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Cnut’s Charter for Christ Church, Canterbury, 1023 AD

Concerns the granting of the port of Sandwich and related water rights to Christ Church, Canterbury. Transcription and translation of Textus Roffensis, 57v by Jacob Scott (pending review).

Concerns the granting of the port of Sandwich and related water rights to Christ Church, Canterbury. Transcription and translation of Textus Roffensis, 57v by Jacob Scott (pending review).

Latin, dating to 1023. No rubric, though there is a space left for one. A space is left for a display initial; or perhaps the initial has been completely obliterated by water damage. The arm of Saint Bartholomew apparently refers to a relic; also mentioned are a large cloak and Bartholomew’s gold crown.

Transcription

57v (select folio number to open facsimile)

_[C]NVD rex anglorum dedit aecclesiae
xpi brachium Sancti Bartholomei
apostoli cum magno pallio, et sui capitis
auream coronam, et portum de sandwic,
et omnes exitus eiusdem aquae ab utraque
parte fluminis, ita ut natante naui
in flumine cum plenum fuerit, quam
longius de naui potest securis paruula
super terram proici, debet a ministris
aecclesiae xpi rectitudo nauis accipi. Null-
usque,

Translation

See Translation Notes

Cnut, king of the English, has given to the church of Christ, the arm of St Bartholomew the apostle with a large cloak, and of the head, a gold crown, and the port of Sandwich, and all of the outlets of the same water from both sides of the river, so that when a ship is in the river and it is full, how far from the ship can a small anchor be thrown on the ground, officials of Christ Church must assess the tightness of the ship, but none.

Acknowledgements

With thanks for the notes of Dr Christopher Monk.

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Some Monumental Inscriptions of Canterbury, St Peters Church

Some Monumental Inscriptions of Canterbury, St Peters Church, noted by Bax & Rice May 1892. Pages 78 of Epitaphs from Kent Churches typed up by Margaret Broomfield. Also some Monumental Inscriptions Noted by Rev Bryan Faussett noted 1758, added 10th March 2008.

1. At the W end of the South aisle painted on a black board in gilt letters
Benefaction. Thomas RYE by his will proved the 18th of April 1814 gave a third part of the dividend of £50 in the three per cent red to be given to the poor of this parish annually in six penny loaves on St. Thomas’s day.

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Also some Monumental Inscriptions Noted by Rev Bryan Faussett noted 1758, added 10th March 2008

Chancell
2. On a Flat Stone, with this Coat. [Sa. a saltire erm. betw. 4 leopards’ faces or (SPRACKLING) imp. Gu. 3 crescents or (MONINS)]. Hic Jacet Leonardus Spracklin, Gent. qui obijt 19 Junij Anno Dom. 1629. Aetat suae 49 relinqueus unicum Filium Leonardum ex Uxore Franciscâ Monins quae hic quoque cum Prole defuncta requiescit.

3. On Another. Here lieth interred the Bodie of Francis HUFFAM, only Daughter of Vincent Huffam, whoe deceased the 7th Day of Aprill Ano Dom. 1605.

4. On Another. Bennett, Daughter of John HALES Gent which Hee had by Mary his Wife, & was bury’d August the 10 Aetatis suae 4. Salutis ns 1647.

5. On Another. Here lyeth the Bodie of John HALES Gent. one of the Sonnes of Sr. Charles Hales, Knight. Hee was here buried the 28th of July in ye Yeare 1627.

6. On Another Flat Stone. [A chevn. betw. 3 birds]. Hic Jacet Ludovicus KILLBURNE, Filius Caroli Kilburne, hujus Ecclesiae Rectoris; qui obijt xxiii Maij Anno Dom. 1704. Aetatis suae 17 et x Mensibus. Punctum est quod vivimus, et adhuc Puncto minus. Mors nos sequitur; Vita fugit. Homo Bulla – mit Hora.

7. On Another. C.R. obijt xxv die Dec. A.Dom. 1735. Clauditur hoc Tumulo Catherinae nobile Corpus Mens petijt Caelos. Hic Peregrina fuit. M.M.P.

8. On Another. Wm. Gunsley-Frend-AYERST born May 17, died Jun. 27 1750.

9. On Another. Here lieth interred the Body of Mr. Joseph TOLBUTT late of this Parish; he married Ann, Daughter of William NETHERSOLE of this City Gent. by whom he left Issue 3 Daughters. He was an indulgent Husband; a tender and affectionate Father; and, a kind Master. He died June 25 1757 in the 64th Year of his Age.

