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Shown here is an image from an exhibit about the history of the Indian School at the College of William and Mary, on display from February 18-21, 2011 for a conference for the Virginia Indian Nations Summit on Higher Education and Native American Student Association Summit on Higher Education at the School of Education building.
The following is taken from the label text for this exhibit:
Although the English colonists in Virginia attempted to establish an Indian School as early as 1618, it was with the death of British scientist Sir Robert Boyle in 1691, that an Indian School at the College of William & Mary became a real possibility. Between 1695 and 1697, William & Mary President James Blair signed an agreement with the executors of Boyle’s will to invest funds in an estate in Yorkshire, England known as Brafferton. The rents generated annually paid the College 90 pounds to support the Indian School. The main purpose of the school was to educate students who would then attempt to convert other members of their tribes to Christianity.
The Governors of Virginia attempted to enroll students by convincing Virginia’s American Indian tribes that their sons would learn to read and write as well as the English colonists. When that failed to generate students, William & Mary resorted to buying their pupils from local Native Americans who captured the boys from other tribes. While the Indian School failed to convert many pupils to Christianity, it was beneficial for those students who were able to use their extensive knowledge gained from living in Williamsburg to assist their tribes in defending their way of life against the English colonists. Enrollment at the school reached a high of 24 students in 1712, declined to 8 by 1754, and remained at that level until the school closed in 1777 as a result of the American Revolution.
Excerpts from meetings of the William & Mary faculty with references to the Indian School and requests for funds for the library to support the education of the students. Reproductions of the 10 August 1732 Faculty Minutes, Faculty Assembly Records, UA 133
An account from the Indian School for Doctors James and William Carter for medical services provided to students. Reproduction of an account for James and William Carter, Brafferton Estate Collection, UA 113, Acc. 1994.009
As seen on this page from the Bursar’s account book, from 1771 to 1776, the Indian School at William & Mary enrolled five students. The Manor of Brafferton Account from the Bursar’s Book, Office of the Bursar, UA 72, Acc. 1983.122
The 1782 Frenchman’s Map shows the Brafferton building in relation to the rest of the town of Williamsburg. The map is so-named because it was drafted by an unknown Frenchman probably stationed with Rochambeau's army during the American Revolution. The original Frenchman’s Map is also owned by William & Mary. Reproduction of the 1978 Reprint of the Frenchman’s Map of Williamsburg, Virginia, Mss. Acc. 2009.002
Account from William & Mary for clothing for pupils of the Indian School, 1773. Account for Clothing from the Indian School, Brafferton Estate Collection, UA 113, Acc. 2011.068
Color portrait of Virginia Lieutenant Governor Alexander Spotswood, 1736. “Alexander Spotswood: Portrait of a Governor,” Walter Havighurst, F234.W7 W7.
Photograph of a portrait of Sir Robert Boyle, British scientist and the benefactor of the Indian School at William & Mary. Photograph of an oil portrait of Sir Robert Boyle owned by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, University Archives Photograph Collection, UA 8
When the English colonists were unable to find pupils for the Indian School, colonial officials negotiating treaties with Virginia’s American Indian tribes attempted to convince them to send their sons to the school. Transcripts from “The Official Letters of Governor Spotswood…” and “Executive Journals of the Council of Colonial Virginia,” University Archives Subject File Collection, UA 9
Alexander Spotswood, Lieutenant Governor of Virginia from 1710 to 1722, was a strong supporter of the Indian School and frequently requested additional money to sustain the school. Memorial of Alexander Spotswood’s Letter to the Bishop of London, 1712, Brafferton Estate Collection, UA 113, Acc. 1994.009
Initially, classes for students were held in temporary quarters around Williamsburg and then later in the College’s Wren Building. In 1723, William & Mary used funds from the Boyle estate to fund a new building, named The Brafferton, to house the Indian School. Shown here is a photograph of an engraving found in the Bodleian Library in England showing the three College buildings (l to r): the Brafferton, Wren Building, and President’s House, circa 1740. Reproduction of the Bodleian Plate photograph of Wren Yard, University Archives Photograph Collection, UA 8
From the Special Collections Research Center, Earl Gregg Swem Library at the College of William and Mary. See swem.wm.edu/scrc/ for further information and assistance.
Panorama school photograph taken in 1968 when I was by now in the Seventh Form (we didn't bother with any pretentious "Lower" and "Upper" Sixth nonsense). Another "where are they all now" moment. One, at the time of this photograph already gone up to Oxford, is a Member of Parliament, another an author, a third was a member of the famous "Pontypool Front Row" (None are me!)
This picture is taken on the sports field/cricket pitch in front of the school, the "New Building" in the background.
Jones' West Monmouthshire Grammar School for Boys was opened in 1898 from a legacy left by the Haberdasher William Jones on land craftily donated by Squire Hanbury to win over the executors who were looking for a site for a new school. The school was run by the Haberdashers, the school badge being their crest, until 1954 when it was taken over by Monmouthshire County Council as a Grammar School under the 1944 Education Act. In 1958, boarding ceased at the school ending the distinction between "boarders" and "day boys". In 1980 the school became a comprehensive, shed the school badge and tie link to the Haberdashers, and, shock horror, became co-ed!
From left, Jessica Kelly, grand-niece of John Sevier; Robert “Bobby” Haines, Widener senior and grand-nephew of John Sevier; Dorothy Richardson, sister of Grace Sevier Lincoln; Rod Stone ’72, executor of Grace Sevier Lincoln’s estate and John Sevier’s godson; Widener President Julie E. Wollman; and Hal Shorey, the John Sevier Endowed Director of the Oskin Leadership Institute.
Here is my new awesome MOC. It is the stern of a shov... I mean an Executor. Studio model, to be more accurate. There is no greeble on the stern, but hey, all thrusters are at proper position and the rear is awesome enough on its own.
Actually, it is so awesome I may just build a stand for it and sell the building instructions =D
(just kidding, of course i won't stop now and continue working on the MOC)
Shown here is an image from an exhibit about the history of the Indian School at the College of William and Mary, on display from February 18-21, 2011 for a conference for the Virginia Indian Nations Summit on Higher Education and Native American Student Association Summit on Higher Education at the School of Education building.
The following is taken from the label text for this exhibit:
Although the English colonists in Virginia attempted to establish an Indian School as early as 1618, it was with the death of British scientist Sir Robert Boyle in 1691, that an Indian School at the College of William & Mary became a real possibility. Between 1695 and 1697, William & Mary President James Blair signed an agreement with the executors of Boyle’s will to invest funds in an estate in Yorkshire, England known as Brafferton. The rents generated annually paid the College 90 pounds to support the Indian School. The main purpose of the school was to educate students who would then attempt to convert other members of their tribes to Christianity.
The Governors of Virginia attempted to enroll students by convincing Virginia’s American Indian tribes that their sons would learn to read and write as well as the English colonists. When that failed to generate students, William & Mary resorted to buying their pupils from local Native Americans who captured the boys from other tribes. While the Indian School failed to convert many pupils to Christianity, it was beneficial for those students who were able to use their extensive knowledge gained from living in Williamsburg to assist their tribes in defending their way of life against the English colonists. Enrollment at the school reached a high of 24 students in 1712, declined to 8 by 1754, and remained at that level until the school closed in 1777 as a result of the American Revolution.
Excerpts from meetings of the William & Mary faculty with references to the Indian School and requests for funds for the library to support the education of the students. Reproductions of the 10 August 1732 Faculty Minutes, Faculty Assembly Records, UA 133
An account from the Indian School for Doctors James and William Carter for medical services provided to students. Reproduction of an account for James and William Carter, Brafferton Estate Collection, UA 113, Acc. 1994.009
As seen on this page from the Bursar’s account book, from 1771 to 1776, the Indian School at William & Mary enrolled five students. The Manor of Brafferton Account from the Bursar’s Book, Office of the Bursar, UA 72, Acc. 1983.122
The 1782 Frenchman’s Map shows the Brafferton building in relation to the rest of the town of Williamsburg. The map is so-named because it was drafted by an unknown Frenchman probably stationed with Rochambeau's army during the American Revolution. The original Frenchman’s Map is also owned by William & Mary. Reproduction of the 1978 Reprint of the Frenchman’s Map of Williamsburg, Virginia, Mss. Acc. 2009.002
Account from William & Mary for clothing for pupils of the Indian School, 1773. Account for Clothing from the Indian School, Brafferton Estate Collection, UA 113, Acc. 2011.068
Color portrait of Virginia Lieutenant Governor Alexander Spotswood, 1736. “Alexander Spotswood: Portrait of a Governor,” Walter Havighurst, F234.W7 W7.
Photograph of a portrait of Sir Robert Boyle, British scientist and the benefactor of the Indian School at William & Mary. Photograph of an oil portrait of Sir Robert Boyle owned by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, University Archives Photograph Collection, UA 8
When the English colonists were unable to find pupils for the Indian School, colonial officials negotiating treaties with Virginia’s American Indian tribes attempted to convince them to send their sons to the school. Transcripts from “The Official Letters of Governor Spotswood…” and “Executive Journals of the Council of Colonial Virginia,” University Archives Subject File Collection, UA 9
Alexander Spotswood, Lieutenant Governor of Virginia from 1710 to 1722, was a strong supporter of the Indian School and frequently requested additional money to sustain the school. Memorial of Alexander Spotswood’s Letter to the Bishop of London, 1712, Brafferton Estate Collection, UA 113, Acc. 1994.009
Initially, classes for students were held in temporary quarters around Williamsburg and then later in the College’s Wren Building. In 1723, William & Mary used funds from the Boyle estate to fund a new building, named The Brafferton, to house the Indian School. Shown here is a photograph of an engraving found in the Bodleian Library in England showing the three College buildings (l to r): the Brafferton, Wren Building, and President’s House, circa 1740. Reproduction of the Bodleian Plate photograph of Wren Yard, University Archives Photograph Collection, UA 8
From the Special Collections Research Center, Earl Gregg Swem Library at the College of William and Mary. See swem.wm.edu/scrc/ for further information and assistance.
"Here lieth entombed James Harington esq: the youngest sone of Sir James Harington of Exton, knight, & Frauncis his first wife, one of ye daughters & coheires of Robert Sapcots of Elton in countie of Huntingdon esq: by whome he had issue sixteen children viz. nyne sones & seaven daughters which said Fraunces deceased in September 1599 and the said James Harington decessed the 2 of February 1613"
Monument erected in his lifetime probably on the death of Frances.
James was the son of Sir James Harington and Lucy www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/03e3L7 daughter of Sir William Sydney & Anne daughter of Hugh Pakenham / Packenham and Anne Clement
He m Frances was the daughter of Robert Sapcote 1600 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/8U15k6 and either Catherine or Eleanor daughters of William Prestland
Children - 9 sons & 7 daughters
1. Edward 2nd bart 1574-1653 m Margery daughter of John D'Oyley +++ & Anne Bernard
2. Sir Sapcote Harington of Rand 1586-1629 m1 Jane 1619 flic.kr/p/4iVR8s daughter of Sir William Samwell of Upton 1628, Auditor of the Exchequer to Queen Elizabeth m2 Jane Woodward
3.John 1611-dsp 1662 m Frances daughter of Terringham Norwood of Ashwood
4. William
5. Robert
6. Henry
7. James
1. Theodosia b1584 m Henry Ascough / Ayscough of Blyborough
2. Bridget m Sir Anthony Markham of Sedgebrook son of John Markham & Mary daughter of Sir Anthony Thorold 1594 flic.kr/p/qZmVLP of Marston Thorold
3. Anne m1 Sir Thomas Foljambe m2 Sir John Molyneux of Haughton
4. Eleanor m Sir Henry Clinton
He m2 1601 Anne 1629 daughter of Francis Bernard of Abington, Widow of John D'oyley of Merton +++ who m3 Sir Henry Poole of Kemble & Oaksey 1632 widower of Griselda daughter of Sir Edward Neville, 7th baron Abergavenny and Catherine Brome
(Anne was the sister in law of Alice Chubnoll of Turvey flic.kr/p/hXBNdr 1st wife of her brother Richard Bernard )
Early in 1603 he travelled north with his brother to meet the new King James from Scotland, who knighted him at Grimston Yorkshire, and he was among the first baronets, paying a first instalment of £360. .
Calling himself ‘a worm and no man, clothed with earth, full of sin’, he asked to be buried with ‘as little cost as may be’. Though wealthy he left only 40s. to the poor of Ridlington and a similar sum to those of Merton. Having assured his principal estates to his son Edward, he bequeathed a life interest in Thornbury and Morton to his wife, together with household stuff. He provided annuities for his wife and 4 of his younger sons, and left Gunthorpe, Knossington, Oldebury and a few small properties, in all worth £10,000, to his executors, his sons Edward and Sapcote, to pay his debts and legacies. These included £2,000 to one daughter, £1,000 to another, £500 to his second son, and £1,500 to his five youngest sons. He left a colt to his nephew Lord Harington and nominated him supervisor of the will.
www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member...
- Church of St Mary Magdalene & St Andrew, Ridlington Rutland
A statue that sits in a niche on the ground floor of the Holiday Inn Dalí in Mexico City, D.F. Mexico. Taken by a Nikon D610 at ISO 400 with a Nikkor 35-135mm ƒ 3.5-4.5 AF lens. (at 53) Exposure is 1/8 sec @ ƒ 3.8.
If an artistic executor of the sculptor has any copyright objections to this photo, Flickr-mail the poster stating that you are such an executor, state the objection(s), and it will be taken down...
While you are contacting the poster anyway, please tell him the name of the sculptor, and title of the piece...
1967 Alvis TF21.
Anglia Car Auctions, King's Lynn -
"On instructions from the executors.
Purchased by the deceased owner, Tom Poole, in 1974 from the widow of the proprietor of a chemical company in Loughborough with mileage of only 19,000. Chassis number 27472 is confirmed as being the last Park Ward bodied TF built. A copy declaration by Alvis is retained in the file. In 1974 Tom acquired car numbers 27471 and 27472 which were advertised in the same AOC bulletin and certified as the last two cars to leave the factory. Mileage recorded at 96,570. One of seven vehicles offered on behalf of the estate, this entry, once gently recommissioned, will be ready for regular road use.
