Cranwell * Crumpton * Carrell * Iohn Cobham Cuttes D. * Syr William Damsell * Thomas Darrell * Robert Deane * Dalyson Richard Déering Delahay Iames Dalton * George Darrel Iohn Delapynd Gaius Dixon William Drayner * Digges * Thomas Duke E. Daniell Euering Vincent Engham Ralfe Edolf Fraunces Eglesfield F. Syr Thomas Fane Thomas Fane George Fogge. * Henry Fane Thomas Fyneux Symond Fifeld Thomas Farby Alexander Fisher Thomas Fluyd Robert Fylmer Iohn Franklyn Moyle Fynche * Thomas Fisher * Ralfe Fynche G. * The Lady Golding Syr Thomas Guldeford Edmund Gay George Goldwell Thomas Gréeke William Gybs Henry Gylman Thomas Godden * Richard Garthe * Barnabe Gooche * Norton Gréene H. Syr George Howard * Syr Perceuall Hart. Syr Iames Hales William Hamon Richard Hardes Roger Herleckenden * Christopher Harflete * Honywood * Iohn Heyton Thomas Honywood Henry Haddes Iohn Harper Martyn Herleckenden * Edward Hales * Richard Heron. Ralf Hayman Abacuk Harman Thomas Hamon William Holmden * George Harte I. * Syr Humfry Iylbert Iohn Iden William Isley Paul Ihonson * Martyn Iames. K. Syr Thomas Kempe * Richard Knatchbull L. * William Louelace Serieant at the Lawe * Thomas Louelace Iohn Lennard Richard Lone Anthonie Light. Thomas Lewson William Lewknor Lée * William Lambade M. * Roger Manwood Iustice of the common place George Multon Edward Monings Iohn Moyle William Midleton Walter Meyny Anthony Meyny William Mount. * Edward Martyn Moore N. Syr Henry Neuill Lorde Aburgeuenny * Alexander Neuill Valentine Norton * Thomas Neuill * Thomas Neuill O. Henry Oxenden Iohn Orwell P. * Thomas Potter * Payne William Partridge Ciriac Petit. Henry Petit. William Petit. William Pordage Richard Parkar * Iames Peckam * Iohn Pet. * Palmer R. * Syr Iohn Ryuers * Thomas Randall Walter Roberts * Iohn Roberts William Roper Robert Rudstone Richard Rogers Robert Rychers William Raynes S. * Syr Henry Sidney Knight of the Garter Lord Deputie of Ireland and Lord President of Wales Syr Warham Seintleger Syr Thomas Scot. Anthony Sandes Iohn and Edw. Sibyll Vincent S. Nicholas Iohn Sidley Christopher Samson William Swanne William Swanne Thomas Stoughton * Charles Scot. * Frauncis Sandbache * Reynold Scot. * Somers * Frauncis Shakerley * William Sydney T. Iohn Tuftone Thomas Tourney Roger Twisden Morice Tichebourne Iohn Twyne Thomas Tuttesham William Tylghman * Iames Tebolde Iohn Tebolde * Robert Thomas * Frauncis Thynn * Richard Tomeyo W. Syr Thomas WalsinghaÌ„ Thomas Wootton * Thomas Watton * Thomas Whetenhall * Ralfe Weldon * George Wyat. * Thomas Wale Thomas Willoughby Frauncis Wilford Iohn Wybarne Richard Waller Iohn Wylkyns Thomas Waren William Weston Dauy Wylkyns Robert Walker * Edward Wyat. * Robert Wyseman The names of the Kentish writers drawne for the most part out of the Centuries of Maister Iohn Bale Androgeus Comes Ethelbertus Rex Lotharius Rex Eadricus Rex Wightredus Rex Heddius Stephanus Tobias Cantianus Neotus Aldulphius Serlo Fridegodus Haimo Folchardus Obsernus Eadmerus Aernulphus Elmerus Odo Cantianus Alexander Cantuariensis Eadmundus Gryme Radulfus Roffensis Richardus Pluto Richardus Douerensis Sampson Durouermus Radulfus Maidston Geruasius Dorobernensis Solitarius Presbyter Nigellus Wireker Alexander Theologus Simon Stokius Ioannes Cantianus Haimo de Feuersham Thomas Spottus Simon Mepham Petrus de Ikham Guilielmus Pagham Ioannes Tanetos Thomas Chillenden Guilielmus Starnfield Thomas Pontius Simon de Feuersham Martinus de Clyuo Thomas de Stureia Reginaldus Cantuariensis Radulphus Strodus Thinredus Douerius Guilielmus Thorne Richardus Maidston Guilielmus Gillingham Ioannes Wrotham Ioannes Oldcastle Dominus Cobham Ioannes Langdene Guilielmus Whyte Guilielmus Beckley Ioannes Capgraue Guilielmus Stapilhart Ioannes Fisher Ioannes Frithe Simon Fishe Thomas Wiat Senior Leonardus Digs Ioannes Ponetus Richardus Turnerus Elizabetha Regina Hytherto almost altogether out of Maister Bale to the whiche these may bee added that haue written since Ioannes Colpeper Thomas Digs Thomas Harman Edouardus Deering Thomas Potter Reginaldus Scot. Alexander Neuille Georgius Harte Guilielmus Darrel Thomas Twyne Hitherto of Kent in particularitie and by way of Table Whereof some part is drawne out of credible Records part is spoken of mine owne knowledge and part is fetched from other men by information For the first forte I holde my selfe sufficiently warranted but in the other twaine if either by want of memorie I haue not taken all or by too muche credulitie haue mistaken any I pray pardon for it and desire the Reader either to correct or supplie it by his owne discretion and iudgement Now a fewe wordes of the Welshe Hystorie and then to the diuision of the Shyre Countrie it selfe ¶ A short counsell as touching the Bryttishe hystorie ALbeit that I am iustly occasioned before I make myne entrie to speake largely for confirmation of the credite of oure Bryttishe or Welshe hystorie the faith wherof is by William Petite and Polidore Virgile called into question for as muche as I shal be enforced to vse it as a ground worke of my whole