In The North Chancell.
10. On a Flat Stone. Here lyeth the Bodies of Ralph BAWDWYN and Marian his Wife; which Ralph was Alderman, and twice Mayor of this Citty; who departed this Life, the 2nd Day of January 1611/2 in the 75th Yeare of his Age. By which Marian, he had Issue One Sonne, viz. Samuel, deceased, and here buried; And Seaven Daughters, viz. Johan, Rachel, Martha, Thomasin, Mary, Sara, & Sara. which Martha, together with her Father, departed this Lyfe and with him lieth here interred.

11. On Another Flat Stone. Here lieth the Body of Jane, Wife of James FOWLER who died Dec. the 24 Anno. Dni. 1664. Aged 31.

12. On Another. Here lyeth the Body of James FOWLER of this Sitty, who departed this Life Apr. 25 1694. Aged 73 Yeares. Here also lieth the Body of Jane, the Daughter of Robt. and Eliz. YOUNG, and Grand Daughter of James Fowler. Near to this Stone lieth the Body of Francis, the Daughter of Thos. and Eliz. Fowler.

13. On Another. Henry FOWLER, and Eliz. his Wife, were Parishioners of this Parish, and lie buried in this Place.

14. On Another Flat Stone, wth. this Coat. [Sa. 3 battle-axes in fesse or]. Here lyeth interrd the Body of Mr George HALL, one of the Aldermen of this City. He was Mayor in the Year of Our Lord 1704. He married Martha the Daughter of Mr Robert WOOD, by whom he had Issue 1 Son, and 1 Daughter, viz. Samuel and Mary. He departed this Life Aug. 18 1706 in the 39th Year of his Age. Here lies also Mary the Daughter of Mr George HALL, an Infant, who departed this Life Apr. 15 1707. Aged 10 Months.

15. On Another. Here lieth the Body of Mary the Wife of John CASTLE, Alderman of this Citty; She died Jan. 9 1748/9. Aged 57 Years. Also, here lieth the Body of the Abovesaid John Castle, who died Sept. 1 1750. Aged 58 Years.

16. On a Flat Stone. Here lyeth Dorothy the Widdow of Giles HINTON, D.D. 1730.

17. In the East Window are these Coats, with others not distinguishable.[I. Barry of 6 purp. & gu. a bend gu. a bend gu. imp. Erm. a + engrailed gu. (D’Elboux’s note: POYNINGS, NORTHWOOD).II. Or 2 chevns. & a canton gu. imp. Az. a fesse gu. betw. 6 lepards arg. (D’Elboux’s note: CRIOLL, ROKESLEY).III. As dexter of II. imp. Or, 5 chevns. gu.
IV. Az. 3 chevns. arg. imp. Sinr. of II. (D’Elboux’s note: AVRANCHES, ?BAND).].

18. Here lieth the Body of Elizabeth KENDALL, Grand Daughter to Eliz. YOUNG, Daughter of James FOWLER, who lieth in this Place. She died Aug. 22 1720. Ag. 2.Y.

In The North Isle.
19. On A Monument on the N. Wall. Near this Place lyeth interrd the Body of Elis. Wife of Thomas LINEALL, Junr. of this Parish, Daughter of William SMITH of this City by whom he had Issue Six Children, of whom 3 are here interrd; the 3 Surviving are, Thomas, Dorothy, & William. She departed this Life, Nov. 14 1714 in ye 44Year of her Age.

20. On Another. In Memory of Elizabeth the only Daughter of Aldn. LINEALL, by Mary his First Wife, who died May 18 1708 in the 14th Year of her Age. Also, of Elizabeth the first Wife of Thomas Lineall Senr. who lye buried near this Place. died 1703 Aged 65.

21. In The (Nth) Window are ye 2 following Coats.[I. Sa. 6 keys, wards uppermost, 3&3, arg.
II. Barry of 6 purp. & gu. a bend gu.].
In The Body.
22. On a Flat Stone. Here lieth the Body of John LEE, Gent. Mayor of the Citty of Canterbury who died 22 of Feb. 1670/1 Aged ../.

23. On a Flat Stone. Here lyeth the Body of William CUCKOW Senr. who departed this Life Apr. 2 1700. Aged 43 Years. He left Issue by Elisabeth his loving Wife, 2 Sons, and 1 Daughter.

24. On Another, with this Coat. [A chevn. & in chief 3 crescents imp. Arg. 2 lions counter-rampt., facing each other, & holdg. in their forepaws a castle arg.].
Here lies the Body of Anna the late loving and beloved Wife of Daniel CUCKOW of this Citty Gent. and Daughter of Benjamin KELLEY late of Sandwich deceased. She departed this Life on the Twenty Second day of February A.D. 1720/1. Aged 72 Years. Also here lies the Body of Daniel Cuckow Gent. who departed this Life the 25th Day of January A.D. 1742/3 in the 5oth Year of his Age.