V5 present
Estimate: £15,000 - 18,000
Result: £39,900."
Tooth Cutting Ceremonial is mandatory ceremonial that should be done by Hindus people in Bali. This ceremonial is often called with Raja Sewala ceremonial by local peoples with purpose to eliminating ‘Sad Ripu’ or six enemies on human beings which covering: Kama (lust/desire), Loba (Gluttonous), Krodha (Angry), Mada (Drunken), Moha (Muzziness), Matsarya (Covet). This ceremonial has purpose to eroding Sad Ripu which on human beings. Sad Ripu symbolized with 6 (six) teeth that covering 4 (four) incisor teeth and fang teeth. This ceremonial held when the boy or girl entering teenager or growing adult, but this ceremonial should be conduct before the boy or girl married. In the special condition it can be done after married. Tooth cutting ceremonial held in house or often called as ‘Merajan’. The executor of tooth cutting ceremonial is led by priest, called by local peoples as ‘Pedande’ and helping by ‘Sangging’ (as the executor too).
The cutting teeth process is only a symbol, in the application the teeth smoothed down by tight-fist, and the teeth that only smoothed down is only six parts which drawn Sadripu (Balinese words) those teeth are four incisors and two fangs. The time which process held is only ten until fifteen minutes. The ceremonial led by ‘Sangging’ which is Hindus priest that have highest position among the priest in Hindus hierarchy.
A devoting which used in the ceremonial process is called as ‘Sorohan’ that have function to devote to the God. The next devoting are ‘Pabhyakalan Prasyatia, ‘Panglkatan’, and the device that used to cut the teeth likes: mirror, tooth sharpener, cloth for ‘rurub’ and also a jewel and ring, and bed which have been decorated.
Before the process began, the ‘Sangging’ (Hindus priest) said the superstitious formula first. On this matter the ring which used in the process is ruby ring that believed have big power to protecting the applicator from the evil. The used of the ruby is after the teeth tight-fisted then the ruby touched to the teeth as the protection symbol. Saliva which is out from the applicator mouth will be accommodated in the ivory coconut and hold by the applicators mother or blood brother. Ceremonial will be continued with praying in the family temples requesting to the God to bliss their life and return to born as human beings that clean from sin.
‘Here lyeth in hope and expectation of that joyful day of the resurrection, when the Saviour of the whole World shall appear in power and judgment, to awake all those who have slept in him, to be pertakers of the everlasting blessedness of his eternal kingdom, Sir Wymond Carye of Snettesham in the county of Norfolk Kt. sometime of Thremhall Priory in Essex, first branch of that family of the Carys which is descended from Edmund Beanford, duke of Somerset, and so from John of Gaunt duke of Lancaster, erected by his only brother, Sir Edward Carye of Aldenham in Hertfordshire, master and treasurer of his majesties jewels and plate, and of Sir Henry Carye of C — in Bucks, son and heir of the said Sir Edward Carye joynt executor of the last will of Sir Wymond Carye, who lived about 75 years, & in peace and happiness and in the comfortable testimony of a good conscience and stedfast faith in Christ, died April 3, 1612.’
Lying on a huge monument flic.kr/p/tWipyH in the Emmanual chapel of the north transept which he had reduced c1597 along with the demolition of the chancel, is Sir Wymond Carye 1612.
Born in 1537, he was the eldest son of Vice Admiral Sir John Cary 1552 of Hunsdon & Cockington & Joyce daughter of Sir Edmund Denny of Cheshunt and 2nd wife Mary daughter and coheir of Robert Troutbeck of Bridge Trafford, Chester. Well connected, Joyce was the widow of William Walsingham and mother of Sir Francis Walsingham spymaster for Queen Elizabeth . She was also the sister of Anthony Denny, groom of the stool to Henry Vlll who m Joan Champernowne, cousin to Katherine Ashley née Champernowne, the governess of the future Queen Elizabeth
Through his father Wymond was the nephew of William Carey 1st husband of Mary Boleyn sister of Queen Anne Boleyn
Sir Wymond who was knighted at Whitehall in 1604, had rented the lordship of the manor from the Crown under Queen Elizabeth and James I, it was later acquired outright by his nephew Sir Henry Carye in 1614.
Aged at least 50, he m Catherine Jernegan coheiress daughter of John Jernegan of Somerleyton who was the widow of Henry Crane 1586 of Chilton, Suffolk with a son Robert Crane 1643 flic.kr/p/nD5wiM
Wymond & Catherine had no children
HOWEVER a Sir Wymond Carye styled " Lord Warden of ye Stanneries, Master of ye First Fruits Office, & Knight of ye Bath" fathered a child Jayne Davys who was the mother of Mary wife of Sir Gilbert Prynne 1627 of Chippenham flic.kr/p/61UL8F
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Carey_(courtier) - Church of St. Mary Snettisham Norfolk
"Here lieth Margaret who was the daughter of John Elmes and Elizabeth his wife of Henley on Thames (?) who died the 1st day of August 1471 on whom God have mercy"
Margaret Elmes 1471 grand daughter of William Browne & Margaret Stocks www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/eCL3g8 who must have died an infant
She was the first (?) child of their sole heiress daughter Elizabeth Browne 1511 and John Elmes c1455-1497 of Henley on Thames, merchant of the Staple of Calais
She had 2 brothers
1. William c1475-1505 Woolfox Greetham Rutland m Elizabeth 1474-1549 daughter and coheir of John Iwardby by Joan Brudenell (her co-heir was Margaret Verney flic.kr/p/fFxqbw ) - William was a lawyer and an executor of their grandfathers will, who after their mother's death inherited their grandparents estates and the Manor of Lilford (Joan m2 (2nd wife) Thomas Piggot / Pigott 1520 of Whaddon flic.kr/p/fFxy2L
2 Thomas bc1477
and a sister Catherine bc 1479 who m Peter Turner
freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kingsman/kinsm... - Church of All Saints, Stamford Lincolnshire
“To Thomas Fermor, Knight, a man of generosity towards scholars, mercy and goodness towards his people, admirable piety towards all men, the kindly lord of this estate, and the excellent founder of a school. In perpetual memory of himself and his beloved wife Brigitta, his executors, in accordance with his will, have with tears erected this monument. He died in the year of our Lord 1580, the 8th day of August”.
Thomas was the 4th son of Richard Fermor and Anne Browne www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/11131090304/ of Easton Neston
Thomas followed his father entering the Grocers’ Company and becoming a merchant of the staple after some time at the Inner Temple. He was MP for Brackley 1553 & Shropshire 1558. He was High Sheriff of Shropshire 1558–59 and Recorder of Bridgnorth 1561-1580
Thomas inherited the estates (including Somerton) from his uncle William Fermor in 1552 www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/11287970666/ previously he had married 2 heiress wives
He m1 Frances 1530-1570 heiress daughter of Thomas Hoord of Horde Park or Bridgnorth, Widow of Edward Raleigh of Farthinghoe
He m2 1571 Bridget d1580 co-heiress daughter of Henry Bradshaw of Halton www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/11448504594/ ,.Widow of Henry White d1572 1st son of Thomas White 1566 of South Warnborough www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/11293999484/ having already 3 daughters
1. Agnes m Thomas Scudamore
2. Jane m Henry Ferrers
3. Philippa m Walter Giffard of Brewood www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/9239795743/ & Chillington
Children of John and Bridget Bradshaw
1. John dsp1625 www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/11293141116/ m Cecily daughter of Henry Compton of Brambletye, East Grinstead by Cecily Sackville (Cecily m2 Henry Arundel Baron Arundell of Wardour )
2. Richard 1643 www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/11288100453/ m Cornelia d1654 daughter of Sir William son of Sir Thomas Cornwallis of Brome 1518-1604 and wife Anne Jerningham www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/9392457045/ by Lucy daughter of John Neville, 4th Lord Latymer www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/2313867321/ and Lucy Somerset www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/2316107831/
3. Mary m Francis heir of Edmund Plowden (parents of Mary wife of Henry Kervill of Wiggenhall St Mary Norfolk www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/2Z1PA7 )
Bridget inherited Halton and Wendover manors from her father
Thomas was a catholic but ‘large-hearted and tolerant of opinions differing from his own’ as well as being ‘obedient to existing authorities’. He entrusted the education of his son Richard to a Catholic kinsman George Shirley of Staunton Harold who was also to take care of his only surviving daughter Mary and see her ‘bestowed in marriage to a man in like sort inclined’"
Thomas lived at the manor house built by his uncle, his first act on arriving here was to found a school. He also built a chapel specifically for catholic worship and a priest’s residence in the grounds of the old castle and set aside land for burials. During the reign of Elizabeth I the laws against Catholics were tightened so that they could no longer hold public assemblies, including attending mass. The chapel therefore fell into disuse He then installed a private chapel in his manor house which remained the centre of Catholicism in the village for more than a century after the Fermors left. Catholicism did not prevent Thomas from continuing to support the parish church financially or from specifying burial in the Fermor chapel there in his will of 15 June 1580..
The original contract for his tomb's design and erection funded by £40 willed by Thomas, still exists. Dated 20 September 1581 it was made between Thomas’s executors and Richard and Gabriell Roiley of Burton upon Trent. ‘…ye said Richard and Gabriell Roiley… shall and will worke, make, laye, and place, artificially substantially durably and decently in or on ye uppermost p’te of ye said Tumbe… a very faire decent and well p’portioned picture or portraiture of a gentleman representing ye said Thomas Fermor wth furniture and ornaments in armour, and about his necke a double cheyne of gold wth creste and helmette under his head, wth sword and dagger by his side, and a lion at his feete and in or on the uttermoste parte of the uppermost parte of the said Tumbe a decent and p’fect picture or portraiture of a faire gentlewoman wth a Frenchehood, edge and abilliment, with all other apparell furniture jewells ornamentes and things in all respects usuall, decent, and seemly, for a gentlewoman"’.
Thomas’s son Richard c1625 moved his seat from Somerton to Tusmore, which he had bought at some point before 1612 with monies accumulated by his father’s executors during their trusteeship.
www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member...
www.flickr.com/photos/13706945@N00/8553588352/
Picture - church site somertonoxon.co.uk/?page_id=225
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Launceston.
Fearing the French might establish a settlement there, Governor King of NSW in 1804 sent Colonel William Paterson to set up a town at Port Dalrymple in the north of VDL. It is now Georgetown on the coast. It was a difficult site so Paterson moved to the confluence of the South Esk and Tamar Rivers in 1806. Paterson called the place Launceston after the birth town of Governor King. The settlement struggled but in 1813 it was declared a free port to international shipping and the town slowly progressed. Most building in the 1820s was on the wharf where men like Reibey had their own wharves. A large penitentiary was built to provide convicts to build the town but the main early structure is the Paterson Barracks and Commissariat Store in St Johns Street which was erected in 1828. It is an austere, solid stone three storey structure. The other early building is St John’s Anglican Church which opened in 1825. It was a replica of the original St David’s neo-classical church in Hobart. Between 1901-11 the church was incorporated into a new St John’s and only the entrance porch remains visible attached to a Victorian gothic church!
The early town relied on flour mills, breweries and the wool trade for its prosperity. Two early settlers, John Batman and John Fawkner established a village across Bass Strait in 1835 called Melbourne. The arrival of the western railway in 1871 boosted the town as did two major mineral discoveries which made Launceston boom. They were the tin deposits at Mount Bischoff in the west in 1871 and gold at Beaconsfield in 1877. The wool industry was still flourishing and Waverley Woollen Mills were established in the 1870s and still operate today. By the 1880s Launceston was prosperous and held an International Exhibition in 1891. The Albert Hall was built at a cost of £14,000 to house the exhibition. Tasmanian producers exhibited as did companies from England, Germany, Austria, France, the USA and New Zealand. The competition with Hobart was strong even in those days and in 1894 Hobart also held an International Exhibition. (Melbourne had had an International Exhibition in 1880/81.)
The next factor to develop the city was the availability of cheap hydro electricity from the late 1930s which saw Coats Paton threads and textiles establish in the city ( they closed in 1997 and moved to Wangaratta in Vic.) and the railway workshops for the whole of Tasmania were built at Inveresk just outside the city centre( also now closed.) Launceston also became the first city in Australia lit by hydro-electricity back in 1895 from a generator on the river above Cataract Gorge. Big employers in Launceston today are Boags breweries, Waverley Mills and the education sector- a university campus as well as the Australian Maritime College for training mariners. Greater Launceston has a population of over 100,000 people.
Examples of the boom period of Launceston can still be seen in the outstanding late 19th century Customs House, the impressive neo-classical Town Hall, the charming 1891 Queen Victoria Museum (the city venue) and the fine stores and buildings in the CBD. The boom period also saw some grand private houses built along the hill tops of the city.
Franklin House.
Convicts built this good example of a Georgian style house in the village of Franklin. Next door is St James’ Anglican Church built in 1845. Franklin House was built for a local brewer and innkeeper in 1838 but in 1842 it was sold to Mr W. Hawkes who converted it into a school for boys. The school operated until 1866 when the house changed owners. It had a succession of owners until the National Trust bought it in 1860. Note the fine porch with Ionic Greek columns, the wonderful fan light above the door with an elliptical central piece of glass, and the string course across the facade to separate the two levels of the building. Inside the house is known for its extensive use of Australian red cedar for the doors, architraves, door frames etc. The complex has a pleasant coffee shop and gardens.
Cataract Gorge.
The South Esk River tumbles through Cataract Gorge. The whole area is a nature reservoir, just a few minutes from the centre of Launceston. The first bridge was put across the gorge in 1867. It has been a pleasure garden for the citizens of Launceston for a long time. A chair lift takes people across the first basin on the South Esk River.
Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio), Mailand 1571? - Porto Ercole 1610
Die Inspiration des hl. Matthäus -The Inspiration of Saint Matthew - L'ispirazione di San Matteo (1602)
Cappella Contarelli, San Luigi die Francesi, Rom
In 1565 the French Monsignor Matteo Contarelli acquired a chapel in San Luigi dei Francesi in Rome, but when he died twenty years later it had not yet been decorated. The executor of his will, Virgilio Crescenzi, and later his son, Giacomo, undertook the task. The decorative scheme called for a statue of St Matthew and the Angel, commissioned first to Gerolamo Muziano, and then to the Flemish sculptor Cobaert, for the high altar; and for a fresco cycle for the walls and ceiling by Cavalier d'Arpino. The latter decorated the vault in 1591-93, but the walls were left bare (this may reflect at least in part the Crescenzis' intentions to speculate on the interest on the Contarelli estate). On 13 June 1599 a contract was stipulated before a notary by which Caravaggio undertook to execute two paintings for the lateral walls, for which he was paid the following year (1600), after the paintings had been set in place. Later, on 7 February 1602, after Cobaert's statue had been judged unsatisfactory, an altarpiece was entrusted to Caravaggio in a separate contract that called for delivery of the work by 32 May, the Feast of the Pentecost. This painting was rejected, the artist made another one (which was accepted) in a surprisingly brief time, receiving payment for this second work on 22 September.
The first version of the St Matthew and the Angel was purchased by Marchese Vincenzo Giustiniani and then ended up in Berlin, where it was destroyed in the Second World War. The second version (this picture) still stands over the altar today.
The first version was a masterpiece of the artist. It contained, in the angel who with gentle indulgence guided the saint's uncertain hand as he wrote, one of the most charming figures ever painted by the artist. The first painting was criticised for Matthew's lack of decorum. In the final version, likewise a splendid feat of imagination but certainly less fascinating than the first, the angel much more correctly counts on his fingers, in the traditional scholastic fashion, the arguments than the saint should take note of and develop. A whirlwind of drapery envelops the angel. The saint balances on his bench, in precarious equilibrium, like a modern schoolboy; but this time the unorthodox elements do not seem to have raised particular objections.
Source: Web Gallery of Art
Heritage Weekend is more than just the Saturday. In fact its more than one weekend. And the website for the weekend listed many intersting places to go, but few in east Kent on the Sunday, but St Margaret's being open was one of them.
So, after we had left St Mildred in Canterbury, we drove up the M2, and then through the usual strip malls and urban spread that is the Medway Towns.
The sat nav took us down narrow streets, across a main road, and up a slight hill, and announced we had arrived.
Nothing churchy leaped out at me.
I thought maybe down the narrow lane in front. It was then I saw the wall.
The wall looked chuchy. And beyond was an early 19th century building that had heritage bunting strung out.
Bingo.
The first view had the tower hidden by a tree, I thought perhaps it didn't have one.
But nearer to the church I could see it did have a tower, an a medieval one at that, it looked like an unhappy coupling.
I was given a very warm welcome, and the history of the church was explained:
the original church was in a ruinous state at the start of the 19th century, and when Army and Naval officers began to have houses built in the area, they wanted a nice fashionable church.
So the nave and chancel were taken down, and the current nave put in its place.
Built before the English Gothic fervour took hold.
The east and west windows have been replaced since the church was built.
Would I like to go up the tower? THere's a chance in then minutes.
It was hot and my heart really wasn't in it, but for photography, I'll do it.
So, we walked round the outside of the tower, into through the bottom door, then up and round and round, as the steps got ever steeper and worn.
Would the views be worth it? THey'd better.
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THE PARISH OF ST. MARGARET is of large extent, and contains all the lands without the walls on the south side of the city, that are within the bounds of its jurisdiction. It is stiled in some records, St. Margaret's in Suthgate, (fn. 22) and in those of the city, the Borough of Suthgate. (fn. 23)
There are two streets of houses in this parish, the one called St. Margaret's-street, leading from Bully-hill to the church, and so on to Borstall and Woldham southward; the other at some distance from it called St. Margaret's-bank, being a long row of houses, situated on a high bank at the north-east boundary of the parish, on the south side of the great London road to Dover, between St. Catherine's hospital in Rochester, and the Victualling-office, in Chatham. These houses are within the manor of Larkhill.
THERE are SEVERAL MANORS within the bounds of this parish, the most eminent of which is that of
BORSTALL, which was given to the church of Rochester and bishop Beornmod, in the year 811, by Cænulf, king of Mercia, as three plough lands.
This manor seems to have continued part of the possessions of the church of Rochester, without any interruption, till the time of the conquest. It is thus described in the general survey of Domesday, taken in the year 1080, under the general title of Terra Epi Rovecestre, i. e. the lands of the bishop of Rochester.
In the hundred of Rochester, the same bishop (of Rochester) holds Borchetelle. In the time of king Edward the Confessor it was taxed at two sulings, and now for one suling and an half. The arable land is four carucates. In demesne there are two carucates, and six villeins with three carucates. There are 50 acres of meadow, and two mills of 20 shillings. In the time of king Edward, and afterwards, it was worth six pounds, and now 10 pounds.
In Rochester the bishop had, and yet has, 24 plats of ground, which belong to Frindsbury and Borstal, his own manors. In the time of king Edward the Confessor, and afterwards, they were worth three pounds, now they are worth eight pounds, and yet they yield yearly 11 pounds and 13 shillings and four-pence.
When bishop Gundulph was elected to this see in the time of the Conqueror, and after the example of his patron, archbishop Lanfranc, separated his own revenues from those of his convent, this manor in the division was allotted to the bishop and his successors.
On a taxation of the bishop of Rochester's manors, in 1255, it appears that the bishop had in the manor of Borstalle one hundred and forty acres of arable, estimated each acre at 4d. forty acres of salt meadow at 8d. each, and fourteen acres of salt pasture, each at 6d. which, with the rents of assise, made the total value of the whole manor 9l. 10s. 3d. the repair of the buildings yearly amounting to twenty shillings. (fn. 24)
This manor still continues in the possession of the bishop of Rochester; but the demesne lands are leased out by him to Mrs. Vade, of Croydon, in Surry.
By the agreement made between John Lowe, bishop of Rochester, and the bailiff and citizens of Rochester, in the 27th year of king Henry VI. concerning the limits of the jurisdiction of the city, according to the charter then lately made to them, this borough and manor of Borstall was declared to be exempt from the precinct of the hundred of Rochester, and the law-day of it, and from all payments, fines, suits forfeitures and amerciaments due on that account, as being within the liberty of the bishop, and his church. (fn. 25)
The monks of Rochester priory had several grants of TYTHES, and other premises made to them within this manor and hamlet.
Robert Ernulf and Eadric de Borstalle, gave the tithes of their lands in Borstalle to the priory, which were confirmed to it by several bishops of Rochester, and others (fn. 26) In which confirmations they are described, as the whole tithe of Borstalle of corn, and two parts of the tithes of the land of Ralph de Borstalle. (fn. 27) Eadric de Hescenden, with his wife and two sons, entered into the society of the monks of this priory, upon condition, that when they died, the monks should say a service for them, as for their brethren; and the monks were to have for ever the tithes of their lands in Borestealle and Freondesberie, but in corn only.
Several parcels of land, &c. lying within the manor or hamlet of Borstall, were likewise at times given to these monks. All these premises continued part of the possessions of the priory till the dissolution of it, in 1549, when they were surrendered into the king's hands, and were settled by him, three years afterwards, on his new founded dean and chapter of Rochester, where they remain at present.
This manor, with others in this neighbourhood, was bound antiently to contribute to the repair of the first pier of Rochester-bridge.
NASHENDEN is a manor in this parish, which lies about three-quarters of a mile south-eastward from Borstall. In the Textus Roffensis it is called Hescenden, and in Domesday, Essedene.
This manor was part of those vast possessions, with which William the Conqueror enriched his half-brother Odo, the great bishop of Baieux; accordingly it is thus entered, under the title of that prelate's lands, in the general survey of Domesday:
Rannulf de Columbels holds of the bishop (of Baieux) Essedene. It was taxed at one suling. The arable land is . . . . In demesne there is one carucate, and 19 villeins, with three borderers having three carucates. There are three servants, and 8 acres of meadow. In the time of king Edward the Confessor, it was worth three pounds, when he received it four pounds, now five pounds. Earl Leuuin held it.
It appears by the red book of the exchequer, that this estate in the reign of king Henry II. was held by Thomas de Nessingden, of Daniel de Crevequer, as one knight's fee of the old feoffment.
In the reign of king Edward I. this manor was become the property of Jeffry Haspale, whose descendant, John de Aspale, for so the name was then spelt, died possessed of Nashenden in the 31st year of that reign, holding it of the king in capite. After which it appears to have come into the name of Basing, and from thence quickly after into that of Charles.
Richard Charles, as appears by the inquisition taken after his death, anno 1 Richard II. died possessed of the manor of Naseden, which he held of the king in capite by knight's service, excepting forty acres of pasture and wood, which he held of the lord Grey, as of his manor of Aylesford; whose nephew, Richard, son of his brother Roger Charles, died possessed of it in the 11th year of that reign, holding it of the king in capite, as of his honor of Peverel and Hagenet, by knight's service.
Nicholas Haut afterwards possessed this manor, in right of his wife Alice, who was a descendant of the above-mentioned family. She held it for the term of her life with remainder to James Peckham, who on her death, in the 1st year of king Henry IV. came into the possession of it. He obtained the king's licence two years afterwards, to give and amortize to the wardens of Rochester-bridge, and their successors, this manor, and also one hundred acres of pasture, with their appurtenances in Ellesford, the manor then being worth yearly, and above all reprises 6l. 13s. 4d. per annum. (fn. 28) Since which it has continued part of the possessions of the wardens and commonalty of the said bridge, for the support and repair of it. The present lessees of this manor are Leonard Bartholemew and Phil. Boghurst, esqrs.
An account of the tithes of this manor will be given, with those of Little Delce in this parish. (fn. 29)
There was a chapel at this place, dependent on the parish church of St. Margaret. (fn. 29)
GREAT DELCE is a manor which, with the estate now called LOWER DELCE, lies on the eastern side of this parish, about half a mile southward from Eastgate, in Rochester. It was formerly called Much Delce and Delce Magna, or Great Delce, and was given by William the Conqueror to Odo, bishop of Baieux, his halfbrother, under the title of whose lands it is thus entered in the general survey of Domesday:
In the lath of Aylesford, in Rochester hundred, the son of William Tabum holds Delce of the bishop (of Baieux). It was taxed at one suling and one yoke. The arable land is . . . . . There is one carucate in demesne, and five villeins having five carucates. There are 12 acres of meadow, wood for the pannage of one bog. In the time of king Edward the Confessor, and afterwards, it was worth three pounds, and now 70 shillings. Godric held it of king Edward.
This manor afterwards came into the possession of a family, to which it gave name. Herebert, Gosfrid, and Hugo de Delce possessed it in successive generations. After which it passed to Buckerel, and the heirs of Thomas Buckerel, in the latter end of the reign of king Henry III. held it as two knights fees and a half, of Bertram de Criol. (fn. 30) After which this estate seems to have been separated into parcels, for Geoffry de Haspale held this manor as the fourth part of a knight's fee only, at the time of his death, in the 15th year of king Edward I. as appears by the inquisition taken for that purpose.
The next family who succeeded, as appears by the original deeds of this estate, was that of Molineux, descended from those of Sefton, in Lancashire; but they did not keep possession of it long, for by the evidence of an antient court roll, Benedict de Fulsham was lord of it in the 30th year of king Edward III. His descendant, Richard Fulsham, held it of the king in capite, as the fourth part of a knight's fee, at his death in the 5th year of king Henry V. Soon after which this name seems to have become extinct here; for in the 9th year of that reign, Reginald Love died possessed of it, and his successor held it till the latter end of king Henry VI's reign, when it passed by sale to William Venour, whose arms were, Argent, on a fess sable five escallops or, three and two, and who died possessed of this manor in the 1st year of king Edward IV. After which it was within a few months conveyed by sale to Markham, descended from an antient family of that name in Nottinghamshire, in which name it staid but a very short time before it was sold to Tate, who passed it away to Sir Richard Lee, citizen of London, and grocer, who served the office of lord-mayor in the 39th year of king Henry VI. and the 9th year of king Edward IV. (fn. 31) He was the eldest son of John Lee, of Wolksted, in Surry, and grandson of Symon Lee, who was descended of ancestors in Worcestershire, and bore for his arms, Azure, on a sess cotized or, three leopard's faces gules. He lies buried in the church of St. Stephen, Walbrook, his arms are remaining in East-Grinsted church, and in that of St. Dionis Backchurch, in London, with those of several marriages of his posterity; his son Richard Lee seems to have had this manor of Great Delce by gift of his father during his life-time, and kept his shrievalty at this mansion in the 19th year of the latter reign, his son Richard, who was both of Delce and of Maidstone, left two sons, the youngest of whom, Edward, was archbishop of York, (fn. 32) and the eldest Richard, was of Delce, whose only surviving son, Godfrey, in the 31st year of Henry VIII. procured his lands to be disgavelled, by the general act passed for this purpose, (fn. 33) after which his descendants continued to reside here for several generations, but Richard Lee, esq. about the latter end of queen Anne's reign, passed away the whole of this estate, excepting the manor, and forty acres of land, to Thomas Chiffinch, esq. of Northfleet, in this county, from which time this seat and estate acquired the name of Lower Delce.
Thomas Chiffinch, esq. died in 1727, and was succeeded by Thomas Chiffinch, esq. his only son and heir, who died without issue in 1775, and by his will bequeathed this, among his other estates, to his niece and heir-at-law, Mary, the daughter of his sister Elizabeth Comyns, who afterwards carried them in marriage to Francis Wadman, esq. of the Hive, in Northfleet, and he is the present possessor of Lower Delce.
THE MANOR OF GREAT DELCE, and the forty acres of land above-mentioned, together with a farm, called King's Farm, continued in the possession of Richard Lee, esq. who died possessed of them in 1724, and his grandson, Richard Lee, esq. of Clytha, in Wales, now possesses this manor; but in 1769, he alienated all the demesnes of it, together with King's farm, to Mr. Sampson Waring, of Chatham, who died possessed of them in 1769, leaving his brother, Mr. Walter Waring, and his sister, Mrs. Smith, of Lower Delce, his executors, who are at this time entitled to the profits of them. The court for the manor of Great Delce has not been held for some years.