frame and building yet for that I mynde not in any part of this my labour to handle with many wordes matters in controuersie being otherwise sufficiently charged with things more incident to my purpose and no lesse fit to be knowne And bycause also that matter hath alreadie founde more learned and diligent patrones I will with fewe wordes passe it ouer contenting my selfe if I shall haue added to other mens heapes one small proofe or twaine whiche by chaunce I gleaned after them and referring suche as desire more aboundant testimonies to the reading of Iohn Leland and Syr Iohn ap Rese two learned men that haue plentifully written therein The state of the matter is this whether Geffrey of Monmouthe be the authour of the Bryttish storie as William Newborow and Polydore charge him or the translatour thereof onely out of the Bryttishe as him selfe in his booke professeth Whereof must néedes ensue That if the worke be his owne it hath no more credite then he him selfe being the author coulde bring vnto it But if he did only translate that whiche Walter the Archdeacon of Oxforde brought out of NormaÌ„die and deliuered vnto him Then doth not the estimation depende vpon Geffray but vpon some other whâ—â—soeuer he were that first wrate it Now that it may appeare vnto you that he was only the interpreter of that whiche came out of Normandie I will call to witnesse Henrie the Archdeacon of Huntington who liued in the time of king Henrie the first and was somwhat before William Petites dayes who as him self confesseth was borne in the beginning of the reigne of king Stephan about whiche time Geffray of Monmouthe was on liue also This Henrie besides a learned hystorie of the realme wrate thrée seuerall treatises whiche I haue séene One intituled De miraculis Angliae An other De serie ReguÌ„ potentissimorum And the thirde De origine Regum Brytannorum In this latter he sayth playnly That at such time as he trauayled towardes Rome he founde in an auncient Librarie of the Abbay
Fraunchiles Of the Duchie Of the Archebishop Of the Bishop of Rochester Of the Deane of Canterbury Of Otforde Of Wye Of Asheford Of Wrotham Of Elfham Of Osprenge Knightes fées in olde time 254. and Di. whereof .27 belonged to the Archebishop eyght to the Bishop of Rochester and the rest to the King. Forrestes and Parkes South Frythe for Northe Frythe .3 parkes Otforde two Knoll Gromebridge Panthyrst disparked Penshirst Brasted dis Henden dis Heuer dis Bropam dis Wrotham dis Ightam dis Cage dis Postern dis Sutton dis Langley dis Cooling Byrling Cobham Alington dis Merewood dis Grenewiche Eltham 3. Ashowre Southparke Lullingstone Calehyl Léedes S. Augustines Bedgebury Westenhanger Halden Haniswell Hungershall Lye dis Folkston dis Shorland Stonehyrst dis Stowting Saltwood Posting At Ashford Sissingherst Glassenbury Oxenhoth .2 dis Hilles of name Shooters hyll Red hyll Gads hyll Cockshoot hyll Shorne hyll Northdownes Boxley hyll Boughton hyll Byrling hyll Ryuer hyll Raynam downe Myll hyll Baram downe South downes Ryuers Thamis Rauenshorne Cray Darent Medwey Rother Lymen Bewl Genlade Wantsume Stowre Bridges at Depeford vpoÌ„ Rauens Lewsham vpoÌ„ Rauens Crayforde vpon Cray EatoÌ„ bridge vpon Medwey TuÌ„bridge 5 vpon Medwey BraÌ„tbridge vpon Medwey Twyford vpon Medwey Yalding vpon Medwey Teston vpon Medwey Farley vpon Medwey Maydstone vpon Medwey Ailesford vpon Medwey Rochester vpon Medwey Shorham vpoÌ„ DareÌ„t Ainsford vpoÌ„ DareÌ„t FarninghaÌ„ vpoÌ„ DareÌ„t Dartford vpoÌ„ DareÌ„t Chaford Lamberhirst Bewl Hetcorne Newendene Ashford Canterburie Cities Canterburie Rochester Markets vpon Tuesday at Wrotham Wednisday at Douor Sandwiche Canterbury Grauesend S. Mary Cray Thursday at Maydstone Fryday at Sandwyche Canterburie Rochester Tunbridge Saturday at Rumney Hythe Douer Sandwyche Feuersham Mylton Asheford Cranebrooke Lenham Mallyng Sennock Dartford Fayres at Ashford 27. Iuly being S. Ruffines day Bromley 1. Februarie being S. Bridgets day and the .25 of Iuly being Saint Iames day Brastede on Thursday in Rogation wéeke Charte the great 25. Marche being the Anunciation of the blessed virgine Marie Charing 23. April being S. Georges day 13. October being S Edwards day 18. Octob. being S. Lukes day Caunterbury the tuesday in Whitsou wéeke 27. Iuly being the seauen fléepers day 29. Sept. being S. Michaels day and. 29. Decem. being S. Thomas Beckets day Cranbrook 29. May being S. Corones day and. 24. Iune being Midsomer day Chilham 25. Iuly being S. Iames day Charlton 18. Octob. being S. Lukes day Clyffe 17. September being S. Lamberts day Douer 25. Iuly being S. Iames day 24. August being S. Bartilmews day and. 11. Nouemb. being S. Martines day Feuersham 14. February being S. Valentines day and. 1. August being Lammas day Folkstone 27. Iune being S. Crescents day Grauesend 25. Ianuary being S. Paules day and 13. October being S. Edwards day Hertesham 24. Iune being Midsomer day Hedcorne 28. Iune being S. Leos day Hide 17. Nouemb. being S. Hughes day Lenham 27. May being S. Béedes day and. 21. September being S. Mathews day Lydde 