25. On Another. Here lye Buried the Bodies of Mr. Tho. LANE and Eliz. his Wife who had Issue 4 Sons of which 2 survived, viz. Thomas and John. He departed this Life, Apr. 21 1721. Aged 73 Years. She departed this Life Feb. 25 1719/20. Aged 73 Years.

26. On Another. Here lyeth interred the Body of Mr Henry TOMLIN, Merchant, late of this Parish who departed this Life, Feb. 17 1702/3 in the 54th Year of his Age. he left Issue 2 Sons, and 1 Daughter, by Elisabeth his First Wife, viz. Henry, Peter and Elisabeth. Also the Body of Henry TOMLIN his Son, and 3 Children, viz. Edward, Stephen, and Mary. He died 19 Apr. 1716 in ye 33 Year of his Age.

In The South Isle.
27. On a Mural Monument, On the South Wall. [Purp. a fret arg. on an inescutcheon or, 2 lions passant gu. imp. Or, 2 lions passt. gu.]. Near this Place lies interred the Body of Joseph SAWKINS late of this City, Gentleman. he was 2d. Son of John Sawkins of the same City, Gentleman, and Elisabeth his Wife; and Married Hester, Daughter of the late Revd. Mr John COOKE by whom he had Issue, 8 Children, viz. Joseph, Hester, Elisabeth, William, Charles, James and Jane. Of whom 5 are now surviving; John and Charles lie buried in this Isle. Having lived Many Years in the strictest Tye of Conjugal Affection, he was suddenly taken away on the 21st Day of November, 1752 in the 55th Year of his Age. His Sorrowfull Widow out of a due Regard to his Memory, hath caused this Monument to be erected. Near this Place also lies the Body of the Abovemention’d Jane SAWKINS who died the 12th Day of March 1755. Aged 19 Years.

In The Vestry.
28. On a Flat Stone. Hic jacet Gulielmus READE Gen. qui discessit ex hâc Vitâ, nono die Octobris Anno 1618. Anno Aetatis suae Sexagesimo Tertio; quatnor Liberos linquens, quot et peperit Conjux dilectissima Rebecca Filia Roberti MENES Gen. Christus Milii Vita. Mors Milii Lucrum.

29. Mr SOMNER and John WEEVER have preserv’d the following Inscriptions wch. are now not to be found in this Church.
(D’Elboux’s summary:
   Thos. IKHAM & Jone, 1400.
   Wm. IKHAM 1424.
   Wm. SEPTVANS, Kt. & w. Eliz. [n.d.].
   John BYGG Esq. & Constance – in window.
   Wm. BIGG & w. Johan, 1468 – glass.
   Jn. COLLEY, Rector, 14.8.
   Jn. SYRE, Rector, 1436.)

30. This Church consists of the High, North & South Chancells, Body, and North and South Isles. The Vestry is part of the South Isle. The Tower stands at the West End of the South Isle. In it hang 3 Bells, thus inscribed.
1. John PALMAR made Me 1637. J. LEE Senr. & W. BALDOCK, C.W.
2. Johannes, Christi Kare, dignare pro nobis orare.
3. Sancta Maria, Ora pro Nobis.

31. There are many Roman Bricks to be seen about this Church, especially in the Wall of the West End.

32. It is a Rectory, united to Westgate, and in the Gift of the Church of Canterbury.

33. The present Rector is The Revd. Robert Gunsley AYERST, A.M. 1758.

Index of Names and Places

Names Index
AVRANCHES 17
AYERST 8, 33
BALDOCK 30
BAND? 17
BAWDWYN 10
BIGG 29
BYGG 29
CASTLE 15
COLLEY 29
COOKE 27
CRIOLL 17
CUCKOW 23, 24
FOWLER 11-13, 18
Frend 8
Gunsley 8, 33

HALES 4, 5
HALL 14
HINTON 16
HUFFAM 3
IKHAM 29
KELLEY 24
KENDALL 18
KILLBURNE 6
LANE 25
LEE 22, 30
LINEALL 19, 20
MONINS 2
NETHERSOLE 9
NORTHWOOD 17
PALMAR 30
POYNINGS 17
READE 28
ROKESLEY 17
RYE 1
SAWKINS 27
SEPTVANS 29
SMITH 19
SPRACKLING 2
SYRE 29
TOLBUTT 9
TOMLIN 26
WOOD 14
YOUNG 12, 18Places Index
Sandwich 24

General Index
Alderman 10, 14, 15
Mayor 10, 14
Mayor 22
Merchant 26

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Some Monumental Inscriptions of St John's Hospital, Canterbury

Some Monumental Inscriptions of St John's Hospital, Canterbury, noted by Rev Bryan Faussett noted 1758. Kindly typed up for the website by Pat Tritton.

