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There are between 50 and 60 butterflies in the UK and Ireland, some are more common than others, and of the rarer species, some like to bask, while others play hard to get.
Or see.
Of the latter is the Purple Emperor, which emerges for a few weeks in high summer, spending most of its time in the tree tops of sallow trees feeding on aphid honeydew.
But sometimes males come down to ground, so can be snapped. Over the years, various lures or substances, mostly fish-derived, have been tried to lure the butterflies down. And last week, a friend tried his brew, named "butterfly juice", and got at least two males to land in the car park of a country park and stay for over 15 minutes.
As that was just two days before, I said I would go up, and Billy armed with a new batch of juice would meet up and we hoped that the weather would play ball.
This meant having to get up promptly, get to Tesco, have breakfast and be out before half eight to travel to west Kent to be there to meet Billy.
We had a load of stuff to get at Tesco, so took a half hour to get round, spending what seems like a king's ransom for a week's provisions and supplies.
Jools decided to download Windows 11, but the final stage created a loop of requests, so she had to go into town to drop it off to be fixed, but said she was happy for me to go on my own to chase butterflies.
The forecast had not mentioned rain, or strong winds, but it seems no one told the weather.
Travelling up the M20, I went through two heavy showers, and when I got to the park, the ground was wet for another recent shower.
I met up with another snapper, Mike, and he showed me where the tree was near the car park where the males had come down from on Thursday.
It was cool, breezy and of the Emperor there was no sign.
We wandered round the meadows surrounding the trees, and found Meadow Browns, Ringlets and Gatekeepers, and when the sun came out, a single Silver Washed Fritillary and a White Admiral were seen, though only at a distance.
Billy arrived at 11, and dropped the juice, on the ground where he had on Thursday.
The strong winds blew clouds across the sky, brief periods of blue sky brought sunshine and clouds of brown butterflies.
A while later, we set off on the circular walk which shortly brought us to another of the hotspots, the cross roads of four tracks with hogweed in the centre, perfect for snapping basking butterflies and sever White Legged Damselflies, an uncommon species, but frequently seen here.
The sun came out, so I stayed there while the others walked off. So it was that I was buzzed by a single Purple Emperor, the only sighting of the day, as it swooped past me, the upper winds reflected bright purple. I swung round, but it was gone.
And that was that.
And then the rain came.
I had gone to meet with the others, so we had to shelter for twenty minutes under a tree, while day turned to night and the rain hammered down.
The sun came out and brought brilliant bright light, so we walked back to the car park, I waited half an hour more to see if the sun would come back.
It didn't.
So, I said goodbye and began to long drive back home.
Before leaving home I had checked the area for churches, and two sprung up: Shipbourne and Plaxtol, both were either on the road back home, or just off it.
Shipbourne is a small village set round a large area of grass that I guess was, and maybe still is, common grazing land. It is now a destination for dogwalkers judging by the cars, but of the church there was no sign.
I took the road north, came to to the edge of the village and there was still no church. I turned round and went back, and over the tree tops I could see the tower of the church. Back by the village pub, and behind it, was the church, accessible via a short lane with parking spaces.
I drove in, parked up grabbed all my camera gear and walked to the lych gate. A walker held it open for me, the church rose close the other side, reaching for the skies.
Along the path, I came to the porch with its very welcoming sign saying "church open".
St Giles, the current one, is at least the third church on the site, and when built at the end of the 19th century, the 18th century one was demolished along with the village pub. Leaving what we see now, a fine Victorian church, with just the one surviving memorial from the previous building, and filled with good Victorian glass and light.
On the way up, there was a queue of six miles of trucks for the port, so I drove back along the Alkham Valley, through River and up Whitfield Hill, getting back just before three, in time for a brew.
I had some cheese and crackers and a brew, as Jools had already eaten.
Then at five the football: England v Switzerland.
Two evenly matched teams, that cancelled each other out. Ten minutes to go, the Swiss scored thanks to a defensive lapse, and it all looked lost. But 5 minutes later, Saka cut in from the right and curled a shot into the far corner to level things.
It stayed that was to the end of normal time, and extra time, which meant penalties.
I had used the BBC i player to watch the BBC whilst listening to the commentary from Radio 5, this is usually a few seconds behind the actual TV feed, but a technical issue meant it was closer to two minutes. Which meant when the winning penalty went in in real time, our TV was two penalties behind, so heard the cheers from Bev and Steve next door. And I was watching the feed from the BBC website, which meant I knew when a penalty was missed or not.
Long gone are the days when this would have meant a defeat, so it was England scored all five of theirs, but the Swiss missed their first, so Trent Alexander Arnold hammered the winning spot kick to send England into the semi finals.
Almost straight away the last quarter final, Netherlands v Türkiye kicked off, and a great game it was, end to end stuff with lots of shots.
The Turks scored and looked like they would cling on, but two goals in five minutes in the last quarter put the Oranj armie through to play England on Wednesday.
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The church of St. Giles in Shipbourne, near Tonbridge, overlooks a large open common. Its history is intertwined with the large nearby country estate of Fairlawne, and in 1879-81 the then owners, the Cazelet family, paid for the previous church to be completely demolished and rebuilt. The original church was a small 14th century chapel which was itself replaced between 1721-22 with a Palladian church designed by architect James Gibbs which was paid for by Fairlawne's previous owners, the Lord Barnard, Christopher Vane. Nothing structural remains of either Gibbs' church or the medieval church it replaced; only a large monument to Christopher Vane (died 1723) and his wife and daughter (both named Elizabeth). This monument, carved by Michael Rysbrack, was rehoused in the south transept of the Victorian church we see today. The church is built of local Kentish ragstone with Bath stone dressings. The style is based on 13th century Gothic and it has a Normanesque capped central tower. The architects are quite obscure: they are listed simply as Mann and Saunders. It could be that this pairing were William G. Saunders and F. Mann. Both worked in Sussex around the same period. The interior has hardly changed since it was built. The total cost was £20,000 - a huge sum at the time, indicating that the Cazelet family of Fairlawne had sufficient wealth to pay for it! Various monuments and plaques in the chancel are dedicated to members of this family including a recent one to Peter Cazelet (died 1973) who trained the Queen Mother's racehorses. The church is of a cruciform shape with a central tower. The transepts are small, with the south transept being used as a small chapel, as well as housing the Vine monument dedicated to the Fairlawne estate's former owners and the benefactors of the first rebuilding of the church. The north transept holds the organ and contains a small vestry with a turreted staircase leading to the tower. The stained-glass windows are German in design, emanating from the workshops of Mayer of Munich. The nave and chancel are beautifully decorated throughout with an eccentric mix of stencilling and sgraffito. The west wall has an intriguing set of canopied and pinnacled wooden stalls running the entire width of it and sited directly behind the font. This was the baptismal pew used by members of the Cazalet family. The west window above the pew previously contained the family crests and coats-of-arms, although the windows were destroyed in WWII. Photography was all-the-rage among the upper classes in 1881 and the idea was that the Cazelet family and the priest performing the baptism could have the event captured via this new medium using this purpose built baptismal pew located beneath the family heraldry. Text by Rob Baker.
www.kentchurches.info/church.asp?p=Shipbourne
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SHIPBORNE.
SOUTHWARD from Ightham lies SHIPBORNE, called in the Textus Roffensis, SCRIBURNA.
THIS PARISH lies the greatest part of it below the sand hills, and consequently in that part of this county called the Weald. The village is situated at a small distance southward from the foot of the hill, round Shipborne green, having the church at the west side of it; and about half a mile further westward, near the boundary of the parish, is Budd's green, On the rise of the hill is the mansion of Fairlawn, the offices and great part of the grounds of which are within this parish, where the soil is a clay, being a heavy tillage land; in the southern part, at and about the hill, it is a sand and rock stone; at the southeast part of it there is much coppice wood, a deep and miry country at all times, most of it being exceedingly unpleasant either to live in or to travel through.
The fair continues to be held on the day of St. Giles the abbot, being Sept. 1, yearly.
JOHN DE SAY seems in the reign of Henry III. to have held in Siburne, of the earl of Gloucester, one knight's fee, and the fifth part of one, (fn. 1) which soon afterwards passed to Adam de Bavent, the principal possessions of whose family lay in Sussex and Surry.
Adam de Bavent, in the 12th year of Edward I. obtained a grant of free warren for his lands in Shipborne, and a market to be held weekly on a Monday, at his manor of Shipborne, and one fair yearly on the feast of St. Giles the abbot. In the 28th year of that reign, he was with the king at the siege of Carlaverock, in Scotland.
Hawis, widow of Sir Roger de Bavent, his descendant, in the 36th year of king Edward III. released to the prioress and convent of the priory of Dartford, then newly erected, all her right, in the manor of Shipborne, which that king by his patent of endowment, in his 46th year, confirmed to them, together with all knights fees, and other things belonging to it.
This manor continued part of the possessions of the priory of Dartford till the general dissolution of it in the reign of king Henry VIII. when it was surrendered into the king's hands, who in his 36th year granted to Sir Ralph Fane, and Anthony Tutsham, esq. the manor of Shipborne, late belonging to the monastery of Dartford, and the manor of Shipborne, alias Puttenden, lying on the east side of this parish, next to West Peckham, and late belonging to the monastery of Tunbridge, and the lands and chapel of Shipborne, with all their appurtenances, &c. to hold of the king in capite by knight's service; (fn. 2) Soon after which Anthony Tutsham released all his right and interest in them to Sir Ralf Fane.
He had been knighted at the siege of Bulleyn in 1544, and afterwards for his valour at the battle of Musselborough, in the 1st year of king Edward VI. made a knight banneret; but in the 6th year of that reign, having warmly espoused the interest of the duke of Somerset, he was accused of being an accomplice with him, and being found guilty was hanged on Tower-hill, that year. After his death, without issue, these manors, together with the lands and chapel of Shipborne, came into the possession of Henry Fane, great grandson of Henry Fane, of Hilden, in Tunbridge, who was grandfather of Sir Ralph Fane, above-mentioned.
Henry Fane, esq. was of Hadlow, and after the decease of his father was unwarily drawn into that infurrection raised by Sir Thomas Wyatt, in the 1st year of queen Mary, and being taken was committed to the Tower and attainted, but on consideration of his youth he had pardon, and was released from his imprisonment.
Next year being the 1st and 2d of Philip and Mary, he had a grant of these manors, and chapel of Ship borne, from the queen, to hold to him and his heirs, by the same services, by which they were held before his attainder. He died in 1582, the 25th year of queen Elizabeth, possessed at the time of his death, as appears by the inquisition then taken of these manors.
Henry Fane, his grandson, assumed the name of Vane, the antient one of his ancestors, which his posterity have continued to use ever since.