11. Iuly being S. Benets day Maidstone 1. May being Phillip and Iacobs day 9. Iune being S. Edmundes day 6. October being S. Faithes day 2. Feâ— being the Purification or Candlemas day Meteworth 10. August being S. Laurence day Malling 21. September being S. Mathews day 1. August being Lammas day 6. Nouember being S. Lennards day S. Margarets neare Dartford 20. Iul. being S. Margarets day Northfleete the Tuesday in Easter wéeke Otford 24. August being S. Bartilmews day Pluckley 5. Decemb. being S. Nycholas euen Rochester 19. May being S. Dunstanes day and. 30. Nouember being S. Andrews day Romney 1. August being Lammas day Reculuer 7. Septemb. being the Natiuitie of the blessed virgine Marie Sâ—ttingborne 21. Sept. being S. Mathews day Strowde 10. August being S. Laurences day Sandwiche 23. Nouam being S. Clements day Sandhyrst 7. Decem. being the euen of the Conception Sennock 6. Decemb. being S. Nycholas day and 29. Iune being S. Peters day Tunbridge Ashwednesday 24. Iune being Midsomer day 18. Octob. being S. Lukes day Tenterdene 26. Aprill being S. Cletes day Wye 13. Marche being S. Theodores day Wrotham 23. April being S. Georges day Boroughes Canterburie Rochester Maydstone and the ports townes Castels at Canterburie Rochester Douer and the Castell at the Key Léedes Tunbridge Mylton Grauesend 2. Quynborow Cooling Sandowne Dele Walmer Saltwood Alington Shorham Ainsford Tong. Layborne Vpnore Honourable houses belonging to the Prince at Grenewiche Eltham Dartford Otford Knoll S. Augustines Douer castell Dele castell To the Archbishop Canterburie Wingham Forde To the Byshop of Rocchester Broomley Rochester Halling To men of honour Berling Cobham Cooling Penshyrst Shorland Houses of poore people with prouision of liuing at Grenewiche Orpington Lullingstone Shorhant Senuock Rochester Great Chart. Canterburie Sandwiche Douer Houses of poore people without prouision Dartford Whitdiche Chestnut wood Religious houses that sometime were and their yearely values Wingham 84 li. by yeare Mynster Wye Colledge 93. li. Horton Priory 95. li. Bilsington Priory 81. li. Newendene Folkstone 41. li. Douor Pryor 170. li. Meason dieu Hospitall there 59. li. Bradsoll Abbay of S. Radigundes 98. li. Westlangdon 56. li. Boxley 204. li. Léedes Pryory 362. li. Combwell 80. li. Feuersham 200. li. Aninton Pryory there Maydstone col 159. li. Shepey 129. li. Motenden 60. li. Christes Churche In Canterbury S. Augustines In Canterbury s Sepulcres 29. li. In Canterbury S. Gregories In Canterbury S. Tho. hos 23. li. In Canterbury S. Iames hos 32. li. In Canterbury S. Nicholas hosp 109. li. In Canterbury S. Maries without Cant. Rochester pryorie 486. li. Cobham col 28. li. Strood 52. li. Malling Abbay 218. li. Higham pryorie Tunbridge pryory Ailcfford Dartford 380. Grenewiche Meason dieu at Osprenge Lesnes Ab. Schooles at Canterburie Rochester Sandwiche Cranbrooke Great Charte Bydendene Tunbridge Maydstone Sennock ¶ The names of suche of the Nobilitie and Gentrie as the Heralds recorded in their visitation 1574. To the whiche I haue added suche as I called to mynde and haue set a starre before ech of them that they may be knowne from the rest A. * Syr Christopher Allen. * Asheley * Richard Agall William Acher Christopher Abdy Richard Austyn * Robart Alcock Iames Austyn B. Syr Richard Baker Nicholas Barham Serieant at the lawe * Edward Boyes * Boughton * Iohn Barnes * Humfrey Bridges * Bonham Ralfe Bosseuile Robert Byng Danyell Bettenham Thomas Brent Iohn Boys Frauncis Bourne Henry Brochull Iohn Barham * Iames Barham William Browne Iohn Barowe Nicholas Béere Thomas Blechenden William Bedingfeld Michaell Berifford * Ierome Bret. * Bam. * Nicholas Ballard C. * Sir William Cobham Lord CobhaÌ„ and wardein of the fiue Portes Syr Henry Crispe Syr Thomas Cotton * Syr Rowland Clarke * Syr AlexaÌ„der Colpeper Syr Henry Cobham George Catlyn * Barthram Calthrop * Chowne William Cromer George Clifford Humfrey Clarke William Clarke Robert Colwell William Cheyney William Claybrook William Crispe William Cayser * Iustinian Champneys * Giles Crowe * Thomas Colpeper *
enfranchise villaines sondrie other things whiche bycause they be to long to be rehearsed at large and lye not fitly in the way of my purpose I will omit and descend to the Wardeins of the Portes reciting in a short Catalogue the names of so many of them as I haue found to gouern sithence the arriuall of King William the Conquerour And although it be no doubt but that the Portes were vnder the gouernement of some before the tyme of the conquest also yet bycause King William was the first so farre as I haue read that made the office perpetuall and gaue it the title whiche it now beareth the name Wardein I meane whiche came from Normandie and was not at all knowen to the Saxons I thinke best to begin at his time Againe for asmuche as the Constableship of the Castle of Douer and this office haue ben alwayes inseperably matched together and for that I shal haue fitte place to speake of that hereafter when I shall come to Douer I will respit the rehersall of bothe their