Privileges relating to the Church at Stourmouth, 1093-1108

Agreement between Bishop Gundulf and Haimo son of Vitalis concerning privileges relating to the church at Stourmouth, Date: 1093–1108. Textus Roffensis, f. 185v. Translated from Latin and edited by Dr Christopher Monk.

Transcription

185v (select folio number to open facsimile)

hęc est conuentio
quam Haimo filius Vitalis fecit uersus Gun-
dulfum episcopum de Rouecestra, quod ipse Haimo
dedit episcopo et monachis ęcclesiam de Sturmu-
tha et suam dominicam decimam totam cum omnibus
consuetudinibus quę ad eandem ęcclesiam per-
tinent, et iiiior acros terrę qui in ęcclesia sunt,
et in eodem manerio pasturam ad centum
oues. Et hoc fecit pro anima patris sui et
matris suę et pro sua, et propter hoc quod quendam
fratrem suum fecit monachum in ęcclesia Sancti An-
dreę. Et hęc ipsa conuentio fuit facta coram
Anselmo archiepiscopo, ita quod ipsemet affuit,
et ita fieri concessit. Et isti sunt testes
qui affuerunt: Baldeuuinus monachus, Wido monachus, Ansfridus clericus, Ra-
dulfus camerarius, Iuo de mala uilla, et alii
plures de familia archiepiscopi, et Willelmus de Etesham.¹

Translation

See Translation Notes

This is the agreement which Haimo son of Vitalis² made with respect to bishop Gundulf of Rochester:³ to the bishop and monks this very Haimo gave the church of Stourmouth and all its Sunday tithing, with all customary payments which pertain to the same church, and 4 acres of land which are in the church, and in the same manor pasture for one hundred sheep. And this was made for the soul of his father and his mother and his own; and, on account of this, his brother was made a monk in the church of St Andrew. And this very agreement was made in the presence of archbishop Anselm, therefore he himself was present, and therefore he granted that it be done. And these are the witnesses who were present: Baldwin the monk; Guy the monk; Ansfrid the priest; Ralf the chamberlain; Ivo of Malaville,⁴ and several others of the archbishop’s household; and William of Adisham.⁵

Footnotes

1 The words ‘allii […] Etesham’ were added by a different, though contemporary, hand. There does not appear to be any erasure, so it would seem that a space was left by the principal scribe, who perhaps was unexpectedly taken from his work and forgot to complete the text on his return.

2 Vitalis of Canterbury: see K. S. B. Keats-Rohan, Domesday People: A Prosopograhy of Persons Occurring in English Documents 1066–1166 (Woodbridge: Boydell, 1999), I: Domesday Book, p. 443.

3 Bishop and prior at Rochester, from 1077 to 1108.

4 Or, Ives.

5 Adisham, tentatively for Etesham. Adisham was earlier known as Edesham (1006) and Eadesham (c.1100); see Judith Glover, The Place Names of Kent (London: B. T. Batsford Ltd., 1976), p. 3; Etesham may perhaps be a variant spelling.

Tithe Apportionment for Stourmouth

Stourmouth - Maps and Tithe award schedules Population 1801 to 1921 Stourmouth Tithe Schedule (92KB) - signed 27th June 1837     With names of landowners, occupiers and fieldnames with acreages, and tithe payments Back to List of Kent Maps, Tithe awards/schedules For details about the advantages of membership of the Kent Archaeological Society   click here Back to Research         Back to Homepage

