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Tithe Apportionment for Reculver


Reculver - Maps and Tithe award schedule       

Population 1801 to 1921

Reculver Tithe award schedule  81KB - signed 20th June 1839
    With names of landowners, occupiers and fieldnames with acreages, and tithe payments

 

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Reculver Tithe award schedule - signed 20th June 1839

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Owner Occupier

No.

Description Cultivation

Quantities

Vicarial

Appropriator
Sheet 1
Archbishop
of Canterbury
Lessee:
 Robert
  Collard

University
of Canterbury
Lessee
 Sir Henry
  Oxenden















William
   Adams

Sarah
   Ashbee


Mary
   Brown


Sarah
   Button




Rt Hon
 Earl
  Cowper




Sheet 2
Edward
   Collard

Robert
   Collard




Messrs
 William
  & John
   Denne









Lieutenant
  Turner R.N.


Lieutenant
  Mason R.N.

Himself


William
   Sayer


Herself
Lieutenant
   Mason R.N.

John
   Sayer

Richard
   Smith

John
   Collard
       junior





David
   Carey



24
35
67



120
108
107
105
73
121
122
105a}
107a}
108a}
108b}


117
118


81


133


189
190


82
82a


234


234a


217a
242
241
240
23
218


229


Downs
Stickfast
Meads



Pett Field
Cliff Field
Beacon Field
Pen Piece
Stable Field
Pett Fields
Pett Fields
Cliff
   &
     Beach



Station House
Station House


Gardens


Cottage &


Part of Garden
Part of Garden


House & Garden
Station House


Cottage &


Field


Field
House & Homestead
Cottage &
Hammel
Five & Seven Acres
Five Acres


Heart in Hand

Arable
Arable
Pasture



Arable
Arable
Arable
Arable
Arable
Arable
Arable


Waste



Garden
Garden


Gardens


Garden


Garden
Orchard


Garden
---


Garden


Arable


Arable
Arable
Garden
Arable
Arable
Arable


Arable


25.1. 4
15.2.15
 3.1.31
44.1.10


6.2.38
12.3.33
15.2. 7
1.1.18
4.3.36
12.2.38
7.3.24


11.3.36
74.0.30


2.0. 7
0.1.  4
0.3.11

0.1.31


0.0.12


0.0. 4
0.3.24
0.3.28

0.0. 8
0.0.  6
0.0.14

0.0.28


0.1.11
0.1.39

1.0.10
0.1. 6
0.0.34
0.1. 6
12.0. 4
 5.0.  6
18.3.26

8.3.25





4. 3. 0












4.14. 0




0. 5. 0

0 .3. 0







0. 5. 0









0 .3. 0







0. 2. 6

0.13. 6





23.12. 6












35.12. 0
































11.13. 1

5. 8. 6

Owner Occupier

No.

Description Cultivation

Quantities

Vicarial

Appropriator
Edward
   Collard







Church-
Wardens &
Overseers of
  Reculver
    Parish


Marchioness
 of
Conyngham




























Sheet 3

Messrs
William
& John
Denne

Henry
Collard ‘Grays’

John
 Collard jnr
&
 Labourers
  Allotments


Robert
   Collard

Thomas
   Sayer









































Lieutenant
  Turner R.N.

Stephen
   Sayer

104a




52a
51a



144
138




92a


151a
151
150
149
152
148
153
154
155
157
158
199
202
198
123
116
106
99
100
103
170
171
168
169
172
145
212
142
49
48
99b
143
166
99a}
106a}
197}
197a}
158a}
158b}
158c}
158d}