originalles til then and here in the meane season set down the race of the Wardeins by name only Iohn Fynes created by William the Conquerour Wardein of the Portes and Constable of Douer by gifte of inheritance Iames Fines his Sonne whiche dyed ot Folkston Iohn Fynes his Sonne Walkelm who deliuered it to King Stephan and immediatly after his death abandoned the charge and fled into Normandie Allen Fynes restored by King Henrie the second Iames Fynes his Eldest Sonne Mathew Clere as it should séeme by Mat. Par. Williā Petite who imprisoned Godfrey the Archbyshop of Yorke in Douer castle as vnder that title shal appeare William of Wrotham Hubert of Burgh the Earle of Kent who being deposed Bartram of Cryol succéeded Richard Gray appointed by the Barons that warred against King Henrie the third who was depriued of his office by Hugh Bigot bicause he let in the Popes legate by the Kings licence and against the minde of the Nobles Henrie Braybrooke Edward the first in the lyfe of his father who made Henrie Cobham his deputie whose Sonne Heire called Iohn founded Cobham College Roger Leyborne in the tyme of King Edward the first Stephan Penchester in the tyme of Edward the first Syr Robert Asheton Hugh Spenser the younger in the tyme of Edward the second Edmund of Woodstock the Earle of Kent Reginald Cobham in the time of Edward the third Bartholmew Burwhasse or Burgehersh one of the first companions of the ordre of the Garter Iohn Beauchampe the Earle of Warwike Syr Robert Herle in the latter ende of King Edward the third Edmund the Earle of Cambridge Syr Simon Barley whome Thomas of Woodstocke beheaded Lord Henrie Cobham the Sonne of Reginald Cobhā Syr Iohn Enros Syr Thomas Beaumont Edward the Duke of Aumarle and Yorke whom King Henrie the fourth remoued and substituted in place Syr Thomas Erpingham for a season but afterward he gaue the office to Prince Edward his Sonne who when he was King in possession bestowed it vpon Humfrey the Duke of Gloucester Iames Fines Lord Saye whom Iacke Cade beheaded Edmond the Duke of Somerset Humfrey the Duke of Buckingham Simon Mountford vnder King Henrie the sixt Richard Neuel the Earle of Warwike William the Earle of Arundel Richard the Duke of Gloucester called afterward King Richard the third Sir William Scotte Henrie the Duke of Yorke Iames Fines the Lord Saye Henrie in his Fathers lyfe afterward the eight King of that name Arthur Plantagenet Vicount Lisle Bastard Sonne to King Edward the fourth Sir Edward Poynings Henrie the younge Earle of Richemond Sir Edward Guldeford George Boleyn Vicount Rocheford Sir Thomas Cheynie Treasurour of the houshold Sir Wiliam Cobham Lord Cobham Thus much of the v. Portes in general Now of Sandwiche the first of them in the order of my iourney and then orderly of so many of the residue as lye within the Shyre that I haue presently in hand Sandwiche is called in Latine Sabulouicum or Portus Rutupinus in Saxon Sondƿic that is to say the Sandie Towne because the coast therabout aboundeth withe Sande THis Towne as it appeareth by the report of Leland and as it may séeme also by the name it selfe being méere Saxon began by the Saxons after the fall of poore Richeborowe which was in price while the honour of the Britons stood vpright and was eyther abated dy the furie of the Saxons when they wonne that coast from them or els came to ruine by the alteration and vicissitude of the Sea whiche peraduenture choked the hauen thereof with light sande as it hathe since that time done this at Sandwiche also King Canutus gaue as some write to Christes church in Canterbury Sainct Bartholmews arme if happely it were not a chaungeling for Kings great men were oftentymes after that sort deluded though they in the meane time bought such reliques dearely and thought that kinde of gifte moste princely he gaue also a riche Pall a Crowne of Golde and this hauen of Sandwiche together with the royaltie of the water on eache side so farre as a shippe being on flote at the full Sea a man might caste a shorte hatchet out of the vessell vnto the Banke The place it selfe grewe in tyme to be wel peopled and of worthynesse to be one of those Portes that foūd fauour of priuilege in consideration of their seruice at the Sea for it appeareth by the booke of Domesday that this was the estate of Sandwiche It laye in a hundreth belonginge to it selfe it did to the King suche like seruice by tenure as Douer did It was of the possessiōs of Christes Churche as I haue shewed and was appointed for the apparell of the Monkes of that house to the whiche it yealded fourtie thousand herrings besides certaine money and had in it thrée hundreth and seuen houses inhabited And I finde not but that the Towne continued in the like plight long after the Conquest being somewhat amended also by the Staple whiche King Edward the first for a season remoued thither euen vntil the time of King Henrie the sixt in whose dayes Peter Brice the Steward of Normandie landed at Sandwiche and with fire and sworde wasted the Towne in manner to ashes and slewe the inhabitants almoste to the last man Since whiche time partly by the smarte of that wounde but chiefly by the aboundaunce of the light Sande wherewith the Sea hath glutted the hauen it is declined to great decay and were like to fall to extreme ruine were it not that nowe presently it is somewhat relieued by the repaire of suche as haue abandoned their Countrie for the fréedome of their consciences whose aboade howe long it will bée the Lorde onely knoweth for whose cause they suffer banishment There was in this Towne before the generall suppression a house of Carmelites whereof I read none other good thing saue that it brought foorthe one learned man called