The manor is held by castle-guard rent of Rochester castle; but when the mansion and most part of the lands were sold, as above mentioned, from Lee to Chiffinch, the former expressly charged the whole of that rent on the premises bought by Chiffinch, and entirely exonerated that part which he reserved to himself from paying any portion of it.
An account of the tithes of this manor, given to the priory of Rochester, may be seen under the following description of Little Delce manor.
LITTLE DELCE, or DELCE PARVA, now known by the name of UPPER DELCE, is a manor in this parish, situated in the high road between Rochester and Maidstone, somewhat more than a quarter of a mile from the former. This likewise, as well as that of Great Delce, was given by William the Conqueror to his half brother Odo, bishop of Baieux; under the general title of whose lands it is thus described in the book of Domesday:
In Rochester hundred, Ansgotus de Roucestre holds Delce of the bishop (of Baieux). It was taxed at one suling. The arable land is two carucates, and there are in demesne . . . . . . . with one villein, and five borderers, and six servants. There are 12 acres of meadow, and 60 acres of pasture. In the time of king Edward the Confessor, and afterwards, and now, it was, and is worth 100 shillings. Osuuard held it of king Edward.
This estate, on the disgrace of bishop Odo, most probably reverted again into the king's hands; and seems afterwards to have been in the possession of a family, who assumed their name, De Delce, from it, and held it of William de Say, as one knight's fee. (fn. 34)
In the reign of king John, this manor was in the possession of Jeffry de Bosco, a Norman; but when that province was seized by the king of France, the lands of the Normans, in this kingdom, became vested in the crown, by way of escheat or seizure, under the title of, Terra Normanorum; thus the manor of Little Delce was seized by king John, in the 5th year of his reign, who gave it to William de Ciriton, the sheriff, for two hundred pounds, two palfreys, and two gols hawks, (fn. 35) on condition, that if the said Jeffry should return to his allegiance, he should, without delay, again possess the same. (fn. 36) But this never happened, and this manor continued in the desendants of William de Ciriton. Odo de Ciriton died possessed of it it in the 31st year of king Henry III. holding it of the king in capite, by the service of one knight's fee. (fn. 37) This family was extinct here before the middle of the reign of king Edward I. for in the 9th year of that reign, as appears by Kirkby's Inquest. Richard Pogeys held this manor. At the latter end of the reign of king Edward III. it was possessed by the family of Basing, from which name it went into that of Charles. Richard Charles died possessed of the manor of Little Delce, in the 1st year of king Richard II. leaving his brother's sons, Richard and John, his next heirs; the former of whom died possessed of it, anno 11 Richard II. and left a son, Robert Charles, who dying without issue, his two sisters became his coheirs, viz. Alice, married to William Snayth, and Joan to Richard Ormskirk; and on the division of their estates, this manor fell to the share of William Snayth, commonly called Snette, in right of his wife, Alice, the eldest of them. Soon after which, Charles and William Snette, for so the name is spelt in the bridge archives, gave and amortized this manor of Little Delce, of the yearly value of six marcs, above all reprises, to the wardens of Rochester bridge and their successors, for the support and repair of the same. Since which it has acquired the name of Upper Delce, by which it is now only known, and it continues at this time part of the possessions of the wardens and commonalty of the said bridge, for the purposes above mentioned. The present lessees of this manor are Leonard Bartholomew and Philip Boghurst, esqrs.
The tithes of Great and Little Delce, Borstal, and Nashenden, were given, in the time of bishop Gundulph, to the priory of Rochester.
Gosfrid de Delce, together with his wife and children, on their being admitted to be partakers of the benefits received from the prayers of the monks, gave the whole of the tithes of Little Delce, both great and small, to the priory of St. Andrew.
Ansgotus de Rovecestre accepted of the like benefit from the church of St. Andrew, and the monks there, in the time of bishop Gundulph, and gave to the church and monks there, all his tithes, both great and small, of Great Delce, and in like manner the whole of his tithe mill, and of a certain piece of land included within the wall of the monks, towards the south, and five acres of land near Prestefelde, and at their request, gave them, on his death bed, cloathing, and they performed service for him as for a monk.
Uulmer, the tenant of Arnulf de Hesdine, by the advice of Adelold, brother of Baldwin, monk of St. Andrew, accepted the benefit of that society, and gave to it his whole tithe, worth ten shillings yearly. Robert de St. Armand gave his tithes of Neschendene and Borstelle to St. Andrew's priory. These several tithes were confirmed to the priory by various bishops of Rochester; by Theobald, archbishop, and Ralph, prior, and the convent of Canterbury. They remained part of the possessions of the priory till their dissolution in 1540; three years after which they were settled on the new founded dean and chapter of Roter, where they still remain.
The PARISH of St. MARGARET, is Rochester, is within the ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION of the diocese and deanry of Rochester. The church is situated at the south extremity of St. Margaret's-street; it consists of one nave and two chancels on the south side of much later date than the church. That towards the east end was built and long supported by the family of Lee, of Great Delce, whose remains lie in a large vault under this chancel; but since the alienation of their mansion here, the repair of this part of the fabric has devolved on the parishioners. The chancel, at the east end of the church, belongs to the appropriator, who consequently repairs it. At the west end of the church is a tower, containing five bells; it is entirely covered with ivy to the top of it, which makes a most beautiful and picturesque appearance. Against the east wall, in the south chancel, is the antient bust of a man in robes, with a coronet on his head. (fn. 38) In the reign of king Charles II. a coronet, set round with precious stones, was dug up in this church yard; and the report of the parish has been, that one of our Saxon kings was buried here.
Among other monuments and inscriptions in this church are the following: In the chancel, a brass for Syr James Roberte Preess, obt. Sep. 24, 1540. A monument, arms, Head, impaling quarterly a chevron between three hawks belled or, for Francis Head, esq. eldest son of Sir Richard Head. bart. obt. 1678; he married the only daughter of Sir George Ent. In the north window, Argent. three crosses bottony fitchee sable, and argent on a bend quarterly, an efcallop gules. In a pew, partly in the chancel and partly in the nave, Argent on a bend gules, between two peliers, three swans proper. In the nave, a brass for Tho. Cod. vicar, a benefactor to the steeple of this church, obt. Nov. 1465. In the chancel, south of the rectors, a monument, arms, Argent, a right hand couped sable, impaling Lee, for Thomas Manly, esq the third son and heir of George Manly, of Lach, esq. he married Jane, second daughter of Richard Lee, esq. of Delce, and left one only son and two daughters, obt. 1690. In the east window, arms of Lee, Azure on a fess cotized, or three leopards heads gules. In a chapel, west of the Lee chancel, in the east wall, a bust of a person with a crown on his head, much defaced. (fn. 39)
At the time of bishop Gundulph's coming to the see of Rochester, and for almost a century afterwards, this church or chapel of St. Margaret, for it is frequently mentioned by both names, was accounted only as an appendage to the parochial altar of St. Nicholas in the cathedral, and the one underwent the same changes as the other; (fn. 40) and Walter, bishop of Rochester, in 1147, confirmed the above mentioned parochial altar, together with this church of St. Margaret, which belonged as a chapel to it, to the monks of this priory, and appropriated it to them. This grant was set aside by bishop Gilbert de Glanville, in the beginning of the reign of king Richard I. who not only separated this church from the altar of St. Nicholas, and divested the monks of all manner of right to it; but on the foundation of his hospital at Stroud about the same time, he gave, in pure and perpetual alms, among other premises, this church of St. Margaret to the master and brethren of it, and appropriated it to them, reserving only half a marc yearly to be paid to the priory, in lieu of the oblations which the monks used to receive from it. (fn. 41)
The monks by no means acquiesced in this gift, but seized every opportunity of asserting their right to this church, and after several appeals to the pope from time to time, and confirmation and decrees made in favour of each party, (fn. 42) the dispute seems to have been finally settled in 1255, when the pope adjudged, that this church of St. Margaret, with all its appurtenances, should for the future belong to the prior and chapter of Rochester; accordingly from the above time they kept possession of it.
From the time of bishop Walter's appropriation of the profits of the parochial altar of St. Nicholas, with this church appendant to it, to the prior and convent, to the divesting them of it by bishop Glanville, it is likely, instead of a curate being appointed, the duty of this parish was discharged by some member of the society, as it was probably afterwards, whilst in the possession of the hospital, by one of the priests of that foundation; however, within a few years after the convent recovered the permanent possession of St. Margaret's, a vicar was certainly appointed, for William Talevez occurs by that title in 1272.
The vicars seem to have had only a yearly stipend from the convent for their pains, for more than a century afterwards; but in 1401, the prior and chapter came into a composition with the vicar for the endowment of this church; in which they agreed, that the vicar and his successors should for the future have, for their maintenance, and the support of the burthens therein mentioned, a mansion with its appurtenances, to be assigned for the vicarage of it, and the accustomed and entire altarage of it, and all the small tithes of the three manors of Nessenden and Great and Little Delce, and of all goods and lands, except the tithes of mills, within the parish, and except the tithes, great, small, and mixed, arising from the lands, cattle, and other things belonging to the religious; and that he and his successors should have three quarters of wheat with three heaps, and three quarters of barley with three heaps, to be taken yearly at their barn, at the times therein mentioned, and the tithes of sheaves, which should arise in gardens not cultivated with the plough; and that the vicar and his suc cessors, content with the above portion, should not demand any thing further of the religious or their successors; and further, that he and they should undergo, at their own proper costs and charges, the burthens of repairing, maintaining, and new building, as often as need should be, the buildings, with their appurtenances, and all other things belonging to the said mansion, with its appurtenances, as well as all things belonging to the celebration of divine services, and the administration of the sacraments and sacramentals to the parishioners, and the finding of bread and wine, lights, books, vestments, and other ornaments necessary to the celebration of divine services, which of custom or right ought to belong to the secular rectors of this church; and also the procurations and subsidies, according to the taxation of his and their portion; but all other things whatsoever, belonging or which in future should belong to this church, as well as all tithes whatsoever, arising or to arise from the lands and possessions of the prior and convent within the parish, even though they should be let or sold to laymen, they the said prior and convent should take and have, who should likewise maintain and repair the chancel, except as before excepted, at their own proper costs and charges. Notwithstanding the stipulation of the vicar for himself and his successors, not to require any increase of their portion from the prior and convent, Edmund Harefelde, vicar of this church, did not consider this clause as obligatory upon him; for in 1488, he petitioned the bishop for an augmentation of his vicarial portion, who decreed, that the vicar and his successors should yearly receive, as the portion of his vicarage, from the prior and convent, five marcs in money; and out of the tithes and profits of this church, appropriated to the prior and convent, four quarters of wheat with four heaps, and four quarters of barley with four heaps, to be taken yearly at their barns of the Upper court, in Harreat, with liberty of entry and distress on the parsonage on non-payment; and he decreed, that the endowment of the vicarage, over and above the portion above mentioned, should be as follows, that the vicar for the time being should have the mansion of the vicarage of this church, with the garden adjoining, for his habitation, which they used to have of old time there, and then had; and all manner of oblations whatsoever within the bounds of the parish, and all manner of tithes whatsoever, as of hay, lambs, wool, mills, calves, chicken, pigs, geese, ducks, eggs, bees, honey, wax, cheese, milk, the produce of the dairy, flax, hemp, pears, apples, swans, pidgeons, merchandizes, fisheries, pastures, onions, garlics, and saffrons whatsoever arising and coming; and also the tithes of sheaves in gardens, whether cultivated with the plough or dug with the foot, increasing within the parish; and the tithes also of firewood, woods, thorns, silva cedua, as well as of all billets, faggots, and fardels whatsoever, within the limits of the parish; and he further decreed, that the burthens of repairing, amending, and new building the mansion, with every appurtenance belonging to it, and the celebration and ministration of the sacraments and the sacramentals to the parishioners, of the finding of bread and wine, and lights to the church, either of right or custom due, should belong to and be borne by the vicar and his successors, as well as all episcopal burthens of the said church, according to the taxation of his portion. But that the burthen of repairing and amending the chancel of the church, as well within as without, as also the finding and repairing of books, vestments, and other ornaments, for the celebration of those divine rights, which of old, either by right or custom, belonged to the rectors of the church, should in future be borne by the prior and convent and their successors, at their own proper charge and expence; and that all other burthens, ordinary and extraordinary, of the vicarage, and to the vicar belonging, by reason of tha same, except as before excepted, should belong to him and his successors, to be borne and supported at his and their own proper costs and charges; saving to the bishop and his successors, a right of augmenting and diminishing this vicarage, and of correcting, amending, and explaining the above decree, whenever he or they should think it expedient so to do; and saving to himself and his successors, all episcopal right, (fn. 43) &c.
The appropriation of this church, and the patronage of the vicarage, continued part of the possessions of the prior and convent till the dissolution of the monastery, in 1540, when it was surrendered into the king's hands, who three years after, by his dotation charter, settled this appropriation and vicarage on his new founded dean and chapter of Rochester, where they remain at this time.
Adjoining to the north wall of the church yard is a piece of ground, which has probably belonged to the vicars of this parish ever since their first institution here; an antient court roll mentions their being possessed of it in the year 1317.
In the 5th year of king Edward III. John de Folkstan, vicar of St. Margaret's, held a messuage, with its appurtenances, adjoining to the church yard, by the assignment of the prior and convent, with the ordination of the bishop, as belonging to the portion of his vicarage; which messuage, with its appurtenances, was held of the master and brethren of the hospital of Stroud, by fealty, and the service of two shillings yearly, and also the payment of twelvepence to them, after the death of each vicar. (fn. 44)
The vicars, I am told, now hold this piece of land of the dean and chapter, as of their manor of Ambree, on their paying a small acknowledgment.