119


127
126
128
129
133
173
137
210
123
50
223
39
40

Three Acres




Part of Brook Close
Eight Acres



Poorsland
Poorsland




Part of Marsh


Homestead
Hog Green
Orchard
Garden
Garden
Cliff Land
Stone Close
Rough Wood
Bishopstone Wood
Birds Well
Plains
Rye Grass
Rye Grass
Thirteen Acres
Wise Dane
Owls Craft
Pen Piece
Pt of Reculver Hill
Waste
Mill Hill
Reels Nine Acres
Six Acres
Pasture
Homestall
Cladhops
Upper May Street
Lower May Street
May Street Meadow
Cottage and
Hawthorn
Reculver Hill (part of)
Shaw Wood
Garden




Cliff and Beach





Garden


Homestead "Hilbro"
Garden
Lucerne Field
Green Field
Philips
Barnohall
Small Gains
South Leen
Hllboro Field
Crosses
Pt of Fowlers Wood
Church Field
Cottage &
Arable




Arable
Arable



Pasture
Arable




Pasture


---
Pasture
Pasture
Garden
Garden
Pasture
Arable
Wood
Wood
Arable
Arable
Arable
Arable
Arable
Arable
Arable
Arable
Arable
Waste
Arable
Arable
Arable
Pasture
Arable
Arable
Arable
Arable
Meadow
Garden
Meadow
Arable
Wood
Arable




Waste





Garden


---
Garden
Pasture
Pasture
Pasture
Arable
Pasture
Arable
Arable
Arable
Wood
Pasture
Garden

3.0. 0




2.3. 4
 8.2.33
11.1.37


0.3. 1
0.2.25
1.1.26



0.2.11


0.3.15
1.1.15
1.1.16
0.1.22
0.1.19
12.1. 4
8.2.27
0.1.38
4.0.22
4.3.10
9.2.23
8.2.18
2.1.17
12.2. 8
15.0.24
3.2. 3
1.0. 6
4.3.24
0.0.21
3.3.39
9.0.12
6.0. 9
3.0.24
0.1.13
9.3.39
5.0. 0
5.0. 8
7.3.20
0.1. 0
6.0.14
0.2.28
0.0.24
0.1. 5




21.0.19


            
171.2.29

0.0.24


0.3.23
0.2.31
0.0.36
1.3.11
2.1.32
7.0.20
5.3.12
13.0.32
23.1.16
6.1. 5
0.2.31
1.1. 6
 0.0.35
64.0.  8

0. 4. 6






0.16. 6




0. 2. 0



0 .2 .6











































16.14. 6

0 .2. 0















7.14. 0

2. 1 .0






6.14. 6




0 .5. 0















































60. 7. 0

















28. 8. 0

Owner Occupier

No.

Description Cultivation

Quantities

Vicarial

Appropriator
Lady de
   Clifford















Sheet 4
Commisioners
 of Rushbourn
   Sea Wall

Edward
   Charles






Robert
   Collard





























Sheet 5
Thomas
   Sayer
















Randolph
   Port


Himself







Himself

130
131
136
41
42
124
36
37
25
26
27
56
79
93
226
224


80



192
191
188
187
186
184


1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
21
22
23
30
31
34
43
69
222
181
84a
75
77
14a
6a
28a
29
94
90
95
96
97

Homestead "Hilboro"
Hilborow Pasture
Pigeon House Close
Forge Field
Lweach Field
Nineteen Acres
Little Woods
Cow Fields
Osterly Yard
Smock Acre
Osterly Field
Marsh
Under the Wall
Part of Marsh
Small Gains
Fowlers Wood


Cottage



House &
Beltinge Field
Garden
Stackyard Close
Old Orchard
Two Acres


Brook Estate
Yard and Buildings
Apple Orchard
Barn Close
Bank
Brook Field
Part of Osterly Field
Ash Green
Barn and Yard
Ash Green
Little Woods
Rabbit Bank
Garden
Pond and Waste
Woody Bank
Hither Pasture
Hemmings
Shaw
Brook Wood
Old Eight Acres
Part of Rookwoods
Osterly Field
Bush Meads
Bush Meads
Littlewoods
Little Stickfast
Bullock Yard
Fowlers Wood
Beltinge Estate
Cottage &
House and Yard
Garden
Road & Waste
Part of Osterly Field
Reculver
Shaw
Salts Lying North   }
 of the Sea Wall    }
 & East of             }
 Reculver Sluice    }
Beach
---
Pasture
Arable
Arable
Arable
Arable
Arable
Arable
Arable
Arable
Arable
Pasture
Arable
Arable
Arable
Wood