In the 17th year of king James I. he was knighted at Whitehall, from which time he acted a conspicuous part in the public affairs of this nation, and was chosen to sit in every succeeding parliament, both in that and the next reign. King Charles I. entrusted him much in different negociations with foreign princes, made him cofferer of his houshold, and of his privy council, and in 1632 one of the commissioners for executing the office of lord high admiral. He was afterwards much employed in commissions of the greatest weight, with others of the highest office and quality, and was made comptroller of the houshold, at which time he purchased of Sir George Chowne, THE MANSION OF FAIRLAWN, with the lands belonging to it, situated in the borough of Plaxtool, in Wrotham and this parish. (fn. 3) After which he was made treasurer of the king's houshold, and principal secretary of state, and empowered to hold those two offices together.
But not long after, on his appearing forward in the prosecution of the earl of Strafford, who had implacably offended him, by obtaining the title of baron Raby, which was Sir Henry's house, and an honor which he had hopes of acquiring himself, the king took such umbrage at it, that he removed him from all his places, and Sir Henry from that time concurred in all the malicious designs of the king's enemies, and forgetting all former obligations, sacrificed every principle of honor and loyalty to his implacable thirst of revenge; but in the end, finding himself growing into the hatred and contempt of those who had made most use of him, as well as of his own son, (fn. 4) he retired to his seat of Raby-castle, in the bishopric of Durham, where he died in the latter end of the year 1654. He left several sons and daughters, of whom Henry became his heir, and George was of Long Melford, in Durham. (fn. 5)
Henry Vane, esq. succeeded his father in his estate, in Shipborne. He had been knighted at Whitehall in 1640, but from his education at Geneva had imbibed such a sharp prejudice and bitterness, as well against regal government as the hierarchy of the church, and this being heightened by the king's giving away the barony of Raby from his family, that following his inclination, he associated with the most discontented persons of that time, so that he became one of the most inveterate of the independent and republican faction. He had been made by the king joint treasurer of the navy, by the interest of the earl of Northumberland, during which he affected to be satisfied with government, and afterwards, when his real inclinations came to be more openly known, he was intrusted with the same office solely by the appointment of the parliament. On the restoration of king Charles II. being excepted out of the general pardon, he was committed to prison, where he was kept some time, and at length being brought to his trial, he was convicted of high treason, and receiving sentence of death, was executed on Tower-hill in 1662. Thomas Vane, esq. his eldest son, succeeded his father in his estates in this parish. He married Frances, daughter of Sir Thomas Liddel, of Ravensworth, in Durham, and died without issue, on which his estates devolved to his brother Christopher Vane, esq. who was of Fairlawn, and was afterwards knighted by Charles II. In 1688, he was made by king James of his privy council, and in the 10th year of king William III. anno 1699, created lord Barnard, of Barnard castle, in the bishopric of Durham. (fn. 6)
He married Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Gilbert Holles, earl of Clare, and sister and coheir of John, duke of Newcastle, by whom he left surviving two sons, Gilbert and William, and a daughter Grace. He died at his seat of Fairlawn, in 1723, and was buried in the new church of Shipborne, built by his own bounty. On which Gilbert, his eldest son, succeeded him in title, and in his estates in the north, and William, his second son, became possessed of his father's estates in Shipborne, Plaxtool, and elsewhere in this county.
The arms of the several branches of the Fanes, or Vanes, are three gauntlets, though differently borne. The earl of Westmoreland bears, Azure, three dexter gauntlets, with their backs affrontee, or; as did the lord viscount Fane, a descendant of the same branch. The earl of Darlington bears, Azure, three sinister gauntlets, with their backs affrontee, or. And lord viscount Vane bore, Azure, three sinister gauntlets, or, on a canton ermine, a pile sable, charged with a mullet of five points, argent.
William Vane, esq. the second son, was of Fairlawn, and was chosen to serve in parliament for Durham, in the year 1708, and in 1720 was created viscount Vane, and baron of Duncannon, of Tyrone, in Ireland. He died suddenly of an apoplexy at Fairlawn, May 20, 1734, having on the Friday before, the 17th, been declared duly elected to serve in parliament for this county, and was buried in Shipborne church. Upon which, William Hollis Vane, his only surviving son, became his father's heir, and succeeded him in titles and estate. He married Frances, daughter of Francis Hawes, esq. one of the South Sea directors in 1720, and widow of lord William Hamilton, younger brother of James, duke of Hamilton, by whom he had no issue, and dying in 1789, by his will gave these manors, his seat of Fairlawn, and the rectory of the chapel of Shipborne, among his other estates to David Papillon, esq. of Acrise, the present possessor of them.
BUDDS is a hamlet in this parish, lying about three quarters of a mile westward from Shipborne church, where a family of the name of Collins formerly dwelt. Henry Collins resided here in the reigns of king Henry VIII. king Edward VI. queen Mary, and queen Elizabeth, and dying in the 35th year of the latter, was buried in this church. His eldest son, Richard Collins, gent. was likewise of Budds. They bore for their arms, Vert, a griffin segreant, or, beaked argent, gorged with a coronet of the third. How long it continued afterwards in this name I have not found, but John Turner, gent. in the reign of king James I. resided at Budds, and bore for his arms, Argent and ermine, three fer de molins, or, a pale counterchanged in fess, on a chief, or, a lion passant guardant between two roses. It is now the property of George Children, esq. of Tunbridge.
Charities.
FRANCIS COLLINS, by will in 1599, gave for the use of the poor the annual sum of 1l. charged on the house called the Bull inn, in Rochester, and 2l. likewise on lands in Gillingham, vested in Mr. Page.
N. B. This last pays the land tax, and the two bequests by journeys, expences, &c. reduces them to the annual produce of 2l. 7s. 6d.
JOHN SWAN gave by will 10l. and his executors by deed in 1614, purchased with it an annuity of 10s. for the use of the poor, charged on lands in this parish, vested in the heirs of John Bellingham, lately deceased, and now of that annual produce.
STEPHEN FREMLYN, by will in 1717, gave by deed, for the use of the poor, the annual sum of 1l. to be paid out of lands and tenements in this parish, vested in Mr. William Collias, and now of that annual produce.
SHIPBORNE is within the ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDISCTION of the diocese of Rochester, and deanry of Malling.
The church is dedicated to St. Giles, and is a neat fabric. It was entirely rebuilt from the ground by the bounty of Christopher, lord Barnard, in the beginning of this century.
It was antiently esteemed as a chapel to the church of Tunbridge, and paid six-pence chrism rent to the mother church of the diocese.
John, bishop of Rochester, in the 7th year of king Edward II. certified to the king's treasurer and barons of the exchequer, in obedience to the king's writ, directed to him for that purpose, that the prior of the hospital of St. John of Jerusalem had within his diocese the appropriation of the church of Tonebregge, with the chapels of Schibourne and St. Thomas the Martyr, which was worth yearly thirty-four marcs, being part of the antient possessions of that hospital, and upon a like writ in the 20th year of Edward III. Hamo, bishop of Rochester, certified to the king's treasurer, &c. a like return. (fn. 7)
The chapel of Shipborne belonged to that part of their revenues which was under the cognizance of their preceptory or commendary of Peckham, otherwise called the chantry magistrale in this neighbourhood, and it remained part of the possessions of the abovementioned hospital till the time of its dissolution in the 32d year of king Henry VIII. when this order of knights was suppressed by an act then specially passed for that purpose, by which all their lands and revenues, &c. were given to the king and his heirs for ever. After which the king, in his 36th year, granted to Sir Ralph Fane, and Anthony Tutsham, esq. among other premises in this parish, the lands and chapel of Shipborne, with their appurtenances, in fee, to hold in capite by knight's service. (fn. 8) Soon after which, Anthony Tutsham released all his interest in them to Sir Ralph Fane, in whose family they continued, as has been already fully related in the account of the manor of Shipborne, down to William Holles viscount Vane, who devised them by will to David Papillon, esq. the present owner of them.
This chapel is now esteemed as a curacy, and is not in charge in the king's books. It pays a fee-farm rent of eight shillings yearly to the crown.
There are between 50 and 60 butterflies in the UK and Ireland, some are more common than others, and of the rarer species, some like to bask, while others play hard to get.
Or see.
Of the latter is the Purple Emperor, which emerges for a few weeks in high summer, spending most of its time in the tree tops of sallow trees feeding on aphid honeydew.
But sometimes males come down to ground, so can be snapped. Over the years, various lures or substances, mostly fish-derived, have been tried to lure the butterflies down. And last week, a friend tried his brew, named "butterfly juice", and got at least two males to land in the car park of a country park and stay for over 15 minutes.
As that was just two days before, I said I would go up, and Billy armed with a new batch of juice would meet up and we hoped that the weather would play ball.
This meant having to get up promptly, get to Tesco, have breakfast and be out before half eight to travel to west Kent to be there to meet Billy.
We had a load of stuff to get at Tesco, so took a half hour to get round, spending what seems like a king's ransom for a week's provisions and supplies.
Jools decided to download Windows 11, but the final stage created a loop of requests, so she had to go into town to drop it off to be fixed, but said she was happy for me to go on my own to chase butterflies.
The forecast had not mentioned rain, or strong winds, but it seems no one told the weather.
Travelling up the M20, I went through two heavy showers, and when I got to the park, the ground was wet for another recent shower.
I met up with another snapper, Mike, and he showed me where the tree was near the car park where the males had come down from on Thursday.
It was cool, breezy and of the Emperor there was no sign.
We wandered round the meadows surrounding the trees, and found Meadow Browns, Ringlets and Gatekeepers, and when the sun came out, a single Silver Washed Fritillary and a White Admiral were seen, though only at a distance.
Billy arrived at 11, and dropped the juice, on the ground where he had on Thursday.
The strong winds blew clouds across the sky, brief periods of blue sky brought sunshine and clouds of brown butterflies.
A while later, we set off on the circular walk which shortly brought us to another of the hotspots, the cross roads of four tracks with hogweed in the centre, perfect for snapping basking butterflies and sever White Legged Damselflies, an uncommon species, but frequently seen here.
The sun came out, so I stayed there while the others walked off. So it was that I was buzzed by a single Purple Emperor, the only sighting of the day, as it swooped past me, the upper winds reflected bright purple. I swung round, but it was gone.
And that was that.
And then the rain came.
I had gone to meet with the others, so we had to shelter for twenty minutes under a tree, while day turned to night and the rain hammered down.
The sun came out and brought brilliant bright light, so we walked back to the car park, I waited half an hour more to see if the sun would come back.
It didn't.
So, I said goodbye and began to long drive back home.
Before leaving home I had checked the area for churches, and two sprung up: Shipbourne and Plaxtol, both were either on the road back home, or just off it.
Shipbourne is a small village set round a large area of grass that I guess was, and maybe still is, common grazing land. It is now a destination for dogwalkers judging by the cars, but of the church there was no sign.
I took the road north, came to to the edge of the village and there was still no church. I turned round and went back, and over the tree tops I could see the tower of the church. Back by the village pub, and behind it, was the church, accessible via a short lane with parking spaces.
