little_a chart_n and_o hothfield_n and_o from_o thence_o between_o ashford_n and_o willesborough_n and_o from_o thence_o northward_o to_o wye_n godmersham_n chatham_n milton_n thâ—nington_n and_o canterbury_n and_o from_o thence_o to_o sâ—urrey_n from_o thence_o between_o fordwich_n and_o west_n beer_n to_o 〈◊〉_d and_o from_o thence_o to_o sarâ—_n and_o so_o at_o the_o westside_n of_o the_o isle_n of_o thanet_n into_o the_o sea_n 2._o at_o postling_n church_n and_o run_v from_o thence_o to_o stanford_n from_o thence_o westward_o to_o sellindge_n mersham_n and_o sevington_n and_o from_o thence_o between_o willesborough_n and_o ashford_n meet_v with_o the_o former_a stream_n run_v with_o iâ—_n to_o wye_n godmersham_n etc._n etc._n as_o before_o 3._o at_o liminge_v and_o run_v from_o thence_o to_o eleham_n from_o thence_o between_o berham_n and_o kingston_n to_o bishopâ—borne_n and_o bridge_n from_o thence_o to_o patricksâ—orne_v and_o beakesborne_n from_o thence_o between_o littleborne_n and_o ickham_n to_o wickham_n breaux_n preston_n and_o sturmâ—uth_n and_o from_o thence_o in_o at_o the_o south-west_n side_n of_o the_o isle_n of_o thanet_n and_o bâ—_n that_o northward_o â—â—to_o the_o sea_n 4._o near_o great_a mingeham_n and_o from_o thence_o run_v to_o norburne_n ham_n worth_a and_o sandwich_n and_o from_o thence_o to_o richâ—orough_n eâ—sfleet_n and_o nether_a court_n and_o so_o meet_v with_o the_o last_o stream_n run_v to_o sarr_n and_o from_o thence_o as_o before_o into_o the_o sea_n 7._o rother_n arise_v aâ—o_v it_o argo_n hill_n in_o or_o near_a rotherfield_n in_o sussex_n and_o run_v by_o mayfield_n eâ—chingham_n saleherst_n and_o bodehâ—m_n in_o sussex_n cometâ—_n into_o keâ—â—_n in_o the_o parish_n of_o sandherst_n and_o from_o thence_o run_v eastward_o to_o neweâ—den_n wâ—ttershâ—m_n eâ—eney_n stone_n and_o apledore_n and_o 〈◊〉_d thence_o turn_v southward_o by_o the_o east_n end_n of_o the_o isle_n of_o oxney_n run_v by_o iden_n and_o playden_n in_o sussex_n and_o between_o that_o and_o east_n guldeford_n also_o in_o sussex_n into_o the_o sea_n at_o rye_n this_o county_n have_v in_o it_o 14._o corporation_n viz._n in_o the_o foreign_a 1._o gravesend_n and_o milton_n 2._o maidstone_n 3._o queenborough_n 4._o rochester_n 5._o romney_n marsh_n in_o the_o cinque_fw-fr port_n 6._o dovor_n 7._o feversham_n 8._o folkstone_n 9_o fordwich_n 10._o his_fw-mi 11._o lid._n 12._o new_a romney_n 13._o sandwich_n 14._o tenterden_n and_o one_o city_n viz._n rochester_n the_o city_n of_o canterbury_n be_v a_o county_n of_o itself_o there_o be_v in_o this_o county_n 28._o market_n townes_n viz._n in_o the_o foreign_a 1._o ashford_n 2._o bromley_n 3._o cranbrook_n 4._o st._n marry_o cray_n 5._o dartford_n 6._o eleham_n 7._o goudherst_n 8._o gravesend_n 9_o leneham_n 10_o maidstone_n 11._o west_n malling_n 12._o milton_n near_o sittingborne_n 13._o rochester_n 14._o sevenoke_n 15._o smarden_n 16._o tunbridge_n 17._o westram_n 18._o woolwich_n 19_o 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