The vicarage house being from age become irreparable, was taken down, with an intention of erecting a convenient and substantial dwelling in the room of it; for which purpose Mr. Lowth, the late vicar, for several years deposited an annual sum with the dean and chapter, towards defraying the charges of it; and about 1781, erected on this spot a neat and convenient house, built of brick and sashed, with proper offices adjoining, for the use of himself and his successors, vicars of this parish. By an agreement between John Ready, vicar of it, and the dean and chapter, the former, in consideration of several benefits and benevolences done to him by the latter, consented to take an annual payment of 5l. 6s. 8d. instead of the pension in money and corn, granted by the composition made in 1488. Some recompence indeed has since been made for this unjust bargain by the dean and chapter, who have settled on it a larger augmentation than on any other church in their patronage. The vicarage of St. Margaret is valued in the king's books at 10l. and the yearly tenths at 1l. (fn. 45)
¶In the survey, taken after the death of Charles I. in 1649, of the church livings within this diocese, by the powers then in being, on the intended abolition of deans and chapters, it was returned, that there were belonging to this rectory or parsonage, a parsonagehouse, two barns, one stable, and other houshings, and also certain tithes, profits, &c. belonging to it, together with certain glebe land, called Court-hill and Court hill marsh, containing together nine acres, and and one marsh, lying in the parish of St. Nicholas, Rochester, called Cow marsh, with the waste ground called salts, containing together seven acres, and all that piece of ground called Upper court, alias Hogshaw, containing one acre; in all seventeen acres, worth together 130l. per annum, viz. the house and lands, 12l. per annum, and the tithes 118l. per ann. all which were let, among other premises, by Henry King, late dean of the cathedral church of Rochester, by his indenture, in 1639, to George Newman, esq. for twenty-one years, at the yearly rent, for Preestfield and Stroud marsh, of 4s. 4d. per annum, and for all the other premises twelve quarters of wheat, heaped, making together the yearly rent of 31l. 1s. 8d. Next the vicarage was, in like manner surveyed, and returned at the yearly value of 30l. (fn. 46)
Heritage Weekend is more than just the Saturday. In fact its more than one weekend. And the website for the weekend listed many intersting places to go, but few in east Kent on the Sunday, but St Margaret's being open was one of them.
So, after we had left St Mildred in Canterbury, we drove up the M2, and then through the usual strip malls and urban spread that is the Medway Towns.
The sat nav took us down narrow streets, across a main road, and up a slight hill, and announced we had arrived.
Nothing churchy leaped out at me.
I thought maybe down the narrow lane in front. It was then I saw the wall.
The wall looked chuchy. And beyond was an early 19th century building that had heritage bunting strung out.
Bingo.
The first view had the tower hidden by a tree, I thought perhaps it didn't have one.
But nearer to the church I could see it did have a tower, an a medieval one at that, it looked like an unhappy coupling.
I was given a very warm welcome, and the history of the church was explained:
the original church was in a ruinous state at the start of the 19th century, and when Army and Naval officers began to have houses built in the area, they wanted a nice fashionable church.
So the nave and chancel were taken down, and the current nave put in its place.
Built before the English Gothic fervour took hold.
The east and west windows have been replaced since the church was built.
Would I like to go up the tower? THere's a chance in then minutes.
It was hot and my heart really wasn't in it, but for photography, I'll do it.
So, we walked round the outside of the tower, into through the bottom door, then up and round and round, as the steps got ever steeper and worn.
Would the views be worth it? THey'd better.
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THE PARISH OF ST. MARGARET is of large extent, and contains all the lands without the walls on the south side of the city, that are within the bounds of its jurisdiction. It is stiled in some records, St. Margaret's in Suthgate, (fn. 22) and in those of the city, the Borough of Suthgate. (fn. 23)
There are two streets of houses in this parish, the one called St. Margaret's-street, leading from Bully-hill to the church, and so on to Borstall and Woldham southward; the other at some distance from it called St. Margaret's-bank, being a long row of houses, situated on a high bank at the north-east boundary of the parish, on the south side of the great London road to Dover, between St. Catherine's hospital in Rochester, and the Victualling-office, in Chatham. These houses are within the manor of Larkhill.
THERE are SEVERAL MANORS within the bounds of this parish, the most eminent of which is that of
BORSTALL, which was given to the church of Rochester and bishop Beornmod, in the year 811, by Cænulf, king of Mercia, as three plough lands.
This manor seems to have continued part of the possessions of the church of Rochester, without any interruption, till the time of the conquest. It is thus described in the general survey of Domesday, taken in the year 1080, under the general title of Terra Epi Rovecestre, i. e. the lands of the bishop of Rochester.
In the hundred of Rochester, the same bishop (of Rochester) holds Borchetelle. In the time of king Edward the Confessor it was taxed at two sulings, and now for one suling and an half. The arable land is four carucates. In demesne there are two carucates, and six villeins with three carucates. There are 50 acres of meadow, and two mills of 20 shillings. In the time of king Edward, and afterwards, it was worth six pounds, and now 10 pounds.
In Rochester the bishop had, and yet has, 24 plats of ground, which belong to Frindsbury and Borstal, his own manors. In the time of king Edward the Confessor, and afterwards, they were worth three pounds, now they are worth eight pounds, and yet they yield yearly 11 pounds and 13 shillings and four-pence.
When bishop Gundulph was elected to this see in the time of the Conqueror, and after the example of his patron, archbishop Lanfranc, separated his own revenues from those of his convent, this manor in the division was allotted to the bishop and his successors.
On a taxation of the bishop of Rochester's manors, in 1255, it appears that the bishop had in the manor of Borstalle one hundred and forty acres of arable, estimated each acre at 4d. forty acres of salt meadow at 8d. each, and fourteen acres of salt pasture, each at 6d. which, with the rents of assise, made the total value of the whole manor 9l. 10s. 3d. the repair of the buildings yearly amounting to twenty shillings. (fn. 24)
This manor still continues in the possession of the bishop of Rochester; but the demesne lands are leased out by him to Mrs. Vade, of Croydon, in Surry.
By the agreement made between John Lowe, bishop of Rochester, and the bailiff and citizens of Rochester, in the 27th year of king Henry VI. concerning the limits of the jurisdiction of the city, according to the charter then lately made to them, this borough and manor of Borstall was declared to be exempt from the precinct of the hundred of Rochester, and the law-day of it, and from all payments, fines, suits forfeitures and amerciaments due on that account, as being within the liberty of the bishop, and his church. (fn. 25)
The monks of Rochester priory had several grants of TYTHES, and other premises made to them within this manor and hamlet.
Robert Ernulf and Eadric de Borstalle, gave the tithes of their lands in Borstalle to the priory, which were confirmed to it by several bishops of Rochester, and others (fn. 26) In which confirmations they are described, as the whole tithe of Borstalle of corn, and two parts of the tithes of the land of Ralph de Borstalle. (fn. 27) Eadric de Hescenden, with his wife and two sons, entered into the society of the monks of this priory, upon condition, that when they died, the monks should say a service for them, as for their brethren; and the monks were to have for ever the tithes of their lands in Borestealle and Freondesberie, but in corn only.
Several parcels of land, &c. lying within the manor or hamlet of Borstall, were likewise at times given to these monks. All these premises continued part of the possessions of the priory till the dissolution of it, in 1549, when they were surrendered into the king's hands, and were settled by him, three years afterwards, on his new founded dean and chapter of Rochester, where they remain at present.
This manor, with others in this neighbourhood, was bound antiently to contribute to the repair of the first pier of Rochester-bridge.
NASHENDEN is a manor in this parish, which lies about three-quarters of a mile south-eastward from Borstall. In the Textus Roffensis it is called Hescenden, and in Domesday, Essedene.
This manor was part of those vast possessions, with which William the Conqueror enriched his half-brother Odo, the great bishop of Baieux; accordingly it is thus entered, under the title of that prelate's lands, in the general survey of Domesday:
Rannulf de Columbels holds of the bishop (of Baieux) Essedene. It was taxed at one suling. The arable land is . . . . In demesne there is one carucate, and 19 villeins, with three borderers having three carucates. There are three servants, and 8 acres of meadow. In the time of king Edward the Confessor, it was worth three pounds, when he received it four pounds, now five pounds. Earl Leuuin held it.
It appears by the red book of the exchequer, that this estate in the reign of king Henry II. was held by Thomas de Nessingden, of Daniel de Crevequer, as one knight's fee of the old feoffment.
In the reign of king Edward I. this manor was become the property of Jeffry Haspale, whose descendant, John de Aspale, for so the name was then spelt, died possessed of Nashenden in the 31st year of that reign, holding it of the king in capite. After which it appears to have come into the name of Basing, and from thence quickly after into that of Charles.
Richard Charles, as appears by the inquisition taken after his death, anno 1 Richard II. died possessed of the manor of Naseden, which he held of the king in capite by knight's service, excepting forty acres of pasture and wood, which he held of the lord Grey, as of his manor of Aylesford; whose nephew, Richard, son of his brother Roger Charles, died possessed of it in the 11th year of that reign, holding it of the king in capite, as of his honor of Peverel and Hagenet, by knight's service.
Nicholas Haut afterwards possessed this manor, in right of his wife Alice, who was a descendant of the above-mentioned family. She held it for the term of her life with remainder to James Peckham, who on her death, in the 1st year of king Henry IV. came into the possession of it. He obtained the king's licence two years afterwards, to give and amortize to the wardens of Rochester-bridge, and their successors, this manor, and also one hundred acres of pasture, with their appurtenances in Ellesford, the manor then being worth yearly, and above all reprises 6l. 13s. 4d. per annum. (fn. 28) Since which it has continued part of the possessions of the wardens and commonalty of the said bridge, for the support and repair of it. The present lessees of this manor are Leonard Bartholemew and Phil. Boghurst, esqrs.
An account of the tithes of this manor will be given, with those of Little Delce in this parish. (fn. 29)
There was a chapel at this place, dependent on the parish church of St. Margaret. (fn. 29)
GREAT DELCE is a manor which, with the estate now called LOWER DELCE, lies on the eastern side of this parish, about half a mile southward from Eastgate, in Rochester. It was formerly called Much Delce and Delce Magna, or Great Delce, and was given by William the Conqueror to Odo, bishop of Baieux, his halfbrother, under the title of whose lands it is thus entered in the general survey of Domesday:
In the lath of Aylesford, in Rochester hundred, the son of William Tabum holds Delce of the bishop (of Baieux). It was taxed at one suling and one yoke. The arable land is . . . . . There is one carucate in demesne, and five villeins having five carucates. There are 12 acres of meadow, wood for the pannage of one bog. In the time of king Edward the Confessor, and afterwards, it was worth three pounds, and now 70 shillings. Godric held it of king Edward.
This manor afterwards came into the possession of a family, to which it gave name. Herebert, Gosfrid, and Hugo de Delce possessed it in successive generations. After which it passed to Buckerel, and the heirs of Thomas Buckerel, in the latter end of the reign of king Henry III. held it as two knights fees and a half, of Bertram de Criol. (fn. 30) After which this estate seems to have been separated into parcels, for Geoffry de Haspale held this manor as the fourth part of a knight's fee only, at the time of his death, in the 15th year of king Edward I. as appears by the inquisition taken for that purpose.
The next family who succeeded, as appears by the original deeds of this estate, was that of Molineux, descended from those of Sefton, in Lancashire; but they did not keep possession of it long, for by the evidence of an antient court roll, Benedict de Fulsham was lord of it in the 30th year of king Edward III. His descendant, Richard Fulsham, held it of the king in capite, as the fourth part of a knight's fee, at his death in the 5th year of king Henry V. Soon after which this name seems to have become extinct here; for in the 9th year of that reign, Reginald Love died possessed of it, and his successor held it till the latter end of king Henry VI's reign, when it passed by sale to William Venour, whose arms were, Argent, on a fess sable five escallops or, three and two, and who died possessed of this manor in the 1st year of king Edward IV. After which it was within a few months conveyed by sale to Markham, descended from an antient family of that name in Nottinghamshire, in which name it staid but a very short time before it was sold to Tate, who passed it away to Sir Richard Lee, citizen of London, and grocer, who served the office of lord-mayor in the 39th year of king Henry VI. and the 9th year of king Edward IV. (fn. 31) He was the eldest son of John Lee, of Wolksted, in Surry, and grandson of Symon Lee, who was descended of ancestors in Worcestershire, and bore for his arms, Azure, on a sess cotized or, three leopard's faces gules. He lies buried in the church of St. Stephen, Walbrook, his arms are remaining in East-Grinsted church, and in that of St. Dionis Backchurch, in London, with those of several marriages of his posterity; his son Richard Lee seems to have had this manor of Great Delce by gift of his father during his life-time, and kept his shrievalty at this mansion in the 19th year of the latter reign, his son Richard, who was both of Delce and of Maidstone, left two sons, the youngest of whom, Edward, was archbishop of York, (fn. 32) and the eldest Richard, was of Delce, whose only surviving son, Godfrey, in the 31st year of Henry VIII. procured his lands to be disgavelled, by the general act passed for this purpose, (fn. 33) after which his descendants continued to reside here for several generations, but Richard Lee, esq. about the latter end of queen Anne's reign, passed away the whole of this estate, excepting the manor, and forty acres of land, to Thomas Chiffinch, esq. of Northfleet, in this county, from which time this seat and estate acquired the name of Lower Delce.
Thomas Chiffinch, esq. died in 1727, and was succeeded by Thomas Chiffinch, esq. his only son and heir, who died without issue in 1775, and by his will bequeathed this, among his other estates, to his niece and heir-at-law, Mary, the daughter of his sister Elizabeth Comyns, who afterwards carried them in marriage to Francis Wadman, esq. of the Hive, in Northfleet, and he is the present possessor of Lower Delce.
THE MANOR OF GREAT DELCE, and the forty acres of land above-mentioned, together with a farm, called King's Farm, continued in the possession of Richard Lee, esq. who died possessed of them in 1724, and his grandson, Richard Lee, esq. of Clytha, in Wales, now possesses this manor; but in 1769, he alienated all the demesnes of it, together with King's farm, to Mr. Sampson Waring, of Chatham, who died possessed of them in 1769, leaving his brother, Mr. Walter Waring, and his sister, Mrs. Smith, of Lower Delce, his executors, who are at this time entitled to the profits of them. The court for the manor of Great Delce has not been held for some years.