Stourmouth Tithe award schedule - signed 27th June 1837 Back to Stourmouth Maps etc Owner Occupier No. Description Cultivation Quantities Rector Sheet 1 James    Addley Captain   John      Bridges James    Bristow John    Crottle Charles    Culmer Church-  wardens of   the Parish of    Stourmouth Sheet 2 Sarah    Culmer Himself  James    Dowker Clement    Lastlett John    Culmer sen & John  Folwell Himself Thomas  Taylor John  Dadds Richard    White Twiman &  Hawkes Widow  Culmer John  Culmer sen. Millgate  Griggs Martin  Spain George    Culmer 201 200 192 193 13 12 15 98 99 100 101 102 15 187 177 178 209b 199 192 197 117 118 21a 36 49 58a 59 2 3 5 6 7 8 21 22 27 54 55 82 83 91 92 95 103 170 171 172 7 Cottage & Garden Cottage & Garden Marsh Marsh Homestead & Garden The Slips Carpenters Close Puddle Dock Marshes Puddle Dock Marshes Puddle Dock Marshes Puddle Dock Marshes Puddle Dock Marshes Extraordinary charge   on 1a 3r 0p of Hops Ferry House & Garden Whitfield Marshes Whitfield Marshes Cottage & Garden in two    Tenements House & Garden Marsh Marsh In the Hams In the Hams The Butts In Rookson Field In Church Field In Church Field In Church Field Gravel Pit Homestead Yard Garden In Church Field In Church Field In Church Field Homestead Orchard    & Garden The Butts Garden Rookson Field Church Field Church Field Church Field Church Field --- --- The Hams The Hams Whitfield Marshes Whitfield Marshes Whitfield Marshes Extraordinary charge   on 9a 0r 0p of Hops Garden Garden Pasture Pasture Garden Arable Hops Pasture Pasture Pasture Pasture Pasture @ 10s Garden Pasture Pasture Garden Garden Garden Pasture Pasture Pasture Arable Arable Arable Arable Arable Pasture Yd & Gdn Arable Arable Hops  } Arable } Orchard &  Garden Arable Garden Arable Arable Arable Arable Arable Arable Arable Pasture Pasture Pasture Pasture Pasture @ 10s 1.0. 5 3.1.18 1.3. 3 1.3.26 3.2.20 4.1.30 3.1. 7  2.1.39 21.3.28 per acre 1.0.28 2.0.15 1.0.21 4.1.26 0.0.30 0.2. 1 0.3.10 6.2.37 8.0.16 5.3.12  5.3.  0 19.2.28 1.0. 0 0.2. 3 0.2. 9 1.1. 0 0.2.30 4.0.  2 1.1. 2 1.0.15 21.0.22 15.3. 5 22.3.23 3.3.23 12.0. 0 0.0.30 2.1.10 2.2.23 2.2.30 3.0.35 2.0.15 0.3.14 6.0. 7 9.0.38 8.2. 2 2.3. 1 2.3.36  3.3.37 125.2 8 per acre            7.  5. 6 0.17. 6 8.  3  0 1.15. 0 0. 2. 0 0. 2. 6 0. 9. 0 1.  7. 6 1.19. 0 2. 7. 6 4. 6. 6 2. 0. 0            80. 0. 0 Owner Occupier No. Description Cultivation Quantities Rector Sarah    Culmer John    Dadds David    Dadd Sheet 3 James    Addley Lady    De Clifford Henry  Gibbs Hougham  Millgate Widow  Hougham John  Twiman Himself John    Twiman William    Addley George    Culmer 169 66 29 30 67 105 106 206 9 10 18 20 33 35 108 150 151 156 157 158 159 162 165 166 18 92 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 23 24 25 28 160 162 Whitfield Marsh 2 Cottages & Gardens In Rookson Field In Rookson Field Cottage & Garden Marsh Marsh Garden Home Pasture Homestead & Orchard Handals Field Butts Meadow Rookson Field Rookson Field Stour Meadow North Bridge Marsh North Bridge Marsh North Bridge Marsh North Bridge Marsh North Bridge Marsh North Bridge Marsh Whitfield Marshes Whitfield Marshes Whitfield Marshes Extraordinary charge   on 1a 0r 0p of Hops The Close Twelve Acres Five Acres Seven Acres Four Acres Nine Acres Four Acres Two Acres Eight Acres Meadow Homestead Yard Garden In Rookson Field In Rookson Field North Bridge Marsh North Bridge Marsh Pasture Garden Arable Arable Garden Pasture Pasture Garden Pasture Orchard Arable  } Hops    } Pasture Arable Arable Pasture Pasture Pasture Pasture Pasture Pasture Pasture Pasture Pasture Pasture @ 10s Arable Pasture Pasture Pasture Pasture Pasture Pasture Pasture Pasture Pasture Yd & Gdn Arable Arable Pasture Pasture 1.3.17 0.1.11 0.1. 