I drove in, parked up grabbed all my camera gear and walked to the lych gate. A walker held it open for me, the church rose close the other side, reaching for the skies.
Along the path, I came to the porch with its very welcoming sign sayin "church open".
On the way up, there was a queue of six miles of trucks for the port, so I drove back along the Alkham Valley, through River and up Whitfield Hill, getting back just before three, in time for a brew.
I had some cheese and crackers and a brew, as Jools had already eaten.
Then at five the football: England v Switzerland.
Two evenly matched teams, that cancelled each other out. Ten minutes to go, the Swiss scored thanks to a defensive lapse, and it all looked lost. But 5 minutes later, Saka cut in from the right and curled a shot into the far corner to level things.
It stayed that was to the end of normal time, and extra time, which meant penalties.
I had used the BBC i player to watch the BBC whilst listening to the commentary from Radio 5, this is usually a few seconds behind the actual TV feed, but a technical issue meant it was closer to two minutes. Which meant when the winning penalty went in in real time, our TV was two penalties behind, so heard the cheers from Bev and Steve next door. And I was watching the feed from the BBC website, which meant I knew when a penalty was missed or not.
Long gone are the days when this would have meant a defeat, so it was England scored all five of theirs, but the Swiss missed their first, so Trent Alexander Arnold hammered the winning spot kick to send England into the semi finals.
Almost straight away the last quarter final, Netherlands v Türkiye kicked off, and a great game it was, end to end stuff with lots of shots.
The Turks scored and looked like they would cling on, but two goals in five minutes in the last quarter put the Oranj armie through to play England on Wednesday.
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The church of St. Giles in Shipbourne, near Tonbridge, overlooks a large open common. Its history is intertwined with the large nearby country estate of Fairlawne, and in 1879-81 the then owners, the Cazelet family, paid for the previous church to be completely demolished and rebuilt. The original church was a small 14th century chapel which was itself replaced between 1721-22 with a Palladian church designed by architect James Gibbs which was paid for by Fairlawne's previous owners, the Lord Barnard, Christopher Vane. Nothing structural remains of either Gibbs' church or the medieval church it replaced; only a large monument to Christopher Vane (died 1723) and his wife and daughter (both named Elizabeth). This monument, carved by Michael Rysbrack, was rehoused in the south transept of the Victorian church we see today. The church is built of local Kentish ragstone with Bath stone dressings. The style is based on 13th century Gothic and it has a Normanesque capped central tower. The architects are quite obscure: they are listed simply as Mann and Saunders. It could be that this pairing were William G. Saunders and F. Mann. Both worked in Sussex around the same period. The interior has hardly changed since it was built. The total cost was £20,000 - a huge sum at the time, indicating that the Cazelet family of Fairlawne had sufficient wealth to pay for it! Various monuments and plaques in the chancel are dedicated to members of this family including a recent one to Peter Cazelet (died 1973) who trained the Queen Mother's racehorses. The church is of a cruciform shape with a central tower. The transepts are small, with the south transept being used as a small chapel, as well as housing the Vine monument dedicated to the Fairlawne estate's former owners and the benefactors of the first rebuilding of the church. The north transept holds the organ and contains a small vestry with a turreted staircase leading to the tower. The stained-glass windows are German in design, emanating from the workshops of Mayer of Munich. The nave and chancel are beautifully decorated throughout with an eccentric mix of stencilling and sgraffito. The west wall has an intriguing set of canopied and pinnacled wooden stalls running the entire width of it and sited directly behind the font. This was the baptismal pew used by members of the Cazalet family. The west window above the pew previously contained the family crests and coats-of-arms, although the windows were destroyed in WWII. Photography was all-the-rage among the upper classes in 1881 and the idea was that the Cazelet family and the priest performing the baptism could have the event captured via this new medium using this purpose built baptismal pew located beneath the family heraldry. Text by Rob Baker.
www.kentchurches.info/church.asp?p=Shipbourne
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SHIPBORNE.
SOUTHWARD from Ightham lies SHIPBORNE, called in the Textus Roffensis, SCRIBURNA.
THIS PARISH lies the greatest part of it below the sand hills, and consequently in that part of this county called the Weald. The village is situated at a small distance southward from the foot of the hill, round Shipborne green, having the church at the west side of it; and about half a mile further westward, near the boundary of the parish, is Budd's green, On the rise of the hill is the mansion of Fairlawn, the offices and great part of the grounds of which are within this parish, where the soil is a clay, being a heavy tillage land; in the southern part, at and about the hill, it is a sand and rock stone; at the southeast part of it there is much coppice wood, a deep and miry country at all times, most of it being exceedingly unpleasant either to live in or to travel through.
The fair continues to be held on the day of St. Giles the abbot, being Sept. 1, yearly.
JOHN DE SAY seems in the reign of Henry III. to have held in Siburne, of the earl of Gloucester, one knight's fee, and the fifth part of one, (fn. 1) which soon afterwards passed to Adam de Bavent, the principal possessions of whose family lay in Sussex and Surry.
Adam de Bavent, in the 12th year of Edward I. obtained a grant of free warren for his lands in Shipborne, and a market to be held weekly on a Monday, at his manor of Shipborne, and one fair yearly on the feast of St. Giles the abbot. In the 28th year of that reign, he was with the king at the siege of Carlaverock, in Scotland.
Hawis, widow of Sir Roger de Bavent, his descendant, in the 36th year of king Edward III. released to the prioress and convent of the priory of Dartford, then newly erected, all her right, in the manor of Shipborne, which that king by his patent of endowment, in his 46th year, confirmed to them, together with all knights fees, and other things belonging to it.
This manor continued part of the possessions of the priory of Dartford till the general dissolution of it in the reign of king Henry VIII. when it was surrendered into the king's hands, who in his 36th year granted to Sir Ralph Fane, and Anthony Tutsham, esq. the manor of Shipborne, late belonging to the monastery of Dartford, and the manor of Shipborne, alias Puttenden, lying on the east side of this parish, next to West Peckham, and late belonging to the monastery of Tunbridge, and the lands and chapel of Shipborne, with all their appurtenances, &c. to hold of the king in capite by knight's service; (fn. 2) Soon after which Anthony Tutsham released all his right and interest in them to Sir Ralf Fane.
He had been knighted at the siege of Bulleyn in 1544, and afterwards for his valour at the battle of Musselborough, in the 1st year of king Edward VI. made a knight banneret; but in the 6th year of that reign, having warmly espoused the interest of the duke of Somerset, he was accused of being an accomplice with him, and being found guilty was hanged on Tower-hill, that year. After his death, without issue, these manors, together with the lands and chapel of Shipborne, came into the possession of Henry Fane, great grandson of Henry Fane, of Hilden, in Tunbridge, who was grandfather of Sir Ralph Fane, above-mentioned.
Henry Fane, esq. was of Hadlow, and after the decease of his father was unwarily drawn into that infurrection raised by Sir Thomas Wyatt, in the 1st year of queen Mary, and being taken was committed to the Tower and attainted, but on consideration of his youth he had pardon, and was released from his imprisonment.
Next year being the 1st and 2d of Philip and Mary, he had a grant of these manors, and chapel of Ship borne, from the queen, to hold to him and his heirs, by the same services, by which they were held before his attainder. He died in 1582, the 25th year of queen Elizabeth, possessed at the time of his death, as appears by the inquisition then taken of these manors.
Henry Fane, his grandson, assumed the name of Vane, the antient one of his ancestors, which his posterity have continued to use ever since.
In the 17th year of king James I. he was knighted at Whitehall, from which time he acted a conspicuous part in the public affairs of this nation, and was chosen to sit in every succeeding parliament, both in that and the next reign. King Charles I. entrusted him much in different negociations with foreign princes, made him cofferer of his houshold, and of his privy council, and in 1632 one of the commissioners for executing the office of lord high admiral. He was afterwards much employed in commissions of the greatest weight, with others of the highest office and quality, and was made comptroller of the houshold, at which time he purchased of Sir George Chowne, THE MANSION OF FAIRLAWN, with the lands belonging to it, situated in the borough of Plaxtool, in Wrotham and this parish. (fn. 3) After which he was made treasurer of the king's houshold, and principal secretary of state, and empowered to hold those two offices together.
But not long after, on his appearing forward in the prosecution of the earl of Strafford, who had implacably offended him, by obtaining the title of baron Raby, which was Sir Henry's house, and an honor which he had hopes of acquiring himself, the king took such umbrage at it, that he removed him from all his places, and Sir Henry from that time concurred in all the malicious designs of the king's enemies, and forgetting all former obligations, sacrificed every principle of honor and loyalty to his implacable thirst of revenge; but in the end, finding himself growing into the hatred and contempt of those who had made most use of him, as well as of his own son, (fn. 4) he retired to his seat of Raby-castle, in the bishopric of Durham, where he died in the latter end of the year 1654. He left several sons and daughters, of whom Henry became his heir, and George was of Long Melford, in Durham. (fn. 5)
Henry Vane, esq. succeeded his father in his estate, in Shipborne. He had been knighted at Whitehall in 1640, but from his education at Geneva had imbibed such a sharp prejudice and bitterness, as well against regal government as the hierarchy of the church, and this being heightened by the king's giving away the barony of Raby from his family, that following his inclination, he associated with the most discontented persons of that time, so that he became one of the most inveterate of the independent and republican faction. He had been made by the king joint treasurer of the navy, by the interest of the earl of Northumberland, during which he affected to be satisfied with government, and afterwards, when his real inclinations came to be more openly known, he was intrusted with the same office solely by the appointment of the parliament. On the restoration of king Charles II. being excepted out of the general pardon, he was committed to prison, where he was kept some time, and at length being brought to his trial, he was convicted of high treason, and receiving sentence of death, was executed on Tower-hill in 1662. Thomas Vane, esq. his eldest son, succeeded his father in his estates in this parish. He married Frances, daughter of Sir Thomas Liddel, of Ravensworth, in Durham, and died without issue, on which his estates devolved to his brother Christopher Vane, esq. who was of Fairlawn, and was afterwards knighted by Charles II. In 1688, he was made by king James of his privy council, and in the 10th year of king William III. anno 1699, created lord Barnard, of Barnard castle, in the bishopric of Durham. (fn. 6)
He married Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Gilbert Holles, earl of Clare, and sister and coheir of John, duke of Newcastle, by whom he left surviving two sons, Gilbert and William, and a daughter Grace. He died at his seat of Fairlawn, in 1723, and was buried in the new church of Shipborne, built by his own bounty. On which Gilbert, his eldest son, succeeded him in title, and in his estates in the north, and William, his second son, became possessed of his father's estates in Shipborne, Plaxtool, and elsewhere in this county.
