

ham,  244. 
Molyngton,  Robert,  388. 
Molyns,  Egidia  dc,  340,  341 ;  John  de, 

310,  341. 
Monde,  Rich.,  251 ;  William,  251,  433. 
Mone,  Guydo,  426,  452. 
Mongaye,   Anne,   31;    Eliiabctb,    31; 

Joau,  31 ;  John,  31 ;  Rebecca,  81. 
Mankclon,  343. 
Monsou,    arms    quartering    "Watson, 

296;  Lewis,  295  ».;  Lady  Marguret 

{nie  Watson),  296  ». 
Moonc,  Thomas,  30. 


1 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H 

GENERAL    INDEX.                                  479             ^M 

Moore,  Anna,  22  ;  Hobert.  22. 

Napper,  William,  26.                                         ^^M 

Mooro  alitu  Barrow,  Eliznbcth,  37. 

Naith,  in  parish  of  Northfleete,  40.                     ^^1 

Moraunt,  Joaiimi,  34(5 ;  William.  346. 

Navlor,  Anthony,   32;    Edward,   32;              ^^M 

More,  Aiiue,  17;  Dr.,  330;  Robert,  17; 

Henry.  32.                                                         ^H 

William,  31. 

Nealc,  Mr.,  140.                                                    ^H 

More*,  Atithoiiy,  19. 

Neel,    Isabella.    344;    Richard,    344;              ^H 

iforcmlciinc,  Elixsbeth  de,  346 ;  John 

Walter,  340 ;  Walter,  of  London,  343.              ^^1 

de,  346. 

Nelham,  William,  220.                                        ^H 

Moreton,  Alice,  19 ;  Robert,  19. 

Neolithic  implements;  tre  Palowlithic.              ^^H 

Morgan,     fWicia,     of     Kin);8thorp«, 

Nepsam,  Elizabeth,  32  ;  Thomas,  32.                 ^H 

237  n.;  John,  19;  Ro>,'or,  19. 

Neptune,  altar  at  Lvmnc,  42.                              ^^H 

Moriston  (Murgton),  338. 

Nethercourt,  in  St.  Peter's,  Thauet,  89.              ^H 

Morlaud,  William  (Choriton,  145.3-8), 

Netherbardri's,  348,  351.                                      ^^H 

384. 

Ncthewod,  manor  of.  337.                                    ^^^| 

Morle.  Robert,  59  ». 

Nellingham,  John,  20  ;  Margcrie,  20.                ^^H 

Morris,  Abdia,  445;  P.,  442  ;  John,  37. 

Nelter,  Elizabeth,  28;  Jeremiah,  28.                 ^^1 

Morse,  TbomaM  (16<J5),  122. 

Nevcll,    Anne,    17;    Catherine,     17;             ^^H 

Morton,  Cardinal,  brass  of,  254. 

J  udith,  17  ;  Margaret,  17 ;  Biobiud,             ^^H 

Moseley,  Akikm,  17 ;  William,  17. 

^H 

Mosewcll,  Mubilla  de,   345;   William 

Ncvell  alias  Maye,  Anne,  17.                            ^^H 

dc,  345;  William  of  Broomfii'ld,251. 

Nevill,  Sir  Thomas,  156.                                   ^H 

Mote,  William  (Uartford.  1536),  395. 

Neville,  Christopher  (1614),  60-61.                   ^H 

Mote,  ill  Itham,  24. 

Nevynson,  Steven   (Saltwood,   1561),              ^H 

Moudham,  John,  17. 

430.                                                                      ^H 

Mourton,  John,  35 ;  Mary,  35. 

Newohurob,  83.                                                   ^^H 

Mouns,  John  le,  of  Coulyng,  junior, 

Newe  alias  Benson,  Mariane,  27.                       ^^H 

341 ;  Sabiiia  le,  341. 

Novrenden,  36.                                                       ^^H 

MuuntB  Wood,  Dartford,  camp  on,  307. 

Nowenbam    alias    Wingficld,     Dame             ^^H 

Moyle,  Robert.  37. 

Mary.  27.                                                  ^H 

Moys,  John,  41S. 

Newentou  next  Hcthc,  338.                               ^^H 

Mumbrcy,  Thomas,  17. 

Noweatreeto,  Henry,  32.                                      ^^M 

Mumbrov  alias  Stocke,  Joan,  17. 

Newbouao,  Agnes  (1460),  411,  418  a.                 ^H 

Mundy,  i'ranoiii,  38. 

Ncvrington,  28,  35,  367.                                        ^H 

Muiidy  aliat  Stacy,  Mary,  88. 

Newman,  John,  385.                                              ^^^ 

Munn     family,     arms,     294;     Alice 

Novn)orte,  Clare,  33 ;  Thomas,  33. 

Harvey.  294;  Elizabeth,  294;  Col. 

New  Romney,  35. 

Henry,  294 ;  Major  Wm.  Aug.,  291, 

Newton,  Jamec,  23 ;  William,  444. 

898,  294;  Marv  E.,  294;  Matthew 

Newynton,  William,  Be<;t<jr  of  Cheri- 

W.,  29-1;  Capt.  Thornaa  CaUi«,  294; 

ton  (1404),  869,  360,  363. 

William,  of  Blui^kheatb,  and  Catbo- 

Newynton  next  Hethe,  346. 

rinc  his  wife,  294. 

Newyntone  next  Sydingbourne,  850. 

Munn  aliai  Water,  Anne,  35. 

NichoUs,  John,  Mayor  of    Pordwich 

Munninge,  Richard,  16. 

(1727-1728),  88,   90;    Martha,  90; 
Catherine  and  Mary,  90. 

Af  un«,  Ann.  371. 

Mural  {wintini;  of  St.  Paul  at  Melita, 

Nicholson,  Ann,    married   to    Philip 

in  Canterbury  Cathedral,  169-73. 

Stubbs  (1635).  215. 

Murray,  Edward  (l>artford,  18;»),  .397; 

Nightingale,  Nicholas,  29. 

Lord  GeorK'c,   Bp.  of  St.   David's, 

Norden,  Edward,  22. 

397  ;  T.  (artist),  238. 

Nordishe,  John,  25. 

Murrell,  Mr.  J.  P.,  13. 

Norfolk,     Duke    of,     his    right*   in 

Muraton,  338,  460. 

A.rundel  Church,  54. 

Huston,  Damo  Anne,  4S3 ;   William, 

Norham|>ton,  John  do,  346,  348. 

423 ;  arms,  423. 

Norris,  Alic«,  23, 26  fti* ;  Clement,  23  ; 

Mrller.    Agnes,     37;    James,     37; 

Edvnuti,  27;  Elizabeth,  27 ;  Robert, 

William,  23. 

309. 

M  viler  aliat  Oliver,  Joan,  23. 

North,    Charles   A.,    425;    Elizabeth 

Mylles,  Thomas,  of  Shorne,  40. 

425 ;  Sir  Roger.  168. 

Mylyg,  Jamee,  95. 

North  aUat  Somerwell,  Judith,  39. 

Nortilboume,  30 ;  Q«o.  Simpson,  Rec- 

Nailer, Jasper,  22 ;  John,  22. 

tor  of,  303. 

^M                            480                                 GBMEEAL   INSSX.                     ^H 

^H                              North  Cnye.  26. 

OsprengG,  346,  351.          ^* 

^^1                                Northfloet,  306 ;  (Kentish  AdminUtn- 

O^prenKg,  337. 

^H                                    tioD»).  IS,  21.  22,  27,  28,  39;  claims 

Otley.  Christian,  39 ;  Mathe 

^^H                                           to  bo  Vagniaea,  183. 

Otteford,  S46,  348. 

^H                                  Northflet«,  land  in,  2U,  340.  343. 

Otl«rbury  (or  Atterbury),  i 

^^B                                North  Kite,  Henry  de,  348;  Johuuw 

John.  16. 

^H                                      dc,  348. 

Otterinden,  40 ;  John  de,  44J 

^^H                                Norman,  John,  449. 

Ottham.  36. 

^^1                                  Norton,  Anno,  210,  217  :  Apbra,  89 ; 

OunBt«d.  Richard.  32 ;    The 

^H                                      Elizabeth,  37;  John,   37;  John,  of 

William,  32. 

^^1                                      Northwood,  iii    Milton,   89 ;    John, 

Outred  aliat  Bridses,  Mary, 

^■.                                     Lord  of  Sheldmch,  290;  Mr..  101, 

Outredd  alia*  Railtoa,  Cicilic 

^V                                     156 ;  Stephen  de,  362  ;  Wm.,  444. 

Over}-,  St..  Dartford,  old  roai 

^^H                                Norton,  Thomiiv,  Mavor  of  Fordnich 

Owen,  Esther,  216. 

^H                                   (1630),    87,    89;  l^omu   (M&yor, 

Owtred,  Maria,  831 ;  Willioia 

^H                                   1617),    88,    89;    TbomM    (Mayor, 

Owtrcde,  John,  17. 

^H                                   1662-4),    88;      Thouuis      (Mayor, 

Oxenden,  Elizabeth,  wife  ot  9 

^H                                     1682-6).  88. 

69 ;  Prior  Richard  de,  170. 

^^1                                 Norton.  Valentine,  Mayor  of  Fordwioh 

Oiler,  Edward,  16 :  Richard, 

^^1                                     (15u:i),  87,  89;    Valentine  (Mayor. 

bort,  16. 

^^m                                    1578),  88;  Valentino  (Mayor,  1699), 
^H                               Norton,  William,  of  Faverdiam,  89. 

OzcugeU,  human  remains  froi 

^^H                               Norwico,  CriHtina  de,  .')49 ;  John  de, 

Pack  and  Chapman,  bcll-founc 

^H                                     340  ;  Matilda  de,  349  ;  Pctor  de,  340 : 

Padnall  alia*  Carden,  Alice.  2] 

^H                                     Richard  de,  :U9. 

Pagan  burial,  mode  of,  315. 

^H                                 Nomiz,  William  do,  338. 

Pa^e,  George,  28;  William  (1 

^H                                 Norwood,  J.  D.,  433  ;  on   Bosoo  Farm, 

1390),  394. 

^H                                   in  BtoomHeld,  251-2, 

Pago  aliat  Willuns,  Elizabeth, 

^H                                 Norwood,  37. 

Paltynton,  Archdeacon  Wm.  d 

^H                               Noryg,  Ralph,  359. 

Palipolithic  implements,  CHrlin 

^H                               Nott,  Thomas,  287. 

of,  by  Englishmen,  304. 

^^B                                Noviomayut,  alleged  sites  of,  182-3. 

PalK»lithio  and  neolithic  imp! 

^^m                              Nowell,  Alexander,  Dean  of  8t.  Paul's 

distinction  between,  304-6. 

^B                                    (Saltwood,  1S60).  429. 

Paler  aliat  Parmer.  Dorothy,  3 

^^H                                 Nycolls  aliai  Uarrisou,  I>ionuiia.  17. 

Polcstre,  John  de,  344 ;  Sara  li 

^■1                                 NyBcUs,  Alice,  391 ;  arms,  391  n. 

;Vt4 ;  manor  of,  344. 

^^H 

PahiuT,  Alexander,  of  Burgha 

^H                               Odiamo  (or  Odyamo).  Elizabeth,  26, 

Johanna  his  nnfe,  348. 

^H                                     38 ;  John,  26,  33. 

Palmer,    Emma,   362 ;    John, 

^^M                               Offa,  peculiarity  in  the  coinayro  of,  316. 