In The Chapell –
1. On a Flat Stone. Here lyeth Samuel HURLESTON, Gent. He died Sept. 7 1679. Aged 72.

2. On Another Flat Stone. Here lieth the Body of Marke HIFOULD desceased the 14th of Desember 161./ A Singingman in Christ Church …./.

3. On Another. Here do lye the Bodyes of Richard OWER, Gentleman, and Elisabeth his Wife, one of the Daughters of William BOYS of Fredville, Esquier, and Sister to ye Right worshipfull Sr. John Boys, Knight; by whom he had Issue Edward, Boys, & Christopher; Mary, Christian, Jane, and Alice. Richard died the 8th of Marche 1606/7, aged 82 and Elisabeth died the 7th of February 1612/3, being of the Age of 74 Yeares. Anno. 1613.

4. On Another. Here lieth buried the Body of Edward NORRIS, he dyed the 29th of August; and at the Age of 74 Yeares, 1630.

5. On Another. Henry SILVESTER. 1617.

6. Here are several other Flat Stones, but without Inscriptions. Some of them have been inlaid with Brasses.

7. The East Window has been a very fine one, and had (as Mr Somner informs us) The Figures of the 12 Apostles in it, with ye Several Articles of the Creed, which they are said to have composed. It is, however, now much broken, and strangely patched up with Fragments, as they seem of some other Window. Among them is ye following Coat turn’d Topside t’o’r way.

[6 pieces az. & or, 3 stags’ heads erased or (ROPER) imp. Arg. on a bend sa. 3 covered cups or.].

8. In this Window is also remaining a Group of Small Figures (a Lady and 3 Children) kneeling before a Faldstool. The Followg. Scrap of an Inscription is still to be seen in it.
Orate pro bono Statue … HYLLYS+ qui ab hoc Sclo migravit … qui Fenestram istam …/. +Fratris istius Hospitalis, et Prior (these words were to be seen in Somner’s Time).

9. The Uppermost South Window has also been finely painted. The Figure of a Man kneeling in this Coat Armour, viz. Az. 3 Thresher’s Fans, or is still remaining. & under it this Inscription. Orate pro Aia Dni Willmi SEPTVANS et … Consortis suae. And, under the Figure of a Lady in a praying Posture, is this Coat viz. Az. a lyon rampant Arg. – there is part of an Inscription under her, but it is not legible. Over their Heads is this Sentence. Jesu, Fili Dei, Miserere nobis.

10. In the Middlemost South Window is the Virgin Mary, with the Child Jesus in her Arms – and, over her – Our Saviour sitting on a Rainbow.

11. On The East Wall hang the 2 following Atcheivements.[I. *Erm. on a chevn. engrld. gu 3 escallops or imp. Arg. on a bend az. 3 spearheads arg.]. *I take this to be the Coat of OWER.
II. As dexter of I. imp. BOYS]. Implying Richard Ower (ob. 1606-7) had 2 wives – Eliz. the 2nd. V.J.T.

12. Here was a large North Chancell; but it has been long since pull’d down. There is now but One Bell, which hangs in the West End of the Chappell. There were formerly 3 as Batteley informs us.

13. In the Chapel Yard are Memorials of COX, CULLEN and JOHNSON.

14. This Hospital was founded by Lanfranc who was A.B. 1070 and contained formerly a Prior, a Reader, 18 In Brothers and 20 In Sisters, and the like Number of Out Brothers, and Out Sisters. This was Anno 1674.

15. Alice ASHBURNHAM, d. & h. Wm. TOOKE Esq. & wife Alice WOODLAND: antea fuit uxor Tho. ROPER, 1524. Roper & Wife Thomasine, 1529. (D’Elboux only summarises the insns. given by B.F. in Somner).

16. The Revd. Mr William BRODRIP is the present Reader, or Chaplain 1758.

17. Very Little of this Hospital is at this Time standing. - great Part of it having been pull’d down within these 20 Years. It is situated opposite to St. Gregory’s Priory, in Norgate Street.

Index of Names and Places

Names Index
ASHBURNHAM 15
BOYS 3, 11
BRODRIP 16
COX 13
CULLEN 13
HIFOULD 2
HURLESTON 1
HYLLYS 8
JOHNSON 13
NORRIS 4
OWER 3, 11
ROPER 7, 15
SEPTVANS 9
SILVESTER 5
TOOKE 15
WOODLAND 15

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Some Monumental Inscriptions of Canterbury, St Jesus Hospital

Some Monumental Inscriptions of Canterbury, St Jesus Hospital, noted by Rev Bryan Faussett noted 1758.