this Towne committed to memorie I became of this minde that either the place was at the first of litle price and for the increase thereof indowed with Priuileges or if it had beene at any time estimable that it continued not long in the plight And truly whosoeuer shall consider eyther the Vniuersall vicissitude of the Sea in all places or the particular alteration and chaunge that in tymes passed and now presently it worketh on the coasts of this Realme he will easely assent that Townes bordering vpon the Sea and vpholded by the commoditie thereof may in short time decline to great decay and become in manner worthe nothing at all For as the water either floweth or forsaketh thē so must they of necessitie either flourish or fall flowing as it were ebbing with the Sea it selfe The necessitie of whiche thing is euery where so ineuitable that all the Popish ceremonies of espousing the Sea whiche the Venetians yearely vse on Saint Markes day by casting a Golden ring into the water cannot let but that the Sea continually by litle and litle withdraweth it selfe from their Citie and threatneth in time vtterly to forsake them Nowe therefore as I cannot fully shew what Hide hath béene in times passed must referre to each mans owne eye to beholde what it presently is So yet will I not pretermitte to declare out of other men such notes as I finde concerning the same From this Towne saith Henrie Huntingdon Earle Godwine and his Sonnes in the time of their exile fetched away diuers vessels lying at roade euen as they had at Rumney also whereof we shall haue place to speake more hereafter Before this Towne in the reigne of King Edward the first a great fléete of French men shewed themselues vpon the Sea of whiche one being furnished with two hundrethe Souldiours set her men on land in the Hauen where they had no sooner pitched their foote but the Townesmen came vpon thē to the last man wherewith the residue were so afraide that foorthwith they hoysed vp saile and made no further attempt This Towne also was grieuously afflicted in the beginning of the Reigne of King Henrie the fourth in so muche as besides the furie of the pestilence whiche raged all ouer there were in one day two hundreth of the houses consumed by flame fiue of their ships with one hundreth men drowned at the Sea By whiche hurte the inhabitaunts were so wounded that they began to deuise howe they might abandone the place and builde them a Towne else where Wherevpon they had resolued also had not the King by his liberal Chartre which I haue séene vnder his scale released vnto them for fiue turnes next following onlesse the greater necessitie should in the meane time compell him to require it their seruice of fiue ships of one hundreth men and of v. garsons whiche they ought of duetie and at their owne charge without the helpe of any other member to finde him by the space of fiftéene dayes together Finally from this Towne to Boloigne which is taken to be the same that Caesar calleth Gessoriacum is the shortest cutte ouer the Sea betwéene England and Fraunce as some holde opinion Others thinke that to be the shortest passage which is from Douer to Calaice But if there be any man that preferreth not hast before his good spéede let him by mine aduise proue a third way I meane from Douer to Withsand for if Edmund Badhenham the penner of the Chronicles of Rochester lye not shamefully whiche thing you knowe how farre it is from a Monke then at suche time as King Henrie the second and Lewes the French King were after long warre reconciled to amitie Lewes came ouer to visite King Henrie and in his return homeward saluted saint Thomas of Canterbury made a princely offer at his tumbe and bicause he was very fearefull of the water asked of saint Thomas and obteined that neither he in that passage nor any other from thenceforth that crossed the Seas betwéen Douer and Withsand should suffer any manner of losse or shipwracke But of this Saint sauing your reuerence we shall haue fitte place to speake more largely hereafter and therefore let vs nowe leaue the Sea and looke toward Shipwey Shipwey or Shipweyham in the Recordes commonly Shipwey Crosse BEtwéene Hyde and Westhanger lieth Shipwey the place that was of auncient time honested with the Plées and assemblies of the Fiue Ports although at this day neither by good building extant it be much glorious nor by any common méeting greatly frequented I