332;  John,  junior,  352;  Justii 

^H                               OkeUnd,  Anne,  31;  Christopher,  31. 

Paramore,  Thomas,  of  Fordwiol 

^m                                Oldfield,  Mary,  292. 

Paranioro  aliat  Milna,  Mary,  1( 

^H                                 Oldmou,  Elizubeth,  of  Canterbury,  293. 

Paramores  of  Hemp  Hall,  Fo] 

^^H                               Old  Surrcndcn,  Betkersdeii,  70. 

82  ». 

^H                                 Old  Romney,  20,  30. 

Parfltt,  John,  25,  30 ;  Mary,  30l| 

^^M                                  Oloy  ;  tee  Lunsronlo. 

Paris,  the  Rev.  John,  of  Trinil 

^^B                                 Oliver  ali<u  Myllcr,  Joan,  23. 

lo^e,  Cambridge.  239.                * 

^H                               OranKo  Tree  Inn,  Dartford,  312. 

Parker,  Edmund  (Cheriton,  1743 

^H                               Ord,  General  W.  E.,  879 ».;   Harry 

307;  Sir  Edmund,  Dartford,  "B 

^H                                     Qougb,  .379  n. 

Priest,"    387;     Edward,    18 

^H                             Ore,  837. 

James,  33 ;  Johan,  17 ;  John, 

^H                               Ormc.  Mr.  (1«64),  118. 

4*1;  Thomas,  16,  17;  Willij 

^^1                              Orpiu(,'ton,  279;  church  tower  at,  384. 

Parker  aliat  Thomas,  Alice,  17. 

^^m                               OrpyuKton,  3'16,  349. 

Parkehurst,  Elizabeth,  36  ;  Jam 

^H                                 Osboni,  Henry,  30. 

Parrott,  John,  19 ;  Margaret,  U 

^^H                                 Osborne,  Alice,  30 ;   Anne,  25  ;  Eliza- 

Parry,  David,  30  ;    Dr.  fMward 

^^B                                    bcth,  36;    John,  28;   bis  children, 

Henry,    22;    Margaret,    22 

^H                                  28;    Robert.  28,  85;   Stephen,  30; 

(1666),  126;   Thomas,  30;  ^ 

^H                                  William,  26. 

of  Eltham  (1612;,  213. 

1 

^^HH^^^^F             GENERAL    INDEX.                                   481          ^^| 

Pirshall,  Balph,  Vioir  of  Thomhun, 

Perry  Court,  290  n.                                        ^^H 

249. 

Posyndenn,  Robert  de.  344.                             ^^^H 

Parsonn,  Hellen,  19 ;  Bobort,  19. 

Petit,    Alice,    40 ;    Catherine,    291  ;           ^^H 

Part.  John,  of  Sandmch,  339. 

William,  291.                                              ^^M 

PMsele,  Edmund  de,  344;  Margaret 

Peto,  Rev.  Jas.,  293  ;  Mary.  293.                    ^^^1 

do,  344 ;  Thomas  de,  344. 

Petrie,  Mr.  Flinders.  308.                                ^^^1 

Paston,  Sir  William,  168. 

Pett.  MiloD.  38 ;  Peter,  23 ;  ThomaM,  Sa            ^^H 

Pato  aUai  Hicken,  Alice,  38. 

Pett  alia*  Tusam.  Anne,  23.                              ^^^H 

Patriksbornc,  22,  347. 

Potto,  Agnes  de,  338 :  John  de,  338.                ^^H 

Paulinun,  Bp.  of  Rochester  (633-644), 

Pottit,  Alice,  89  :  John,  89.                               ^^H 

262 ;  site  of  hid  grave,  263 ;   relics 

Peuerel,  William,  345,  346.                               ^^H 

removed,  263. 

Pcynlour,  Edmund,  351 ;  Matilda,351.             ^^^H 

Paul's    Cray    Common,    ancient    en- 

Pbillipp.    Anthonet,    30;    Jane,    29;             ^^^H 

closures  at,  308 ;  tee  St.  Paul's  Cray. 

John,  29;  Luke,  30.                                    ^^^H 

^B     Pavements,  ancient,  at  Darlford,  312. 

Phillips,  John,  220.                                             ^^H 

^V     Payne,  George,  P.8.A.,  F.L.S.,  on  a 
Soman  statue  and  other  remains  in 

Phillips  family,  patrons  of,  Thornham-            ^^^^| 

cum-Aldin^n,  250.                                       ^^^H 

Dover  Museum,  202-S  ;  on  a  bronze 

Philiiot,  Mr.  (1663),  115.                                  ^^M 

ligula,  found  at  Dartford,  206 ;  on  a 

Pii^kcri^dll,  Mr.  W.  C,  memorial  win-             ^^^H 

Boman  ring  found  at  Milton  next 

dnw  to,  in  Boxley  Cliurch,  377.                      ^^^H 

Sittingboume,  207 ;  his  archnooloifical 

Piers.  Honrr.  M.A..  Vicar   of  Boxley             ^^^H 

map  of  Kent.  195. 

(1737).  375,  381.                                                     ^^H 

Payne,  Robt.  (Saltwood,  1709),  430. 

PioM.  Sir  Thomas,  161.                                       ^^H 

^K    Payton,  Sir  Thomas,  101. 

Pierse,  Sir  Henry  B.,  416.                                 ^^^1 

^B    Peaooolco,  Richard,  220. 

Pigeon.  Daniel.  39.                                              ^^^| 

^H    Peapyngebcry  (Pembiiry),  352. 

Pigeon  alia*  Boswoll,  Grace,  39.                         ^^^H 

^H    Pearoe,  Alioe,  38 ;  John,  38 ;  Margaret, 

Pi»(ott,  John,  17;  William,  17.                         ^^H 

^B        88,89;  William,  38,  39. 

Pikhsrd,  Edward,  36.                                        ^^H 

^H    Pearoe  aUat  Butler,  Francos,  38, 

Pilcher,  Jesse,  bonefaotor  to  Cheriton             ^^^H 

^™^    Pearoe  alia*  Hall,  Anna,  39. 

(Thurcb,  366.                                                     ^^H 

I         Peannan,  the  Rev.  A.  J.,  on  the  Chutes 

Pilcher,  Tboma«,  Mayor  of  Fordwich,             ^^^H 

^^        of  Betbersden  and  Uinxhill,  56. 

88 ;  marriage,  arms,  death,  90.                      ^^^H 

^m    Pearson.  Mr.  J.  L.,  R.A.,  261.  262  n. 

Pilston,  Dorathy,  22 ;  Roger,  22                        ^^H 

^H    FonohynK.  John,  403  «. 

Pine,  Alioe,  26 ;  Richard,  25 ;  Robert,             ^^H 

^M   Feck,  Anthonv.  20 :  Mary.  20. 

^^H 

^B    Feck.  Francis  (Saltwood.  1674),  430. 

Piper,  Elizabeth,  26 ;  William,  25.                    ^^H 

^^    Peckiuun,    17 ;     Archbishop    receives 

Pirrcy  alia*  Tongo,  Alice,  17.                            ^^^H 

[             honuge  of  Gilbert  de  Clare,  60. 

Pitt,  "ilose,  387.                                                  ^^H 

^_^    Peddor,  Mr.,  at  Springhead ,  188. 

Plane.  John,  28 ;  Matthew,  22.                         ^^H 

^m    Poerse,  Frances.  23 ;  Gilbert,  23. 

Plat,  Sir  Hugh  (1663),  lie.                                ^^H 

^m    Feese,  John  (Saltwood,  1487),  428. 

Playden,                                                                ^^H 

f         FegwelLl.S. 

1          Peiroe,  Pnmois,  35 ;  John,  35. 

Play  tor's  arms,  71.                                             ^^^H 

Plartors.  Christopher.  Esq.,  71.                         ^^^H 

1          Peiroe  alUu  Harman,  Silvester.  35. 

Plumstod.  17,  21,  27.                                            ^^H 

I         Pekenbury  (Perabury),  27. 

Pode,  Inabelk,  360;  Simon,  350.                        ^^^H 

^H    Pelham,  Sir  John,  118,  119.  122,  123, 

Pokokc,  Edwanl,  380.                                          ^^H 

^H       182.   144 ;    Sir  Thomas,  of  Halland 

Poleyn.  John,  110.                                                ^^^H 

^»        Park.  Sussex,  157,  158,  161,  162-3. 

Poltiilloch,  the  Malcolms  of.  arms  in              ^^^^| 

W          Poll  alioj  Short,  William,  23. 

Bexley  Cniurch,  377.                                       ^^H 

1          Pelsant,  Georite,  34. 

Ponyngtres,  Agnes.  337;   Luke,  337;              ^^^H 

1          Peltcbem.  Robert,  350. 

Michael,  337 :  Thomas,  837.                           ^^H 

1          Felton,  Thomas.  Chapl.,  385. 

Pookc,  Elinor,  26.                                               ^^H 

^H  Fonberton.  Mr.  (1667).  129. 

Poole.  Edith,  27.                                                 ^^M 

^H  Femburv.  27,  352. 

^^  Fendreth.  Pnuicis,  30;  Miles,  30. 

Pojio,  Joan,  34  ;  William,  34.                              ^^H 

Porraffe.  Arthur,  .399.                                        ^^^H 

I         Penny,  John,  94. 

Porter,    Andrew,    35;     Richard,   35;               ^^^| 

^^-    Pennyale,  John.  34. 

Thomas,  .36.                                                   ^^^1 

^B  Penshurst,  28,  34. 

PorfM  .<<(i«nii,  in  Sussex,  41.                              ^^^H 

^H  Perkins,  John,  66. 

Portu*  Ltmamii,  one  of  the  three  great             ^^^H 

i         Perry,  Robert,  23 ;  William,  23. 

entrances  to  Britain,  41.                                 ^^^1 

^^           VOL.  ITIII. 

^^1 

^^H               482                                  GENERAL   IKDEX.                       ^^^H 

^^^B                Forte,  Ber.  Beala,  310,  313 ;  on  the 

BaleiKh,     Mrs.      Eliabeth,      ^9 

^^^^H                   rappoaed  tite  of  I'affitiaca,  1S4. 

daughter  of  Sir  Walter,  8«0. 

^^^H                PotemAo,   Alioe,    350;    Stephen,    of 

Bamond,  Mr.  (solicitor),  155, 156. 

^^^H                    Shome,  8G0. 

Bunsay.  Capt  John,  293. 

^^^H                Potter,  Agaet,  83,  28. 

Bamsey,  Walter,  386. 

^^^B                Pottes,  Katherme,  25 ;  Peter,  25. 

Bamsgate,  paper  on  British  TiUam 

^^^H                 Powell,    Bobert,    396;    Thomu,    30; 

1-4. 

^^^H                     VaTawur.  396. 

Bandolf  (or  Bandolffe),  ATerinos,  1 

^^^H                 Powie,  John  (D&rtford,  1660),  396. 

j:dward,  18. 

^^^^H                Pratt,  Johu,  Vicar  of  Tbomluun-cum- 

Baudoll  alitu  HasUnge,  SibiUe,  IS. 

^^^^1                     Aldineton,  247. 

Bandol)>h.   Mr.,  102;   Thomaa    (8i 

^^^^B                 Pratt  alias  Uune,  Anne,  26. 

wood.  1746),  431 ;  Tho.  his  son.  4] 

^^^H                Pnooe,   Wm.  de   (Saltwood,  1391-2), 

Bapcr,  John,  29a 

^^H                   427. 