1. In The Chapel – On a Tablet on The N. Wall. (Taken from his Monument in The Cathedral of Canterbury) Johanni BOYS de Fredville Equiti aurato, Juris Anglicani Consultissimo, quinq Archiepiscopis Cantuariae, in Temporalibus, Seneschallo; Tribus quinq Portnum Custodibus in eorum Cancellariâ Assessori; Civitatis Cantuariae Recordatori; Hospitalis Jesu, in Suburbio, Fundatori. Viro, Pietate, Gravitate, et Mansuetudine singulari. Qui duas duxit Uxores; Dorotheam PAWLEY, et Janam WALKER; Sed nulla Prole relictâ, Christo Servatori devotam Animam reddidit Die 8 Augusti, Anno Salutis 1612. Aetatis suae 77.

2. On Another Tablet on The North Wall.

[I. Arg. on a fess betw. 3 trofils slipt az. 3 plates.
II. Az. a fesse betw. 3 whelk-shells arg.]. Thomas WELTON, The Elder, Brother of this Hospitall, went into the Wars of Germany, under the Command of The LORD MARQUISS HAMILTON, Anno Dom. 1630. Serv’d 6 Yeeres in Gustavus ADOLPHUS, King of Sweedland his Army – was taken Prisoner by ye Imperiall Forces at the Famous Battle of Marling; and, from that Time serv’d in the Emperor’s Army 8 Yeares; where he was a Drum Major in the Regiment of the Right Honourable the Lord Christopher CETCH, Head Marshall of the Feild.

3. In The East Window is This Coat, with ye date 1600. [BOYS - ¼ly, wt. escut. of pretence imp.
¼ly: 1). Or, a griffin segreant & a border gu.
2). Sa. a chevn. arg. betw. 3 buckles or.
3). Arg. on a fesse sa. betw. 3 lions’ heads erased gu. 3 plates.
4). Per pale & per fesse indented erm. & gu. wt. sct. of pretence:
Gu. 3 lions passt. arg. over all on a bend az. 3 molets or. imp. Lozengy or & gu. on a chief arg. a lion passt. sa].

4. On The Same Wall are The following Coats.

[I. (Arch. Bp. PARKER) See of Cant. imp. Gu. on a chevn. betw. 3 keys, wards up, arg. 3 stars of 5 pts. gu.
II. (Arch. Bp. GRINDALL) Ditto imp. ¼ly or & az. a + countercharged sa. & arg. in 1&4). a martlet sa. 2&3). a martlet arg.
III. (Arch. Bp. WHITGIFT). Ditto imp. Or, on a + patonce sa. 4 bezants].
5. On The South Wall, is an Atchievement, with BOYS impaling as before.

6. The Following Inscriptions and Dates are cut on small Square Stones, which are placed here and there in ye Outward Wall, next the Street.
Sr. John BOYS Knight, founded this Hospitall, Anno. 1595.
James NICHOLES the 3d. Warden March 23 1609/10.
Edward OWER the 4th Warden the 8th of February 1625/.
William TWYSDEN the 5th Warden the .. of January A.D. 1633/.
Thomas JONES the 6th Warden. Sept the last. A.D. 1639.

7. This Hospitall is situated at the further End of Norgate Street, on the East Side of the Way, a little beyond St. Gregory’s. Its Society consists of 8 Brothers, and 4 Sisters. The Warden reads Prayers in the Chapel. They bury at ye several Parishes to which they belong, and have no Burying Ground belonging to the Hospitall. 1758.

Index of Names and Places

Names Index
BOYS 1, 3, 6, 6
CETCH 2
GRINDALL 4
HAMILTON 2
JONES 6
NICHOLES 6
OWER 6

PARKER 4
PAWLEY 1
TWYSDEN 6
WALKER 1
WELTON 2
WHITGIFT 4General Index
Battle of Marling 2
Burying Ground 7
Drum Major 2
Warden 6

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Some Monumental Inscriptions of St Dunstan's Church, Canterbury

Some Monumental Inscriptions of St Dunstan's Church, Canterbury, noted by Rev Bryan Faussett noted 1758. Kindly typed up for the website by Pat Tritton.

In The Chancell.

1. On a Flat Stone. Here lieth the Bodies of Christopher BROWNE of this Parish Gent and 4 of his Children, by Mary his relick Wife. Hee died 20th of Septr. 1657 of his Age 37 having Issue surviving 3 Sonnes and 2 Daughters, by his said Wife.

2. On Another, with this Coat. [Az. on a chevn. arg. 3 molets sa. (ROBERTS) imp. ditto]. Here lyeth the Body of Drayton Roberts, late of this Parish, Gent. Son of Edward Roberts Esq. He married Joanna Daughter of Joseph Roberts Esq; and had Issue by Her, 7 Sons, and 4 Daughters. Joseph, Drayton, Edward, William, John, Tiddeman, Thomas, Eliz-Joanna, Eliz-Joanna, Ely-Anne, Ely-Anne. 4 of them, viz. Joseph, Eliz-Joanna, Ely-Anne, & Thomas, died before their Father. He departed this Life Sept. 29th 1712 in the 40th Year of his Age. Joseph the Son died Feby. 12th 1710/11 in the 13th Year of his Age.