The manor is held by castle-guard rent of Rochester castle; but when the mansion and most part of the lands were sold, as above mentioned, from Lee to Chiffinch, the former expressly charged the whole of that rent on the premises bought by Chiffinch, and entirely exonerated that part which he reserved to himself from paying any portion of it.
An account of the tithes of this manor, given to the priory of Rochester, may be seen under the following description of Little Delce manor.
LITTLE DELCE, or DELCE PARVA, now known by the name of UPPER DELCE, is a manor in this parish, situated in the high road between Rochester and Maidstone, somewhat more than a quarter of a mile from the former. This likewise, as well as that of Great Delce, was given by William the Conqueror to his half brother Odo, bishop of Baieux; under the general title of whose lands it is thus described in the book of Domesday:
In Rochester hundred, Ansgotus de Roucestre holds Delce of the bishop (of Baieux). It was taxed at one suling. The arable land is two carucates, and there are in demesne . . . . . . . with one villein, and five borderers, and six servants. There are 12 acres of meadow, and 60 acres of pasture. In the time of king Edward the Confessor, and afterwards, and now, it was, and is worth 100 shillings. Osuuard held it of king Edward.
This estate, on the disgrace of bishop Odo, most probably reverted again into the king's hands; and seems afterwards to have been in the possession of a family, who assumed their name, De Delce, from it, and held it of William de Say, as one knight's fee. (fn. 34)
In the reign of king John, this manor was in the possession of Jeffry de Bosco, a Norman; but when that province was seized by the king of France, the lands of the Normans, in this kingdom, became vested in the crown, by way of escheat or seizure, under the title of, Terra Normanorum; thus the manor of Little Delce was seized by king John, in the 5th year of his reign, who gave it to William de Ciriton, the sheriff, for two hundred pounds, two palfreys, and two gols hawks, (fn. 35) on condition, that if the said Jeffry should return to his allegiance, he should, without delay, again possess the same. (fn. 36) But this never happened, and this manor continued in the desendants of William de Ciriton. Odo de Ciriton died possessed of it it in the 31st year of king Henry III. holding it of the king in capite, by the service of one knight's fee. (fn. 37) This family was extinct here before the middle of the reign of king Edward I. for in the 9th year of that reign, as appears by Kirkby's Inquest. Richard Pogeys held this manor. At the latter end of the reign of king Edward III. it was possessed by the family of Basing, from which name it went into that of Charles. Richard Charles died possessed of the manor of Little Delce, in the 1st year of king Richard II. leaving his brother's sons, Richard and John, his next heirs; the former of whom died possessed of it, anno 11 Richard II. and left a son, Robert Charles, who dying without issue, his two sisters became his coheirs, viz. Alice, married to William Snayth, and Joan to Richard Ormskirk; and on the division of their estates, this manor fell to the share of William Snayth, commonly called Snette, in right of his wife, Alice, the eldest of them. Soon after which, Charles and William Snette, for so the name is spelt in the bridge archives, gave and amortized this manor of Little Delce, of the yearly value of six marcs, above all reprises, to the wardens of Rochester bridge and their successors, for the support and repair of the same. Since which it has acquired the name of Upper Delce, by which it is now only known, and it continues at this time part of the possessions of the wardens and commonalty of the said bridge, for the purposes above mentioned. The present lessees of this manor are Leonard Bartholomew and Philip Boghurst, esqrs.
The tithes of Great and Little Delce, Borstal, and Nashenden, were given, in the time of bishop Gundulph, to the priory of Rochester.
Gosfrid de Delce, together with his wife and children, on their being admitted to be partakers of the benefits received from the prayers of the monks, gave the whole of the tithes of Little Delce, both great and small, to the priory of St. Andrew.
Ansgotus de Rovecestre accepted of the like benefit from the church of St. Andrew, and the monks there, in the time of bishop Gundulph, and gave to the church and monks there, all his tithes, both great and small, of Great Delce, and in like manner the whole of his tithe mill, and of a certain piece of land included within the wall of the monks, towards the south, and five acres of land near Prestefelde, and at their request, gave them, on his death bed, cloathing, and they performed service for him as for a monk.
Uulmer, the tenant of Arnulf de Hesdine, by the advice of Adelold, brother of Baldwin, monk of St. Andrew, accepted the benefit of that society, and gave to it his whole tithe, worth ten shillings yearly. Robert de St. Armand gave his tithes of Neschendene and Borstelle to St. Andrew's priory. These several tithes were confirmed to the priory by various bishops of Rochester; by Theobald, archbishop, and Ralph, prior, and the convent of Canterbury. They remained part of the possessions of the priory till their dissolution in 1540; three years after which they were settled on the new founded dean and chapter of Roter, where they still remain.
The PARISH of St. MARGARET, is Rochester, is within the ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION of the diocese and deanry of Rochester. The church is situated at the south extremity of St. Margaret's-street; it consists of one nave and two chancels on the south side of much later date than the church. That towards the east end was built and long supported by the family of Lee, of Great Delce, whose remains lie in a large vault under this chancel; but since the alienation of their mansion here, the repair of this part of the fabric has devolved on the parishioners. The chancel, at the east end of the church, belongs to the appropriator, who consequently repairs it. At the west end of the church is a tower, containing five bells; it is entirely covered with ivy to the top of it, which makes a most beautiful and picturesque appearance. Against the east wall, in the south chancel, is the antient bust of a man in robes, with a coronet on his head. (fn. 38) In the reign of king Charles II. a coronet, set round with precious stones, was dug up in this church yard; and the report of the parish has been, that one of our Saxon kings was buried here.
Among other monuments and inscriptions in this church are the following: In the chancel, a brass for Syr James Roberte Preess, obt. Sep. 24, 1540. A monument, arms, Head, impaling quarterly a chevron between three hawks belled or, for Francis Head, esq. eldest son of Sir Richard Head. bart. obt. 1678; he married the only daughter of Sir George Ent. In the north window, Argent. three crosses bottony fitchee sable, and argent on a bend quarterly, an efcallop gules. In a pew, partly in the chancel and partly in the nave, Argent on a bend gules, between two peliers, three swans proper. In the nave, a brass for Tho. Cod. vicar, a benefactor to the steeple of this church, obt. Nov. 1465. In the chancel, south of the rectors, a monument, arms, Argent, a right hand couped sable, impaling Lee, for Thomas Manly, esq the third son and heir of George Manly, of Lach, esq. he married Jane, second daughter of Richard Lee, esq. of Delce, and left one only son and two daughters, obt. 1690. In the east window, arms of Lee, Azure on a fess cotized, or three leopards heads gules. In a chapel, west of the Lee chancel, in the east wall, a bust of a person with a crown on his head, much defaced. (fn. 39)
At the time of bishop Gundulph's coming to the see of Rochester, and for almost a century afterwards, this church or chapel of St. Margaret, for it is frequently mentioned by both names, was accounted only as an appendage to the parochial altar of St. Nicholas in the cathedral, and the one underwent the same changes as the other; (fn. 40) and Walter, bishop of Rochester, in 1147, confirmed the above mentioned parochial altar, together with this church of St. Margaret, which belonged as a chapel to it, to the monks of this priory, and appropriated it to them. This grant was set aside by bishop Gilbert de Glanville, in the beginning of the reign of king Richard I. who not only separated this church from the altar of St. Nicholas, and divested the monks of all manner of right to it; but on the foundation of his hospital at Stroud about the same time, he gave, in pure and perpetual alms, among other premises, this church of St. Margaret to the master and brethren of it, and appropriated it to them, reserving only half a marc yearly to be paid to the priory, in lieu of the oblations which the monks used to receive from it. (fn. 41)
The monks by no means acquiesced in this gift, but seized every opportunity of asserting their right to this church, and after several appeals to the pope from time to time, and confirmation and decrees made in favour of each party, (fn. 42) the dispute seems to have been finally settled in 1255, when the pope adjudged, that this church of St. Margaret, with all its appurtenances, should for the future belong to the prior and chapter of Rochester; accordingly from the above time they kept possession of it.
From the time of bishop Walter's appropriation of the profits of the parochial altar of St. Nicholas, with this church appendant to it, to the prior and convent, to the divesting them of it by bishop Glanville, it is likely, instead of a curate being appointed, the duty of this parish was discharged by some member of the society, as it was probably afterwards, whilst in the possession of the hospital, by one of the priests of that foundation; however, within a few years after the convent recovered the permanent possession of St. Margaret's, a vicar was certainly appointed, for William Talevez occurs by that title in 1272.
The vicars seem to have had only a yearly stipend from the convent for their pains, for more than a century afterwards; but in 1401, the prior and chapter came into a composition with the vicar for the endowment of this church; in which they agreed, that the vicar and his successors should for the future have, for their maintenance, and the support of the burthens therein mentioned, a mansion with its appurtenances, to be assigned for the vicarage of it, and the accustomed and entire altarage of it, and all the small tithes of the three manors of Nessenden and Great and Little Delce, and of all goods and lands, except the tithes of mills, within the parish, and except the tithes, great, small, and mixed, arising from the lands, cattle, and other things belonging to the religious; and that he and his successors should have three quarters of wheat with three heaps, and three quarters of barley with three heaps, to be taken yearly at their barn, at the times therein mentioned, and the tithes of sheaves, which should arise in gardens not cultivated with the plough; and that the vicar and his suc cessors, content with the above portion, should not demand any thing further of the religious or their successors; and further, that he and they should undergo, at their own proper costs and charges, the burthens of repairing, maintaining, and new building, as often as need should be, the buildings, with their appurtenances, and all other things belonging to the said mansion, with its appurtenances, as well as all things belonging to the celebration of divine services, and the administration of the sacraments and sacramentals to the parishioners, and the finding of bread and wine, lights, books, vestments, and other ornaments necessary to the celebration of divine services, which of custom or right ought to belong to the secular rectors of this church; and also the procurations and subsidies, according to the taxation of his and their portion; but all other things whatsoever, belonging or which in future should belong to this church, as well as all tithes whatsoever, arising or to arise from the lands and possessions of the prior and convent within the parish, even though they should be let or sold to laymen, they the said prior and convent should take and have, who should likewise maintain and repair the chancel, except as before excepted, at their own proper costs and charges. Notwithstanding the stipulation of the vicar for himself and his successors, not to require any increase of their portion from the prior and convent, Edmund Harefelde, vicar of this church, did not consider this clause as obligatory upon him; for in 1488, he petitioned the bishop for an augmentation of his vicarial portion, who decreed, that the vicar and his successors should yearly receive, as the portion of his vicarage, from the prior and convent, five marcs in money; and out of the tithes and profits of this church, appropriated to the prior and convent, four quarters of wheat with four heaps, and four quarters of barley with four heaps, to be taken yearly at their barns of the Upper court, in Harreat, with liberty of entry and distress on the parsonage on non-payment; and he decreed, that the endowment of the vicarage, over and above the portion above mentioned, should be as follows, that the vicar for the time being should have the mansion of the vicarage of this church, with the garden adjoining, for his habitation, which they used to have of old time there, and then had; and all manner of oblations whatsoever within the bounds of the parish, and all manner of tithes whatsoever, as of hay, lambs, wool, mills, calves, chicken, pigs, geese, ducks, eggs, bees, honey, wax, cheese, milk, the produce of the dairy, flax, hemp, pears, apples, swans, pidgeons, merchandizes, fisheries, pastures, onions, garlics, and saffrons whatsoever arising and coming; and also the tithes of sheaves in gardens, whether cultivated with the plough or dug with the foot, increasing within the parish; and the tithes also of firewood, woods, thorns, silva cedua, as well as of all billets, faggots, and fardels whatsoever, within the limits of the parish; and he further decreed, that the burthens of repairing, amending, and new building the mansion, with every appurtenance belonging to it, and the celebration and ministration of the sacraments and the sacramentals to the parishioners, of the finding of bread and wine, and lights to the church, either of right or custom due, should belong to and be borne by the vicar and his successors, as well as all episcopal burthens of the said church, according to the taxation of his portion. But that the burthen of repairing and amending the chancel of the church, as well within as without, as also the finding and repairing of books, vestments, and other ornaments, for the celebration of those divine rights, which of old, either by right or custom, belonged to the rectors of the church, should in future be borne by the prior and convent and their successors, at their own proper charge and expence; and that all other burthens, ordinary and extraordinary, of the vicarage, and to the vicar belonging, by reason of tha same, except as before excepted, should belong to him and his successors, to be borne and supported at his and their own proper costs and charges; saving to the bishop and his successors, a right of augmenting and diminishing this vicarage, and of correcting, amending, and explaining the above decree, whenever he or they should think it expedient so to do; and saving to himself and his successors, all episcopal right, (fn. 43) &c.
The appropriation of this church, and the patronage of the vicarage, continued part of the possessions of the prior and convent till the dissolution of the monastery, in 1540, when it was surrendered into the king's hands, who three years after, by his dotation charter, settled this appropriation and vicarage on his new founded dean and chapter of Rochester, where they remain at this time.
Adjoining to the north wall of the church yard is a piece of ground, which has probably belonged to the vicars of this parish ever since their first institution here; an antient court roll mentions their being possessed of it in the year 1317.
In the 5th year of king Edward III. John de Folkstan, vicar of St. Margaret's, held a messuage, with its appurtenances, adjoining to the church yard, by the assignment of the prior and convent, with the ordination of the bishop, as belonging to the portion of his vicarage; which messuage, with its appurtenances, was held of the master and brethren of the hospital of Stroud, by fealty, and the service of two shillings yearly, and also the payment of twelvepence to them, after the death of each vicar. (fn. 44)
The vicars, I am told, now hold this piece of land of the dean and chapter, as of their manor of Ambree, on their paying a small acknowledgment.