Bashleigh,  Bev.  Peter,  188. 

^^^H                Preston,  Anne,  22 ;  Sir  Gilbert,  92  ; 

Bawlinson,  Dr.,  letter  of  ArchdeM 

^^^H                     Henrv,  22  ;  John  (Thomham,  1425), 

Stubbs  to,  240;   Marguerite   Jai 

^^^H                     244;  Thumac  (Beiley,  1376-85),  379. 

293. 

^^^1                Prertou,  33,  337. 

Bawson,  Jamea,434;  Thomas.  29. 

^^^H                Prerton  aliat  Haunyboll,  John,   18; 

BawBon  aliat  Hunt,  Eliiabeth,  29. 

^^^H                   Margaret,  la 

^^^B                Prioe,  Thomas  (Dartford,  1689),  396. 

Baynham,  17. 

Baynolde,  John,  297. 

^^^H                Prices,  Hugh,  443. 

Beading,     John,     M.A       (Cheriti 

^^^^H                Prideatu,    Mr.,    PA.S.,   on     human 

1644-7),  369,  366-6. 

^^^H                    remains  at  Hrthe,  334. 

B«oolure,or  Beculure  (Eeculver),  S4 

^^^H                Primlogie,   Henrj    (Dartford,    1349), 

Mary  de,  848,  360,  361 ;    Willi 

^^^H                    385. 

de.  348,  350,  361. 

^^^H                Proctor,  Andrew.  84  iu ;  Eliabeth, 

Beculver,   Francis  Greene,  Tloar 

^^^H 

800 ;  tee  Beoolure. 

^^^^B                Proude,  Thomas  lo,  844 ;  William  le, 

Bedbum,  John,  Vicar  of  Favenhi 

^^^1                     344. 

(1512),  106,  112.                         ^ 

^^^H                ProTest,  Margaret,  23 ;  WUliam,  28. 

Bede,  Thomas,  107,  118.              ^^M 

^^^H                 ProTost,  William,  32,  39. 

B«ding,  Mr.  Balph,  220,  221.      ^^1 

^^^H                Puckering,  Anne,  30 ;  Edward,  30. 
^^^H                Pyerres,  Bo>rcr,  of  Sbadle«feld.  345. 

Bedmnn,    Thomas,    26;    Arcbdaul 

William,  446.                                   ^ 

^^^H                 Pyghtasle,  William,  Vicar  of  Tbom- 

Bcilly,  Sir  Francis  Savage,  of  SaM^^| 

^^^H                    ham  (1368),  244.  245  ». 

memorial      window     in     (^^^H 

^^^H                Pyghtisle,  WUliam,  B«ctor  of  Cheri- 

Church  to,  357.                        ^^ 

^^^H                     ton  (14031.  363. 

Beinold.  Thomas,  Vicar  of  Thoruhi 

^^^^B                 "  Pj'leys,"  definition  of,  96  ». 

(1597),  249. 

^^^^H                 fya,  John,  senior,  39 ;  junior.  39. 

Benaud,    John,    of     Dynant,     88 

^^^^1                 Pynewyggcl,   Alice,   338;    Robert  of. 

Nicholaa.  360. 

^^^H                     Middelton,  338. 

Benham,  341,  346;    Bobert  de    m 

^^^H                Pyrrin,  Joseph.  29;  Thomas,  29. 

Matilda  his  wife,  360. 

^^^H                Pyiaunt,  John,  MA.  (Dartford,  1546), 

Restone.  John  (1696),  213. 

^^^1 

B«yers8he  (Byersh),  341. 

Reynolds,  William,  32. 

^^^^H                 Queenborough,      Biohaid    Bingham, 

Beyp,  Alexander,  Mayor  of  Fordwi 

^^^H                      Vicar,  of  303. 

(1311),  87. 

^^^^H                 Quern,  a,  found  at  Frindsbury,  192. 

Bibton  Henry  (Bexley,  1539),  379. 

^^^B                Quested,  Elizabeth,  415. 

Rich,  Jasper,  40;  John,  40. 

^^^^B                Quinboroughe,  33. 

Richardson,  Einhard,  216. 

^^^^H                Quinborowe,  31. 

Bichborough,  paper  on  excavations  q 

^^^H                Quynborowe,  24,  27. 

in  1887.6-14;   no  lapidary  insori 

tion   at,  6 ;    castrum,  6 ;    rich 

^^^^H                BodnlilTe,  Percival,  Vicar  of  Sheldwicb 

Roman  remains,  10,  11 ;    deaori 
tions  of  fragments  of  Fictile  Vosehi 

^^H                    (1667),  299. 

^^^^B                Bade,  John,  29 ;  Kathcrine,  29. 

found  at.  11  ;  entrance  to  Rrit«.ii. 

^^^^B                Bailton  a^i<u  Outredd,  Cicilie,  17. 

42 ;  second  legion  at,  42 ;  on  BomiS 

^^^H                Boines,  John,  28  ;  William,  28. 

ooins  found  at,  72-77  ;  unique  '~J 

^^^^B                Bainham,  31,  88. 

found  at,  76.                            ^^M 

GENERAL   INDEX.                                  483               ^H 

Biohe,  Sir  Thomu  (1666),  124. 

Rogers,  arms,  893 ;  Ellon,  896 ;  John                ^^H 

Richmond,  Duohoss  of,  156. 

(Dartford,  1515),  395 ;  Stephen,  16.                  ^^M 

Bichmond  alia*  Morland,  John  (Bex- 

Bogf<er,  Stephen,  of  Sutton   Valence,               ^^^| 

ley.  1456),  379. 

345.                            ^m 

Bidding,  Henry,  32. 

Bokesle,  Johanna,  340 ;   Reginald  de,               ^^H 

Bidding  alia*  Bland,  Mabel,  32. 

340 ;  Richard,  387  i  William  de,  340.               ^^1 

Bidley,  John,  293. 

Bokyngg,  340.                                                         ^^M 

Bieihe,  350. 

Rolte,  John,  218,  219.                                          ^H 

Bigiuilt,  Gideon  (1712),  287. 

RoUniidenne,  342,  345.                                          ^^H 

Bigden,  Uuy,  293  ;  Mr..  402. 

Rolvendc-ii,  34,  342,  346.                                           ^^M 

Biky,    Fhcebe,    212;     Bov.    Walter. 

Roman  coins,  pottery,  etc.,  1-14 ;  tile-                ^^H 

212. 

teasenc   floor   at    Riohborough,  9 ;                ^^H 

Bivera,  Mr.  (1666).  121. 

Castrum,  at  Lymne,  41  ;   coins  at                ^^^| 

Boberd,  Johanna,  89 ;  Margaret,  89. 

Biohborou^'h,  72-77 ;  station  of  Vag-               ^^^| 

Boberd,  George,  Mayor  of  Foniiricb 

niaciD  at  SpringhGod,  177-188;  roads,               ^^^| 

(1515),  87,  89. 

180-2 ;  cemetery  at  Springhead,  188 ;               ^^H 

Bobert,  John,  of  Menstre,  889  ;  Mar- 

remains  at  Frindsbury,  189-192  ;  at                ^^H 

geria,  339  ;  Modcr,  106,  113  ;  Rich- 

Rochester, 193-6;  in  Dover  Museum,                ^^^| 

ard,  113. 

202-6;  rings  found  at   Milton  and                ^^^| 

Boberts,  Herbert,   19;   Margery,  19; 

neighbourhood,  207-S ;  ware,  bricks,                ^^H 

Mary,  211,  217,   218;    Thomia,  of 

ums,cto.,atBochester,267ii.;  quern                ^^H 

Esthodley,  22. 

stone  at  Rochester,  273 ;  remains  at               ^^H 

Boberts  aliat  Bam,  Katherioo,  22. 

Diartford.  304-818.                                               ^^M 

Bobertcon,  the  Bev.  Canon  Scott,  on 

Rome,   great  Basilical    Churches    in,                ^^H 

St.    Anselm's    Chaiiel,    Canterbury- 

built  towards  the  west,  49.                                ^^B 

Cathedral,  169-173 ;  on  Archdcaoon 

Rumenal,  old,  338 ;  new,  338.                                       1 

Philiji  Stubbs,  235  ;   report  on  the 

Romney  Marsh,  68.                                                        ^ 

crypt    of     Canterbury     Cathedral, 

Rooke,  Admiral,  102;    Mr.  Thomas, 

258-8;   on  Sheldwioh  Church,  288- 

402. 

303  ;   on  Cheriton  Church,  353-68  ; 

Roos  (Rose),  William  (1459),  251. 

on  Bexley,  the  Church,  Hall,  Place, 

Hoobes,  Alioe,  27  ;  Richard,  27. 

and  Blendoo,  369-82 ;   on  Dartford 

Roper,  Mr.,  169,  160. 

Church,  383-98 ;  on  Horsham  Manor 

Rose,   Alice,   433;   Alse,   221;   John, 

in  Upohurch,  399  ;  on  St.  Leonani'a 

433,  of  Wye,  251;  Robertus,  216; 

Church,  Hythe,  403;   on  Saltwood 

William,  of  Broomfleld.  251,   433; 

Church,  421-32  ;  on  Hatch  the  boll- 

of  Faversham,  251. 

founder  and  Eoaes  Farm,  -134 ;    on 

Boss,  Richard  Bp.  of  (Saltwood,  1466), 

Lymne  Castle  and  Church,  436-46 ; 

420,428. 

on  Cobhara  College,  447-9. 

Rosee    Farm    in    Broomfield,    251-2, 

Eobiuson,  Robert,  29. 

433-5. 

Bobinson  aliat  Borre,  Joanne,  19. 

Rothele,    Beatrix,    388;    Joan,    388; 

Boch,  Richard,  93. 

William,  888. 

Boohe,  John  (1612),  106. 

Bouoestre,    Ansgotus    de.    Lord    of 

Boohester  (Kentish    Administrations, 

Aldington  Manor,  244. 

1669-1608),  16-M). 

Rou«,  Henry  le,  443. 

Boohester,  on    Boman    remain*   dis- 

Routledge, Oaoon  F..  report  on   the 

covered  at,  193-5 ;  a  Boman  station 

cr^iit     of    Canterbury    Cathedral, 

and  fortress  for  four  centuries.  195 ; 

263-6. 

on   medisval   remains  at,  196-201  ; 

Rowe,  Mr..  221. 

old   map   of   (1717),   199;    Priory 

Rowland,  Mr.,  Vioar  of  Croydon,  424. 

Wall,  201 ;  on  the  Saxon  Cathedral 

Rowie,    Elizabeth,    22;     John,     36; 

Church  at,  261-278. 

Peter,  22. 

Boohester  Castle,  old  arch  beneath  the 

Rowlte,  Henr}',ie;  John,16;  Richard, 

approach  to,  196 ;  description  of  the 

16. 

moat  around,  198. 

Ruck.  Auno,  29 ;  William,  senior,  29. 

Bodes  aliat  Bright,  Margaret,  37. 

Ruddle,  William,  236. 

Bodmersham,  349. 

Ruddock,  John,  443. 

Bodulfe's  Craie,  279. 

Rumney,  Symon  (Dartford,  1646),  396. 
Rutland,  Elizabeth,  26 ;  Bobert,  26. 

Boger,  John,  16  :  Sir,  136,  141. 

Boger  aliat  Forche,  Agnes,  16. 

Rutlinge,  33. 

I  I  2 

Sutton,  Mr.  Ittaa,  SOS ;  Imm,  lieute- 
nant of  Dover  Cattle,  405 ;  Matthias, 
Vicar  of  Sheldwicb  (1781),  and 
Margaret  hi>  wife,  303. 

