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Sir John de Beauchamp at Easole-revised 14.5.2013
Sir John de Beauchamp, 1st. Lord Beauchamp of Warwick, was a younger son of Guy de Beauchamp, 10th Earl of Warwick and a brother of Thomas, 11th Earl of Warwick. The brothers were…
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The Colkyns of Fredville-updated 10.5.2013
The Colkyn, also Kulkin, Kalkyn, Calkin, Colekin, ect, family were not members of the Anglo-Norman land-owning class but were wealthy Canterbury merchants. The exact year they first occupied Fredville is not presently known,…
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The Will of Werhard the Priest-AD 832 [BCS 402]
Oesewalum was one of the properties included in the will of Archbishop Wulfred, who died in 832. He left his extensive estates to his kinsman, Werhard, with the specific instructions that Werhard should continue to endow…
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Three Barrow Downs-Rowbergh Butts and Soles Butts.
About four hundred yards to the west of Soles is Three Barrow Downs, historically called Rowbergh and Rowberry Butts, taking its name from the three barrows in the shave adjacent to the ancient…