remember that I haue read in a book of Priuileges of the Fiue Portes that certeine principall pointes concerning the Port townes be determinable at Shipwey only And likely it is that the withdrawing of the triall of causes from thence to Douer Castle hathe brought decay and obscuritie vpon the place Of this place the whole Last of Shipwey conteining twelue Hundrethes at the first tooke and yet continueth the name At this place Prince Edward the Sonne to King Henrie the third exacted of the Barons of the v. Portes their othe of fidelitie to his Father against the mainteiners of the Barons warre And at this place only our Limenarcha or Lord Wardein of the Ports receaueth his oathe at his first entrie into the office Whether this were at any time a Harborow for ships as the Etymologie of the name giueth likelihoode of coniecture or no I dare neither affirme nor denie hauing neither read nor séen that may lead me to the one or the other only I remember that Robert Talbot a man of our time and which made a Commentarie vpon the Itinerarie of Antoninus Augustus is of the opinion that is was called Shipwey because it lay in the way to the Hauen where the ships were wont to ride And that hauen taketh he to be the same whiche of Ptolome is caled 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Nouus Portus of Antoninus Limanis of our Chroniclers Limene Mouthe and interpreted by Leland to betoken the mouthe of the riuer of Rother whiche nowe in our time openeth into the Sea at Rye but before at Winchelsey His coniecture is grounded partly as you sée vpon the Etymologie of the name partly vpon the consideration of some antiquities that be neare to the place and partly also vpon the report of the countrie people who holde fast the same opinion which they haue by tradition receaued from their Elders In déede the name bothe in Greeke and olde Englishe whiche followethe the Gréeke that is to say Limen and Limene Mouthe doth signifie a Hauen wherof the Town of Lymne adioyning and the whole Deanrie or limit of the Ecclesiastical iurisdiction in whiche it standeth for that also is called Lymne by likelyhoode tooke the name This Hauen saithe he stoode at the firste vnder a highe Rocke in the Parishe of Lymne vnder the whiche there was situate a strong Castle for the defence of the Porte the ruines of
abiured should not be molested while they be in the highe wayes may euidently appeare I finde in Hystorie that this Watlingstreete hath heretofore not onely serued for the frée passage of the people but that it hath béen at times also a marke and bounder betwéene some Kings for the limits of their iurisdictions and authoritie For so it was betwéene Edmund and Anlaf Alfred and Guthrum and others But bycause these matters reache further then this Shyre extendeth I will reserue them to fit place and shew you in the meane while what I count note worthy on both sides of this way till I come to the Diocesse of Rochester Lyminge ON the South side of Watlingstreete and vnder the Downes Lyminge is the first that offereth it selfe concerning the which I haue found a note or twaine that make more for the antiquitie then for the estimation of the place for I reade in the Annales of S. Augustines of Canterbury that Eadbald the sonne of King Ethelbert the firste Christened King of Kent gaue it to Edburge his sister who foorthwith clocked together a sorte of simple women whiche vnder her wing there tooke vpon them the Popishe veile of widowhood But that order in time waxed colde and therefore Lanfranc the Archebishop at suche time as he builded Sainct Gregories in Canterbury as we haue touched in Tanet before reckoning it no small ornamēt of his dotation to bestowe some renouned Relique that might procure estimation to his worke translated the olde bones of Edburge from Lyminge to Sainct Gregories and verefied in Papistrie the olde Maxime of Philosophie Corruptio vnius generatio alterius Baramdowne in the Saxon BarHamdune That is to say the hill where the Bores do abide AS this place is of it selfe very fit by reason of the flat leuel and playnesse therof to array an heast of men vpon So haue we testimonie of thrée great armies that haue mustred at it The one vnder the conduict of Iulius Caesar who landing at Dele as we haue before shewed surueyed his hoast at Baramdowne and marching from thence against the Britons so daunted their forces that he compelled them to become tributarie No lesse infortunate but muche more infamous to this countrie was the time of the seconde muster whiche happened in the reigne of King Iohn who hearing that Philip the king of Fraunce had by incitation of the Pope as hath already appeared in Douer prepared a great army to inuade him and that he was ready at Calaice to take shipping determined to incounter him vpon the Sea and if that assay succéeded not then to giue him a battaile on the lande also For whiche seruice he rigged vp his shippes of warre and sent to the Sea the Earle of Salisburie whome he ordeined Admirall and calling together fit men from al the parts of the Realme