Bybtin,  John,  81. 

Bjiigowode,  John  da  (Saltwood,  1322), 
426. 

Eyrers,  Mary,  17 ;  Tbonua,  17. 

8t.  Alban's  Abbey,  Hert«,  70,  240. 
St.      Anaelni'g    Cba)icl,     Canterbury 

Cathcdrul,  160-173,  174-6. 
St.  Climcnt's  Lnno.  RochcsWr,  193. 
St.  Kdmund    K'\i\ii  and    Mnrtyr,    bin 

cliapcl  in  Uvthe  iTiiircb,  414. 
St.Geor^fe,  Anno,  widow,  381 ;  Eleanor, 

379  ».;  Sir  Ilenrv,  378  (I. ;  Rcbeoca, 

378,  881 ;  Sir  Tbomaa,  378  ■. ;  Tbo- 

nuui,  319  II.,  381. 
St.  James,  Isle  of  Groyne,  32,  33. 
St.  John,  Iiile  of  Tbanet,  17,  30. 
St.  John,  Edward  dc,  3S2;  Uicbard  de, 

302  ;  KoKcr  dc,  352. 
St.  Laurence,  vill  of,  343. 
St.    Le^^r,  Aliunors,   359;    Anthony, 

434  i  Nicholna,  20  ;  Thomas,  359. 
St.  Leonard'!"  Tower,  Mnllini;,  273. 
St.  MarKsret'a  parish,  Bochcsler,  33. 
St.   Marv  Crayc  (or  Grey),   33,  38, 

346. 
St.  Mildred,  Canterbury,  tower,  384. 
St.  Nicholas,  Rot-hoster,  270. 
St.  NioliolaK  (Thunct),  343;  John  de, 

3't3;  Thomiis.  343. 
St.  Paulinust,  Bp.  of  York,  cburohcs 

dedicated  to  him,  279,  :i79  «.,  319. 
St.  Paul'8    Cray   Church,  Major    A. 

Heale«  on,  279-2)il7. 
St.  Paul's  Cray  Ilill,  mansion  of,  281. 
St.  Thoma.s  chaiK'l,  Fuvcnthain,  110. 
St.  William's  Gate,  Eoohealer,  200. 
Baker,  Eev.  Mr.,  216. 
Sale,  Richard,  Vicar  of  Throwley,  299. 
Sale,  William,  B.A.,  Vicar  of  Sheld- 

wioh  (1690),  299. 
Salmon,  Dr.  (1666),  124-6,  127,  1280, 

14fi,  149,  151,  152;  "  Master,"  136, 

142. 
Saltwood,  17,  64,  341 ;  caatlo  repaired 

and  rebuilt,  61. 
Saltwoud  Church,  Canon  Scott  Robert- 
son on,  421-32  ;  font  and  chest,  422  ; 

moniimcntui    bras.'sps,    422 ;   list   of 

rectors  (127G-]S8a),  425-32. 
Sampson,  Abigail,  29  ;   Anthony,  29  ; 

Edmund,  18  ;  William,  18. 
Sanderstend,  familv  vault  of  the  Smiths 

of  Blendon  Ualf  at,  370. 
Sandford,  Katherioe,  19 ;  John,  19. 
Sandhurst,  36,  846. 


Sandwich,  339  ;  (Kentish  Adminiitat- 

tions,  1559-1603,)  16-40. 
Sandys,  Col.  Edwiu,  of  Northbounie, 

370 ;  Lord,  71. 
Santford,  Henry,  401. 
Sapcott,   Alexander,  20 ;  Henry,  SO 

William,  20. 
Sarjeant,  Mr».  Mercy,  217. 
Sarro,  102. 
"  Sarsen  "  stone  found  at  BochMtv, 

264. 
Satis  House,  Rochester,  visit  of  Queen 

Elirabcth,  200. 
Sauage,  Edmund,  349  ;  Margaret, S4B. 
Saule,  Walter,  339. 
Sauuage,  Lora,  345  ;  Ralph  le,  345. 
Sauudor,  John  (Saltwood,  1466).  428. 
S:iuuders,  Jane,  39 ;  Nicholas,  39. 
Savage ;  ««e  Saua^. 
Saxon  Cathedral  Church,  foundatiooi 

at  Rochester,  261-272;  burial  ground 

at  Bochestcr,  265-7 ;  graves  at  Lit- 

tlebrook,  316;  at  Boche>st«r,  266  «.; 

remains  at  Dartford,  304-18. 
Say  and  Sale,  Uarony  of,  391. 
Sayar,    John,     Vicar    of     Sheldwicb 

(1480),  297. 
Scandell,  Matthew,  Vicar  of  Sheldwioh 

(1428),  297. 
Scarsdale.  Earl  of,  102. 
ScharynUm,  Job.,  Rector  of  Bromley. 

386. 
Scott,  Ijidv,  of  Haves  Place,  101,  165; 

Mr..  lOi  ;  Nicho"bi»,  30  ;  Thomas,  26. 

30  ;  Sir  Stephen,  159. 
Scrafton.  William,  Iteclorof  St.  Poul'i 

Cray     (1703),    286;     William,     of 

London,  286. 
Sorodere,    William,    of   Thanet,    and 

Margorii  hit  wife,  342. 
Seajfcr,  Adam,  33  ;  George,  33. 
Scale,  18,  35,  37. 

.Sodpir  aliat  Borman,  Anne,  86. 
Scimnur,  Thomas,  Bart.,  331. 
Sele,  352. 

Solelhrytha,  Abbess  (804),  63. 
Sellendge,  35. 
Selling,  337 ;  Edward  Fisher,  Vloar  of, 

299;    Matthias  Rutton,  Curate  of, 

302. 
ScUiiii^e,  445-6, 
Sellyiiti,     Joan,    423 ;     John,      42;i 

Richard,  423 ;  ann»,  423. 
Selsdon  Park,  in  Sandcrstead,  376. 
Soltor.  John  (8alt«<K>d,  1696),  430. 
8elwy[i,  Albiiiia,  of  Scad  bury,  881. 
Sendo,  Thomas,  of  Hethe,  341. 
S«nllp(.jtir,  .'inthony,  28;  Nicholas,  28, 

tee  St.  Legcr. 
Sergeant,  Ambrose,  33 ;  Elizabeth,  83. 


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OENERAL   INDEX. 


485 


Sorjeant,  John,  210;  Mr».,  236. 

Serle  (or  Serll),  Richard,  93.  95  bit. 

Setvunnce ;  tee  Hnrllcto. 

Sevcnockc,  20,  26,  27,  36. 

8oviiit;tou,  68  ». 

S«wmrd.  William,  346. 

Sh&Icross,  John  (Bexloy,  166S),  379. 

Shardelow,  John  do  (Bcxie;,  1352-76), 
379. 

Sharp,  Dr.  John,  Dean  of  Canterbury, 
300. 

Sharpe,  Alice,  25,  32  ;  Robert,  25,  32. 

Shiiri'e  aliat  Gavell,  Mary,  32. 

Sharpy,  Anne,  27  ;   Ijawronoe,  27. 

Sbtwe,  Elizabeth,  219;  Francis,  219; 
Henrv,  219;  Henry  the  younger, 
219 ;  'Margaret,  219 ;  William,  219. 

Shearlock  Bridge,  401. 

Sheejieboume,  28. 

Shcldwich,  on  the  church  of,  288-303  ; 
reutorcd  in  1888,  289,  :\(Ki ;  dis- 
covery of  an  old  window  in,  288-9  ; 
extracts  from  the  pariah  registers, 
296;  registers  fair-i^opie<l  (1598), 
298  ;  ricaiv  (1279-1870),  296-303. 

Sheldwich,  John,  290. 

Sheldwyoh.  337. 

Shelley,  Joan,  370;  John,  370; 
Matilda,  370. 

Shells  found  in  graves,  203  ».,  205. 

Sheperd,  Agnes,  40  ;  AVilliani,  40. 

Sbeppard,  J.  Brigitookc,  LL.I).,  on 
discoveries  in  St.  Anselni'a  Chapel, 
Canterbury  Cathedral,  174-6 1  re- 
port on  the  crypt  of  Canterbury 
Calhedml,  253-6. 

Shopperd,  John,  293;  Mary,  293. 

Sherborne,  John,  385. 

Sherland,  Alexander,  'M  ;  John,  34. 

ShoriiiKtoii,  Anthony,  25. 

Slipriugton  alias  Thorn's,  Catherine,  25. 

Shervold,  John,  23. 

Sherwvnd,  John,  415. 

Shingledewell,  340. 

Shirreff,  Admiral,  293  ;  Katherine,293. 

Shooters'  Hill,  tumulus  on,  308. 

Shorditcb,  Thomas  (Cheriton,  1433), 
364. 

Shoreham,  27, 348. 

Shoroe,  27,  28,  32,  40;  Etixabctb  de, 
343;  Henry  de,  342;  Walter  de. 
343. 

Short,  John,  38,  39 ;  Marion,  38,  39 ; 
William,  39  ;  Col.  Samuel,  90. 

Short«,  Thomas,  38. 

Shorts,  of  Hemp  Hall,  Fordwich,  82  n. 

Shoterick,  Adam,  Mayor  of  Fordvricb 
(1376),  87. 

Shrimp  ton,  Henry,  35 ;  Biobard,  35. 
Shulham,  Walter,   448. 


Sibill,  Mary,  33 ;  Thomas,  83. 
Sibill  aliiu  Hope,  Anne,  33. 
Sidi-ngbnrn  (Sittingbounie,  338). 
Sidney,  Anna,  18. 
Simonson,  Anno,  36  ;  Philip,  36. 
Simpson,  Rev.  George,  293,  803 ;  8y- 

billa  Lucy,  293. 
Sirrey,  Alice,  17. 
Sirrcy  aliat  Ware,  Johan,  17. 
Sittingbourue,  18,  20,  22,  30,  39,  M) , 

ler  Sidingbuni,  Sydiiigt)ounie,  etc. 
Skelton,  John.  29  ;  William,  214. 
Skillehose,  Robert,  350. 
Skinner,  Augustine,  Knt.,  67. 
Skynner,  William,    M.A.   (Cheriton, 

1507),  365. 
Slades  Green,  Roman  remains  at,  313. 
Slauev,  Thomas  (Cheriton,  1550),  366. 
Slaut«r,  John,  215. 
Slay   Hills    saltings,    near   ITpchurch, 

Roman  rings  found  on,  208. 
Slcddale,  Alan  de  (Saltwond,  1365),  426. 
Slifeilde,  Henry,  33  ;  William.  33. 
Slinn  (or  Slynn),  Andrew,  231 ;  John, 

231 ;  Margaret.  210, 215,  231 ;  Rioh- 

ard,  213,  2:11,  232  ;  Thomas,  232. 
Smallwell,  Joseph,  250. 
Smalwood,  William,  17. 
Smiles,  Mr.,  311. 
Smith,    C.    Roach,    F.S.A.,    not«   on 

excavations  at  Rich  borough,  5;  his 

rkper  on  a  Roman  Cast  rum  at 
ymne,  41 ;  ou  Roman  coins  at 
Richborough,72;  on  Kentish  Ctulra, 
181 ;  on  the  site  of  Noviomagus  and 
yagniacs,  183 ;  discovery  of  Roman 
statue  at  Dover  by,  202. 