Garden



Garden
Pasture
Garden
Pasture
Pasture
Arable


Homestead
Homestead
Homestead
Arable
Waste
Arable
Arable
Pasture
---
Arable
Arable
Wood
Garden
Pasture
Wood
Pasture
Pasture
Wood
Wood
Pasture
Pasture
Arable
Pasture
Pasture
Arable
Arable
Arable
Wood
Arable
Garden
Garden
Arable
Waste
Arable
Arable
Wood
Marsh
Marsh
Marsh
Marsh
Waste

0.3.39
1.0.32
3.2.24
16.0. 4
11.1.22
19.0.23
2.1. 1
5.0.30
0.1. 0
1.0. 5
3.2.28
1.1. 8
3.1.17
1.3.23
1.3.11
 0.1.34
73.2.11

0.1. 0



0.1.19
1.2. 1
0.0.39
0.1.28
2.3.10
2.3.38
8.1.20

1.3.25
0.3. 1
3.1.39
1.2. 2
0.0.38
12.1.37
8.1.38
1.0.20
0.1.20
2.1. 3
32.3.17
0.1.18
0.0.36
0.1.23
0.0.35
3.0.33
2.0.19
0.0.34
2.0. 5
7.2.33
3.1.39
29.0.38
2.2.28
1.0.28
0.3.11
7.2.31
0.0.26
0.3. 6
0.1. 1
0.0.12
0.0.25
0.0.16
0.1.35
7.1.32
1.3.21
0.1. 5
0.1.35
1.0. 7
0.2.32
0.3.23
  2.0.14
142.3.21

















7. 2. 6

0 .3. 0









1. 7. 6










































16. 5. 6

















35.13. 0











1.16. 6










































72. 4. 0

Owner Occupier

No.

Description Cultivation

Quantities

Vicarial

Appropriator
Robert
   Collard






























Sheet 6
John
 Collard 
  Senior
William 
   Gurney







Messrs
 William &
  John
    Denne




















Henry
   Collard

John
 Collard
   Junior

89
88
87
57
55




114
112
110
109

104
101
71
60
71a
58
59
51
52
92
91
78
65
61
113
74
63


28


239
237
238
236
235
233
217
216
215
213
211
225
227
220
147
146

King Ethelbert Inn
Garden
Castle Field
Marsh
Marsh




Five Acres
Six Acres
Black Sands
Ten Acres 
   & Town Field
Forty Acres
Hinmans Field
Homestead Well Farm
Bullock Yards
Waste
Hog Marsh
Stack Yard Marsh
Drove Marsh
Pond Marsh
Under Wall Marsh
Under Wall Marsh
Under Wall Field
Old Orchard
Hammel
Hopgarden Shaw
Cliff
Waste Pond


Reculver Field


Homestead
Garden
Hammel
Plantation
Meadow
Part of Spicers Field
Ten Acres
Eight Acres
Boss Hole
Forty Acres
Three Cornered Field
Stable Field
Cross Field
Woodland
Yards & Buildings
Barn Field
---
Garden
Arable
Pasture
Pasture




Arable
Arable
Arable

Arable
Arable
Arable
Arable
Arable
Waste
Pasture
Pasture
Pasture
Pasture
Pasture
Pasture
Arable
Pasture
Pasture
Wood
Waste
Waste


Arable


---
Garden
Pasture
Wood
Pasture
Arable
Arable
Arable
Pasture
Arable
Pasture
Arable
Arable
Wood
---
Pasture

