Old Wives Lees, an annual race held
here, 1173.

Park House, a seat, 1961.
Patricksbourne, a cell of Augustine
Friars, church, 1096-7; fine door-
way, 1098; painted glass, tomb of
Mary Taylor, 1099.

Paulinus, Bishop of Rochester, reputed
a Saint, 628.

Peckham, West, held by a singular
tenure, 1285.

Pegwell Bay, a villa here of Counsel-
lor Garrow's, 985.

Penshurst, the celebrated seat of the
Sydneys, 1301; descent of the ma-
nor, 1301-10; described, park,
Sydney's oak, mansion, 1310-12.
Penshurst Church, brasses, and mo-
numents, 1313.

Penchester, Sir Stephen de, some ac
count of, 1301-2; buried at Pen-
chester, 1313.
Pett, a seat, 1218.

scribed, 1030,- 1.

Ollantigh, birth-place of Archbishop
Kemp, 1162; descent of the manor,
Alderman Sawbridge, and Mrs. Pevington, a decayed parish, 1188.
Macaulay, born here, 1163; man-Pharos, a Roman one at Dover de
sion, and skeletons, 1164.
Orpington Church, 1357.
Ospringe, Maison Dieu founded here,
church, 722; gunpowder-works,
barracks, 723.

Otford, a palace of the Archbishops
here, 1332; miracles of Archbishop
Becket, ib. (note;) battles fought at
Otford, 1333.

Otham, a manor, its history, Bishop
Horne born here, 1233.
Otterden Church, 1218.
Otterden Place, ib.

Oyster fishery, particulars of, at Ro-
chester, 666; Milton, 701; Faver-
sham, 732,-3.

Oxenhoath, a manor and seat, 1285.

P

Philipott, John, Somerset Herald, a
native of Folkstone, 1112.
Pimpe's Court, a seat, 1278.
Pinnenden Heath, celebrated for its
public meetings, 1241; famous as-
sembly here in the time of the Con-
queror, ib. (note.)

Pitt, William, Chancellor of the Ex-

chequer, some particulars of, 1349.
Place House at Bidenden, 1208.
Place House, or St. Dunstan's Place,
907.

PLAGUE at Canterbury, 915; Sand-

wich, 1002; Dover, 1057; at Maid-
stone, 1247; Yalding, 1280.
Plantagenet, Richard, natural son of
Richard III. his tomb, 1180; in-
teresting particulars concerning, 1181
-4, (note.)

Plot, Dr. the antiquary, born at Sut-
ton Baron, in Borden, 693.
Pluckley Church, various brasses here,
1188.

Pocket pistol, Queen Elizabeth's, a
fine piece of ordnance so called,
1048.

Pole, Cardinal, some account of, 813-

14.

Pageant of St. Thomas Becket, ex-
penses of, 912,-13, (note.)
PALACES, Archiepiscopal, at Bekes-
bourne, 1096; Canterbury, 879;
Charing, 1216; Ford, 932; Gilling-
ham, 681; Halling, 1270; Knole,
1327; Maidstone, 1248; Otford,
1333; Saltwood, 1121; Tenham,
717; Trottescliffe, 1339; Wing-Polley Street, 1236.
ham, 1090; Wrotham, 1338.
Pan Rock, fragments of Roman ves-
sels found here, 931.
Parker, Matthew, entertains Queen
Elizabeth, 814,-15.
Parliamentary representation, singular
instance of its inequality, 713.

PORTRAITS; of Hen. Fitz Alan,
Earl of Arundel, 1331; Anne of
Cleves, 1093; Alph. D'Avalos,
1331; Friar Bacon, 1331; Arch.
Bancroft, 1331; Rob. Bargrave,
gent, 1101; Sir Paul Barrett, 1095:
Thomas,

Quintin, an ancient one at Offham, Robinson family, particulars of, 1127

1273.

R

Rainham Church, burial-place of the
Tuftons, Earls of Thanet, curious
screen, stone seats, brass of William
Bloore, gent. 686; monuments of the
Tuftons, 687.

Rainier, Admiral Peter, born at Sand-
wich, 1009.
RAMSGATE, its former state and har-
bour, 974; new harbour founded, his-
tory of, 975-79; light-house built,
979; harbour described, 980,-1;
vill, chapel of ease, assembly-room,
hoys, 982; population, 983.
Ratling Court, an ancient seat, 1079;
1089.

Reading Street, a hamlet, 1199.
Reculver Castle, or Regulbium, a Ro-
man station, 935; etymology, and
situation, 936; fort described, 937;
various antiquities and coins found
here, 937-40; a seat of the Saxon
Kings, abbey founded here, 941.
Reculver Church described, 941; King
Ethelbert buried here, 942; monu-
ments, 942,-43.