The arms of the several branches of the Fanes, or Vanes, are three gauntlets, though differently borne. The earl of Westmoreland bears, Azure, three dexter gauntlets, with their backs affrontee, or; as did the lord viscount Fane, a descendant of the same branch. The earl of Darlington bears, Azure, three sinister gauntlets, with their backs affrontee, or. And lord viscount Vane bore, Azure, three sinister gauntlets, or, on a canton ermine, a pile sable, charged with a mullet of five points, argent.
William Vane, esq. the second son, was of Fairlawn, and was chosen to serve in parliament for Durham, in the year 1708, and in 1720 was created viscount Vane, and baron of Duncannon, of Tyrone, in Ireland. He died suddenly of an apoplexy at Fairlawn, May 20, 1734, having on the Friday before, the 17th, been declared duly elected to serve in parliament for this county, and was buried in Shipborne church. Upon which, William Hollis Vane, his only surviving son, became his father's heir, and succeeded him in titles and estate. He married Frances, daughter of Francis Hawes, esq. one of the South Sea directors in 1720, and widow of lord William Hamilton, younger brother of James, duke of Hamilton, by whom he had no issue, and dying in 1789, by his will gave these manors, his seat of Fairlawn, and the rectory of the chapel of Shipborne, among his other estates to David Papillon, esq. of Acrise, the present possessor of them.
BUDDS is a hamlet in this parish, lying about three quarters of a mile westward from Shipborne church, where a family of the name of Collins formerly dwelt. Henry Collins resided here in the reigns of king Henry VIII. king Edward VI. queen Mary, and queen Elizabeth, and dying in the 35th year of the latter, was buried in this church. His eldest son, Richard Collins, gent. was likewise of Budds. They bore for their arms, Vert, a griffin segreant, or, beaked argent, gorged with a coronet of the third. How long it continued afterwards in this name I have not found, but John Turner, gent. in the reign of king James I. resided at Budds, and bore for his arms, Argent and ermine, three fer de molins, or, a pale counterchanged in fess, on a chief, or, a lion passant guardant between two roses. It is now the property of George Children, esq. of Tunbridge.
Charities.
FRANCIS COLLINS, by will in 1599, gave for the use of the poor the annual sum of 1l. charged on the house called the Bull inn, in Rochester, and 2l. likewise on lands in Gillingham, vested in Mr. Page.
N. B. This last pays the land tax, and the two bequests by journeys, expences, &c. reduces them to the annual produce of 2l. 7s. 6d.
JOHN SWAN gave by will 10l. and his executors by deed in 1614, purchased with it an annuity of 10s. for the use of the poor, charged on lands in this parish, vested in the heirs of John Bellingham, lately deceased, and now of that annual produce.
STEPHEN FREMLYN, by will in 1717, gave by deed, for the use of the poor, the annual sum of 1l. to be paid out of lands and tenements in this parish, vested in Mr. William Collias, and now of that annual produce.
SHIPBORNE is within the ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDISCTION of the diocese of Rochester, and deanry of Malling.
The church is dedicated to St. Giles, and is a neat fabric. It was entirely rebuilt from the ground by the bounty of Christopher, lord Barnard, in the beginning of this century.
It was antiently esteemed as a chapel to the church of Tunbridge, and paid six-pence chrism rent to the mother church of the diocese.
John, bishop of Rochester, in the 7th year of king Edward II. certified to the king's treasurer and barons of the exchequer, in obedience to the king's writ, directed to him for that purpose, that the prior of the hospital of St. John of Jerusalem had within his diocese the appropriation of the church of Tonebregge, with the chapels of Schibourne and St. Thomas the Martyr, which was worth yearly thirty-four marcs, being part of the antient possessions of that hospital, and upon a like writ in the 20th year of Edward III. Hamo, bishop of Rochester, certified to the king's treasurer, &c. a like return. (fn. 7)
The chapel of Shipborne belonged to that part of their revenues which was under the cognizance of their preceptory or commendary of Peckham, otherwise called the chantry magistrale in this neighbourhood, and it remained part of the possessions of the abovementioned hospital till the time of its dissolution in the 32d year of king Henry VIII. when this order of knights was suppressed by an act then specially passed for that purpose, by which all their lands and revenues, &c. were given to the king and his heirs for ever. After which the king, in his 36th year, granted to Sir Ralph Fane, and Anthony Tutsham, esq. among other premises in this parish, the lands and chapel of Shipborne, with their appurtenances, in fee, to hold in capite by knight's service. (fn. 8) Soon after which, Anthony Tutsham released all his interest in them to Sir Ralph Fane, in whose family they continued, as has been already fully related in the account of the manor of Shipborne, down to William Holles viscount Vane, who devised them by will to David Papillon, esq. the present owner of them.
This chapel is now esteemed as a curacy, and is not in charge in the king's books. It pays a fee-farm rent of eight shillings yearly to the crown.
There are between 50 and 60 butterflies in the UK and Ireland, some are more common than others, and of the rarer species, some like to bask, while others play hard to get.
Or see.
Of the latter is the Purple Emperor, which emerges for a few weeks in high summer, spending most of its time in the tree tops of sallow trees feeding on aphid honeydew.
But sometimes males come down to ground, so can be snapped. Over the years, various lures or substances, mostly fish-derived, have been tried to lure the butterflies down. And last week, a friend tried his brew, named "butterfly juice", and got at least two males to land in the car park of a country park and stay for over 15 minutes.
As that was just two days before, I said I would go up, and Billy armed with a new batch of juice would meet up and we hoped that the weather would play ball.
This meant having to get up promptly, get to Tesco, have breakfast and be out before half eight to travel to west Kent to be there to meet Billy.
We had a load of stuff to get at Tesco, so took a half hour to get round, spending what seems like a king's ransom for a week's provisions and supplies.
Jools decided to download Windows 11, but the final stage created a loop of requests, so she had to go into town to drop it off to be fixed, but said she was happy for me to go on my own to chase butterflies.
The forecast had not mentioned rain, or strong winds, but it seems no one told the weather.
Travelling up the M20, I went through two heavy showers, and when I got to the park, the ground was wet for another recent shower.
I met up with another snapper, Mike, and he showed me where the tree was near the car park where the males had come down from on Thursday.
It was cool, breezy and of the Emperor there was no sign.
We wandered round the meadows surrounding the trees, and found Meadow Browns, Ringlets and Gatekeepers, and when the sun came out, a single Silver Washed Fritillary and a White Admiral were seen, though only at a distance.
Billy arrived at 11, and dropped the juice, on the ground where he had on Thursday.
The strong winds blew clouds across the sky, brief periods of blue sky brought sunshine and clouds of brown butterflies.
A while later, we set off on the circular walk which shortly brought us to another of the hotspots, the cross roads of four tracks with hogweed in the centre, perfect for snapping basking butterflies and sever White Legged Damselflies, an uncommon species, but frequently seen here.
The sun came out, so I stayed there while the others walked off. So it was that I was buzzed by a single Purple Emperor, the only sighting of the day, as it swooped past me, the upper winds reflected bright purple. I swung round, but it was gone.
And that was that.
And then the rain came.
I had gone to meet with the others, so we had to shelter for twenty minutes under a tree, while day turned to night and the rain hammered down.
The sun came out and brought brilliant bright light, so we walked back to the car park, I waited half an hour more to see if the sun would come back.
It didn't.
So, I said goodbye and began to long drive back home.
Before leaving home I had checked the area for churches, and two sprung up: Shipbourne and Plaxtol, both were either on the road back home, or just off it.
Shipbourne is a small village set round a large area of grass that I guess was, and maybe still is, common grazing land. It is now a destination for dogwalkers judging by the cars, but of the church there was no sign.
I took the road north, came to to the edge of the village and there was still no church. I turned round and went back, and over the tree tops I could see the tower of the church. Back by the village pub, and behind it, was the church, accessible via a short lane with parking spaces.
I drove in, parked up grabbed all my camera gear and walked to the lych gate. A walker held it open for me, the church rose close the other side, reaching for the skies.
Along the path, I came to the porch with its very welcoming sign saying "church open".
St Giles, the current one, is at least the third church on the site, and when built at the end of the 19th century, the 18th century one was demolished along with the village pub. Leaving what we see now, a fine Victorian church, with just the one surviving memorial from the previous building, and filled with good Victorian glass and light.
On the way up, there was a queue of six miles of trucks for the port, so I drove back along the Alkham Valley, through River and up Whitfield Hill, getting back just before three, in time for a brew.
I had some cheese and crackers and a brew, as Jools had already eaten.
Then at five the football: England v Switzerland.
Two evenly matched teams, that cancelled each other out. Ten minutes to go, the Swiss scored thanks to a defensive lapse, and it all looked lost. But 5 minutes later, Saka cut in from the right and curled a shot into the far corner to level things.
It stayed that was to the end of normal time, and extra time, which meant penalties.
I had used the BBC i player to watch the BBC whilst listening to the commentary from Radio 5, this is usually a few seconds behind the actual TV feed, but a technical issue meant it was closer to two minutes. Which meant when the winning penalty went in in real time, our TV was two penalties behind, so heard the cheers from Bev and Steve next door. And I was watching the feed from the BBC website, which meant I knew when a penalty was missed or not.
Long gone are the days when this would have meant a defeat, so it was England scored all five of theirs, but the Swiss missed their first, so Trent Alexander Arnold hammered the winning spot kick to send England into the semi finals.
Almost straight away the last quarter final, Netherlands v Türkiye kicked off, and a great game it was, end to end stuff with lots of shots.
The Turks scored and looked like they would cling on, but two goals in five minutes in the last quarter put the Oranj armie through to play England on Wednesday.
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The church of St. Giles in Shipbourne, near Tonbridge, overlooks a large open common. Its history is intertwined with the large nearby country estate of Fairlawne, and in 1879-81 the then owners, the Cazelet family, paid for the previous church to be completely demolished and rebuilt. The original church was a small 14th century chapel which was itself replaced between 1721-22 with a Palladian church designed by architect James Gibbs which was paid for by Fairlawne's previous owners, the Lord Barnard, Christopher Vane. Nothing structural remains of either Gibbs' church or the medieval church it replaced; only a large monument to Christopher Vane (died 1723) and his wife and daughter (both named Elizabeth). This monument, carved by Michael Rysbrack, was rehoused in the south transept of the Victorian church we see today. The church is built of local Kentish ragstone with Bath stone dressings. The style is based on 13th century Gothic and it has a Normanesque capped central tower. The architects are quite obscure: they are listed simply as Mann and Saunders. It could be that this pairing were William G. Saunders and F. Mann. Both worked in Sussex around the same period. The interior has hardly changed since it was built. The total cost was £20,000 - a huge sum at the time, indicating that the Cazelet family of Fairlawne had sufficient wealth to pay for it! Various monuments and plaques in the chancel are dedicated to members of this family including a recent one to Peter Cazelet (died 1973) who trained the Queen Mother's racehorses. The church is of a cruciform shape with a central tower. The transepts are small, with the south transept being used as a small chapel, as well as housing the Vine monument dedicated to the Fairlawne estate's former owners and the benefactors of the first rebuilding of the church. The north transept holds the organ and contains a small vestry with a turreted staircase leading to the tower. The stained-glass windows are German in design, emanating from the workshops of Mayer of Munich. The nave and chancel are beautifully decorated throughout with an eccentric mix of stencilling and sgraffito. The west wall has an intriguing set of canopied and pinnacled wooden stalls running the entire width of it and sited directly behind the font. This was the baptismal pew used by members of the Cazalet family. The west window above the pew previously contained the family crests and coats-of-arms, although the windows were destroyed in WWII. Photography was all-the-rage among the upper classes in 1881 and the idea was that the Cazelet family and the priest performing the baptism could have the event captured via this new medium using this purpose built baptismal pew located beneath the family heraldry. Text by Rob Baker.