3. On Another Flat Stone. Here lye The Bodies of Thomas SCRANTON, Esq and Elisabeth his Wife by whom he had 1 Daughter Elisabeth Scranton who died the 16th Day of January 1719/20. At whose Desire and Charge this Stone was laid In Memory of her Death.

4. On Another. Certa Spe Resurrectionis Hic Jacet Corpus Thomae SCRANTON, Theologi. ex hâc Vitâ migravit x Die Junij A.Dni 1648. Aetatis suae 47. Elisabetham Uxorem Thomam et Franciscum Filios; Elisabetham, Filiam Deflentes reliquit.
Marmoreo Lecto liceat Tibi ducere Somnos/Chare Pater, spes est, luxerit alma Dies. T.S.
Depositi Uxoris Cineres in Urnâ Mariti Elisabeth SCRANTON Francisci BARTON Armigeri, Filia Natu Secunda decessit è Vitâ 30 Die Januarij A. Salutis 1683/4. Aetatis 72.

5. On Another Flat Stone. In Memory of Elisabeth SCRANTON, who having lived a Vertuous & pious Life, died the 9th Day of February, in the 47 Year of her Virginity, and, of Man’s Salvation 1685/6.

In The South (Or Roper’s Chancell.
6. On The West Wall.
[I. ROPER imp. Sa. on a bend arg. voided sa. & cotised arg. 3 lions passt. arg. (BROWNE).
II. ¼ly: 1). ROPER.
2). Sa. a chevn. betw. 3 leopards arg.
3). Erm. a fesse vairy or & gu.
4). Sa. a cross or voided sa.
III. ROPER imp. Gu. a chevn. betw. 3 lions’ paws arg.].Siste gradum qui pergis, & haec, (ut vivere possis/utque Mori melius discere) Pauca legas./Negligis ecce brevi, forsan dum negligis, et Tu/Humanae Specimen Conditionis eris./Sacrum Pietati et Parentibus Thomas ROOPER, Armiger, Thomae Mori (Quod nec modico huic Familiae Honori fuit) ex Filiâ Margareta Nepos, Haeres Moribus; post Patrem Gulielmum (cujus in eo Munere consors videri priusquam Successor poterat) in Foro seu Banco Regio, suprema totius Regni Curia, Protonotarius, viginti quatuor, aut eo amplius, Annorum Spatio (tam suo magno Merito, quam summo Omnium Studio) Fide bonâ et publica egit, non Actoribus non reis aut dare unquam Verba solitus, aut nimio vendere. Uxorem habuit eamq Unicam Luciam, Filiam Antonij BROWNE ex illustri Montacutensi Familiâ oriundam Equitis, Equorumq Regi Henrico Octavo Praefecti; cui, etiam, a Concilijs fuit. Ex Illâ bis Senos pari Sexus Discrimine, Liberos suscepit. Mirus utrisq et Merus Amor, Magna Concordia, et mutua Veneratio; Ita publicus in Foro, Domi Privatus, sanctè ubiq agens et Modestè, ubi tranquilliter senuisset, dormienti Similis, Anno Aetatis suae sexagessimo Quinto, requievit in Christo vicesimo Primo Januarij Anno 1597 Indulgentissimo Parenti Piissimus Filius Gulielmus ROOPERUS, LI ME PO (Libenter Memoriam Posuit). Respice, quid prodest praesentis Temporis Aevum!/Omne quod est, nihil est, praeter amare Deum./Quid Caro, quid Sanguis, quid Pulvis et Umbra superbis?/Quid laetare Miser, Vermibus Esca satus?/Qui Mundum immumdum captas, captaberis ipse:/Et, qui cuncta cupis, Te brevis Urna capit./Pauca potest vivo Mundus Solatia ferre;/Nullaque post Mortem Commoda Damna potest./Quae damnant fugiens Animam, sic instrue vivens/Vivat ut in cœlis beata Deo./Mortuus haec moneo Moriturum: Perge, Memorque/Esto Meae Sortis; Sed magis Ipse tuae.
[2013-09-23 Corrections and photograph kindly supplied by Geoffrey Allibone September 2013]

Roper Monument

7. Under this Chancell is a very large Vault, in a Nitch in the East Wall of Which is preserved the Head of the great Sr. Thomas MORE, who was Lord Chancellor in the Time of KING HENRY 8 – and was executed in ye Year 1535.