The vicarage house being from age become irreparable, was taken down, with an intention of erecting a convenient and substantial dwelling in the room of it; for which purpose Mr. Lowth, the late vicar, for several years deposited an annual sum with the dean and chapter, towards defraying the charges of it; and about 1781, erected on this spot a neat and convenient house, built of brick and sashed, with proper offices adjoining, for the use of himself and his successors, vicars of this parish. By an agreement between John Ready, vicar of it, and the dean and chapter, the former, in consideration of several benefits and benevolences done to him by the latter, consented to take an annual payment of 5l. 6s. 8d. instead of the pension in money and corn, granted by the composition made in 1488. Some recompence indeed has since been made for this unjust bargain by the dean and chapter, who have settled on it a larger augmentation than on any other church in their patronage. The vicarage of St. Margaret is valued in the king's books at 10l. and the yearly tenths at 1l. (fn. 45)
¶In the survey, taken after the death of Charles I. in 1649, of the church livings within this diocese, by the powers then in being, on the intended abolition of deans and chapters, it was returned, that there were belonging to this rectory or parsonage, a parsonagehouse, two barns, one stable, and other houshings, and also certain tithes, profits, &c. belonging to it, together with certain glebe land, called Court-hill and Court hill marsh, containing together nine acres, and and one marsh, lying in the parish of St. Nicholas, Rochester, called Cow marsh, with the waste ground called salts, containing together seven acres, and all that piece of ground called Upper court, alias Hogshaw, containing one acre; in all seventeen acres, worth together 130l. per annum, viz. the house and lands, 12l. per annum, and the tithes 118l. per ann. all which were let, among other premises, by Henry King, late dean of the cathedral church of Rochester, by his indenture, in 1639, to George Newman, esq. for twenty-one years, at the yearly rent, for Preestfield and Stroud marsh, of 4s. 4d. per annum, and for all the other premises twelve quarters of wheat, heaped, making together the yearly rent of 31l. 1s. 8d. Next the vicarage was, in like manner surveyed, and returned at the yearly value of 30l. (fn. 46)
Shown here is an image from an exhibit about the history of the Indian School at the College of William and Mary, on display from February 18-21, 2011 for a conference for the Virginia Indian Nations Summit on Higher Education and Native American Student Association Summit on Higher Education at the School of Education building.
The following is taken from the label text for this exhibit:
Although the English colonists in Virginia attempted to establish an Indian School as early as 1618, it was with the death of British scientist Sir Robert Boyle in 1691, that an Indian School at the College of William & Mary became a real possibility. Between 1695 and 1697, William & Mary President James Blair signed an agreement with the executors of Boyle’s will to invest funds in an estate in Yorkshire, England known as Brafferton. The rents generated annually paid the College 90 pounds to support the Indian School. The main purpose of the school was to educate students who would then attempt to convert other members of their tribes to Christianity.
The Governors of Virginia attempted to enroll students by convincing Virginia’s American Indian tribes that their sons would learn to read and write as well as the English colonists. When that failed to generate students, William & Mary resorted to buying their pupils from local Native Americans who captured the boys from other tribes. While the Indian School failed to convert many pupils to Christianity, it was beneficial for those students who were able to use their extensive knowledge gained from living in Williamsburg to assist their tribes in defending their way of life against the English colonists. Enrollment at the school reached a high of 24 students in 1712, declined to 8 by 1754, and remained at that level until the school closed in 1777 as a result of the American Revolution.
Excerpts from meetings of the William & Mary faculty with references to the Indian School and requests for funds for the library to support the education of the students. Reproductions of the 10 August 1732 Faculty Minutes, Faculty Assembly Records, UA 133
An account from the Indian School for Doctors James and William Carter for medical services provided to students. Reproduction of an account for James and William Carter, Brafferton Estate Collection, UA 113, Acc. 1994.009
As seen on this page from the Bursar’s account book, from 1771 to 1776, the Indian School at William & Mary enrolled five students. The Manor of Brafferton Account from the Bursar’s Book, Office of the Bursar, UA 72, Acc. 1983.122
The 1782 Frenchman’s Map shows the Brafferton building in relation to the rest of the town of Williamsburg. The map is so-named because it was drafted by an unknown Frenchman probably stationed with Rochambeau's army during the American Revolution. The original Frenchman’s Map is also owned by William & Mary. Reproduction of the 1978 Reprint of the Frenchman’s Map of Williamsburg, Virginia, Mss. Acc. 2009.002
Account from William & Mary for clothing for pupils of the Indian School, 1773. Account for Clothing from the Indian School, Brafferton Estate Collection, UA 113, Acc. 2011.068
Color portrait of Virginia Lieutenant Governor Alexander Spotswood, 1736. “Alexander Spotswood: Portrait of a Governor,” Walter Havighurst, F234.W7 W7.
Photograph of a portrait of Sir Robert Boyle, British scientist and the benefactor of the Indian School at William & Mary. Photograph of an oil portrait of Sir Robert Boyle owned by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, University Archives Photograph Collection, UA 8
When the English colonists were unable to find pupils for the Indian School, colonial officials negotiating treaties with Virginia’s American Indian tribes attempted to convince them to send their sons to the school. Transcripts from “The Official Letters of Governor Spotswood…” and “Executive Journals of the Council of Colonial Virginia,” University Archives Subject File Collection, UA 9
Alexander Spotswood, Lieutenant Governor of Virginia from 1710 to 1722, was a strong supporter of the Indian School and frequently requested additional money to sustain the school. Memorial of Alexander Spotswood’s Letter to the Bishop of London, 1712, Brafferton Estate Collection, UA 113, Acc. 1994.009
Initially, classes for students were held in temporary quarters around Williamsburg and then later in the College’s Wren Building. In 1723, William & Mary used funds from the Boyle estate to fund a new building, named The Brafferton, to house the Indian School. Shown here is a photograph of an engraving found in the Bodleian Library in England showing the three College buildings (l to r): the Brafferton, Wren Building, and President’s House, circa 1740. Reproduction of the Bodleian Plate photograph of Wren Yard, University Archives Photograph Collection, UA 8
From the Special Collections Research Center, Earl Gregg Swem Library at the College of William and Mary. See swem.wm.edu/scrc/ for further information and assistance.
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (Jan. 17, 2023) U.S. Naval Academy midshipmen give a presentation to Fabien Cousteau, executor and founder of Proteus Ocean Group (POG), and members of his team on their capstone project. The midshipmen are working with Proteus as part of their final capstone project. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jordyn Diomede)
Although she was a Loyalist, she lived to see her son, George Washington, become President of the United States of America.
From what I have read, she would have applied for Food Stamps and all entitlements she could had they been available:
"Mary Washington was by no means poor despite the fact that she petitioned the Government of Virginia claiming to be destitute."
Her son, George, purchased her a fine house in Fredericksburg, where she lived from 1772 until her death in 1789. In her will, Mary Washington left George the majority of her lands and appointed him as her executor.
These views of the Hollytrees Museum in Colchester from the High Street. Saw this side after leaving The Minories. Also home of the Visitor Information Centre.
Hollytrees Museum is a free to visit, publicly owned museum in the centre of Colchester and close to Colchester Castle. It is situated in an eighteenth-century house ("Hollytrees"), which was used as a private residence until 1929, when it became a museum.
The first house on the site, known as "Symnells" after its owner, was later bought by the Shaw family, and passed from John Shaw to John Shaw III and John Shaw IV. When he died a minor, the house passed into chancery; his mother Jane Lessingham bought it but soon died. The modern house was constructed in for Elizabeth Cornelisen, who had bought the site from Lessingham's executors and promptly tore down the existing structure in poor condition. Construction commenced on 10 May 1718 at a cost of £630 plus brickwork and tiling; the total refurbishment was estimated to have cost £2000. She died soon after, bequeathing the house to her niece, Sarah Creffeild (née Webster), who left it to her second husband Charles Gray. It was, at that time, known as "Esqr Creffield's [sic]". Possession of the house reverted to the Creffeilds; through Thamer Creffeild to James Round, who left to his brother Charles, who left it to his son Charles Gray Round, who left to it to his nephew James Round. The Rounds finally sold it to the Corporation of Colchester in 1922, a purchase paid for privately by Viscount Cowdray and his wife. It became a museum in 1929.
The house is known as Hollytrees after two holly trees planted in the grounds by Charles Gray in 1729 and is now a free to visit museum serving the centre of Colchester and specialising in local history. It is a grade I listed building.
Grade I Listed Building
Listing Text
1. HIGH STREET
995 (North Side)
TL 9925 SE 5/111 Holly Trees (Museum)
24.2.50.
I
2.
A fine early C13 brick building, standing back from the road in its own
grounds - now part of the Municipal Castle Park. Good ironwork railings
with gate to the street. Built circa 1717-18, it was formerly the home
of Charles Gray (1696-1783) MP for Colchester and owner of the Castle
estate; he lived here over 60 years. The west wing was added in 1748, by
James Deane. The main building is of 3 storeys and basement, red brick
with rubbed brick dressings, parapet to front and rear elevations.
Both elevations have a 5-window range of double hung sashes with glazing
bars, segmental heads. The front has a fine central doorcase with flat
hood, carved consoles. Fluted pilasters, semi-circular fanlight, 6-panel
door, iron handrail to flight of steps to door. The west wing is of 3
storeys, but at a lower level, with cut brick rustications to the ground
floor, 1st floor window with moulded brick pediment and architrave,
Venetian window on garden elevation, brick bands. Many original interior
features.
Listing NGR: TL9996025268
This text is from the original listing, and may not necessarily reflect the current setting of the building.
Description
1. HIGH STREET
995 (North Side)
TL 9925 SE 5/111 Holly Trees (Museum)
24.2.50.
I
2.
A fine early C13 brick building, standing back from the road in its own
grounds - now part of the Municipal Castle Park. Good ironwork railings
with gate to the street. Built circa 1717-18, it was formerly the home
of Charles Gray (1696-1783) MP for Colchester and owner of the Castle
estate; he lived here over 60 years. The west wing was added in 1748, by
James Deane. The main building is of 3 storeys and basement, red brick
with rubbed brick dressings, parapet to front and rear elevations.
Both elevations have a 5-window range of double hung sashes with glazing
bars, segmental heads. The front has a fine central doorcase with flat
hood, carved consoles. Fluted pilasters, semi-circular fanlight, 6-panel
door, iron handrail to flight of steps to door. The west wing is of 3
storeys, but at a lower level, with cut brick rustications to the ground
floor, 1st floor window with moulded brick pediment and architrave,
Venetian window on garden elevation, brick bands. Many original interior
features.
Listing NGR: TL9996025268
The entrance to the museum is round the back in Castle Park. To the right was the Wetzler Garden.
Memo to A Paton, Esq., from Edgar Jones, Executor to Alfred Jones, regarding Denbeigh Lodge, dated 1917.
Headless John Chapman alias Barker 1582 stands opposite his wife Julyann www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/518008283/ daughter of Thomas Derehaugh of Badingham
John was the son of Richard Barker of Nayland dc1561 and wife Alice 1560
Children
3 sons www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/518008245/ and 3 daughters www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/517963650/
1. Edmund the heir
2. John
3. Anthony dsp 1594
1. Ann m Thomas Barker of Colchester
2. Dorothy m Frederick Johnson of Ipswich
3. Elizabeth m .... Smythe
Will = "my capital messuage with all my lands in Sibton and Yoxford to Edmund, with remainder to son John, then to son Anthony and lastly to the next male to the common law. To Edmund after the decease of my brother Thomas Barker my houses and lands in Peasenhall To John lands in Blaxhall and Farnam and meadow in Bedhall. To Anthony at 21 houses and lands in Aldburgh, Haslewood, Saxmundham and Standfield. My daughters Elizabeth and Dorothy. To my brother Thomas Chapman alias Barker my house in Peasenhall named New Inn. To Ann Barker of Colchester the whole sum of £10 and no more, to be paid by my son Edmund. My sons to be executors
- Sibton church Suffolk
c1517-c1573 Nicholas Powtrell second son of John Powtrell of West Hallam by Margaret co-heiress daughter of John Strelley of Strelley (and younger brother of Thomas www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member... )
m1 Anne daughter of Walter Rodney of Stoke Rodney by Elizabeth daughter of Edward Compton (Elizabeth m2 Sir John Chaworth www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/9518954070/ )
(her sister Elizabeth m his brother Thomas ) (her brother Maurice aged 9 at his father's death was "carelessly brought up by his guardian Sei'jeant Powtrell", married while under age a blacksmith's daughter, after divorce from whom he re-married Joan, daughter of Sir Thomas Dyer of Somerford )
Children
1. Nicholas dsp
m2 ?
Pre 1554 Nicholas bought part of the manor here from Sir Edward Stanhope and built the hall.
In 1546 he was appointed to the recordership of Nottingham and also MP for Nottingham 3 times. In November 1554 he was one of a number of MPs prosecuted in the King’s bench for absenting themselves without licence. In 1557 he was fined 53s.4d and his absence was held to be deliberate and inexcusable: His public career showed no advancement during the remainder of Mary’s reign, but evidence against him coincided with his leaving the recordership
At the beginning of the reign of Elizabeth he was made serjeant-at-law and a judge at Lancaster, and for several years he was busy on commissions in his home county and further north until ending abruptly c1565 and thereafter he disappeared almost completely from public life. He was not yet an old man, but he could have been an ailing one, or perhaps he paid the penalty for recusancy, not on his own account but on his family’s, - in 1564 the archbishop of York omitted to categorize him—but his nephew’s house at West Hallam had become a refuge for Catholic priests:
During his earlier career Powtrell was associated with the Willoughbys of Wollaton from whom he received an annuity and although not one of his servants he performed services for the Manners Earls of Rutland.
In 1573 he bought land from William Thornehill, gent in the manors of Cassalls and Claworth, 25 messuages, 12 cottages, etc. there and in Heyton, Clarebrough, Wheatley, Wieston Gringley super montem, Saunby, Dole and Deckingham, Nottinghamshire, for £220.
Having no issue, In his will of Sept. 1579 he recited an indenture drawn up in the previous year leasing the manor of Egmanton and lands in Laxton, Tuxford and Weston to his niece Julian and her husband William Mason, two of his executors; he had afterwards granted these properties to a group of feoffees, including his cousin Thomas Markham, to his own use and on his death to that of Markham and his heirs. He had made a similar arrangement for the disposal of other lands in north Nottinghamshire, intending at that time to disinherit his nephew Walter Powtrell, because of "the untrue and slanderous reports and of the unnatural dealing that he and his wife have and do daily use towards me". In his will, however, Powtrell declared his ‘"readiness ... to die in charity towards them and all the world", and in the hope that his nephew’s son would prove "more wise, honest ... and of better judgment"’ he granted these lands to Thomas Markham to the use of Walter and his heirs. His household goods, articles of silver and other valuables Powtrell left to relatives, including his nephews the Masons and the Stringers, and he made several monetary bequests to his servants. William Dabridgecourt and Thomas Markham were appointed supervisors.