he found by view taken at this place an armie of sixtie thousande men to incounter his enemies besides a sufficient number of able and armed souldiours to defende the lande withal Now whilest he thus awaited at Baramdown to heare further of his aduersaries comming Pandulph the Popes Legate sent vnto him two Knightes of the order of the Temple by whose mouthe he earnestly desired the King to graunt him audience The King assented and the Legate came vnto him and sayde in summe as followeth Beholde O Prince the King of Fraunce is in armes against thée not as against a priuate enemie to him self alone but as an open and common aduersarie bothe to the Catholike Church to the Popes holynesse to whole Christendome and to God him self Neyther commeth he vpon opinion of his owne power and strength but is armed with great confidence of Gods fauourable ayde accompanied with the consent of many great Princes furnished with the presence of suche as thou haste banished out of thy Realme and assured by the faythful promises of sundry of thyne owne Nobilitie whiche nowe are present in person with thée Consider therefore in what daunger thou standest and spare not to submit thée while space is leaste if thou persist there be no place left of further fauour The King hearing this and being vpon causes knowne to him selfe more distrustfull of Traitours at home then fearefull of enemies abroade agréed to serue the time and taking the Legate to Douer with him sealed the Golden Bull of submission whereby Englande was once againe made a tributarie Prouince to the Citie of Rome and that in so muche the more vile condition then it was before as an vsurped Ierarchie is inferiour to a noble lawfull and renoumed Monarchie For it is truely sayd Dignitate domini minus turpis est conditio serui Now when the Frenche King on the other side of the Seas had worde hereof he retired with his armie in a great choler partely for that he was thus deluded but chiefly bycause he had lost his Nauie whiche the Earle of Salisbury had set on fire in the hauen at Calaice Simon Mountfort the Earle of Leycester that was elected by the Barons of this Realme general of that armie which they raysed against King Henrie the thirde arrayed thirdly a very great hoast of men here at suche time as he feared the arriuall of Eleonar the Quéene who being daughter to the Earle of Prouince and then lefte in Fraunce behinde the King and the Earle whiche also had béen bothe there a litle before to receiue the Frenche Kings rewarde touching their controuersie ceassed not by all possible meanes to sollicite the King of Fraunce and to incite other her friendes and allies to ayde King Henrie against the Nobilitie But whether it were that presently they could not for their owne affaires or that at al they durst not knowing that their comming was awayted they serued not her desire by meanes whereof the Lordes waxed strong and soone after gaue the King a battayle in Sussex wherein they bothe tooke him and his brother Richard and his eldest sonne prisoners But as touching the originall procéeding and euent of these warres I willingly spare to speake muche in this place knowing that I shall haue opportunitie often hereafter to discourse them Nowe therefore let vs consider a few other places and then haste vs to Canterbury Charteham AFter suche time as King Iohn had made him selfe the Popes tenant of the Crown and Realme of England as euen now I tolde you the Clergie of this countrie was so oppressed with Romishe exactions that they were become not onely vnable but thereby vnwilling also to relieue the necessitie of the Prince with any prest of money as in times paste they had accustomed to do Wherat the King on the one side taking offence pressed them many times very hard not ceasing till he had wroong somewhat from them And on the other side appealing to their holy fathers ayde procured by their great coste many sharp prohibitions and proud menacies against him So that sundry times in the reigne of King Henrie the thirde this Balle
retent doth reteine no seruice deuers sey sauuet nequedent as autres Seigneurages fees fermes to himselfe but saueth neuerthelesse to the other Lords their fees e les rentes dont les auant diz tenemenz de Gauylekende fermes and the rentes wherewith the aforesaide tenementes of ensi rendus auaunt furent charges per ceux ou Gauelkind so rendred were before charged by him or theim per celuy que le charger poent ou poeyt which might charge them Eclament auxi que si And they claime also that if any nul tenant en Gauylekende reteine sa rent e son seruice del tenant in Gauelkind reteine withholde his rent and his seruices of the tenement tenement quil tient de son Seign querge le Seign per whiche he holdeth of his Lorde let the Lorde seeke by the agard de sa court de treys semeynes en treys semeynes truue award of his courte from .3 weekes to .3 weekes to find some distresse destreâ—se sur cel tenement tant que a la quart court a totefet vpon that tenement vntill the fourth court alwayes with per tesmoynage Et si dedens cel