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SHIPBORNE.
SOUTHWARD from Ightham lies SHIPBORNE, called in the Textus Roffensis, SCRIBURNA.
THIS PARISH lies the greatest part of it below the sand hills, and consequently in that part of this county called the Weald. The village is situated at a small distance southward from the foot of the hill, round Shipborne green, having the church at the west side of it; and about half a mile further westward, near the boundary of the parish, is Budd's green, On the rise of the hill is the mansion of Fairlawn, the offices and great part of the grounds of which are within this parish, where the soil is a clay, being a heavy tillage land; in the southern part, at and about the hill, it is a sand and rock stone; at the southeast part of it there is much coppice wood, a deep and miry country at all times, most of it being exceedingly unpleasant either to live in or to travel through.
The fair continues to be held on the day of St. Giles the abbot, being Sept. 1, yearly.
JOHN DE SAY seems in the reign of Henry III. to have held in Siburne, of the earl of Gloucester, one knight's fee, and the fifth part of one, (fn. 1) which soon afterwards passed to Adam de Bavent, the principal possessions of whose family lay in Sussex and Surry.
Adam de Bavent, in the 12th year of Edward I. obtained a grant of free warren for his lands in Shipborne, and a market to be held weekly on a Monday, at his manor of Shipborne, and one fair yearly on the feast of St. Giles the abbot. In the 28th year of that reign, he was with the king at the siege of Carlaverock, in Scotland.
Hawis, widow of Sir Roger de Bavent, his descendant, in the 36th year of king Edward III. released to the prioress and convent of the priory of Dartford, then newly erected, all her right, in the manor of Shipborne, which that king by his patent of endowment, in his 46th year, confirmed to them, together with all knights fees, and other things belonging to it.
This manor continued part of the possessions of the priory of Dartford till the general dissolution of it in the reign of king Henry VIII. when it was surrendered into the king's hands, who in his 36th year granted to Sir Ralph Fane, and Anthony Tutsham, esq. the manor of Shipborne, late belonging to the monastery of Dartford, and the manor of Shipborne, alias Puttenden, lying on the east side of this parish, next to West Peckham, and late belonging to the monastery of Tunbridge, and the lands and chapel of Shipborne, with all their appurtenances, &c. to hold of the king in capite by knight's service; (fn. 2) Soon after which Anthony Tutsham released all his right and interest in them to Sir Ralf Fane.
He had been knighted at the siege of Bulleyn in 1544, and afterwards for his valour at the battle of Musselborough, in the 1st year of king Edward VI. made a knight banneret; but in the 6th year of that reign, having warmly espoused the interest of the duke of Somerset, he was accused of being an accomplice with him, and being found guilty was hanged on Tower-hill, that year. After his death, without issue, these manors, together with the lands and chapel of Shipborne, came into the possession of Henry Fane, great grandson of Henry Fane, of Hilden, in Tunbridge, who was grandfather of Sir Ralph Fane, above-mentioned.
Henry Fane, esq. was of Hadlow, and after the decease of his father was unwarily drawn into that infurrection raised by Sir Thomas Wyatt, in the 1st year of queen Mary, and being taken was committed to the Tower and attainted, but on consideration of his youth he had pardon, and was released from his imprisonment.
Next year being the 1st and 2d of Philip and Mary, he had a grant of these manors, and chapel of Ship borne, from the queen, to hold to him and his heirs, by the same services, by which they were held before his attainder. He died in 1582, the 25th year of queen Elizabeth, possessed at the time of his death, as appears by the inquisition then taken of these manors.
Henry Fane, his grandson, assumed the name of Vane, the antient one of his ancestors, which his posterity have continued to use ever since.
In the 17th year of king James I. he was knighted at Whitehall, from which time he acted a conspicuous part in the public affairs of this nation, and was chosen to sit in every succeeding parliament, both in that and the next reign. King Charles I. entrusted him much in different negociations with foreign princes, made him cofferer of his houshold, and of his privy council, and in 1632 one of the commissioners for executing the office of lord high admiral. He was afterwards much employed in commissions of the greatest weight, with others of the highest office and quality, and was made comptroller of the houshold, at which time he purchased of Sir George Chowne, THE MANSION OF FAIRLAWN, with the lands belonging to it, situated in the borough of Plaxtool, in Wrotham and this parish. (fn. 3) After which he was made treasurer of the king's houshold, and principal secretary of state, and empowered to hold those two offices together.
But not long after, on his appearing forward in the prosecution of the earl of Strafford, who had implacably offended him, by obtaining the title of baron Raby, which was Sir Henry's house, and an honor which he had hopes of acquiring himself, the king took such umbrage at it, that he removed him from all his places, and Sir Henry from that time concurred in all the malicious designs of the king's enemies, and forgetting all former obligations, sacrificed every principle of honor and loyalty to his implacable thirst of revenge; but in the end, finding himself growing into the hatred and contempt of those who had made most use of him, as well as of his own son, (fn. 4) he retired to his seat of Raby-castle, in the bishopric of Durham, where he died in the latter end of the year 1654. He left several sons and daughters, of whom Henry became his heir, and George was of Long Melford, in Durham. (fn. 5)
Henry Vane, esq. succeeded his father in his estate, in Shipborne. He had been knighted at Whitehall in 1640, but from his education at Geneva had imbibed such a sharp prejudice and bitterness, as well against regal government as the hierarchy of the church, and this being heightened by the king's giving away the barony of Raby from his family, that following his inclination, he associated with the most discontented persons of that time, so that he became one of the most inveterate of the independent and republican faction. He had been made by the king joint treasurer of the navy, by the interest of the earl of Northumberland, during which he affected to be satisfied with government, and afterwards, when his real inclinations came to be more openly known, he was intrusted with the same office solely by the appointment of the parliament. On the restoration of king Charles II. being excepted out of the general pardon, he was committed to prison, where he was kept some time, and at length being brought to his trial, he was convicted of high treason, and receiving sentence of death, was executed on Tower-hill in 1662. Thomas Vane, esq. his eldest son, succeeded his father in his estates in this parish. He married Frances, daughter of Sir Thomas Liddel, of Ravensworth, in Durham, and died without issue, on which his estates devolved to his brother Christopher Vane, esq. who was of Fairlawn, and was afterwards knighted by Charles II. In 1688, he was made by king James of his privy council, and in the 10th year of king William III. anno 1699, created lord Barnard, of Barnard castle, in the bishopric of Durham. (fn. 6)
He married Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Gilbert Holles, earl of Clare, and sister and coheir of John, duke of Newcastle, by whom he left surviving two sons, Gilbert and William, and a daughter Grace. He died at his seat of Fairlawn, in 1723, and was buried in the new church of Shipborne, built by his own bounty. On which Gilbert, his eldest son, succeeded him in title, and in his estates in the north, and William, his second son, became possessed of his father's estates in Shipborne, Plaxtool, and elsewhere in this county.
The arms of the several branches of the Fanes, or Vanes, are three gauntlets, though differently borne. The earl of Westmoreland bears, Azure, three dexter gauntlets, with their backs affrontee, or; as did the lord viscount Fane, a descendant of the same branch. The earl of Darlington bears, Azure, three sinister gauntlets, with their backs affrontee, or. And lord viscount Vane bore, Azure, three sinister gauntlets, or, on a canton ermine, a pile sable, charged with a mullet of five points, argent.
William Vane, esq. the second son, was of Fairlawn, and was chosen to serve in parliament for Durham, in the year 1708, and in 1720 was created viscount Vane, and baron of Duncannon, of Tyrone, in Ireland. He died suddenly of an apoplexy at Fairlawn, May 20, 1734, having on the Friday before, the 17th, been declared duly elected to serve in parliament for this county, and was buried in Shipborne church. Upon which, William Hollis Vane, his only surviving son, became his father's heir, and succeeded him in titles and estate. He married Frances, daughter of Francis Hawes, esq. one of the South Sea directors in 1720, and widow of lord William Hamilton, younger brother of James, duke of Hamilton, by whom he had no issue, and dying in 1789, by his will gave these manors, his seat of Fairlawn, and the rectory of the chapel of Shipborne, among his other estates to David Papillon, esq. of Acrise, the present possessor of them.
BUDDS is a hamlet in this parish, lying about three quarters of a mile westward from Shipborne church, where a family of the name of Collins formerly dwelt. Henry Collins resided here in the reigns of king Henry VIII. king Edward VI. queen Mary, and queen Elizabeth, and dying in the 35th year of the latter, was buried in this church. His eldest son, Richard Collins, gent. was likewise of Budds. They bore for their arms, Vert, a griffin segreant, or, beaked argent, gorged with a coronet of the third. How long it continued afterwards in this name I have not found, but John Turner, gent. in the reign of king James I. resided at Budds, and bore for his arms, Argent and ermine, three fer de molins, or, a pale counterchanged in fess, on a chief, or, a lion passant guardant between two roses. It is now the property of George Children, esq. of Tunbridge.
Charities.
FRANCIS COLLINS, by will in 1599, gave for the use of the poor the annual sum of 1l. charged on the house called the Bull inn, in Rochester, and 2l. likewise on lands in Gillingham, vested in Mr. Page.
N. B. This last pays the land tax, and the two bequests by journeys, expences, &c. reduces them to the annual produce of 2l. 7s. 6d.
JOHN SWAN gave by will 10l. and his executors by deed in 1614, purchased with it an annuity of 10s. for the use of the poor, charged on lands in this parish, vested in the heirs of John Bellingham, lately deceased, and now of that annual produce.
STEPHEN FREMLYN, by will in 1717, gave by deed, for the use of the poor, the annual sum of 1l. to be paid out of lands and tenements in this parish, vested in Mr. William Collias, and now of that annual produce.
SHIPBORNE is within the ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDISCTION of the diocese of Rochester, and deanry of Malling.
The church is dedicated to St. Giles, and is a neat fabric. It was entirely rebuilt from the ground by the bounty of Christopher, lord Barnard, in the beginning of this century.
It was antiently esteemed as a chapel to the church of Tunbridge, and paid six-pence chrism rent to the mother church of the diocese.