0.1.12
0.0.22
0.3.36
3.0.20
0.2.34
3.1.14



5.0.32
1.1.36
8.1.39

24.0.36
39.0. 3
1.0.16
1.0.38
0.1.14
0.0.17
4.0. 4
0.3.31
3.0. 0
3.3.39
1.2. 4
3.3.38
10.1.36
0.1.11
1.0. 8
0.0.11
0.1.21
  0.0.29
116.0.23

12.1.10


0.0.32
0.0.14
1.0. 0
0.2. 8
1.1.11
0.0.26
8.3.21
8.1. 7
4.0.24
46.1.10
2.3.16
8.2. 2
11.2. 0
0.2. 2
0.0.33
  8.2.38
103.1.16






1.19. 0

























14. 1. 0

1. 0. 0


















12. 7. 6
































60. 1. 0

8.11. 0


















32. 5. 6

Owner Occupier

No.

Description Cultivation

Quantities

Vicarial

Appropriator
John
   Denne










George
   Deering


John
   Le Grand




Mary
   Hall

Sheet 7
Michael
    Harlow

Thomas
   Handcock

Rev John
   Hilton


John
   Muzzard



Henry
   Mount
Messrs
 William
  & John
    Denne








Isaac
   Hadden


Thomas
   Sayer




Robert
   Collard


Himself


Himself


Messrs
 William &
 John Denne

Himself




Henry
   Bing

141
102
68
70
66
54
47
44
46
20


206
209


193
196
183
196a


32
33


76


207


115
111


140
139
136a


165
163
164
162
161
156
160
159
201
180
182
185
203
176
177
204
205
208
179
178
174
175
167
200}
200a}

Cottage &
Hinmans Field
Slip
House & Gardens
Cottages &
Hinmans?
Chantry Field
Chantry Field
Chantry Field
Brook Shaw


Bogshole
Bogshole


Beltinge Land
Cliff
Two Acres
Beach etc


Hall Field
Osier Ground


House &


Mullets


Eight Acres
Twelve Acres


House & Yard
Home Close
Hilboro’ Field


Homestead
Stackyard
Hog Ground
Meadow
Rough sixteen acres
Woodlands
Freshlands
Cliff Field
Lucerne Hill
Beltinge eight acres
Coblers Field
Beltinge two acres
Badcocks
Footway Field
Hither Horshams
Middle Horshams
Further Horshams
Bogshole
Hither Bogshole
Further Millbank
Hither Millbank
Cottage &
Orchard
Cliff 
   & Beach
Garden
Arable
Lucerne
Garden
Gardens
Pasture
Pasture
Pasture
Pasture
Wood


Arable
Arable


Arable
Pasture
Arable
Waste


Arable
Pasture


Garden


Arable


Arable
Arable


---
Arable
Arable


---
---
Pasture
Pasture
Arable
Wood
Arable
Arable
Arable
Arable
Arable
Arable
Arable
Arable
Arable
Arable
Arable
Arable
Arable
Arable
Arable
Garden
Pasture
Waste
Waste

0.0.14
2.1.31
1.1.17
0.1.37
0.1. 9
3.0.34
9.0. 5
2.2.23
12.2.16
 0.1.24
32.2.  6

8.3.10
 6.1.34
15.1.  4

10.3.20
3.2. 1
2.3.17
 0.2.32
17.3.30

27.3.21
 0.3.18
28.2.39

0.0.13


3.2.31


9.0.16
13.0.33
22.1.  9

0.0.17
1.0.24
1.1.12
2.2.13

1.0.16
0.2. 5
0.3.25
3.0.13
15.2.30
0.0.30
7.3.28
8.2. 4
9.1.28
9.0.35
4.1.21
2.1.36
12.3.36
4.0. 4
13.3. 4
9.1.17
3.3.19
7.1.24
8.2.39
8.0.27
10.3. 1
0.1. 6
0.3.25
4.2.38
  1.3.  4
150.0.35












6.10 .6



1. 2. 6





1. 1. 0



2. 5. 0




0. 5 .0




1.13. 0




0. 4. 6


























13. 6. 6











2.12. 0



7.11. 6





6.16. 6



16. 6. 6




2. 3. 0




11. 1. 0




1. 5. 0


























75. 4. 0

Owner Occupier

No.