temps ne trusse destresse on ce witnesses And if within that time he can find no distresse in theÌ„ tenement per queux il puisse son tenant iustiser tenement whereby he may haue iustice of his tenant Donc a la Then at the quart court seit fourth court let it be agard awarded quil pregne cel tenement en that he shall take that tenement into sa mein en noum de destress his hand in the name of a distresse ausi come boef ou vache as if it were an oxe or a cow e le tiene vn an and let him keepe it a yeare e vn iour en sa mein sance meyn and a daye in his hande without manuring ouerir dens quel terme it within which terme si le tenant vent e rend ses if the tenaunt come and paye his arrerages arrerages e feit renables amendes de la detenue and make reasonable amendes for the withholding a donc eit e ioise son tenement sicom ses auncestors e Then let him haue and enioye his tenement as his auncetors and ly auant le tyndront Et sil ne vent deuant lan he before held it And if he do not come before the yeare e le tour and the day passe donc auge le Seign al prochein Counte suiant oue resmoynage paste then let the Lord goe to the next countie court with the witnesses de sa court e face la pronuncier cel proces pur of his owne courte pronounce there this processe to haue tesmoynage auer further witnesse Et per agard de sa court apres ceo Counte And by the award of his court after that couÌ„tie tenue entra e meynouera en celes terres e tenemenz courte holden he shal enter manure in those lands tenemeÌ„ts sicome en son demeyne Et si le tenant vent apres e voillâ— as in his demeanes owne And if the tenant come afterwarde and will ces tenemenz reauer e tener sicome il fist deuaunt face rehaue his tenements hold them as he did before let him make gree al Seigneur sicome il est auncyenement dist agreement with the Lord according as it is aunciently sayde NegHe syþe selde and neg He syþ gelde and fif pond for þe Æ¿ere er He bicome Healder Aussi il cleyment que nul home deit serment sur liure fere Also they claime that no maÌ„ ought to make an othe vpon a booke per destress ne per poer de Seigneur neither by distresse nor by the power of the Lord ne de Baylif nor his bailyfe encountre sa volunte saunz bref le Roy sinon pur feaute against his wil without the writ of the King vnlesse it be for fealtie fere a son Seigneur meske per deuaunt Coronner ou auter to be done to his Lord but only before the Coroner or suche other minister le Roy qui Real poer eyont de enquerer de minister of the King as hathe Royall power to enquire of trespas fet encountre la Coronne nostre Seigneur le Roy. trespasse committed against the crowne of our Lord the king Ecleyment And auxi que checun Kenteys put autre assonier en they clayme also that euerie Kentishe man may essoine an other la court le Roy en Counte en hundreth e en la either in the Kings court or in the countie or in the huÌ„dreth or in the court son Seigneur la ou assoigne gist aussi bien de commune Court of his Lord where essoine lieth the aswel in case of coÌ„muÌ„e sute come de play Estre ceo il cleyment per especial fet le Roy sute as of plea. Moreouer they claime by an especiall deed of king Henrie pere le Roy Edward que ore est que dieu Garde que Henry the 3 father of King E. which now is whoÌ„ god saue that of de tenementz que sont tenus en Gauylekende ne scit prise battaille the tenements which are holden in Gauelkind ther shal no battail ne graund assise per xij chiuallers sicome aillours be ioyned nor graund Assise taken by .xii. Knights as it is vsed in est prise en le reaume ceo est a sauoir la ou tenaÌ„t e le demauÌ„dant other places of the realme this is to weet where the tenant demauÌ„dant teneÌ„t per Gauylekende mes en lu de ces grandes assises holde by Gauelkinde But in place of these ground assises seieÌ„t prises Iurees per xii homes tenaÌ„tz en GauylekeÌ„d Issi let Iuries be taken by .xii. men being tenants in Gauelkind so the que quatre tenaÌ„tz de GauylekeÌ„d elisent .xij. tenaÌ„tz de Gauyle foure tenants of Gauelkinde choose .xii. tenants of Gauelkinde to kende iurours E la chartre le Roy de ceste especiaute est en la be Iurors And the chartre of the King of this especialtie is in the garde Sire Iohan de Norwode le tour S. Elphegh en CaÌ„terbyre custodie of Sir Ihon of Norwood the day of S. Alphey in Canterburie le an le Roy Edward le Fiz le Roy Henrie .xxi. the yere of King Edward the sonne of king Henrie the xxi Ces sont les vsages de Gauilekend e de Gauylekendeys en KeÌ„t These be the vsages of Gauelkind of Gauelkinde men in Kent que furent deuaunt le conquest e en le Conquest e totes houres whiche were before the conquest and at the Conquest and euer teskes en ca since till now The names of such persons as procured their possessions to be altered from the nature of Gauelkinde by acte of Parleament made .31 H. 8. Cap. 3. Thomas Lord Cromwell Thomas Lord Burghe George Lord Cobham Andrew Lord Windsore Syr Thomas Cheyne Syr Christopher Hales S. Thomas Willoughbie S. Anthonie Seintleger S. Edward Wootton S. Edward Bowton S. Roger Cholmley