8. On The South side of this Chancell are 2 very Ancient Altar Tombs, let into the Wall, which have both had Brasses on them, now lost. And 6 Ancient flat Stones on the Floor, wch. have also all been inlaid with Figures, Coats armorial etc. except 1, wch. however has no Inscription (this one = a plain slab).

9. Here stands a very Old Wooden Eagle, on a Pillar of Marble, which has been used for a Reading Desk. It has been covered with Brass; Its Head is of that Mettal.

[D. summarises the following thus: "Here follow from Somner"].

In the South Isle.
10. On the Wall near the Belfrey, on a very neat Oval Monument, with the following Inscription and Coat. [Az. on a fesse engrld. arg. 3 serpent-like coils gu. and in base a sun or]. Near this Place, lies interr’d the Body of Claudius RONDEAU Esq., His Majesty’s Resident at the Court of Russia from the Year 1730 to the year 1739. He was born 28 March 1695 and died at Petersburg Oct. 5 1739. This Monument was erected to his Memory, by his Widow Jane, Daughter of the Revd. Mr GOODWIN, & Relict of Thomas WARD Esq., Son to the late Ld. cheif Baron Ward. Here also lies interr’d His Posthumous Daughter, Claudia Rondeau, born May 8 1740 and died the 31st of the same Month.

11. On a Flat Stone, nearly under ye Mont. with the same Coat. Burial Place, design’d for the Family of Mr Claude RONDEAU, Merchant at Canterbury, Refugee in England, for the Protestant Religion. Here lieth the Body of John James RONDEAU his eldest Son, deceased the 18th Day of March 1703/4. Aged 22 Years. Here also lieth the Body of the said Claudius Rondeau, who departed this Life the 12th of Nov. 1720. Aged 72 Years. Likewise, Mary BUCK his Daughter, Wife of Mr William Buck of London who died Nov. 3 1743. Aged 51 Years. And Anne, Wife of the aforesaid Claudius Rondeau, who departed this Life the 19 Jany. 1744. Aged 84 Years. Here also lieth Sarah the Wife of Fran ALKIN of Lewes, Gent, and Daughter of the abovesaid Claudius Rondeau, who departed this Life 11 Dec. 1751. Aged 56.

12. On a Small Flat Stone. Within this Vault lie interred the Bodies of Francis, William, Benjamin, Sons of Thomas and Susan ALKIN, who died 26 Aug. 1748, 1 Feb. 1752, 21 July 1752.

In the Body.
13. On a Neat Mural Mont. on ye N. Wall, close to the Pulpit. Near this Place lieth the Body of Daniel HALL, twice Mayor of ye City of Canterbury. His first Wife was Leah RIGDEN who, with her 3 Children lyes buried under this Place. By his Second Wife Sarah SAFFERY, he had 2 Sons; Daniel and Samuel. He was a Loving Husband, an indulgent Parent, and an impartial Magistrate. He died Oct. 3 1742 in the 81st Year of his Age. Near this Place also lies the Body of Daniel, his eldest Son by his Second Wife. who was diligent and skilfull in his Profession or Surgery and Pharmacy; dutyfull to his Parents, & belov’d by all. He exchanged this Life for a Better, on Feb. 20 1740/1 in the 24th Year of his Age.

14. On a Flat Stone. Here lieth the Body of Leah the Wife of Daniel HALL, who departed this Life the 12th of Octr. 1703. Aged 32 Years. Likewise, the Body of David, son of Daniel and Leah Hall who departed this Life the 25th of April 1701 in the 3rd Year of his Age. As also Mary Daughter of Daniel & Leah Hall who departed this Life the 25th of April 1707 in the 7th Year of hir Age. Here lieth also interr’d Daniel, Son of Daniel & Leah Hall, who departed this Life the 7th Day of March 1715/6 in the 22d. Year of his Age.

15. On Another. Here lyeth the Body of Leah HALL who departed this Life the 12th of October 1703 Aged 32 Years. Here also lieth David Son of Daniel Hall, and the above said Leah his Wife.

16. On Another. Here lieth the Body of Marcy, Wife of Michael LUCKET, who departed this Life, March 3 1734/5. Aged 64 Years. Here also lies the Bodies of their 3 Sons; William, he died June 16 1702. Aged 2 Years, and 5 Months. George died Aug. 4 1706, aged 7 Months, And William he died, May 2 1711. Aged 7 Months. Here also lies Mary, Daughter of William and Sarah ALLEN, of this Parish, and Wife of Michael Lucket, the Younger, by whom She had Issue 5 Sons and 2 Daughters, viz. Mary, William, Thomas, Charles, Sarah, Michael, and George. Of whom, Mary died Feb. 2nd. 1735/6. Aged 4 Years. Thomas died May 20 1736. Aged 1 Month. She (Maria, mater) died Sept. 23 1746. Aged 37.