Smith,  arms  of,  impaling  Hodgson,  in 
Bexley  Church,  376;  Abraham,  34; 
Agnes,  16;  Alexander,  16;  Arch- 
deacon B.  F,  of  Maidstone,  332; 
Ellen,  aliat  Onye,  84 ;  Eliabeth 
(n^c  Tui-ker),  376  ;  John,  of  Blendon 
Hall,  376;  John  (Dnrtfonl),  387; 
Oswald,  Es.).,  376;  Rii-hard.  35; 
Tho.,  139  ;  William  (Bexley,  1737), 
381;  William,  21. 

Smith  alias  Jeckett,  AUoe,  21. 

Smithson,  £llzul>eth,  29;  John,  29. 

Smyth,  Elirabeth,  22 ;  Geoffrey,  Vicar 
of  Thoniham  (1364),  244;  John 
(Dartford,  1430),  394;  John,  213; 
Thomas,  22, 105. 

Smyth  aliat  Lyte,  Brigett,  21. 

Smoak  money  (?  hearth  tax),  101. 

Smoult,  Thomas  (Bexley,  1659-66), 
380. 

Snape,  Joan,  40 ;  Robert,  40. 

Suaues,  340. 

Snelcker,  SUtius  (1610),  267. 


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GENERAL  INDEX. 


Snell,  Mr.,  286. 

Snelling,  Anna,  287;  Lawrenoe,  Far- 
son  of  St.  Paul's  Cray  (1611),  287. 
Snodeland,  16, 16,  38,  39,  342. 
Snopill,  a/ttu  Saoaaill,  aUai  Snoxell, 

Dorothy,  209,  215. 
Soan,  Jonathan,  Yioar  of  Thomham 

(1720),  260. 
Soane  aUai  Wood,  Blimbeth,  40. 
Sohom,  Galfridus  de  (Bexley,  1286), 

378. 
Solcelyng,  John,  342;    of   Milstede, 

junior,  342 ;  Margaret,  342 ;  Peter, 

342. 
Somer,  Anne,  31 ;  James,  81. 
Somerset,  Same  Elena,  aliai  Vane,  20. 
Somerwell,  Alexander,  89. 
Bonders,   Andrew   (Dartford,   1428), 

394. 
Sondes,  Edward,  Lord,  301 ;  Visoount, 

301;    Sir  George,  294,  295,   299; 

Katherine,    295 ;    Lewis    Kohard, 

third  Baron,  295-6, 302 ;  his  brother 

Edward,  296 ;  his  arms,  296  ;  Lewis 

Thomas,  second  Baron,  302 ;  Mary, 

295;  Sir  Michael,  296 ;  his  chUdren, 

295 ;  Sir  Richard,  295 ;  his  children, 

295. 
Sonne,  Bobert,  219. 
Sonnyngelegh,    Alianora     de,     362; 

Margaret  de,  351 ;  Walter  de,  351 ; 

William  de,  352. 
Soone,  John,  16  ;  Sibill,  16. 
Southfleet,  17,  22,  25 ;  church,  313. 
Southland,  Thos.,  Mayor  of  Fordwich, 

87 ;    his  petition  to   the  Duke  of 

Gloucester,  86. 
Southlonde,  William  (1457),  110. 
Sowndey,  Elizabeth,  25  ;  Brobert,  26. 
Sowthland,  John,  17 ;  William,  17. 
Sparkeford,  Thomas  (Saltwood,  1393), 

427. 
Sparrow,  Thomas,  376. 
Sparrowe ;  tee  Daroye. 
Speed,  Mr.,  236. 
Speldherst,  19,  344. 
Spencer,  Kicbard,  284. 
Spencer,  William,  Maj-or  of  Fordwich 

(1729),  88. 
Spielman,  Elizabeth  (n^e  Mengel),  389- 

90 ;  Katherine,  390;  Sir  Joha,  Queen 

Elizabeth's  jeweller,  389. 
Spillman,  Anthony,  22. 
Spilman,  Thomas,  17,  20. 
Spragin,  John,  22  ;  Martin,  22. 
Sprat,  Bev.  Dr.,  Bishop  of  Rochester, 

236. 
Springhead,  the  Roman  station  of  Yag- 

niacai,  177-188. 
Sprotte,  John,  449. 


Spry,  Canon,  SOS. 

Spurr,  Katherine,  81;  William,  81. 

Spurrell,  Mr.  F.  C.  J.,  on  Dartford 

Antiquities,  304. 
Staoey,  John,  385. 
Stacy,   William,    88 ;    alia*   Mnndy, 

^ry,  38. 
Stafforde,  Dame  Dorothy,  85. 
Stainesmore,  Elizabeth,  86;   Robert, 

36. 
Staleworth,  William  de,  Yioar  of  ntom- 

ham,  244. 
Staley,  Joan.  85 ;  Wm.,  86. 
Stamyndenne,  Wm.  de,  839  hit. 
Stanbridge  aUat  Wattle,  Alice,  28. 
Stanepit,  Thomas  at,  his  ohaiitry  at 

Dartford  Churoh,  884. 
Stanford,  26. 
Stanhope,  Katherine  Lady  Dowigar, 

249;  Henry,  Lord,  249. 
Stankey  Wood,  Bexley,  finest  sped- 

men  of  Deneholes  at,  317. 
Stanley,  Thomas,  435 ;  William,  40. 
Stanpit  Chantry,  Dartford  Churoh,  884. 
Stansmore,  George,  20 ;  Henry,  20. 
Stenstead  (or  Stansted),  24,  28,  36. 
Stanton,  Agnes,  39. 
Stapelherst,  352. 

Staplehurst,  19, 27,  29 ;  Rector  of,  394 
Star  Hill,  Rochester,  ligula  found  in 

Saxon  grave  at  the  foot  of,  206. 
Starkey,  Richard,  of  Eltham,  209,216; 

his  will  (1587),  221. 
Starteoute,  Elizabeth,  22 ;  John,  22. 
Staundon,  John,  385. 
Staunton,  Joan,  23  ;  Robert,  28 ;  Wil- 
liam, 23,  28. 
Stawell,  Elizabeth,  371;  George,  371. 
Stede,  Johan,  20;  William,  20. 
Steinman,  Mr.,  290. 
Stephens,  Ambrose,  33;  Petronella,  39; 

S&lomon,  39. 
Stephens  aliat  Thomas,  Thomas,  38. 
Stephenson,  Cornelius,  33,  37;  £Iix»- 

beth,  37. 
Sterkey,  Thomas,  benefactor  to  Faven- 

ham  Church  (1525),  111  n. 
Stile,  Elizabeth,  16;  John,  19;  Robert, 

16. 
Stiles,  Thomas,  29 ;  William,  29. 
Still,  Agnes,  34 ;  John,  34. 
Still  aliat  Mills,  Alice,  34. 
Stirry,  Agnes,  26 ;  Arthur,  26. 
Stobes,  Stobbes,  tee  Stubbs. 
Stocke  aliat  Mumbrey,  Joan,  17. 
Stockbury,  29. 
Stoke,  27. 
Stokes,  Humphrey  de,  346 ;    William, 

Mayor  of  Fordwich  (1476),  87. 
Stonard,  Thomas,  38. 


OENEB1.L   IKDBX. 


487 


I 
I 


Stone  (Kentish  Administrations,  1689- 

1603),  19.  22,  26,  27,  30,  31, 32. 
Stone,  351 ;   in  Oxney,   B.   HoUing- 

worth.  Vicar  of  (1696),  299. 
Stono.  Emily  S.,  293 ;  John  (Dsrtford 

(1349),  393;    "Goodman"  (166*), 

118;  Thomis,4ie. 
Stone,    Oeori^,   35 ;    Kktherine,  85 ; 

Robert,  40;  ThomM,  40. 
Stones,  interesting,  found  st  Booheiter, 

267  «. 
Stone  Bridge,  tandso  called  in  Uloomb, 

251. 
Stoneshed,  2fl7. 
Story,  Hannah,  217. 
Streetcr,  Christopher,  101. 
Stringer,  Alice,  30 ;  Elizabeth,  26, 30 ; 

William,  26,  30. 
Strode  (Strood),  349,  350. 
Strode,  Colonel,  Governor  of    Dover 

Castle,  102. 
Strood,  214,  308. 
Stroude  (Strood),  29. 
Strout,  John  (Cberiton,  1630),  365. 
Strowde,  20,  37,  39. 
Stubbes,  Nicholas,  22  ;  tee  Stubbs. 
Stubbs,   Archdeacon    Philip,   235-40; 

arms  and  crest,  238  n. ;  MS.  letters 

in  Bodleian  Library,  239 ;  at  Laun- 

ton,  239. 
Stubbs,  on  the  Kentish  family  of,  213- 

234. 
Stubbs,  Alice,  218 ;  will  of  Alice,  of 

Thomham,  234. 
Stubbs,  Charles,  son  of  the  Archdeacon, 

237,   240 ».;    Charles,   grandson  of 

the  Archdeacon,  238. 
Stubbs  (Stubbe),  Edmund,  239. 
Stubbs,  EUnbeth   wife  of    John,  of 

Barnard's  Inn,  214. 
Stubbs,  will  of  George,  of  Bilsington, 

234. 
Stubbs,  Henry,  J.P.,  on  the  Kentish 

family  of  Stubbs,  213-234 ;  grant  of 

arms  to,  238  n. 
Stubbs   (Stubbes,  Stobes),  Henry,  of 

Eltham,  21.3,  214  ;  his  will,  218. 
Stubbs,  Hugh,  of  Eltham  (1611),  213. 
Stubbs  (Stubbes),  Jane,  of  CHiislehurst 

(1647),  214;  Joan,  of  Swanscombe 

and  Northflete,  230. 
Stubbs    (Stobbes,    Stubes,    Stubbes), 

John,  213  hit ;   John,  of  Barnard's 

Inn,   214;  of   Chislchurst,  221;   of 

Eltham,    218;    of    Lincoln's    Inn, 

236  n. ;  John,  clerk,  239 ;  Rev.  John, 

Vicar  of  Newington  by  Hethe,  233, 

.356. 
Stubbs,  Justinian,  M.A.,  of  Gloucester 

Hall,  Oxon,  236«. 


Stubbs,  Katberine,  wife  of  Philip  the 

author   (1593),  236  ■. ;    of  Canter- 
bury, 233. 
Stubbs,  Lucas,  his  will,  226. 
Stubbs,   Margaret,   of    Eltham,  218; 

Mary,   wife   of  John,   of  Eltham, 

213 
Stubbs,  Philip  (1611),  213  j    Philip. 

father  of  the  Archdeacon,  214,  235, 

236 «.;     Philip,     the     ElixabethaD 

author,  236  n. 
Stubbs,  Fhilippa  Maria,  daughter  of 

Archdeacon,  237  :  will,  225. 
Stubbs,  Biohard.of  Chislehurrt(1635), 

214.  235  ;  of  BuisUp,  his  will  (1586), 

220. 
Stubbs,  Robert,  of  Eltham,  213  ;  will, 

220;  Robert,  of  Bamard's  Inn.  214; 

of  Stamford,  co.  Lincoln,  214. 
Stubbs,  Thomas  (administration),  224 ; 

Thomas,  of  Uloombe,  his  will.  231 ; 

of  Borden,  233. 
Stubbs   (Stubbes),    Toby,  of  Eltham 

(1611),  213. 
Stubbs     (Stubbys).    William,     214; 

William,    Registrar   of    Rochester 

Archdeaconry,     his      will,      227; 

William,      o'f      Northfleet,       229; 

WUIiam,  of  Hithe,  232 ;  of  Ulcomb, 

233 ;  William,  son   of  Archdeacon, 

237.  240  n. 
Stubba  (Stubbe),  Dr.  Wolfran,  239. 
Stubbs,  pedigree,  209-212. 
Stubbys ;  tee  Stubbs. 
Studfall  Castle,  a  Roman  fortress,  41. 
Stunnouth,  32. 
Sturrev,  89. 