John, bishop of Rochester, in the 7th year of king Edward II. certified to the king's treasurer and barons of the exchequer, in obedience to the king's writ, directed to him for that purpose, that the prior of the hospital of St. John of Jerusalem had within his diocese the appropriation of the church of Tonebregge, with the chapels of Schibourne and St. Thomas the Martyr, which was worth yearly thirty-four marcs, being part of the antient possessions of that hospital, and upon a like writ in the 20th year of Edward III. Hamo, bishop of Rochester, certified to the king's treasurer, &c. a like return. (fn. 7)
The chapel of Shipborne belonged to that part of their revenues which was under the cognizance of their preceptory or commendary of Peckham, otherwise called the chantry magistrale in this neighbourhood, and it remained part of the possessions of the abovementioned hospital till the time of its dissolution in the 32d year of king Henry VIII. when this order of knights was suppressed by an act then specially passed for that purpose, by which all their lands and revenues, &c. were given to the king and his heirs for ever. After which the king, in his 36th year, granted to Sir Ralph Fane, and Anthony Tutsham, esq. among other premises in this parish, the lands and chapel of Shipborne, with their appurtenances, in fee, to hold in capite by knight's service. (fn. 8) Soon after which, Anthony Tutsham released all his interest in them to Sir Ralph Fane, in whose family they continued, as has been already fully related in the account of the manor of Shipborne, down to William Holles viscount Vane, who devised them by will to David Papillon, esq. the present owner of them.
This chapel is now esteemed as a curacy, and is not in charge in the king's books. It pays a fee-farm rent of eight shillings yearly to the crown.
There are between 50 and 60 butterflies in the UK and Ireland, some are more common than others, and of the rarer species, some like to bask, while others play hard to get.
Or see.
Of the latter is the Purple Emperor, which emerges for a few weeks in high summer, spending most of its time in the tree tops of sallow trees feeding on aphid honeydew.
But sometimes males come down to ground, so can be snapped. Over the years, various lures or substances, mostly fish-derived, have been tried to lure the butterflies down. And last week, a friend tried his brew, named "butterfly juice", and got at least two males to land in the car park of a country park and stay for over 15 minutes.
As that was just two days before, I said I would go up, and Billy armed with a new batch of juice would meet up and we hoped that the weather would play ball.
This meant having to get up promptly, get to Tesco, have breakfast and be out before half eight to travel to west Kent to be there to meet Billy.
We had a load of stuff to get at Tesco, so took a half hour to get round, spending what seems like a king's ransom for a week's provisions and supplies.
Jools decided to download Windows 11, but the final stage created a loop of requests, so she had to go into town to drop it off to be fixed, but said she was happy for me to go on my own to chase butterflies.
The forecast had not mentioned rain, or strong winds, but it seems no one told the weather.
Travelling up the M20, I went through two heavy showers, and when I got to the park, the ground was wet for another recent shower.
I met up with another snapper, Mike, and he showed me where the tree was near the car park where the males had come down from on Thursday.
It was cool, breezy and of the Emperor there was no sign.
We wandered round the meadows surrounding the trees, and found Meadow Browns, Ringlets and Gatekeepers, and when the sun came out, a single Silver Washed Fritillary and a White Admiral were seen, though only at a distance.
Billy arrived at 11, and dropped the juice, on the ground where he had on Thursday.
The strong winds blew clouds across the sky, brief periods of blue sky brought sunshine and clouds of brown butterflies.
A while later, we set off on the circular walk which shortly brought us to another of the hotspots, the cross roads of four tracks with hogweed in the centre, perfect for snapping basking butterflies and sever White Legged Damselflies, an uncommon species, but frequently seen here.
The sun came out, so I stayed there while the others walked off. So it was that I was buzzed by a single Purple Emperor, the only sighting of the day, as it swooped past me, the upper winds reflected bright purple. I swung round, but it was gone.
And that was that.
And then the rain came.
I had gone to meet with the others, so we had to shelter for twenty minutes under a tree, while day turned to night and the rain hammered down.
The sun came out and brought brilliant bright light, so we walked back to the car park, I waited half an hour more to see if the sun would come back.
It didn't.
So, I said goodbye and began to long drive back home.
Before leaving home I had checked the area for churches, and two sprung up: Shipbourne and Plaxtol, both were either on the road back home, or just off it.
Shipbourne is a small village set round a large area of grass that I guess was, and maybe still is, common grazing land. It is now a destination for dogwalkers judging by the cars, but of the church there was no sign.
I took the road north, came to to the edge of the village and there was still no church. I turned round and went back, and over the tree tops I could see the tower of the church. Back by the village pub, and behind it, was the church, accessible via a short lane with parking spaces.
I drove in, parked up grabbed all my camera gear and walked to the lych gate. A walker held it open for me, the church rose close the other side, reaching for the skies.
Along the path, I came to the porch with its very welcoming sign saying "church open".
St Giles, the current one, is at least the third church on the site, and when built at the end of the 19th century, the 18th century one was demolished along with the village pub. Leaving what we see now, a fine Victorian church, with just the one surviving memorial from the previous building, and filled with good Victorian glass and light.
On the way up, there was a queue of six miles of trucks for the port, so I drove back along the Alkham Valley, through River and up Whitfield Hill, getting back just before three, in time for a brew.
I had some cheese and crackers and a brew, as Jools had already eaten.
Then at five the football: England v Switzerland.
Two evenly matched teams, that cancelled each other out. Ten minutes to go, the Swiss scored thanks to a defensive lapse, and it all looked lost. But 5 minutes later, Saka cut in from the right and curled a shot into the far corner to level things.
It stayed that was to the end of normal time, and extra time, which meant penalties.
I had used the BBC i player to watch the BBC whilst listening to the commentary from Radio 5, this is usually a few seconds behind the actual TV feed, but a technical issue meant it was closer to two minutes. Which meant when the winning penalty went in in real time, our TV was two penalties behind, so heard the cheers from Bev and Steve next door. And I was watching the feed from the BBC website, which meant I knew when a penalty was missed or not.
Long gone are the days when this would have meant a defeat, so it was England scored all five of theirs, but the Swiss missed their first, so Trent Alexander Arnold hammered the winning spot kick to send England into the semi finals.
Almost straight away the last quarter final, Netherlands v Türkiye kicked off, and a great game it was, end to end stuff with lots of shots.
The Turks scored and looked like they would cling on, but two goals in five minutes in the last quarter put the Oranj armie through to play England on Wednesday.
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The church of St. Giles in Shipbourne, near Tonbridge, overlooks a large open common. Its history is intertwined with the large nearby country estate of Fairlawne, and in 1879-81 the then owners, the Cazelet family, paid for the previous church to be completely demolished and rebuilt. The original church was a small 14th century chapel which was itself replaced between 1721-22 with a Palladian church designed by architect James Gibbs which was paid for by Fairlawne's previous owners, the Lord Barnard, Christopher Vane. Nothing structural remains of either Gibbs' church or the medieval church it replaced; only a large monument to Christopher Vane (died 1723) and his wife and daughter (both named Elizabeth). This monument, carved by Michael Rysbrack, was rehoused in the south transept of the Victorian church we see today. The church is built of local Kentish ragstone with Bath stone dressings. The style is based on 13th century Gothic and it has a Normanesque capped central tower. The architects are quite obscure: they are listed simply as Mann and Saunders. It could be that this pairing were William G. Saunders and F. Mann. Both worked in Sussex around the same period. The interior has hardly changed since it was built. The total cost was £20,000 - a huge sum at the time, indicating that the Cazelet family of Fairlawne had sufficient wealth to pay for it! Various monuments and plaques in the chancel are dedicated to members of this family including a recent one to Peter Cazelet (died 1973) who trained the Queen Mother's racehorses. The church is of a cruciform shape with a central tower. The transepts are small, with the south transept being used as a small chapel, as well as housing the Vine monument dedicated to the Fairlawne estate's former owners and the benefactors of the first rebuilding of the church. The north transept holds the organ and contains a small vestry with a turreted staircase leading to the tower. The stained-glass windows are German in design, emanating from the workshops of Mayer of Munich. The nave and chancel are beautifully decorated throughout with an eccentric mix of stencilling and sgraffito. The west wall has an intriguing set of canopied and pinnacled wooden stalls running the entire width of it and sited directly behind the font. This was the baptismal pew used by members of the Cazalet family. The west window above the pew previously contained the family crests and coats-of-arms, although the windows were destroyed in WWII. Photography was all-the-rage among the upper classes in 1881 and the idea was that the Cazelet family and the priest performing the baptism could have the event captured via this new medium using this purpose built baptismal pew located beneath the family heraldry. Text by Rob Baker.
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SHIPBORNE.
SOUTHWARD from Ightham lies SHIPBORNE, called in the Textus Roffensis, SCRIBURNA.
THIS PARISH lies the greatest part of it below the sand hills, and consequently in that part of this county called the Weald. The village is situated at a small distance southward from the foot of the hill, round Shipborne green, having the church at the west side of it; and about half a mile further westward, near the boundary of the parish, is Budd's green, On the rise of the hill is the mansion of Fairlawn, the offices and great part of the grounds of which are within this parish, where the soil is a clay, being a heavy tillage land; in the southern part, at and about the hill, it is a sand and rock stone; at the southeast part of it there is much coppice wood, a deep and miry country at all times, most of it being exceedingly unpleasant either to live in or to travel through.
The fair continues to be held on the day of St. Giles the abbot, being Sept. 1, yearly.
JOHN DE SAY seems in the reign of Henry III. to have held in Siburne, of the earl of Gloucester, one knight's fee, and the fifth part of one, (fn. 1) which soon afterwards passed to Adam de Bavent, the principal possessions of whose family lay in Sussex and Surry.
Adam de Bavent, in the 12th year of Edward I. obtained a grant of free warren for his lands in Shipborne, and a market to be held weekly on a Monday, at his manor of Shipborne, and one fair yearly on the feast of St. Giles the abbot. In the 28th year of that reign, he was with the king at the siege of Carlaverock, in Scotland.
Hawis, widow of Sir Roger de Bavent, his descendant, in the 36th year of king Edward III. released to the prioress and convent of the priory of Dartford, then newly erected, all her right, in the manor of Shipborne, which that king by his patent of endowment, in his 46th year, confirmed to them, together with all knights fees, and other things belonging to it.
This manor continued part of the possessions of the priory of Dartford till the general dissolution of it in the reign of king Henry VIII. when it was surrendered into the king's hands, who in his 36th year granted to Sir Ralph Fane, and Anthony Tutsham, esq. the manor of Shipborne, late belonging to the monastery of Dartford, and the manor of Shipborne, alias Puttenden, lying on the east side of this parish, next to West Peckham, and late belonging to the monastery of Tunbridge, and the lands and chapel of Shipborne, with all their appurtenances, &c. to hold of the king in capite by knight's service; (fn. 2) Soon after which Anthony Tutsham released all his right and interest in them to Sir Ralf Fane.