Description Cultivation

Quantities

Vicarial

Appropriator
Rt Hon
 Lord
   Londes
Sheet 8









Captain
Shakespeare


Executors of
 William
  Staines





Executors of
 John
   Thorpe

Trinity
    Board




John
   Wootton

Thomas
   West

Rev George
 William
  David
    Evans
  (Glebe)
Isaac
   Hadden











George
   Denne


John
   Morriss



Harlow


Thomas
   Handcock


Themselves





Himself


George
   West

Mary
   Brown

Henry
   Twiman
Rev George
 William
   David
     Evans

243
249
248
246
245
247
244
231
230
219
221


194
195


132
136a
45


132a


214



81a}
87a}
100a}
98}


228


134


85
86
64
826
84
38
83

Broomfield Pasonage
Yard & Buildings
Yard & Buildings
Hammel
Stackyard
Stackyard
Garden
Kitchen Field
Great Field
May Street Field
Fowlers Wood


Footway Field
Cliff


House & Forge
Hilboro’ Field
Maurice


Cottage &


Bogshole




Cliff & Beach




Fowlers Wood


Cottage &


Castle Field
Castle Field
Marsh
Vicarage House &
Garden
Church Yard
Old Church Yard


Roads & Waste
Homestead
---
---
Arable
Arable
Arable
Garden
Arable
Arable
Arable
Wood


Arable
Pasture


---
Arable
Pasture


Garden


Arable




Waste




Arable


Garden


Arable
Arable
Pasture
Garden
Garden
Pasture
Pasture


---

0.3.14
0.2.11
0.2.12
0.2.11
0.2. 0
0.0.30
0.0. 4
8.2.25
36.0.38
17.2.16
 0.0.35
65.3.36

6.3.18
1.1.31
8.1.  9

0.1.27
1.1. 1
0.2.  4
2.0.32

0.0. 1


0.2.16




8.0.14




6.3. 8


0.0.11


0.3.31
1.0.16
1.1. 3
0.0 .5
0.0.18
0.1.38
0.3.  6
4.2.37

14.2.30












7.12. 6



0.10. 6




0. 7. 6




0. 0. 6









0.10. 0












2. 0. 0












39.13. 0



3.14. 0




0.13. 0




0 .6. 0 









3. 6. 6

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Some Monumental Inscriptions of St Mary's Church, Reculver

Some Monumental Inscriptions of St Mary's Church, Reculver, noted by Rev Bryan Faussett noted 1758. This church is perched on the edge of a cliff. In 1809 it was abandoned and a new St Mary's Church built inland. Kindly typed up for the website by Pat Tritton.

In The Chancell.
1. On a Fine Mural Monument, on ye South Side, under The Figures of a Man, a Woman and 8 Children with This Coat. [¼ly 1&4. Erm. on a cantn. gu. a stag trippt. or. 2&3). Per pale indented sa. & erm. on a chevn. gu. 3 + +lets or.]. Here under wait (for a joyfull Resurrection) The Bodies of Dame Mary, and of her Husband, Sr. Cavalliero *MACOTE, Knt. (*Guillin says "alias MACKWITH". F. 157) who liv’d together in great Contentment (from St Andrews Day, Anno 1586) full 20 Years: in which Time they had 8 Sonnes, and one Daughter; Namely, Jhon, Thomas, George, Richarde, Thomas, William, Herbert, George, and Elizabeth. whereof 5 Sonnes died before Them. She was Daughter of Thomas MONINGES, Gent, and of Ales CRISPE, sumtime Dwellers at Swanton in Lydden, and died on Christmas Day Anno 1606. He was ye Sonne of George MAYCOTE, Gent, and Margaret BROOKER (Long Dwellers in this Parish) and died --/. To all whom, The Lord he mercyfull, at the last Day.