Style,  Alice,  32  ;  John,  16, 32. 
Styleman,  John,  377. 
Styleman's  Charity,  377. 
Stynnet,  Alioe,  32 ;  William,  32. 
Suliarde,  Brigett,  33 ;  Richard,  33. 
Sunderessb,  2& ;  manor,  346. 
Surrendcn  (Bethersden),  55 ;   sold    to 

Archbishop      Kemp     (1425),      56 ; 

granted    to    Walter    Bucler,    Esq. 

(1544),66  :    passed    to   the    Chute 

family  (1553),  56 ;  manor  of,  68  ■. 
Surrendcn-Chutc,  56. 
Surrenden-Dering,  55,  66. 
Surrenden,  Old,  owners  still  pay  quit 

rent  to  the  Earl  of  Winchelsea,  55. 
Surrenden,  Adam  de,  56 ;  John,  55,  56. 
Surrendowne    (Surrenden),     farm    in 

Bethersden,  1544,  56. 
Suthumllvng,    Walter    de,    Vioar    of 

Sheldwich  (1283),  296. 
Sutton,    17;  at  Hone,  26,  30,  344; 

Valence,  37,  346. 
SnttoD,  William,  448 ;  Vioar  of  Sheld  ■ 


^^^^V             488                                  GSNEBAL   INDEX.                        ^H 

^^^^^M                  wioh  (1437),  297 ;  William.  Vicu-  of 

Taylour,  Lukev   Vicar    of    8ll 

^^^^^H                    Tbornham  (1661),  3S0. 

(1580),  298.                               1 

^^^^^^^H                Swaiiie,  Alice,  30;    John,  30;    Law- 

Tenham,  Lind«st«de  next,  347,9 

^^^^^^H 

Tennard,  Stephen,  448.              ■ 

^^^^^H               Swalman,  Alice,  22  :  William,  22. 

Tenterden,  16,  19,  20,  22,  2d 

^^^^^H              Swan,    Uenry,  344;  Tliomu  (Sheld- 

37,  65.                                        fl 

^^^^^H                  wicb,  1606),  287. 

Thames,  tide-walls  of  the,  309.1 

^^^^^^H               Swrnnneiicompe,  340,  343. 

Thanintrton  Church,  towoc^^fl 

^^^^^H               Bmuuoombe,     18,     31,    34;     Britiih 

Thcfeswellc,  Fordnicb,  SS^^^H 

^^^^^^H                    Oppidmm    in    the    forest    of,   178; 

Tbiitill,  John  (Saltwofxi,  lH|P 

^^^^^^H                  ewth-walled  enclosure,  306-7- 

Thorn's  afiaiSberinifton,  Catherii 

^^^^^^^H               Swanaoombe  Hill,  old  road  on,  306. 

Thomas.  Aidcnnaii,  154;  Ba-rtbolo 

^^^^^^^H               Swstfield,  lauda  in,  belonging  to  the 

349;    Geoffrey,   949;     rilii«| 

^^^^^^H                  Chute  familj, 

John,  16  ;  Mathew,  34 ;  Matifl 

^^^^^^^^H                Sweet  Ardcii  Manor.  305. 

Richard,  349.                     ^^| 

^^^^^^H               Swerder,  llcurr,  *.)4 ;  Jobu,  94. 

Thomas  a/icu  Genynges,  K^^^| 

^^^^^H               Sweraeylonde,  Sibilla  de,  346 ;  William 

Thomas  aiuu  Parker.  Alio^HH 

^^^^^H                   de,  346. 

Thomas  alioi  Stecre,  Julian,  sH 

^^^^^H               Swifte,  James,  Vicar  of  Kltham,  219  ; 

Thomas  aliai  Stephens,  Thom^| 

^^^^^H                   Thomas, 

Thomline,  George,  401.              ^M 

^^^^^^^H               Swinborne,  Lawrence,  33. 

Thomlyn,  TJiomas,  19.                J 

^^^^^H               Swynefcid,  Wodeton  next,  348. 

Thompson,    Rev.    Henrr,^^fl 
John,  of   Peterborough,  ^^H 

^^^^^^^B                Sybertoswell, 

^^^^^^H               Syble,  Joan,  25 ;  John,  2&. 

Joseph,  212,  218 :    StepUi^ 

^^^^^H               Syble  aliat  BosseviUe,  EUzabolh.  25. 

of  Fordwich  (16J3,  etc.),  88,  90 

^^^^^^^H               Sydenham,  Theodore,  Majror  of  Ford- 

Thomson,  Edmund.  18;  Elieahctb 

^^^^^H                  wioh,  1736-43,88. 

Joan,  20 ;  Thomas.  26  ;  Willian: 

^^^^^^H               Sydney,  Earl,  382 ;  patron  of  Boxloy, 

Thomden,  Richard,  Bp.   of    Uut 

^^^^^^^a                   378  n. ;  Sobert,  Ooveraor  of  Fliuh- 

portion  of  the  crypt  in  Canl 

^^^^^B                   ing,  69 ;  Viwount,  381,  382. 

Cathedral  appropriated   to    li 

^^^^^^^H              Sydyngboume,  342. 

255-6. 

^^^^^^^H               Symoiidi),  Benjamin,  Yioar  of  Sbeld- 

Tbonieham,  Robert  de,243-i;  y 

^^^^^H 

of.  243-4. 

^^^^^^^H                Symgon,  John,  444. 

Tboniham  parish,  formerly  Tm 

243 ;  Vi<»r8  of,  244 ;  vicara^^ 

with  Aldington,  244  «i.,  246. 

^^^^^^H               Taillor,  Johaiinei,  Vicar  of  Aldington 

Thonibam  -  cum  -  Aldington,    « 

^^^^^H                    (1382),  246. 

Tioars  of,  243-50. 

^^^^^^^1               Taillour,  Richard,  son  of  Richard  te. 

Thornton,    W.    Pugin,    his    m 

^^^^^H                    348 ;  William,  his  brother.  348. 

report  on  a  skeleton  found 

^^^^^^H               Taillour,  Richard  le,  of  Silstede,  and 

orypt  of  Canterbury  Cathedn 

^^^^^^^H                    Margeria        wife,  3<tS. 

Tboruton,  Rev.  Mr.,  236. 

^^^^^^H                Tailluur.  William,  245-6. 

Thornycroft,  Christian,  20  ;  Jol 

^^^^^H                Tailor,  John,  414;  Margaret,  414. 

Thoq)e,  John,  junior,  373. 

^^^^^H               Talboyea,  Ralph  (Saltwood,  1592), 430. 

Throwloigh,  29. 

^^^^^^H               Taaorey  Island.  89. 

Throwley,  89;  Benjamin  HoUing 

^^^^^^H                Tanner,  Anno,  36;  Edith,  35;  Eliza- 

Curate  of  (1696),  300 ;  House 

^^^^^^H                    both.  35 ;  Jobu,  of  Favcrsbam,  351 ; 

Tbrowley,  Elizabeth,  16 ;  Bobw 

^^^^^H                     William,  448-9. 

Throwley  afiiu  Chapman,  MiMBH 

^^^^^H               Tarbokk,  Tbomoa,  Parson  of  St.  Paul's 

Tbrustcraft,  Roland,  39.       ^^H 

^^^^^H 

Thiimeham,  Stephen  de,  241^" 

^^^^^^^H              Tauiio    tet  Wattyshaeh. 

Thurston,  Jobu,  448. 

^^^^^^^B               Taunton,  Manor  of,  56. 

Tbwaitoa,  Thoma.',  armiger,  20. 

^^^^^H               l^iylor,  Alice,  36 ;   Ann,  293  :  Eliiai- 
^^^^^H                   beth,  31 ;  Jobu,  gent.,  7 1 ;  Thoniao, 

Thyndenne,  Henry  de  (1326),  24 

Tiobbome,  Maurice,  20;  Richal 

^^^^^H                   36 ;  Waller,  of  Uollingbourne,  252, 

Tibbs,  Mr.  (1663-76),  117,  1191 

^^^^^B                   -134. 

131,  134,  137, 1.39.  142, 149,  1( 

^^^^^^^B               Taylor  arms  impalin/i;  Deedes,  412. 

Tide-walls  of  the  Thames,  309-11 

^^^^^^^^             Taylor,  i>tc[)hen,  Mayor  of  Fordwioh, 

Tilden,  Agues,  35. 

^^^^^^L                         niC,  88,  90  a. 

Tilo-marks  at  Lymne  and  Dover,' 

OENEBAL 

INDEX.                                489 

Tilmenston  alia*  Tilmanston,  36. 

Tusam  aliai  Pett,  Anue,  23. 

Tiiidal,  the  R«v.  Nii-holas,  Chapliun  of 

Tusan,  Richard,  26. 

Greciiwicli  Hospit&l  (1738),  236. 

Twisdon,  Sir  Rnifer  (1666).  124,  138  ; 

Tirrell,  James,  40 ;  John,  40 ;  Phillip, 

Sir  Thomas,  138;  Sir  AV.,  156. 

40. 

Twislcton.    Christopher,    of     Barley, 

Tobold,  Joan,  17  ;  Richard,  17. 

391  ;    his    arms,    391  ;    John,    his 

Todd,  J«me«,  29 ;  WUliam,  25. 

KTandjion,  391 ;   John,  son  of  John, 

Toke,  NicboUs,  Esq.,  68. 

391. 

Toller,  Mr.  (1666),  125. 

Twisleton,  John,  J.P.  (Dartford),  831. 

Toiuliti,  Friend  Anthony,  Mayor  of 

Twyiden,  Jane.  440 ;  Thos.,  440. 

Fordwioh  (1830-1),  89. 

TyWen,  Eio.,  436. 

Tomlvn,  Alicia,  widow,  251 ;  John,  of 

Tylman,  Isaoo,  80. 

Broomfiold,  251. 

Tyrill,  John,  40. 

TompsoDC,  Robert,  434. 

Tomron   (ThonuBson),    Edward,   106, 

113 ;    wives    Margaret  and   Emota, 

UlRombe,  433,  435. 

113  ;  dau.  Alice  and  Elizabeth,  113. 

Underdown,    Edward,  440;    Thomas, 

Toii((e,   Arnold,   Vicar    of    Sheldwich 

Mavor  of  Fordwioh,  88,  90. 

(1390),  296  ;  Francis,  29;  Mary,  29; 

lT|)chiirrh,  Horsham  Manorin,.T99-402. 

William.  17. 

Urtis.  oonlaiiiinK  calcined  Imnes,  208. 

Toniro,  Simon  (Symond)  a,  106,  113. 

Usher,  Mr.,  114;  *<»  Vmher. 

Ton^e.  Richard  atte,  113. 

Toiifie  alias  Pirrey,  Alice,  17. 

Tonstall,  Sir  John,  157. 

Vagniaoe,  Roman  station  at  Spring- 

Tooke, John,  38;  Juliana,  87;  Thomas, 

head,    177-188;    possible  derivatiou 
and  meaning  of  the  name,  177-9. 

37. 

Topclilfe,    Godwin,    of    Hythe,    385; 

Vale.  John,  37. 

