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Boys Marriage settlement of 1626.
Whitfield archive ref. :EK/U 373/T61. Boys Marriage settlement, 1626. The following information is from a 1667 copy of a marriage settlement of 3rd day of April in the second year of Charles I.…
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Oxenden, later Oxney-revised 24.5.2013
Oxney Wood is now in Aylesham and Womenswold parishes, but for centuries Oxenden, as Oxney was originally known, formed part of old Nonington’s southern boundary with Womenswold parish. Oxenden, Oxney’s original name, probably…
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Kittington also Ketehampton alias Ketynton-revised 24.05.2013
The name Kittington is said to have evolved from the Old English ‘cyte hamtun’ meaning ‘home farm where there are cottages’ . Kittington is on the east boundary of the old parish of…
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An inventory of the goods of Richard Creake, yeoman, of (Kettingden or Kittington) Nonington, Kent. 1560.
The Creake, Kreke, Creke ect. family were what become known as yeoman. These were well-to-do farmers and small land-owners who owned land in their own right and also rented additional land from other…
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Acol, or Ackholt-revised 23.5.2013
Ackholt, Acholt or Acol, Nonington. Also:1283 Ackholt; 1469 Akholte; 1626 Acholt. Ackholt is now in the Parish of Aylesham and lies just the other side of the railway-line where the Nonington to Womenswold bridle way…
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The trees of Fredville Park-revised 23.5.2013
The Fredville Oaks. Fredville Park has been renowned since the late 18th century for magnificent trees, especially its oaks and chestnuts. William Hasted wrote in his :‘History and topographical survey of the County…
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The Hammonds of St. Alban’s Court-revised 20.5.2013
Two of Sir William Hammond’s younger brother’s, knowing they had little chance of inheriting the family estates, had by then made their own way and become adventurers, later becoming notable soldiers. Francis, born in…
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Eswalt, later St. Alban’s Court-revised 18.5.2013
Eswalt was once part of the ancient Manor of Oesewalum also Oesuualun, and Oesewalum, along with adjoining Essewelle (later Essesole, Esole & Easole, and Fredville) and nearby Solys (Soles). At the time of the Domesday survey of…
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The Duke of Newcastle to the Plumptres of Fredville revised 17.5.2013
Thomas Pelham-Holles, Lord Holles, was born in 1693, the son of Thomas Pelham, 1st Lord Pelham, by his second wife, Lady Grace Holles, younger sister of John Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. When Thomas’s…
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The Boys family of Fredville-revised 15.4.2013
The Boys family, also, de Bois & de Bosco, claimed descent from R. de Boys, or de Bosco, a companion of William the Conqueror who fought at the Battle of Hastings in 1066…