9} 0.1. 6}   0.0.  6 128.1.17 7.0.  8  6.0.36 13.4.  4 0.0.26 2.1.16 3.3. 1 17.0. 8 1.3.10 0.2.23 3.3. 4 6.0.13 2.2.22 3.2.22 0.2.20 3.2.20 3.0.29 2.1.27 5.3. 6 3.2.17  2.2.17 63.2.15 per acre 13.1. 2 11.2.24 4.3.21 7.0. 9 3.3. 2 8.0.36 2.1.20 1.3.38  7.1.15 62.2. 7 1.2.39 1.1.20 2.0.37 1.1. 7 1.3.27  3.2.17 76.2.34 0. 7. 6 0. 2. 6 0. 5. 0  0. 0. 6 85. 5. 6 2.15. 6 0. 2. 0            25.12 6  0.10. 0 26.  2. 6             20. 3. 0  6. 6. 0 26. 9. 0 Owner Occupier No. Description Cultivation Quantities Rector Sheet 4 James    Dowker William    Ewell Thomas    Gibbs Richard    Hogbin William    Fox Sheet 5 Messrs    Harrisons Thomas    Impett Mark    Impett Himself Culmer &  White James  Petty Impett &    White Henry    Gibbs Thomas    Huckstep Himself Themselves Richard  Smeedk & James  Twiman Griggs &  Daniells Himself Himself Cock &  Stadden Himself 74 37 40 50 73 75 76 84 86 152 153 154 155 161 163 198 197 69 72 76 203 4 85 96 97 210a 47 46 34 52 60 63 77 173 174 209 62 209a 208a 65 204 62 17 31 32 104 207 Homestead & Garden In Rookson Field Harlands New Barn Piece Brick Close The Green Home Field In Church Field In Church Field North Bridge Marshes North Bridge Marshes North Bridge Marshes North Bridge Marshes North Bridge Marshes North Bridge Marshes Newfoundland Newfoundland Cottage & Garden Cottage & Garden Extraordinary charge   on 3a 0r 0p of Hops 2 Cottages & Gardens House Premises & Gdn In Church Field Cottage & Garden Garden Taken from the Waste Homestead & Garden Home Meadow In Rookson Field In Church Field In Church Field Garden In Church Field Whitfield Marshes Pasture Garden Cottage & Garden Cottage & Garden Cottage & Garden House & Garden Garden Cottage & Garden Homestead & Garden In Rookson Field In Rookson Field Marsh Garden Garden Arable Arable Arable Pasture Pasture Arable  } Hops    } Arable Arable Pasture Pasture Pasture Pasture Pasture Pasture Pasture Garden Garden Garden @ 10p Garden Yd & Gdn Arable Garden Garden Garden Garden Pasture Arable Arable Arable Garden Arable Pasture Pasture Garden Garden Garden Garden Garden Garden Garden Garden Arable Arable Pasture Garden 2.1.38 32.0.33 15.0. 0 17.2.24 2.1. 5 3.2.10 7.3.21 3.4.16 2.2.22 1.3.33 1.1.39 2.3. 0 4.0.14 5.0.27 2.0. 1 0.3. 5   0.1.18 107.2.26 0.3.21   0.1.10 108.3.17 per acre 0.1. 2 0.3.  9 1.3.32 2.3.  1 0.0.32 0.1.  1 0.1.33 0.0. 8 1.1.11 1.1.15 0.3. 5 1.3. 3 3.3.15 0.2.37 3.2. 0 4.1.18 3.2.12 0.1.22 0.0.13 0.0.30  0.0.39 22.0.30 0.0.37 0.0.32 0.0.33 0.2.24 0.2.15 0.1.20 0.2.20 2.0.25 0.0.22 3.3.22  0. 2. 6 67. 8. 0  1.10. 0 68.18. 0 0. 2. 0 1.15. 0 0. 2. 6 0.0. 6 9.12. 6 0. 3. 0 1.13. 0 Owner Occupier No. Description Cultivation Quantities Rector William    Mackey Sheet 6 Captain   George     Marryat Sheet 7 John    Neame E.J.S. Reader John    Sherry Himself George    Culmer Thomas    Palmer Sutton &    Hawkes Himself 70 61 179 180 183 182 185 186 26 78 81 88 89 90 124 125 126 127 128 129 129a 129b 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 26 119 120 190 191 208 48 14 44 45 79 184 182 Homestead & Garden In Church Field Whitfield Marshes Whitfield Marshes Whitfield Marshes Whitfield Marshes Whitfield Marshes Whitfield Marshes In Rookson Field In Church Field In Church Field In Church Field North Court Premises Orchard Grove Ferry Marsh Horse Shoe Marsh Gravel Wall Marsh Gravel Wall Marsh Triangle Marsh Hog Green Middle Green Stack Yard Lucerne Field Triangle Marsh Bridge Marsh North Bridge Marshes