He had been knighted at the siege of Bulleyn in 1544, and afterwards for his valour at the battle of Musselborough, in the 1st year of king Edward VI. made a knight banneret; but in the 6th year of that reign, having warmly espoused the interest of the duke of Somerset, he was accused of being an accomplice with him, and being found guilty was hanged on Tower-hill, that year. After his death, without issue, these manors, together with the lands and chapel of Shipborne, came into the possession of Henry Fane, great grandson of Henry Fane, of Hilden, in Tunbridge, who was grandfather of Sir Ralph Fane, above-mentioned.
Henry Fane, esq. was of Hadlow, and after the decease of his father was unwarily drawn into that infurrection raised by Sir Thomas Wyatt, in the 1st year of queen Mary, and being taken was committed to the Tower and attainted, but on consideration of his youth he had pardon, and was released from his imprisonment.
Next year being the 1st and 2d of Philip and Mary, he had a grant of these manors, and chapel of Ship borne, from the queen, to hold to him and his heirs, by the same services, by which they were held before his attainder. He died in 1582, the 25th year of queen Elizabeth, possessed at the time of his death, as appears by the inquisition then taken of these manors.
Henry Fane, his grandson, assumed the name of Vane, the antient one of his ancestors, which his posterity have continued to use ever since.
In the 17th year of king James I. he was knighted at Whitehall, from which time he acted a conspicuous part in the public affairs of this nation, and was chosen to sit in every succeeding parliament, both in that and the next reign. King Charles I. entrusted him much in different negociations with foreign princes, made him cofferer of his houshold, and of his privy council, and in 1632 one of the commissioners for executing the office of lord high admiral. He was afterwards much employed in commissions of the greatest weight, with others of the highest office and quality, and was made comptroller of the houshold, at which time he purchased of Sir George Chowne, THE MANSION OF FAIRLAWN, with the lands belonging to it, situated in the borough of Plaxtool, in Wrotham and this parish. (fn. 3) After which he was made treasurer of the king's houshold, and principal secretary of state, and empowered to hold those two offices together.
But not long after, on his appearing forward in the prosecution of the earl of Strafford, who had implacably offended him, by obtaining the title of baron Raby, which was Sir Henry's house, and an honor which he had hopes of acquiring himself, the king took such umbrage at it, that he removed him from all his places, and Sir Henry from that time concurred in all the malicious designs of the king's enemies, and forgetting all former obligations, sacrificed every principle of honor and loyalty to his implacable thirst of revenge; but in the end, finding himself growing into the hatred and contempt of those who had made most use of him, as well as of his own son, (fn. 4) he retired to his seat of Raby-castle, in the bishopric of Durham, where he died in the latter end of the year 1654. He left several sons and daughters, of whom Henry became his heir, and George was of Long Melford, in Durham. (fn. 5)
Henry Vane, esq. succeeded his father in his estate, in Shipborne. He had been knighted at Whitehall in 1640, but from his education at Geneva had imbibed such a sharp prejudice and bitterness, as well against regal government as the hierarchy of the church, and this being heightened by the king's giving away the barony of Raby from his family, that following his inclination, he associated with the most discontented persons of that time, so that he became one of the most inveterate of the independent and republican faction. He had been made by the king joint treasurer of the navy, by the interest of the earl of Northumberland, during which he affected to be satisfied with government, and afterwards, when his real inclinations came to be more openly known, he was intrusted with the same office solely by the appointment of the parliament. On the restoration of king Charles II. being excepted out of the general pardon, he was committed to prison, where he was kept some time, and at length being brought to his trial, he was convicted of high treason, and receiving sentence of death, was executed on Tower-hill in 1662. Thomas Vane, esq. his eldest son, succeeded his father in his estates in this parish. He married Frances, daughter of Sir Thomas Liddel, of Ravensworth, in Durham, and died without issue, on which his estates devolved to his brother Christopher Vane, esq. who was of Fairlawn, and was afterwards knighted by Charles II. In 1688, he was made by king James of his privy council, and in the 10th year of king William III. anno 1699, created lord Barnard, of Barnard castle, in the bishopric of Durham. (fn. 6)
He married Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Gilbert Holles, earl of Clare, and sister and coheir of John, duke of Newcastle, by whom he left surviving two sons, Gilbert and William, and a daughter Grace. He died at his seat of Fairlawn, in 1723, and was buried in the new church of Shipborne, built by his own bounty. On which Gilbert, his eldest son, succeeded him in title, and in his estates in the north, and William, his second son, became possessed of his father's estates in Shipborne, Plaxtool, and elsewhere in this county.
The arms of the several branches of the Fanes, or Vanes, are three gauntlets, though differently borne. The earl of Westmoreland bears, Azure, three dexter gauntlets, with their backs affrontee, or; as did the lord viscount Fane, a descendant of the same branch. The earl of Darlington bears, Azure, three sinister gauntlets, with their backs affrontee, or. And lord viscount Vane bore, Azure, three sinister gauntlets, or, on a canton ermine, a pile sable, charged with a mullet of five points, argent.
William Vane, esq. the second son, was of Fairlawn, and was chosen to serve in parliament for Durham, in the year 1708, and in 1720 was created viscount Vane, and baron of Duncannon, of Tyrone, in Ireland. He died suddenly of an apoplexy at Fairlawn, May 20, 1734, having on the Friday before, the 17th, been declared duly elected to serve in parliament for this county, and was buried in Shipborne church. Upon which, William Hollis Vane, his only surviving son, became his father's heir, and succeeded him in titles and estate. He married Frances, daughter of Francis Hawes, esq. one of the South Sea directors in 1720, and widow of lord William Hamilton, younger brother of James, duke of Hamilton, by whom he had no issue, and dying in 1789, by his will gave these manors, his seat of Fairlawn, and the rectory of the chapel of Shipborne, among his other estates to David Papillon, esq. of Acrise, the present possessor of them.
BUDDS is a hamlet in this parish, lying about three quarters of a mile westward from Shipborne church, where a family of the name of Collins formerly dwelt. Henry Collins resided here in the reigns of king Henry VIII. king Edward VI. queen Mary, and queen Elizabeth, and dying in the 35th year of the latter, was buried in this church. His eldest son, Richard Collins, gent. was likewise of Budds. They bore for their arms, Vert, a griffin segreant, or, beaked argent, gorged with a coronet of the third. How long it continued afterwards in this name I have not found, but John Turner, gent. in the reign of king James I. resided at Budds, and bore for his arms, Argent and ermine, three fer de molins, or, a pale counterchanged in fess, on a chief, or, a lion passant guardant between two roses. It is now the property of George Children, esq. of Tunbridge.
Charities.
FRANCIS COLLINS, by will in 1599, gave for the use of the poor the annual sum of 1l. charged on the house called the Bull inn, in Rochester, and 2l. likewise on lands in Gillingham, vested in Mr. Page.
N. B. This last pays the land tax, and the two bequests by journeys, expences, &c. reduces them to the annual produce of 2l. 7s. 6d.
JOHN SWAN gave by will 10l. and his executors by deed in 1614, purchased with it an annuity of 10s. for the use of the poor, charged on lands in this parish, vested in the heirs of John Bellingham, lately deceased, and now of that annual produce.
STEPHEN FREMLYN, by will in 1717, gave by deed, for the use of the poor, the annual sum of 1l. to be paid out of lands and tenements in this parish, vested in Mr. William Collias, and now of that annual produce.
SHIPBORNE is within the ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDISCTION of the diocese of Rochester, and deanry of Malling.
The church is dedicated to St. Giles, and is a neat fabric. It was entirely rebuilt from the ground by the bounty of Christopher, lord Barnard, in the beginning of this century.
It was antiently esteemed as a chapel to the church of Tunbridge, and paid six-pence chrism rent to the mother church of the diocese.
John, bishop of Rochester, in the 7th year of king Edward II. certified to the king's treasurer and barons of the exchequer, in obedience to the king's writ, directed to him for that purpose, that the prior of the hospital of St. John of Jerusalem had within his diocese the appropriation of the church of Tonebregge, with the chapels of Schibourne and St. Thomas the Martyr, which was worth yearly thirty-four marcs, being part of the antient possessions of that hospital, and upon a like writ in the 20th year of Edward III. Hamo, bishop of Rochester, certified to the king's treasurer, &c. a like return. (fn. 7)
The chapel of Shipborne belonged to that part of their revenues which was under the cognizance of their preceptory or commendary of Peckham, otherwise called the chantry magistrale in this neighbourhood, and it remained part of the possessions of the abovementioned hospital till the time of its dissolution in the 32d year of king Henry VIII. when this order of knights was suppressed by an act then specially passed for that purpose, by which all their lands and revenues, &c. were given to the king and his heirs for ever. After which the king, in his 36th year, granted to Sir Ralph Fane, and Anthony Tutsham, esq. among other premises in this parish, the lands and chapel of Shipborne, with their appurtenances, in fee, to hold in capite by knight's service. (fn. 8) Soon after which, Anthony Tutsham released all his interest in them to Sir Ralph Fane, in whose family they continued, as has been already fully related in the account of the manor of Shipborne, down to William Holles viscount Vane, who devised them by will to David Papillon, esq. the present owner of them.
This chapel is now esteemed as a curacy, and is not in charge in the king's books. It pays a fee-farm rent of eight shillings yearly to the crown.
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working on a new batch of stuffs. two for middie, two cosmo dresses and maybe a couple of other bits if i can find time to finish off. just have to add the snaps still to the four that are done. busy time of year, isn't it?
Made a new batch of ram's horn barrettes. Did some new colors too!
These horns are cast from original sculpts. The plastic used is not only very tough but also incredibly lightweight. They are so light, they float in water and their weight is barely noticeable when worn.
I've just made a new batch of card holders for my madeit store. This one features lovely Babushka dolls: www.madeit.com.au/detail.asp?id=693895
Made a new batch of homemade laundry detergent.
3 cups borax
1 1/2 cups washing soda
1 1/2 cups baking soda
1 1/2 cups grated Fels Naphtha soap
A new batch for Treasure Chest.
The 4th of 15 (19th of 30 in total) sketch cards for Treasure Chest of Art charity project.
Over 1000 cards artists committed to for the project were never turned in, so Paul is still asking for help [you can draw whatever you want].
Feel free to contact me and I’ll put you in touch.
Treasure Chests are also still for sale.
All proceeds from this project will go to the Pediatric Oncology Treasure Chest Foundation.
Top Cat, created around 1961
© Hanna Barbera
Sketch card
April 2o11
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I love the apple fabric. This top was made by Constance, she's so good! The sweater if from a new batch that Nonna sent spring-y colours!
