An Historical, Topographical and Descriptive Account of the Weald of Kentsold, 1814 - 277 páginas |
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... formerly belonging to Ickham manor in Kent . Et in quolibet anno debet invenire corredium , et omnia necessaria domino cum veniret videre pessonam , vel famulo ejus . 7th . Danger . This is thus explained in an account - roll of Charing ...
... formerly belonging to Ickham manor in Kent . Et in quolibet anno debet invenire corredium , et omnia necessaria domino cum veniret videre pessonam , vel famulo ejus . 7th . Danger . This is thus explained in an account - roll of Charing ...
Página xxxiv
... formerly , such lands only were exempt from it , as were holden by Knight's service . Anciently a royal pre- rogative was exercised , by changing the customary descent as well as the tenure ; and in some instances this prerogative was ...
... formerly , such lands only were exempt from it , as were holden by Knight's service . Anciently a royal pre- rogative was exercised , by changing the customary descent as well as the tenure ; and in some instances this prerogative was ...
Página xxxvi
... formerly required ; and before a forfeiture of dower could be incurred , it was necessary to attaint a widow of child - birth . This is explained by Lambarde's translation of a French MS . entitled , The Cus- tumal of Kent , in the ...
... formerly required ; and before a forfeiture of dower could be incurred , it was necessary to attaint a widow of child - birth . This is explained by Lambarde's translation of a French MS . entitled , The Cus- tumal of Kent , in the ...
Página xxxvii
... formerly denied to other persons during their minority . In ' The custumal of Kent ' the noble usage claimed in behalf of wards , is expressed in the following terms : " And if the heir or heirs shall be under the age of fifteen years ...
... formerly denied to other persons during their minority . In ' The custumal of Kent ' the noble usage claimed in behalf of wards , is expressed in the following terms : " And if the heir or heirs shall be under the age of fifteen years ...
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... formerly the custom of this county to divide the chattels , after the funeral expences and debts of the deceased were paid , into three parts , if he left any lawful issue ; of which one portion was for the performance of legacies : ano ...
... formerly the custom of this county to divide the chattels , after the funeral expences and debts of the deceased were paid , into three parts , if he left any lawful issue ; of which one portion was for the performance of legacies : ano ...
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acres adjoining advowson afterwards aisle ancient anno appears Appledore Archbishop Bart belonging Bethersden Biddenden Bishop called Canterbury castle chancel chapel church dedicated considerable Cranbrook crown daughter dedicated to ST demesne descendants Domesday Duke Earl east Edward III Elizabeth erected former formerly gavel-kind Goudhurst granted Hadlow Hasted Hawkhurst held Henry VIII hill Horsmonden Kent King Edward Knight Lambarde Lamberhurst lands latter Lord Maidstone manor mansion marsh Medway miles nearly neighbourhood Newenden owner parish parsonage Penshurst Pluckley possessions present principal priory Queen rector reign of Edward reign of Henry reign of King remains residence Richard river river Beult road Robert Rochester Rolvenden Saxon says scite seat side Sir Edward Sir Horatio Mann Sir John Sir Thomas situated Smarden soil southward stone Sussex tenants Tenterden timber town Tunbridge tythes vicarage village Wateringbury Weald west end William wood Yalding
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Página xxviii - Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings lean'd to virtue's side ; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watch'd and wept, he pray'd and felt for all...
Página xxviii - A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change, his place; Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for power, By doctrines fashioned to the varying hour ; Far other aims his heart had learned to prize, More bent to raise the wretched than to rise.
Página 202 - ... palaces, navigation, &c. but now sallow, &c. are rejected, and nothing but oak any where regarded ; and yet see the change ; for when our houses were builded of willow, then had we oaken men ; but now that our houses are come to be made of oak, our men are not only become willow, but a great many altogether of straw, which is a sore alteration.
Página xxviii - His pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings lean'd to virtue's side : But in his duty prompt at every call, He watch'd and wept, he pray'd and felt for all. And as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its new-fledg'd offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reprov'd each dull delay, Allur'd to brighter worlds, and led the way.
Página xxxi - Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, When it is in the power of thine hand to do it. Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, And to-morrow I will give: When thou hast it by thee.
Página 201 - ... there are old men yet dwelling in the village where I remain, which have noted three things to be marvellously altered in England within their sound remembrance. One is, the multitude of chimneys lately erected ; whereas, in their young days, there were not above two or three, if so many, in most uplandish towns of the realm...
Página 202 - Now have we many chimnies; and yet out tender**** complain of rheums, catarrhs, and poses; then had we none but reredosses, and our heads did never ache. For as the smoke in those days was supposed to be a sufficient hardening for the timber of the house, so it was reputed a far better medicine to keep the good man and his family from the quacke or pose, wherewith, as then, very few were acquainted.
Página 202 - With us the nobility, gentry, and students, do ordinarily go to dinner at eleven before noon, and to supper at five, or between five and six at afternoon. The merchants dine and sup seldom before twelve at noon and six at night, especially in London. The husbandmen dine also at high noon, as they call it, and sup at seven or eight; but out of term in our universities the scholars dine at ten.
Página 166 - Nature shall join you ; Time shall make it grow A work to wonder at - perhaps a Stowe.
Página 201 - ... as well lodged as the lord of the town : So well were they contented. Pillows, said they, were thought meet only for women in childbed : As for servants, if they had any sheet above them it was well : For seldom had they any under their bodies to keep them from the pricking straws that ran oft through the canvass, and rased their hardened hides.