Richard,  365. 

Valoyncit,  Cristina  de,  340 ;  Henry  de, 

Tournny,  John,  423 ;  Thonuw,  42S. 

340. 

Towueley,  Joan,  25;    Margaret,  25; 

Valoyns,  anus,    impaling    FoKtfe,    in 

Randall,  25. 

Cheriton    Church,    mentioned    by 

Townshend,  Hon.  Thomas,  881. 

Ha-sted,  358  ;  Warctius  de,  358. 

Townsbends,  jiatrons  of  Bexley,  378  n. 

Van  Acker,  Abraham,  29 ;  John,  29. 

Travers,  Colonel  R.  H.,  417. 

Vao  Heythusen,  Mary  (1869),  293. 

Trcnge,  Stephen  de,  and  Matilda  his 

Vandeu  Stcene,  Nicholas,  33. 

wife,  339. 

Vaiie,  Anne,  330  ;    Dame  Elena,  oluu 

Trimnell,  Julian,  36 ;  Walter,  36. 

Somerset.  20. 

Trippehwe,  Alan  de,  346. 

"  Vault  called  Becket's  Tomb  "  in  crypt 

Trollop,  Jerome,  40 ;  Kathcrine,  40. 

of  Canterbury  Cathedral,  256. 

Trolopp.  Jano,  22  ;  Roger,  22. 

Vassour,  John,"Vicar  of  Eltham.  861. 

TroubridKe,     Elizabeth,     212,     218; 

Veel  (or  Vel),  Juliana  le,  350,  851 ; 

Richard.  212. 

Wioaodus  le,  360,  851. 

Trout  fisherj-,  at  Pordwich,  96  ■. 

Veuella,  street  at  Roohester,  197. 

Trowte,  Joan,  25  ;  John,  26. 

Venysoun,  Johanna,  ."MO;  Robert,  340. 

Tryndvn,  M.,  448. 

Veneu,   John,    Rcotor   of   Snndhorst, 

Tucker,  John,   M.A.,  Vicar  of  Sheld- 

422 and  a. 

wich  (1757),  301 ;  Stephen,  446. 

Vonioii,  Thomas,  ;^85. 

Tudeley,  19,  22. 

Viounc,  John  de,  Reutur  of  Cheriton 

Tufton,  Lodv  Olherine,  301. 

(1316),  363. 

TunbridKO,  is,  17,  24,  28,  29,  33,  34. 

Villiers,  Mary,  295. 

Tunjtall,  25,  35,  40 ;  "  Sister,"  161. 

Viuler's  Park  in  Boxley,  370  a. 

Turberryl,  Mr.,  97. 

Violett.  Grace,  33 ;  Henry,  33. 

Turoacum  (Tourney),  41. 

Vpchirche  (Upchuroh),  346. 

Turner,  Alice,  26  ;    Isaac,  26;  John, 

VsBher,  William  le,  842. 

35,  402  ;  Rev.  John,  402  ;  Margaret, 

Vyncent,  J  no.,  433. 

26,  Mary,  .35;  Stophcn,  31 ;  Thomas, 

Vyne,  the,  near  Basingstoke.  71 . 

402  ». ;  'R«v.  Thos.,  402  n. 

Vyneter,  Alice  le,  347,  348 ;  Robert  le, 

Turner,  Richard,   Vicar  of    Dartford 

347,348. 

(1553^),  396  »U. 

Vyney  aliat  Wooddey,  Eleanor,  84; 

Tunm,  Riohaid,  23. 

Joanna,  24;  John,  24. 

490 


aHNBSA.L  INDBX. 


WaochwtaMn,  Biohaid  de,  and  Nioho- 
laa  his  wife,  862. 

Wadelaff,  Thomas,  8.T.B.  (Dartford, 
1527),  896. 

Wadhun,  William,  363 ;  his  daughter 
married  to  William  Fogge,  864. 

Waightg,  Petronilla,  40;  William,  40. 

Wainewright,  Arnold,  867 ;  Joan,  85 ; 
Thomaa,  86. 

Wakefield,  Anthony  (bell-founder), 
286. 

Wakering,  Archdeaoon  John,  483. 

Waldene,  Alioe  de,  340,  341 ;  Biohard 
de,  840,  341. 

Waldersbare,  16. 

WaUcet,  John,  of  Fnnt,  Snaex,  27. 

Wall,  John,  37;  Peter,  37;  Samuel, 
37 ;  Thomas,  37. 

Waller,  Mr.  J.  O.,  F.SAi.,  description 
of  mural  painting  in  St.  An- 
aelm's  Chapel,  Canterbury  Cathe- 
dral, 172-3 ;  Sarah,  daughter  of 
Capt.  Jacob,  293. 

Wallia,  Eichard  (Dartfoid,  1602),  396. 

Wallpoole,  George,  37 ;  William,  87. 

Wallrond,  Rebecca,  217. 

Wallys,  Henry,  19. 

Walmer  Castle,  38. 

Walramesherst  Manor,  next  Hethe, 
342. 

Walrond,  Bebeooa,  211 ;  Robert,  211 ; 
lee  Wallrond. 

Walaingham,  Lady  Ann,  160 ;  Cathe- 
rine, 161 ;  Francis,  164;  James,  160; 
Mary,  167;  Mr.  (1667),  128,  137, 
138,  139;  Mr.  Thomas,  166;  Sir 
Thomas,  157,  161. 

Waltham,  68  ». 

Warcop,  Agnes,  81 ;  Elizabeth,  31 ; 
Thomas,  31. 

Waroopp,  Henry,  18 ;  John,  18. 

Ward,  Ambrose,  89. 

Warde,  Dom  Christopher  (Cheriton, 
1502),  366. 

Warden  in  the  Isle  of  Sheppy,  35. 

Wardlaw,  Mary,  379  n. ;  Balph,  879  ». ; 
tee  alto  Latham. 

Warden,  345. 

Ware  alias  Sirrey,  Johan,  17. 

Warewyk,  Peter  de,  341 ;  Eosa  de, 
341 ;  Robert  de,  341. 

Warham,  Archbishop,  246-8 ;  Edward 
of  Patriiboume,  251,  484;  John, 
434;  Richard,  of  AVingham,  251, 
433-4 ;  William,  of  Hothfield,  251 ; 
Archdeacon  William,  4-14. 

Warhome,  21. 

Warner,  Edward,  miles,  20 ;  Nicholas, 
80. 

Warner  aUai  Whitohome,  Alioe,  80. 


Warrene,  John  (Sartlord,  1481),  894. 

Warrington,  William,  of  London,  86i. 

Waston,  John,  26. 

Water,  Benjamin,  86 ;  Dr.  Gintert,  14A. 

Water  aliat  Munn,  Anne,  86. 

Wateringbury,  23,  28. 

Wataon  arms,  quartering  Monion,  296 ; 

Edward,  Yisoount   Sondes,  296 is.; 

the   Hon.    Lewis,   third   Baron  of 

Rookin^iam,    295,  296 «.;   Lewia, 

second  Earl  of  Bockini^am,  285  a.: 

Lewis,  first  Earl,  301 ;  Thonuw,  third 

Earl,  296  ». 
Watson,  Robert  (Saltwood,  1660).  429. 
"  Wattels,"  definition  of ,  96  ». 
Wattes,  Gtoorge,  81 ;  Margery,  31. 
Wattle,  George,  28;  Simon,  28. 
WatUe  aUai  Stanbridge,  Alioe,  2& 
Watts,    Rev.    Alan    Hunter,     898; 

Elizabeth,  20 ;  Hugh,  33 ;  Joan,  38 ; 

Richard,  20. 
Watts,  Mr.,  Queen  Elizabeth's  visit  to, 

at  Satis  House,  Rochester,  200. 
Wattyshagh,     formerly    Taune,     in 

Broomfield,  261. 
Wauere,  William  de,  861. 
Waumer,  21. 
Weale,  Elizabeth,  80. 
Weaver,  Alioe,  27. 
Webbe,  Richard,  216. 
Webster,  ARnes,  16 ;  Nicholas,  16. 
Webster,  Thos.,  449. 
Welbee,  John,  261. 
Welby  aliat  Tirrell,  Anne,  40. 
Welde,  Matilda  de,  343 ;  Thomas  de, 

343 ;  William  de,  343. 
Welford,     Margaret,     daughter     of 

Thomas,  of  Wisteston,  61 «. 
Well  Courte,  28,  37. 
Welle,  William,  443. 
Welles,  Agues,  24 ;  John,  85;  Biohard, 

35 ;  Thomas,  24. 
Wells,  Anthony,  26 ;  John,  26. 
Wells,  Bishop,  394. 

Welsshe,  Richard,  benefactor  to  Cray- 
ford  Church,  326. 
Welton,  John,  24 ;  Margery,  24. 
Wemborue,  Joan,  25 ;  John,  25. 
Wendeliston,    William,     Biector     of 

Cheriton  (1426),  363. 
Werehorne,  340  ;  manor,  346. 
Wesley,  Rev.  Charles,  376,  381 ;  Dr. 

John,  375. 
Westbere,  Parish  of,  94. 
Westerham,341 ;  John  de,  and  Dionisia 

his  wife,  347. 
Westfeld,  96. 

Westgarth,  Ann,  212 ;  Biohard,  212. 
Westgate,  340,347. 
Westgato,  Alioe,  86 ;  Jdrn,  85. 


^^^^^^^™           GBNBEAIi   INDEX.                                  491          ^M 

L  Weet  Oreenvich,  22. 

(1666-96),  237  and  «.;    John,  of,           ^H 

■  West  Uythc,  437.  4-U. 

King's  College,  Cambridge,  237  n. ;            ^^H 

FWertmallyng.  330. 

Mary,  wife  of   Archdeacon  Stubbs,           ^^| 

WestmawliDg,  20. 

237  and  n. ;    Richard,  236 ;   Tbeo-           ^H 

Westphaling,  H.,  445. 

pilus,  301.                                                        ^^1 

■    Weston,  Agmandesbsm,  40 ;  Elizalieth, 
I        22  ;  Mr.  Lambert,  202-3  ;  Miohoel. 
22 ;  Thomas.  S3. 

Willson,  Francis,  18;    Thomas,    29;           ^^M 

William,  18.                                                     ^H 

Wilmynton  next  Dertford,  344.                       ^H 

WMtram  (Westcrham),  21,  22,  26. 

Wilson.  Alice,  22  ;  Mr.,  14.                              ^H 

Wertwode  Manor,  337. 

Wiltshire,  Eleanor,  390;  John,  bene-            ^^M 

Westwood,  Mr.  (1666),  124. 

factor  to  Fiivoniham  Church,  111  a. ;            ^^| 

Wharro,  William,  449. 

Sir  John,  390 ;  Mr.,  390.                               ^H 

Wlietenhall,  Thomas,  17. 

Wincbelsea,    Earl    of.    Lord   of   the           ^H 

Whiffiu,  Richard.  399. 

Manor  of  Boughton  Aluph,  66.                   ^^M 

1     White,  Eliia,  293;  Henry,  24;  Mary, 
1         24  ;  Sir  Thomas,  Lord  Mayor,  236. 

Winchester,   Margary,    16;    Richard,                    1 

32  ;  William,  16.                                                       J 

W  indc  arms  in  Bexley  Church,  371 ». ;          ^^M 

30. 

Mr.  William,  371.                                          ^H 

Whitehorno  aliai  Warner,  Alice,  30. 

Windsor  alia*  Mavnev,  Anne,  29.                   ^^H 

Whitestaple,  33. 