North Bridge Marshes North Bridge Marshes North Bridge Marshes North Bridge Marshes North Bridge Marshes Eight Acres Upper Chandler Lower Chandler Upper Wet Lower Wet Heart Marsh Cut & Sowing Marsh Cut End Marsh Cut End Marsh Sluice Marsh Lodge Marsh Extraordinary charge   on 2a 1r 0p of Hops Marsh Marsh Pluck Gutter Marshes Pluck Gutter Marshes 2 Cottages & Gardens Homestead & Garden Orchard In Rookson Field In Rookson Field In Church Field Whitfield Marshes Whitfield Marshes Garden Arable Pasture Pasture Pasture Pasture Pasture Pasture Hops Arable Arable Arable Yd & Gdn Pasture Pasture Pasture Pasture Pasture Pasture Pasture Pasture Pasture Pasture Pasture Pasture Pasture Pasture Pasture Pasture Pasture Pasture Pasture Pasture Pasture Pasture Pasture Pasture Pasture Pasture Pasture Pasture Pasture Pasture Pasture Pasture Pasture Garden Garden Orchard Arable Arable Arable Pasture Pasture 0.2.38 1.0.10 0.3. 3 0.3.30 1.3.22 1.3.16 2.1.10  2.2.  4 12.0.13 2.1.14 0.3.37 1.0.14 80.0.20 1.1.19 1.3. 4 11.3.17 4.1.16 6.1.35 2.2. 6 1.3.23 2.2.26 2.0. 0 0.1. 0 1.3.28 2.1. 0 8.1.20 3.0.27 1.3. 7 1.2.26 1.3.44 4.3.21 4.0.28 7.3.38 6.1.24 6.3. 8 7.0. 0 9.0.10 10.0.23 9.2.33 8.3.27 0.1.21 7.3.12   10.0.11 234.0.  9 4.3. 8 1.2. 9 3.2. 0  2.3.18 12.2.35 0.1. 0 0.2.15 0.2.37 0.2. 1 1.0.11 3.3.22 2.0. 4  2.1.  4 11.0.24 3. 1. 0              101. 1. 6   1. 2. 6 102. 4 .0 2.13. 0 0. 2. 0 5.10. 0 Owner Occupier No. Description Cultivation Quantities Rector Benjamin    Smith John    Spain Thomas    Starr Thomas    Taylor George  Palmer & Elizabeth  Gould Sheet 8 George    Plomer Richard    White John   Wraith Rev Thomas    Woodhouse      (Glebe) Himself Himself Thomas    Taylor Himself Worsfold Himself William     Fox William    For Himself Benjamin    Smith Thomas  Castle Thomas    Taylor 205 202 196 167 168 188 189 16 71 96a 41 42 43 51 53 56 57 58 80 87 210 211 212 213 214 68 175 176 195 38 39 40a 121 122 123 215 216 11 1 19 93 House & Garden House & Garden Cottage & Garden Whitfield Marshes Whitfield Marshes Plucks Gutter Marshes Plucks Gutter Marshes House & Garden Cottage & Garden In Rookson Field In Rookson Field In Rookson Field In Church Field In Church Field In Church Field Homestead & Garden In Church Field In Church Field In Church Field Marshes Marshes Osiers Marsh Marsh Cottage & Garden Whitfield Marshes Whitfield Marshes Enclosed from the Waste In Rookson Field Homestead Orchard~    & Garden In Rookson Field Marsh Marsh Marsh Marsh Marsh Cottage & Garden Church Yard --- Parsonage House    & Premises Garden Garden Garden Pasture Pasture Pasture Pasture Garden Garden Garden Arable Arable Arable Arable Arable Arable Yd & Gdn Arable Arable Arable Pasture Pasture Osier Bed Pasture Pasture Garden Pasture Pasture Garden Arable Orchard &  Garden Arable Pasture Pasture Pasture Pasture Pasture Garden Pasture Arable Yard &  Garden 0.3.19 0.0.36 1.0.15 0.1. 2 2.0.23 2.3.35 3.0.30  2.0.13 10.1.21 0.2.21 0.2.14 0.0.12 1.1.  7 2.3. 2 1.0. 7 1.0.19 4.1.38 7.3. 5 0.2.12 2.1.22 20.2. 5 4.3.10 3.0.38 1.2.38 5.3. 5 0.0.26 1.1.30  2.0.22 60.0.  5 0.1.11 2.3.20 3.0.  1 6.0.35 0.1.30 14.3.23 3.1.36 3.0.39 1.3.14 4.2.38 7.1.27 1.3.10 1.3. 1  0.1.13 39.2.  1 0.2.29 12.3. 5  0.3.20 14.1.14 0. 9. 0 0. 2. 6 2. 1. 0 0.12. 6 37.10. 0 1. 6. 0  0. 2. 6 20. 5. 0 9. 0. 0 Whilst every care has been taken in transcribing information from old records which in themselves are prone to error or  misinterpretation, visitors to this site need to recognise that there will be errors. 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Some Monumental Inscriptions of Stourmouth Church