17. On Another Flat Stone. Here Lyeth the Body of Sarah SPENCER, who died March 21 1742/3 aged 27 Years, Daughter of Hudson and Alice Spencer of this Parish; who lie interr’d in the Parish of Holy Cross Westgate, with their 8 Sons, and 5 Daughters.

18. Here are 5 Other Flatt Stones, none of which are legible. One of them has been enlaid with 3 Brass Figures.

19. This Church consists of, The Great and South Chancells, The Body, South Isle, and a small Chapell at the North West End; This Chapel was founded by one Henry, sirnamed of Canterbury, in 1330, and dedicated to the Holy Trinity, together with a perpetual Chantery, committed to the Care of the Hospital of Poor Priests in Canterbury (see Battely P.168). It is now made Use of, for a School House.

20. The Tower stands at the West End of South Isle. In it hang 5 Bells, thus inscribed:
1. Joseph HATCH made Me, 1629. Autho. ROPAR…… ric: Spencer Oeconomicis.
2. Thomas PALMAR made Me, 1660. Tho. SIMPSON, Ch. Warden.
3. Joseph HATCH made Me, 1605. J.F.C.W.
4. Ave Maria Graciâ Plena; Dns. Tecum.
5. T.P.M. (Thos. PALMAR) 1675. Henrey LANMAN; John FLACTNO C.W.

21. In The Church Yard, are Head stones for AUSTEN, BAKER, CADMAN, CHILD, EASTMAN, ELLIS, HORNE, LOT, PARKER, PILCHER, HOMERSHAM, THORP & WATTS; and 2 Ancient Altar Tombs whose Inscriptions are lost.

22. It is a Vicarage, in the Gift of the Arch Bishop, and was dedicated to St. Dunstan, as its present name shews. The Present Vicar is the Revd. Mr. Isaac JOHNSON 1758.

23. The following Lines are on an Headstone in the Church Yard, inscribed to the Memory of Mrs Mary KNIGHT, who died Sept. 12 1757 aged 42 and of Mr Charles MADDOX, who died Feb. 4 1762 aged 31. Hearken, ye Young, ye hoary Sires attend!/Hear, all who breathe, the Ashes of a Friend!/To you they speak; on you benign they call,/Heirs of the Tomb, &, Part’ners of the Fall./Return (they cry) to Earth return again;/He bids, Who made, nor mocks the Sons of Men./But, can you view, and, can you, thoughtless, read/This kind Alarum, this Summons from the Dead?/Can you, unmov’d, the gen’ral Sentence hear,/Nor sigh one Wish, nor shed one genuine Tear?/ In vain, if so, would Worlds entomb’d arise,/To rouse your Fears, or, point You to the Skies!/.

24. In the Well, belonging to Mr ROBERTS’s House, on the Top of St. Thomas’s Hill in this Parish, was found abt. 60 Years ago (c.1700), a flattish Wooden Bowl or Dish with a broad Rim of Silver Gilt, on wch. is engraved, in very Old Church Text, "Fille the Kuppe, and drink to Me, In the Name of the Trinite". In the Bottom is a Screw on which, I suppose, stood an Image of the Virgin Mary; for others of the like sort see V.3, P.142* & 138** of this Volume.*St John’s Hosp, Sandwich. **Wickhambreaux. (3.142 mentions the St. Dunstan’s one, & 4 more at Harbledown Hospl.).

Index of Names and Places

Names Index
ALKIN 11, 12
ALLEN 16
AUSTEN 20
BAKER 20
BARTON 4
BROWNE 1, 6
BUCK 11
CADMAN 20
CHILD 20
Drayton 2
EASTMAN 20
ELLIS 20
FLACTNO 20
GOODWIN 10
HALL 13, 14, 15
HATCH 20
HOMERSHAM 20
HORNE 20
JOHNSON 22
KNIGHT 23
LANMAN 20
LOT 20
LUCKET 16
MADDOX 23
PALMAR 20
PARKER 20
PILCHER 20
RIGDEN 13
ROBERTS 2, 24
RONDEAU 10, 11
ROPER 6
ROPAR…… 20
ROPER 6
ROPPERUS 6
SAFFERY 13
SCRANTON 3, 4, 5
SIMPSON 20
SPENCER 17
THORP 20
WARD 10
WATTS 20Places
Lewes 11
London 11
Petersburg 10
General
Church Warden. 20
Court of Russia 10
Magistrate13
Mayor 13
Merchant 11
Refugee 11
Surgery and Pharmacy 13

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Tithe Apportionment for Canterbury, St Martin

St Martin, Canterbury Tithe award schedule

Population 1801 to 1921

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