Winf;oham,  Ralph'de  '(Dartford,  1274),           ^H 

Whitfield,    Eev.    George,    876,    381; 

^H 

1        Mr.,  102. 
f    Whitotaple,  87. 

Wingent,  Mr.,  discovery  of   Romkn           ^^U 

coins  at  Rochester  by,  194.                           ^^H 

Whyte,  R.,  correspondence  with   Sir 

Wingfield,  James,  22  ;  Jaques,  27.                  ^^| 

Robert  Sydney,  59,  60. 

Wingfield  alia*  Maydcnhed,  Cedlie,           ^^H 

■  Wickham,  20,   39  ;  Ureux,   ««  Wyk- 

■  harabreouse  ;  Kost,  373. 

■  Wiifhtman,  Philip,  bellfounder,  392. 

^H 

Wingfield    alia*    Newenhftm,   Dame           ^^M 

Marv  27.                                                        ^H 

Wiloolt,  Robert.  364. 

With.  Eudo  (Saltwood,  1419),  427.                   ^M 

Wild,  Dr.   George,    Bp.  of  London- 

Withers,  Robert  (1686),  213.                          ^M 

1         dcrrie.  69. 

1     Wildborc,  John,  440. 

Wittenham,  23,  25,  28,  38,  344.                      ^H 

Wittlesoy,  Archbishop,  letter  concern-           ^^H 

Wilder,  family,  patrons  of  Thortibam, 

ing  Aldington  Church,  245  n. ;  set^           ^^M 

260. 

ties  dispute  between  Ombewell  and           ^^M 

Wilder,   John    MaoMahon,   Vioar    of 

Vicar  of  Thornham  as  to  vicarial  in-            ^^% 

Thornhara  (1838),  260;  W.  8.  Parr 

come,  246-6.                                                            1 

(Ticar,  1829),  260. 

Wode,  343.                                                                  1 

Willomcnt,  T.,  2H4. 

Wodeford;  »»*  Woodford.                                         1 

Willerd,  Anne,  18 ;  Stephen,  18. 

Wodeton  next  Swynefcld,  348.                              J 

WillcsborouKh,  17,  68i». 

Wodeward,  William,  28.5.                          ^^^H 

WiUet,  Henry,  219. 

Wody,  Anne,  20  ;  John,  20.                      ^^^^| 

Williard,     Agnes,    26;     John,     26; 

Wody  alia*  Huntley,  Kolherine,  20l         ^^^^H 

William,  26. 

WoUett,  Hoborl,  27.                                       ^H 

Williard  iUi(u  Cole,  Alice,  26. 

Wolton,  John,  23.                                         ^^^^M 

Williams,   Edmund,  24 ;  Edward,  22  ; 

Wombwell,  Aliov,  18 ;  Thomas,  18,  24.    ^^^^| 

John,  20  ;   Margaret,   39 ;    Walter, 

Wood,    Ann,    252;    Uonjamin,    252;    ^^^^| 

35. 

Edward,    of    Old    burrenden,    70;          ^^M 

Williams  alia*  Crensted,  Alice,  20. 

George,  252  ;  John,  252,  435 ;  Mar-           ^H 

Williams    alia*    Gyles     (or     Giles), 

tin,   33;    Mary,  33;   Nicholas,  40;           ^H 

Eliiabeth,  22,  24. 

Richard,  32,  262,  435 ;  Solomon,  of          ^^1 

Williams  alia*  Hulston,  Anne,  17. 

Wormeshill.  262,  435.                           ^^^H 

Williamson,  John,  Mayor  of  Pordwich, 

Wood  alia*  Mallerd,  Ellen,  30.                ^^^^H 

1667,   87;    Margaret,   wife    of    Sir 

Wood  alia*  Soane,  Elixabeth,  40.            ^^^H 

Robt.  Austen,  371  ;  Mr.,  128. 

Woodchurch,  31.                                      ^^^^1 

Willis,  Beujumin,  237  n. ;  Doctor,  134 ; 

Woodcote,  near  Croydon,  alleged  site    ^^^^H 

Edward,  237  and  *. ;    George,  301 ; 

of  Noviomagus,  182.                                   ^^1 

George  Lewis,  301 ;  Henrietta,  301 ; 

Woodden,  Thomas,  24 ;  William,  24.             ^^M 

John,   Vicar   of  Sheldwich    (1715), 

Wooddev  alia*  Vynev,  Joanna,  24.                 ^^H 

300 ;  John,  his  ion,  301 ;  Rev.  John, 

Woodford  (Wodeford),  Rob»rf    hr-             ^H 

Rector    of    West   Homdon,   Essex 

factor  to  Crayford  Cburcl                         ^H 

492 


OEKERMi   IKDEX. 


Woodford,  Robert,  and  Jou)  Ilia  wife, 
326 at,  320. 

Wocd^tc.  Edmund,  24 ;  Peter,  24. 

Woodland.  John,  30. 

Woodrof,  Tliomad,  90. 

Woodruir,  the  R<-v.  C.  Eveleitfh,  M.A., 
mi  Fordwich  Beoordu,  7»-102. 

Woodruff,  John,  Mayor  of  Fordwich 
(1775),  89.  90;  Mary,  90. 

Woodward,  Elimbeth,  20 ;  WilliBin,  20. 

Woolrich,  Mr.,  159. 

Woolwich  (Kentidh  Adminiiitrationii), 
16,  17,  18,  20,  23,  25. 

Wootton,  William,  100. 

Worghope  (or  Wyborough),  John 
(Dartford,  1427),  39-1. 

WorUod,  ThoniM,  37. 

Wormshill,  435. 

Worrell,  Mm.,  141. 

Worsbrid),ce,  in  Bethenden,  66. 

Worsley,  Thoma.'s,  885. 

Wnrthe  alias  Blackdon,  Elizabeth,  34. 

Wotton,  Ann,  31  :  Edward,  31  ;  Sir 
Edward,  249  :  Elixabeth,  31 ;  Emma, 
31  ;  John,  31 ;  Mary,  31  ;  Rebeoca, 
31  ;  Sarah,  31  ;  Thomag,  Lord,  249. 

Wouldhara,  19. 

Woult«r,  Margaret,  27  ;  Thoma*.  27. 

Wraith,  Dennis,  442 ;  Thomas,  442. 

Wrek,  John  (1547-8).  112. 

Wrik'Ut,  Alice,  21 ;  Eoger,  24. 

Wri>;ht,  Mr.,  Vicar  of  Boughtou,  241. 

Wroth,  John,  created  a  burouet  (1C60), 
374  ;  Lady  Margaret,  374  .  Sir 
Peter,  374 ;  Peter,  son  of  Anthony, 
374;  Sir  Thomas,  374;  Thomas, 
Bon  of  Peter,  374. 

Wrothrim,  37,  39,  40,  434-5. 

Wruttesley,  Hon.  George,  362  ». 

Wy,  347. 

Wvaredalc,  Thomas,  22. 

Wyal,  Sir  Thomiu,  20. 

Wvbert,  Constance,  839 ;  Poncius, 
339. 

WyborouKh  ;  »te  Worghope. 

Wypli.  Richard,  394. 

Wydeirhale,  Robert  do,  of  Erde,  and 
Johanna  his  wife,  337. 

Wye,  08  ».,  3-t7,  433,  440. 

Wye  College,  estates  given  by  Arch- 
bishop Kemp  (1425),  66. 


Wyghernton,  John  d«,  and  J 

his  wife,  341. 
Wykham,  Walter  de,  352;  8«ts, 
Wykliambreouise,  341. 
Wyllard,  Elizabeth,   40. 
Wyllym,  William,  Vicar  of 

(1418).  245,  24«. 
Wyllys,  Eev.  John, of  Brentwood,] 

Mary  bis  daughter,  211. 
Wylsou,  Geoffrey,  Vicar  of  Sbotdi 

(15-15),  297. 
Wyltexhire,  Richard,  360. 
WvTOonde,    Joanna,     18;    John, 

W'illiam,  18. 
AVyn,  John,  39. 
Wynchi>ombe,  Glijabeth,    18  ;  Jal 

18. 
Wynne,  Robert,  236  ;  Peter,  36. 
Wvntegh,  John,    Vicar  of  Aiding 

(13541,245. 
Wynterbum.  Arohdeaoon  Thomaa,' 
W^Tilon.  Alice  de,  347;  GcolTrey 

347. 
Wyse,    Andrew,   40;     Thomas, 

William,  40. 
Wytricheshamc,  344. 

Yates,  John,  330 ;  Mr.,  156. 
Yaldinge  (Yeldinge,  etc.),  17,  24, 

31 ;  Vicar  of,  394. 
Yardcly.  John,  20. 
Yong,  John   (Saltwood,  1514),    4i 

Richard.  449. 
York,    John,     Vicar    of     Sheldw 

(1448),  297. 
Yotes  Estate,  at  Mereworth,  bouKbt 

James  Master,  visit  to,  160;  Coi 

157. 
Youens,  C.  T.,  drawing  of  a  Son 

ligula  by,  206. 
Y^oun);,  Edmund,  Mayor  of  Ford 

(1639),  88;  Thomas  (Mavor,  IT 

1719,  1724),  88. 
Younpe,  Agnes,  27  ;  Wm.,  27. 
Ylliamar,   the    EnKlisbman,    Bp. 

Ilochcstor  (644-655),    262;    site 

his   grave   in  Rochester    Catb< 

263 ;  bis  remains  removed,  271. 

Zouch,  Lord,  365. 


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»  88,/>r  "  f.  166,"  rtad  "  t.  824*." 

„  41,/or  "  1. 170,"  raotf  «  f.  826*." 

„  46,ybr  "  f .  286,"  rtad  "  f.  897*." 
„  „  10.  far  "  t.  278,"  rtad"!.  418*." 

„    298,  „    7,/<>r"f.98,"r<«i"r.76»." 
„  „  10,  for  "  f.  210,"  rtad  "  t.  348*." 

„  „  18,/»r  "  f.  278,"  rtad  "  t.  886*." 

„  16,/>r  "  f.  810,"  rMd  "  f.  406*." 

„  20,/of  "  f.  807,"  r«rf  "  t.  686*." 

„  28,/o>- "  f.  828,"  rtad  "  f.  667*." 
„    867,  line  28,/or  "  I.  upon  our  Plate,"  rtad  "  III.  upon  our  Plate." 
„    368,  lart  line,yS)r  "  II.  and  III.,"  rtad  "  I.  and  II." 
„    869  Une4,/>r"II.andIII,"r»<KJ"I.andII." 
„    433  „  8,/or  "  hia  property,"  rtad  "  hia  and  his  niece's  jmnt  property." 
„    437,  linea  11 — 14,/or  "  the  Ecolesiaatical  Commiasionen,  etc.,"  rtad  "  Major 
Lawee  of  Old  Park,  Dover,  who  purchaaed  the  Paraooage  Farm  from 
Archdeacon  Crott'a  Ezecutora." 


ADDENDUM. 

Gold  Ck>iK  or  Cuhobklivk,  at  WxaTUSuir. 

On  Major  Board's  farm,  called  French's  Farm,  in  Westerham,  a  gold  coin  of 
Conobeline,  minted  at  Colchester  about  i..D.  20-40  (says  Dr.  John  Srans),  was 
lately  turned  up  by  a  plough.  It  is  of  the  type  engraved  in  Dr.  Evans's  AueiaU 
Britiih  Coint,  on  Plate  iz.,  No.  11. 


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