After his death his attempt to disinherit his nephew in favour of his couisin Thomas Markham of Ollerton provoked a dispute between Walter Powtrell and the executors; In June 1584 the administration of the will was granted to Walter Powtrell as next of kin, but in March 1587 this was revoked and probate was granted to the executors
www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member... - Church of St Mary Egmanton Nottinghamshire
Margaret 1489 heiress daughter of Agnes 1465 & John Stock / Stokke / Stokes of Warmington stands next to her husband William Browne 1489 on the south chapel floor in their original place where he asked in his will of 17th February 1489 to be buried .
Wealthy wool merchant of the staple, Mayor, Justice of the Peace, Alderman, Sheriff, Benefactor. Acquired during his lifetime around 200 properties and 10,000 acres of land including the Manor of Lilford He and his brother John 1475 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/B6W946 restored, embellished and enlarged the 13c church of All Saints c1475 after major damage by lancastrians during the Wars of the Roses..
Browne's hospital www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/N8Uh6c , an almshouse in Broad Street adjacent to where he lived and which is still in use today was founded in November 1493 on his instructions after his death by his widow Margaret, Thomas Stokke, clerk, her brother and other executors which was dedicated to pray their souls and also for the Queen, Sir Reynold Bray and wife Katherine, Thomas Stokke and William Elmes,
William who died on 14th April 1489 stands on 2 woolsacks, over his head is his motto "X me spede" (Christ speed me) and at his feet the family crest of a stork on a woolsack. Over Margaret are the words "Dere Lady help at need"
A long inscription translates -
"Since Thou alone art King of kings, Lord of lords
All that is and will be shall be subjected to Thy will
My body entered the earth, but my spirit to Thee
hastens to run. Thou God, accept me,
Who put my hope in Thee, Son of God, gentle Father
and Holy Ghost thundering from on high - accept and receive me, I have sinned, I have done much evil, and rue this
Thou God accept and receive me who is calling out to Thee !
Enter not, Lord, in judgement, unless beforehand
Thou deignest to give me of Thy redeeming grace, which is enough and since for the sake of the salvation of our souls
Thou, King, wast on earth, receive me, my God! "
William was the son of John Browne 1442, wool merchant, and wife Margery / Margaret 1460 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/z1Zb1N
He m Margaret 1489 heiress daughter of Agnes 1465 & John Stock / Stokke / Stokes of Warmington
Children
1. Elizabeth c1441-1511 m John Elmes 1497 of Henley-on-Thames, merchant of the Staple of Calais (parents of Margaret Elmes 1571 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/30591z )
2. Agnes died young
Elizabeth inherited the majority of his wealth and land, estimated to be around 6,000 acres in total and 50 houses (at today’s value worth around £50 million), the balance of land having been endowed to the Alms houses / Hospital. One of the manors inherited by Elizabeth was the Manor of Lilford, which the Elmes family owned until 1711. The wealth of William Browne was thus the basis on which Lilford Hall was built by his grandson and executor William Elmes in 1495, and indeed its' extension in 1635.
www.pegasus-onlinezeitschrift.de/2010_1/erga_1_2010_lamp-...
www.lilfordhall.com/ElmesFamily/William-Browne.asp - Church of All Saints, Stamford Lincolnshire
Detail - Probably Mary Magdalene
Right Foy;
Left : Sellack
After the chancel east wall was rebuilt in 1673, a new stained glass window was inserted, www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/k83927 a paler version of the one at Sellack www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/mjptuK placed in 1630 which is made up of 15c, 16c & 17c glass.
The wall repair and window were gifted by John Abrahall the greatest lay benefactor of the village. Dated 1675, it was delayed by his defaulting executors. - Church of St Mary, Foy, Herefordshire
I don't know if he's one of my forebears but if we are related I'm pleased to say I have not inherited his thirst for Irish blood. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Denny_%28soldier%29
humphrysfamilytree.com/Denny/sir.edward.governor.html
Inscription on the Denny Tomb at Waltham Abbey
An epitaph upon ye death of ye Right Worthie Sir Edward Denny sonn of ye Rt Hon Sr Anthony Denny, Counsellor of Estate and Executor to King Henry VIII and of Joan Champion his wife, who beinge of Queen Elizabeth’s private Chamber and one of ye Counsell of Munster in Ireland was governor of Kerry and Desmonde, and Colonell of certain Irishe Forces there; Departed this life about ye 523 yere of his age ye XIIthe of February 1599. He is offered to ye view and consideration of ye Discrete reader a spectacle of pietie and Pittie, the Pittie kindly proceeding from a vertuous Ladie, daughter of Pierce Edgecombe of Mounte Edgecombe, Esquier, and sumtime Maid of Honour to Queen Elizabeth, hath out of meane fortune but no meane affection produced this monument dedicate to the remembrance of her deare husband.
The pitie must inwardly be conveyed and considered in ye person of ye dead carkeys here interred cut off like a pleasunt fruite before perfect ripeness. This weorthie knight here represented, religious, wise, just, liberal, right valiant, most active, Learning’s friend, Pride’s foe, kindly, loving mutch beloved, was honoured with ye dignitie of knighthood by due deserte in ye field, in which Bedd of Honor hee willingly would have ended his dayes, but it pleased his most Merciful Redeemer to bringe him to his grave in Christian Peace, yet so farr condescended to his honourable desire yt in his countree’s service he tooke his deadlie sickness. If ye times [most happily flourishing under gratious Astraea] had been answerable to his heroicall designes without all doubt hee could not have had [according to ye strange Italian proverb] “ his beake greater than his wings.” I finally refer inquisitive searchers into men’s fame to ye true Report even of he most malitious; and recommend ye gallant pattern of his life, together with his repentant Patience and assured faith at ye point of Death to his owne and all posterytie.
"Near this place lie the Remains of Mrs Ann Chilcot wife of Mr Thomas Chilcot Organist of Bath and daughter to the Revd Mr Chichester Wrey late Rector of this Parish by his first Wife Margaret daughter of Roger Pyne of this County Gent:
She was a Woman of Great Piety. Constant in the Duties of Religion both Public and Private and ever inclin'd to Acts of Humanity and Benevolence.. She died much lamented June 30th 1758 aged 39
Her Disconsolate Husband as a Testimony of his Conjugal Affection erected this Monument to her Memory"
Ann was the daughter of Chichester Wrey and 1st wife Margaret Pyne. She was the great grand daughter of Chichester Wray and Anne Bourchier daughter of Edward Bourchier 4th Earl of Bath www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/0Dn6n8 , through whose marriage the Wrays inherited the entail of Tawstock and 36 other manors.
She m c1749 (2nd wife) Thomas Chilcot 1707-1766 4th son of John Chilcot a cordwainer (leather worker) and Elizabeth Powell. Thomas was the widower of Elizabeth Mills of Bath with 4 surviving children en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Chilcot
Thomas and Ann do not appear to have had any children.
Thomas was for 38 years organist of Bath Abbey from 1728 until his death
The inscription to Thomas is missing from the monument as a result of a dispute between the executor of his will and the children of his first marriage.- Tawstock church Devon
The Montefiore Windmill is a landmark windmill in Jerusalem. Designed as a flour mill, it was built in 1857 on a slope opposite the western city walls of Jerusalem, where three years later the new Jewish neighbourhood of Mishkenot Sha'ananim was erected, both by the efforts of British Jewish banker and philanthropist Moses Montefiore. Jerusalem at the time was part of Ottoman-ruled Palestine. Today the windmill serves as a small museum dedicated to the achievements of Montefiore. It was restored in 2012 with a new cap and sails in the style of the originals. The mill can turn in the wind.
The windmill and the neighbourhood of Mishkenot Sha'ananim were both funded by the British Jewish banker and philanthropist Moses Montefiore, who devoted his life to promoting industry, education and health in the Land of Israel. Montefiore built the windmill with funding from the estate of an American Jew, Judah Touro, who appointed Montefiore executor of his will. Montefiore mentions the windmill in his diaries (1875), noting that he had built it 18 years earlier on the estate of Kerem-Moshe-ve-Yehoodit (lit. "the orchard of Moses and Judith"), and that it had since been joined by two other windmills nearby, owned by Greeks. The project, bearing the hallmarks of nineteenth-century artisan revival, aimed to promote productive enterprise in the yishuv.
The mill was designed by Messrs Holman Brothers, the Canterbury, Kent, millwrights. The stone for the tower was quarried locally. The tower walls were 3 feet (0.91 m) thick at the base and almost 50 feet (15.24 m) high. Parts were shipped to Jaffa, where there were no suitable facilities for landing the heavy machinery. Transport of the machinery to Jerusalem had to be carried out by camel. In its original form, the mill had a Kentish-style cap and four patent sails. It was turned to face into the wind by a fantail. The mill drove two pairs of millstones, flour dressers, wheat cleaners and other machinery.
The construction of the mill was part of a broader program to enable the Jews of Palestine to become self-supporting. Montefiore also built a printing press and a textile factory, and helped to finance several agricultural colonies. He attempted to acquire land for Jewish cultivation, but was hampered by Ottoman restrictions on land sale to non-Muslims.
On the night of 1 January 1873, Aaron Hershler was standing guard at the windmill, when a group of Arab Muslims from Silwan attempted to rob his family's home in Mishkenot Sha'ananim, the first Jewish neighborhood outside the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem. Hershler took chase and was shot 12 times. He died in the hospital on 5 January and was buried on the Mount of Olives. Seventy-five years after his death, Hershler was recognized by the Israel Defense Forces as the first "national martyr" in the Jewish-Arab conflict. He is one of approximately three dozen Jews killed during Ottoman-ruled Palestine, who are commemorated as part of Israeli's annual Yom Hazikaron memorial day.
The mill was not a success due to a lack of wind. Wind conditions in Jerusalem could not guarantee its continued operation. There were probably no more than 20 days a year with strong enough breezes. Another reason for the mill's failure was technological. The machinery was designed for soft European wheat, which required less wind power than the local wheat. Nevertheless, the mill operated for nearly two decades until the first steam-powered mill was completed in Jerusalem in 1878. In the late 19th century the mill became neglected and abandoned.
It was not until the 1930s that the mill was cosmetically restored by British Mandate authorities together with the Pro-Jerusalem Society. During this restoration decorative, non-functional fixed sails were placed at the top of the structure.
During the 1948 blockade of Jerusalem the Jewish Haganah fighters built an observation post at the top of the tower. In an attempt to impede their activities, the British authorities ordered the windmill be blown up in an operation mockingly dubbed by the population "Operation Don Quixote." By chance however, the unit tasked with destroying the windmill happened to be from Ramsgate, home to Montefiore's long-time residence. When the soldiers observed the name of their hometown next to Montefiore's on a plaque displayed on the building, they "re-interpreted" their orders and blew up only the observation post at the top of the tower, rather than the entire structure , there is also a story that one of the soldiers was of Romany Gypsy descent. His family had picked hops on one of Lord Montefiore's estates, and he remembered the kindness of the family and the Jewish people in England towards the Romany community. He reminded his fellow soldiers of the fact that Montefiore's alms-houses had housed and fed thousands of British men, women, and children. Hearing this, they decided to only blow up the outpost at the top and went to great lengths to keep the structure intact during the process.
This is my personal redesign of the midi-scale Imperial-Class Star Destroyer featured in the new Executor SSD set, which I wasn't the most impressed with. Until LEGO makes a modified plate with slope that's 1 stud shorter, this is as good as I can do to "upgrade" this design, but I'm still happy with it.
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While waiting for 75356 to come back in stock on LEGO.com, I've challenged myself to design some ships to go alongside it, all to scale. Here's the first batch of ships, but I'll likely check back here with some more designs soon!
Panorama school photograph taken in 1968 when I was by now in the Seventh Form (we didn't bother with any pretentious "Lower" and "Upper" Sixth nonsense). Another "where are they all now" moment. One, at the time of this photograph already gone up to Oxford, is a Member of Parliament, another an author, a third was a member of the famous "Pontypool Front Row" (None are me!)
This picture is taken on the sports field/cricket pitch in front of the school, the "New Building" in the background.
Jones' West Monmouthshire Grammar School for Boys was opened in 1898 from a legacy left by the Haberdasher William Jones on land craftily donated by Squire Hanbury to win over the executors who were looking for a site for a new school. The school was run by the Haberdashers, the school badge being their crest, until 1954 when it was taken over by Monmouthshire County Council as a Grammar School under the 1944 Education Act. In 1958, boarding ceased at the school ending the distinction between "boarders" and "day boys". In 1980 the school became a comprehensive, shed the school badge and tie link to the Haberdashers, and, shock horror, became co-ed!
Title: The White's Bush area, four miles southwest of Aylmer, was officially turned over to the Catfish Creek Conservation Authority in a $125,000 transaction carried out in January 1964 at the Elgin County Registry Office in St. Thomas. The 420-acre tract of land was purchased from the estate of the late Fred White and would be developed into a provincial park. It was hoped that the area would be open to the public the following summer. Completing the transfer, are left to right, standing: E. Stewart Graham, Q.C., lawyer for the White estate; Allan Anderson, manager of the Ontario-Provincial Savings office of Aylmer; C. J. Heeney, timber supervisor for the Department of Lands and Forests, Lake Erie Branch. Seated, W. G. Eastman, executor of the estate; Ward McKenna, chairman of the Catfish Creek Conservation Authority, and Ted White, secretary-treasurer. Jason and Brian White, vice-presidents of Steelway Building Systems, are descendents of the White family who owned this land. Steelway Building Systems celebrated their 35th anniversary in October 2011.
Creator(s): St. Thomas Times-Journal
Bygone Days Publication Date: October 18, 2011
Original Publication Date: January 23, 1964
Reference No.: C9 Sh3 B1 F1 1
Credit: Elgin County Archives, St. Thomas Times-Journal fonds