Have you ever wondered why a bite of fudge just melts in your mouth? Well, here's the answer: It is all about the process in which true fudge is crafted. They have three simple rules that they follow every time. 1) Every slice is made from scratch, by hand. 2) Always use the finest, freshest ingredients available. 3) Create new batches daily. With these three easy steps, Fudge Shoppe of the Smokies can bring you the most satisfying taste in the world… and there is absolutely no other way.
A new batch of Heidi bags for the spring...
This bag measures: 11.50"W x 9.00"H x 3.00"D with a 2.00" x 24.00" strap.
There are (2) 4.00" x 5.00" pockets on the front and a 6.50" x 7.00" zippered pocket on the back. The interior is divided into 2 sections and there is also a split 5.00"H x 8.00"W interior pocket.
Woohoo, received a new batch of moo cards ready to show off to the world. I've been much more selective on the photos and used some of the old ones that I thought worked and were in high demand. Strangely quite a lot of the photos were back in the old days and aren't of gigs, I think the ones with nice solid backgrounds stand out more than ones with just a black background. Anyway, if you ever meet me, don't be shy to ask for one
As posted on photojunkie.ca
www.photojunkie.ca/archive/2006/06/johan/
Johan is one of the owners and the head chef at Le Petit Déjeuner. The food there is simply amazing. Last night they were making a new batch of these snack sized waffles made with this special sugar. They were still still warm when Johan offered me one and although I was already full from their amazing risotto, I couldn't resist.
I shot this with a new (to me) EF 17-40mm L lens that I picked up from my buddy Brian. Playing with a new lens is like getting a new set of eyes.
Happy Birthday little calf!
This calf was photographed one year ago. He was a few days old at that time. He and his contemporaries are celebrating their first birthdays and welcoming a new batch of calves at this time.
This newborn calf and his mother were taking it easy in a patch of green grass on the shores of the Madison River in Yellowstone National Park.
© Katie LaSalle-Lowery
I made one, I made one! I couldn't think of a cool title for it, though.
Have a wonderful day!
-Sally
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-The Brain Gremlin, Gremlins 2: The New Batch
A new batch of future soccer Bears learn the fundamentals of the game from Missouri State soccer players and coaches during the Missouri State Soccer School.
A new batch of bulk samples arrive at Soil Mechanics. Not shown are the same number of pallets off to the left carrying the tubes (undisturbed), pots (disturbed) and water samples.
There are between 50 and 60 butterflies in the UK and Ireland, some are more common than others, and of the rarer species, some like to bask, while others play hard to get.
Or see.
Of the latter is the Purple Emperor, which emerges for a few weeks in high summer, spending most of its time in the tree tops of sallow trees feeding on aphid honeydew.
But sometimes males come down to ground, so can be snapped. Over the years, various lures or substances, mostly fish-derived, have been tried to lure the butterflies down. And last week, a friend tried his brew, named "butterfly juice", and got at least two males to land in the car park of a country park and stay for over 15 minutes.
As that was just two days before, I said I would go up, and Billy armed with a new batch of juice would meet up and we hoped that the weather would play ball.
This meant having to get up promptly, get to Tesco, have breakfast and be out before half eight to travel to west Kent to be there to meet Billy.
We had a load of stuff to get at Tesco, so took a half hour to get round, spending what seems like a king's ransom for a week's provisions and supplies.
Jools decided to download Windows 11, but the final stage created a loop of requests, so she had to go into town to drop it off to be fixed, but said she was happy for me to go on my own to chase butterflies.
The forecast had not mentioned rain, or strong winds, but it seems no one told the weather.
Travelling up the M20, I went through two heavy showers, and when I got to the park, the ground was wet for another recent shower.
I met up with another snapper, Mike, and he showed me where the tree was near the car park where the males had come down from on Thursday.
It was cool, breezy and of the Emperor there was no sign.
We wandered round the meadows surrounding the trees, and found Meadow Browns, Ringlets and Gatekeepers, and when the sun came out, a single Silver Washed Fritillary and a White Admiral were seen, though only at a distance.
Billy arrived at 11, and dropped the juice, on the ground where he had on Thursday.
The strong winds blew clouds across the sky, brief periods of blue sky brought sunshine and clouds of brown butterflies.
A while later, we set off on the circular walk which shortly brought us to another of the hotspots, the cross roads of four tracks with hogweed in the centre, perfect for snapping basking butterflies and sever White Legged Damselflies, an uncommon species, but frequently seen here.
The sun came out, so I stayed there while the others walked off. So it was that I was buzzed by a single Purple Emperor, the only sighting of the day, as it swooped past me, the upper winds reflected bright purple. I swung round, but it was gone.
And that was that.
And then the rain came.
I had gone to meet with the others, so we had to shelter for twenty minutes under a tree, while day turned to night and the rain hammered down.
The sun came out and brought brilliant bright light, so we walked back to the car park, I waited half an hour more to see if the sun would come back.
It didn't.
So, I said goodbye and began to long drive back home.
Before leaving home I had checked the area for churches, and two sprung up: Shipbourne and Plaxtol, both were either on the road back home, or just off it.
Shipbourne is a small village set round a large area of grass that I guess was, and maybe still is, common grazing land. It is now a destination for dogwalkers judging by the cars, but of the church there was no sign.
I took the road north, came to to the edge of the village and there was still no church. I turned round and went back, and over the tree tops I could see the tower of the church. Back by the village pub, and behind it, was the church, accessible via a short lane with parking spaces.
I drove in, parked up grabbed all my camera gear and walked to the lych gate. A walker held it open for me, the church rose close the other side, reaching for the skies.
Along the path, I came to the porch with its very welcoming sign saying "church open".
St Giles, the current one, is at least the third church on the site, and when built at the end of the 19th century, the 18th century one was demolished along with the village pub. Leaving what we see now, a fine Victorian church, with just the one surviving memorial from the previous building, and filled with good Victorian glass and light.
A short drive away, on a sharp bend, a sign points to Plaxtol. A small village but with a church and a new one for me.
The church has no dedication, as it was built during Cromwell's Commonwealth, so is austere and without much decoration, and is remarkably untouched.
I find a place to park outside, the small village square with the war memorial just in front, and behind, a fine row of Kentish cottages, all with white clapboarding. Of which I should have taken a shot of.
On the way up, there was a queue of six miles of trucks for the port, so I drove back along the Alkham Valley, through River and up Whitfield Hill, getting back just before three, in time for a brew.
I had some cheese and crackers and a brew, as Jools had already eaten.
Then at five the football: England v Switzerland.
Two evenly matched teams, that cancelled each other out. Ten minutes to go, the Swiss scored thanks to a defensive lapse, and it all looked lost. But 5 minutes later, Saka cut in from the right and curled a shot into the far corner to level things.
It stayed that was to the end of normal time, and extra time, which meant penalties.
I had used the BBC i player to watch the BBC whilst listening to the commentary from Radio 5, this is usually a few seconds behind the actual TV feed, but a technical issue meant it was closer to two minutes. Which meant when the winning penalty went in in real time, our TV was two penalties behind, so heard the cheers from Bev and Steve next door. And I was watching the feed from the BBC website, which meant I knew when a penalty was missed or not.
Long gone are the days when this would have meant a defeat, so it was England scored all five of theirs, but the Swiss missed their first, so Trent Alexander Arnold hammered the winning spot kick to send England into the semi finals.
Almost straight away the last quarter final, Netherlands v Türkiye kicked off, and a great game it was, end to end stuff with lots of shots.
The Turks scored and looked like they would cling on, but two goals in five minutes in the last quarter put the Oranj armie through to play England on Wednesday.
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Although there is no record of a medieval church here, the present building which dates from 1649 may stand on an early site. It is unusual to find a church of the Commonwealth period and for this reason it is not dedicated to a particular saint. Although the basic hall church remains much rebuilding took place in the nineteenth century, giving the building a strangely urban feel. This is not helped by the fact that it is constructed of regular ragstone blocks which are galletted. The interior is now much lighter than the Victorians left it as war damage has removed most of the stained glass. The main feature of the interior is the hammerbeam roof, painted blue and more practical than decorative, and there is also some foreign wood carving incorporated in the reredos and pulpit
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Plaxtol Parish Church is one of very few churches built in the Cromwellian period - sometimes called 'The Republic' or 'The Commonwealth' - between the end of the Civil War (1651) and the Restoration of the Monarchy (1660). As such, it has no patron saint or other doctrinal title. The rather plain, puritan box-like structure was developed in the Tractarian style of the late Victorian era, adding transepts, and a riased chancel and sanctuary. A recent appeal and re-ordering is enabling the introduction of toilets and a kitchenette at the base of the tower, and more versatile and comfortable space. We hope and pray that this will help the church to make the most of its geographical setting in the centre of the village, and to fulfill is calling to be an inclusive and special place at the heart of the community.
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THE CHAPEL OF PLAXTOOL stands at the west end of the village. It was without any fixed establishment for the maintenance of a minister, or for the repairs of the building itself; and the vicar of Wrotham not being obliged to find a curate, divine service was very seldom, or at least, very irregularly performed in it. To remedy which, Mr. Thomas Stanley, gent. of Hamptons, in 1638, conveyed to Sir Henry Vane, and four other feoffees, a house and two acres of land, valued at upwards of seven pounds per annum, for the use and support of the curate, upon condition that the inhabitants of it should raise the sum of eight pounds annnally for the like purpose; in default of which, or the service of the chapel ceasing, the bequest was to revert to the heirs of the donor.
In the year 1647, an ordinance of parliament passed, to divide this district from the parish of Wrotham, and by it a collection was directed to be made throughout this county towards erecting a parochial church here, and establishing a congregation proportionable to it. In consequence of which the present chapel was erected in 1648, which by an inscription at the east end of it, is said to have been built at the charge of the inhabitants of Hale and Roughway boroughs; but this ordinance being rendered of no effect at the restoration, Plaxtool became again united to Wrotham, and remains so at this time. After which the inhabitants refusing to comply with Mr. Stanley's terms of contributing towards the support of a minister, the vicar of Wrotham allowed a salary of twenty pounds towards it; but Mr. Dalison (whose ancestor had married Mr. Stanley's sole daughter and heir) insisting that as the addition was not made by the inhabitants, the proviso in his bequest was not complied with, and that it reverted to him as heir to the donor; a trial at law was had, when it being determined that the intent of the donor was fully answered, in the sum being given by any person whatsoever, a decree was made for the future payment of it.
This curacy has since been augmented with two hundred pounds from queen Anne's bounty. The curate of it enjoys Mr. Stanley's gift to it, besides a very handsome and adequate salary from the vicar of Wrotham, who appoints the curate from time to time. The present curate is Mr. Thomas Dalison.
There was a house and land, worth about twelve pounds per annum, given by one of the Miller family, which continued to be enjoyed by the curate of Plaxtool, who resided at it till about the year 1750; when, upon some dispute with the vicar of Wrotham on the nominating a person to this curacy, it was withdrawn by Leonard Bartholomew, esq. of Oxenhoath, and has been with-held ever since.