2. On The Wall on The N. Side of The Comm. Table, is this Coat. [(no tinctures). Crusilly, a ln. rt. & no insn.].

3. On a Flat Stone inlaid with ye Figures of a Man, a Woman and 15 Children. Out of The Man’s Mouth proceeded a Label, which is lost; Out of The Woman’s Mouth comes this Sentence "Fiat Misericordia tua, Domine super nos". [3 boars’ heads couped (facg. to dr.). imp. 3 rams heads couped (facg. to dr.).]. Hic jacent Johannes *SANDWEY Armiger, et Johanna Uxor ejus. Quorum Animabus propicietur Deus. Amen. *Mr Weever says (Fol.260). that ye Date 1437 was on this Stone, but I could find no Traces of it, or Place where it cd. have been erased.

4. On a Mural Monument, on ye South Wall, with ye Figure of a Man in an Herald’s Coat. [Or, a + engrld. pty. p. pale gu. & sa. on a chief sa. a leopd. or. BROOKE imp. Az. a chevn. betw. 3 cocks gu. COBB]. Here under, quit of worldly Miseries, Ralpe BROOK Esquier, late York Herald, lies. Fifteenth of October he was last alive. One Thousand, Six Hundred, Twenty and Five. Seaventy Three Yeares bore he Fortune’s Harms: And, Forty Five, an Officer of Armes. He married Thomasine, Daughter of Michael COBB of Kent, Serjeant at Armes; by whome 2 Daughters God him lent, Surviving: Mary, William DICKINS Wife; Thomasin, John EXTON’s. happy be their Life.

5. On a Flat Stone, (on which is cut a *Cross) in very old Characters, round ye Verge. Vos: Qui: Transitis: Thomam: Deflere: velitis: Per: Me: Nunc: Scitis: Quid: Prodest: Gloria: Ditis. *The Cross, Letters & stops, as also a narrow Line above & below the Inscription, were, formerly, filld. up with Brass, as appears by some of the Stops, or Points, of this Shape [a diamond] still remaining so filld. up.

6. On Another small Flat Stone. Here lieth the Body of Robert GODDEN Gent. late Vicar of Reculver. Hee died August the 22nd 1672.

7. Three other Flat Stones, not legible. The Pillasters at The East Windows, are very taper and beautyfull.

8. In The Body. On a Flat Stone. [Sa. a fess or wt. a leopd. sa. betw. 3 roses or. HUNT]. (in ordy. sh. not lozge). - V.J.T. Here lieth The Body of Mary, late Wife of Robert COBB of Reculver Gent. She was Daughter of Jonas Hunt, Gent. som Time of Chislet; Shee was buried May 29 1684. Aged 45 Yeares.

9. On Another Flat Stone. (written only, on the impd. sh.). COBB as above. KNOWLER as at P.8. (Alph. Cant.). Here lieth buried The Bodies of Benjamin COBB, of Reculver, in the Countye of Kent, Gent. and of Alis his Wife, Daughter of Robert KNOWLER of Hearne in this County Gent. He had Issue by her, 2 Sonnes, Robert and Francis; and Foure Daughters, Susan, Mary, Anne and Margaret. He departed this Life on the 10th Day of June 1642 in ye 38th Year of his Age. Shee dyed before, upon the 7th of July 1641 in the 33d. Yeare of her Age. Heare also lieth buried the Body of Robert Cobb of Reculver, in the County of Kent, Gent. Sonne of Benjamin Cobb; he married Mary, Daughter of Thomas HUNT, Gent, Sumtimes of Chislett; by whome he had Issue, 3 Sonnes, viz. Benjamin, Robert, and John; and 2 Daughters, Anne and Mary. he died June 17 1676. Aged 42 Yeares.

