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many_o other_o lose_v their_o life_n in_o the_o year_n 1100._o at_o enchamsteed_o
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westerham_n somerden_n 2_o aylesford_n hâo_o shamele_n toltingtroe_v chetham_n wortham_n larkfield_n littlefield_n twyford_n tunbridge_n watchlingston_n west_n bamfield_n brenchley_n marden_n eghorne_n maidstone_n 3_o scray_n milton_n tenham_n feversham_n becton_n felbore_n chartley_n wye_n byircholt_n galehill_n ashford_n blackborne_n tenderden_n barkley_n cranbrooke_n rolvenden_n selbrightenden_n east_n barnfield_n newyndene_n 4_o st._n augustine_n ringslow_n blengate_n whitestable_a westgate_n downchamford_n preston_n bredge_n kinghamford_n seasalter_n wingham_n eastry_n corniloe_n bewksbrough_n longport_n 5_o shepway_n folkestane_n lovingborne_n stowting_n heane_z byrcholtsran_n street_n worth_n ham_n langfoât_n s._n martin_n newchurch_n alowsbridge_n oxney_n in_o these_o hundred_o be_v contain_v 29_o market-town_n viz._n eltham_n m._n wrotham_n tu._n lenham_n tu._n s._n marry_o cray_n w._n westram_n w._n gouldhurst_n wye_n yhurs_n rumney_n th._n lydd_n th._n fockestone_n th._n bromley_n th._n maidstone_n th._n rochester_n fr._n tunbridge_n fr._n tenderden_n fr._n smarden_n fr._n woolwich_n fr._n malinge_v sa._n milton_n sa._n cranbrooke_n sa._n hyth_n sa._n bartford_n sat._n sevenoke_n sat._n gravesend_n w._n &_o s._n feversham_n w._n &_o s._n canterbury_n w._n &_o s._n dover_n w._n &_o s._n sandwich_n w._n &_o s._n appledoor_n this_o county_n abound_v with_o navigable_a river_n that_o of_o medway_n which_o divide_v the_o county_n be_v the_o chief_a in_o this_o county_n be_v also_o four_o cinque-port_n viz._n dover_n rumney_n sandwich_n winchelsey_n of_o these_o four_o dover_n with_o the_o castle_n be_v the_o chief_a and_o by_o ancient_a author_n have_v be_v account_v the_o lock_n and_o key_n to_o the_o whole_a realm_n of_o england_n this_o county_n have_v the_o happiness_n to_o be_v possess_v of_o two_o city_n and_o bishop_n see_v viz._n canterbury_n and_o rochester_n strengthen_v with_o 27_o fort_n and_o castle_n and_o grace_v with_o 8_o of_o the_o king_n palace_n and_o beautify_v with_o many_o stately_a building_n the_o chief_a and_o principal_a city_n in_o this_o county_n be_v canterbury_n the_o see_v of_o the_o metrapolitan_a of_o england_n it_o lie_v in_o latitude_n of_o 51_o deg_fw-la 17_o min._n and_o bear_v east_n from_o london_n be_v distant_a therefrom_o 44_o mile_n thus_o from_o london_n to_o dartford_n 12._o to_o rochester_n 23._o to_o sittingborn_n 31._o to_o canterbury_n 44_o mile_n but_o be_v measure_v upon_o the_o road_n its_o distance_n from_o london_n be_v find_v to_o be_v 56_o mile_n this_o city_n be_v as_o historian_n record_v build_v 900_o year_n before_o the_o nativity_n of_o our_o saviour_n and_o be_v the_o first_o erect_v school_n for_o education_n in_o art_n and_o science_n and_o be_v the_o motive_n which_o induce_v sigibert_n king_n of_o the_o east_n angle_n to_o lay_v his_o foundation_n for_o cambridge_n university_n in_o this_o city_n be_v marry_v k._n john_n and_o isabel_n his_o wife_n and_o also_o with_o 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