Some Monumental Inscriptions of Stourmouth Church, noted by Rev Bryan Faussett noted 1760. Kindly typed up for the website by Pat Tritton.

In The Chancell.
1. On a Flat Stone. [Erm. a saltire, at fesse point a ring]. (no tinctures). M. Johannes POWELL Rector de Sturmouth, Com. Cant. posuit hoc Marmor, in Memoriam Annae Uxoris mortuae A.D. 1674 Maij 20. Filiae D. Morgani WINNE Archidiacon. Lincoln. Martyris in Causâ Regiâ, Temporibus iniquissimi Belli, A.D. 1645 . sub Spe beatae Resurrectionis Ortus olim Progenie Comitis Desmond OSBORN, Hibernici. Neere unto This Place, under the Stone on the North Side, lieth the Body of Mr John Powell, Rector of Stowermouth. he died Novemb. the first, An. Dom. 1680 aged 74 Yeares.

2. On a Brass Plate, under The Brass Fig. of a Preist, fixt to a flat Stone, with this Coat – another Coat has been on ye Stone, but is now lost. [2 bars wavy ermine]. (no tinctures).
Hic Jacet Magister Thomas MANEYS, (error for MAREYS) Clericus, nup Rector istiu Eccliae, qui obijt quinto decimo Die Decembris, Anno Dni. Millimo CCCCXXII (1472) cujus Aie ppicietur Deus. Amen.

3. On Another Flat Stone. In Memory of Thomas BEAKE, of This Parish, Gent: he was twice married, but, without Issue. he died suddenly, in the strictest Sense, being alive, in Health, and dead, in the same Moment. Oct. 11 Ann. Aet. 65. Salutis, 1734. He was a Person truly beloved and esteemed for his many excellent Vertues. To his Wives; ever kind and affectionate. To his Relations; fond and beneficent. To his Neighbours; friendly, sincere, and courteous. To The truly poor; humane, and charitable. To all; just, good-natured, chearfull, and obliging. To his God; a faithfull, devout, humble Servant. One who took due Pains to learn his Duty; and, did more – He practised it. More might be said of him with Justice; Less could not: since Envy must own he was a sweet temper’d virtuous Man and a good Christian.

4. Two ancient Flat Stones, without Inscription.

5. Remains of good Glass in the South Windows.

In The Body.
6. On a Flat Stone. Here lieth The Body of Henry JENKEN, of this Parish. Hee married Martha Daugr. of William MARSHALL, by whome hee had 1 Daughter, Margaret. Hee died Sept. 18 1679 aged 60 Yeares.

7. On Another. In Memeory of Thomas LARKING late of this Parish; who, by his first Wife, Anne, the Daughter of William LUCKETT of Preston, had 2 Sons, and 1 Daughter. Thomas, William, and Anne. by his second, Mary, the Daughter of William ANDREWS of Nonington, he had Mary, William, Andrews, Frances, and Austen. He died 23 Aug. 1751 aged 44.

8. One large Flat Stone without Inscription.

In The South Isle.
9. On a Flat Stone. here lieth The Body of Master Thomas HARRISON Gentleman, desesed in the Yeare of our Lord 1663.

10. On Another. here lyeth Francis Probyn Son of the Revd. Hopton WILLIAMS Rector of this Parish. ob. July 1 1734 aged 6 Months and odd days.

11. In The Church Yard are Memorials of CARTER, CULMER, GIBBS, MOUNT, NORWOOD, SPRATT, STARK and STODDARD.

12. This Church consists of The Chancell, Body, and 2 side Isles. The Steeple is at the West End of The Body – in which hang 3 Bells; 2 of them made by Joseph HATCH 1605, 1638. The other by William CARTER 1613.

13. This Church was dedicated to All Saints. It is a Rectory in the Patronage of the Bishop of Rochester.

14. The present Rector is ……/1760.

Index of Names and Places

Names Index
ANDREWS 7
BEAKE 3
CARTER 11, 12
CULMER 11
GIBBS 11
HARRISON 9
Hopton 10
JENKEN 6
LARKING 7
LUCKETT 7
MANEYS 2
MAREYS 2
MARSHALL 6
MOUNT 11
NORWOOD 11
OSBORN 1
POWELL 1
SPRATT 11
STARK 11
STODDARD 11
HATCH 12
WILLIAMS 10
WINNE 1Places
Nonington 7
Preston, Kent 7