10. On Another Flat Stone. Her lyeth buried The Body of Mary COBB, Daughter of Robert and Mary Cobb, she departed this Life the 23d. Day of Aprill, in the Yeare of our Lord 1681 aged 10 Yeares.

11. On Another. Her lyeth the Body of Benjamn COBB, of Chislet, Gent. Son of Robert and Mary Cobb of Reculver who married Frances, late Wife of William WHITEING of Chislet; by whom he left issue 1 Daughter, Mary Cobb. He was buried the 10th of July 1683. Aged 21 Years.

12. On Another. Here lieth The Body of Henry HILLS; he had Issue, by Wife Catherine, Two Sons, and Two Daughters; Henry, John, Mary, and Catherine. He died in Dec. 1684. Aged 62 Years.

13. On Another. Here lieth The Body of Mary HILLS …../1665.

14. On Another. Here lieth The Body of John HILLS, Son of Henry Hills who had to Wife Elisabeth …../He departed this Life the 26th of June 1685. Aged 30.

15. On Another. Here lieth interred the Body of Catharine HILLS who departed this Life the 25th of January 1696/7. aged 72 Years and odd Months. Shee had Issue by heir Husband aforesaid 2 Sons and 2 Daughters: Henry, John, Mary, and Catherine. All interred near this Place. She was Daughter to Vincent UNDERDOWNE of Birchington in the Isle of Thanett, Yeeman (sic). Her Husband, Henry Hills, gave to The Poor Men of Reculver the Rent of £3.10s. a Year, payable the 24th Day of June for ever.

16. On Another Flat Stone. ……/Henry HILLS ……/1665.

17. In The South Isle. Painted on ye E. Wall. *Here was, not many Years ago, an Ancient Monument of Stone, mounted with 2 Spires. See Weever F.260.

18. Here, as Historiographers have said,/St Ethelbert, Kent’s whilom King, was laid./Whom St Augustine with the Gospel entertaind,/And in This Land hath eversince remaind./Who, ‘tho by cruel Pagans he was slain,/The Crown of Martyrdom he did obtain./Who died on the 24th of Feby. in the Year 616/7.

19. The Following Coat is in the S. Window. [Az. a saltire betw. 4 martlets or.]. This Saltire sd. have been a Cross Flory.

20. In the next Window – westward – is ye Arms of England, very ancient.

21. This Church consists of The Chancell, Body, and 2 Side Isles. At The West End of The Body, stand Two very beautyfull tall Spires. These are a famous Sea Mark. In that towards ye North, hang 4 Bells, all made by Joseph HATCH in the Year 1635.

22. This Church was calld. St. Maries. It is a Vicarage, in the Patronage of the Arch Bishop, and has the Chappell of Hoath annex’t to it. The psent. Vicar, is the Revd. Mr Thomas THOMSON 1758.

23. For a Full Account of The Antiquity of this Place, and of the Roman and other Remains found here, see Batt’leys Antiq. Rupupinae; & Harris’s Hist. of Kent.

24. In The Church Yard are Memorials of COLLARD, COURT, DENNE, GAMMON, GEORGE, JOHNCOCK, SCOTT, STARKE & WHITEING.

Index of Names and Places

Names Index
BROOK 4
BROOKE 4
BROOKER 1
COBB 8-11
COLLARD 24
COURT 24
CRISPE 1
DENNE 24
DICKINS 4
EXTON 4
GAMMON 24
GEORGE 24
GODDEN 6
HATCH 21
HILLS 12-16
HUNT 8, 9
JOHNCOCK 24
KNOWLER 9
MACKWITH 1
MACOTE 1
MAYCOTE 1
MONINGES 1
SANDWEY 3
SCOTT 24
STARKE 24
THOMSON 22
UNDERDOWNE 15
WHITEING 11, 24Places
Birchington 15
Chislet 8, 11
Herne 9
Swanton, Lydden 1

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