Reding Hill, the supposed site of An-

derida, 1199; barracks here, 1200.
Red Leaf, a seat, 1313.
Regal of France, a jewel, 846.
Register of West Farleigh, singular ex-
tracts from, 1279, and note.
Registers of Staplehurst, curious ex-
tracts from, 1209, (note.)
Repton, a manor near Ashford, 1152,-
53, (note)

Reynolds Place, a seat, 1342.
Reynolds, Walter, Archbishop, dies
of a broken heart, 805.
Richard the Third, his interview with
a natural son, 1182, (note.)
Richborough, or Rutupium, a Roman
station, 943; anciently a small
island, 944; curiously described by
Leland, 945; particular description
from Boys's Sandwich,946-49; Ro-
man amphitheatre, ib. Rutupian
shores particularly celebrated by an-,
cient writers, 949.

Ripley Court, a manor, Jack Cade
taken here, 1185.
Rivers, Lambard's curious description
of their increase, 1151, (note.)

-9, and notes, ib.
ROCHESTER CITY, the Durobrive

of the Romans, 611; Roman coins
found here, made a bishop's see,
612; ravaged by the Danes, 618;
burnt, granted to the citizens, 614;
privileges of, 615,-16; corporation,
617; history of castle, 617-628;
see of, the smallest in England;
priory, founded by Ethelbert, bi-
shops, 628,-9; church, despoiled of
its estates, 629; estates restored
through the exertions of Gundulph
and Lanfranc, 633; Xenium, what,
631, note; bishops of since the
Conquest, 630-639; cathedral
built by Gundulph, 631,-2; dor-
mitory, refectory, and chapter-
house, built by Ernulph, 633=
city and cathedral burnt, 633; dis-
pute between Bishop Glanville and
the monks, 634; Bishop's palace and
and cloister built, murder and ca-
nonization of William, a Scotch
baker, 365,-6; priory dissolved,
638; cathedral described, 639-
647; monuments in cathedral,
648-652; ruins of chapter-house,
652; Gundulph's tower, 653; pri-
or's chambers, 654; churches in
Rochester; St. Margaret's, St. Ni-
cholas, ib. St. Catherine's hospital,
655; grammar school, 656; travel-
lers alms-house, 657-659; free
school, 659; bridge built in the
reign of King Edgar, history of,
660-662; bridge-chamber, or re-
cord-room, formerly a chapel, de-
scribed, 662,-3; town-hall, por-
traits in, clock-house, city-walls,
members, improvements, popula
tion, 665; oyster fishery, 666.
ROCHESTER CASTLE, Roman
coins found in castle-gardens, 612;
erroneously supposed to have been
built by Cæsar, 617,-18; rebuilt,
618; Bishop Odo besieged here by
William Rufus, 619; rebuilt by
Gundulph, besieged by King John,
620; reduced by Lewis the Dau-
phin, 621; besieged by Simon de
Montfort, 622; its constables, ib.
its situation, 623; particular de-
scription of the keep, 624, 628.
ROCHESTER CATHEDRAL, found-
ed by King Ethelbert, 612; da-
maged by fire, 614; rebuilt by
Gundulph, 631; dedicated, 632;

partly

partly destroyed by fire, 633, note;
its eastern part rebuilt with the ob-
lations made at St. William's shrine,
635; plundered by King John,
636; made a stable by the soldiers
of Simon de Montfort, 637; gene-
ral description of, 639; west front
particularly described, 639-40;
statue of Gundulph, nave, triforium,
641; roof, great tower, west transept,
642; vaulting, curious corbel heads,
chapel of St. Mary, organ, 643;
choir, cast transept, chapel of St.
William, 644; altar-piece, stone
seat, crypt, 645; chapter-house, its
curious door-way, 646; library,
curious manuscripts, dimensions of
the cathedral, 647; tombs of the
bishops Gundulph, Inglethorp,
Laurence de St. Martin, Gilbert de
Glanville, Walter de Merton, Lowe,
Warner, Bradfield, and Hamo de
Hythe, 648-650; monument and
bust of Richard Watts, Esq. 650;
monuments of John Lord Henni-
ker, Dame Ann Henniker, and others,
651; ruins of chapter-house de-
scribed, 652; Gundulph's tower,
cathedral precincts, 653; deanery,
and vineyard, 654.
Rodmersham Church, 720.
Rokeby, Lord, anecdotes and charac-
ter of, 1129,-30.
Rolvenden, a parish, 1200.
ROMAN ANTIQUITIES; at Ash,
amulets, coins, fibulæ, glass beads,
sword, weights, &c. 1017; Bar-
kam Downs, coins, urns, &c. 1081;
Broadstairs, coins, 972; Canterbury,
atches, coins, pavements, &c. 755;
Chatham, coins, foundations, lachry-
matories, pateræ, spear-heads,swords,
urns, &c. 670; Chartham Downs,
beads, fibula, urns, &c. 1174;
Come Bank, coins, 1320; Davington
Hill, coins, urns, &c. 722; Dover,
pharos, 1030,-1; East Barming, coins,
urns, &c. 1276; Folkstone, coins and
tiles, 1106; Grove, an urn, 1242;
Jadde Hill, coins, culinary ware,
nedal, 721; Keston Camp, coins, tiles,
-&c. 1346; Limne, coins, tiles, walls,
c. 1136; Lullingstone, bricks, and
tessellated pavement, 1343; Maid-
stone, and its neighbourhood, coins,
1243: Margate, coins, &c. 963;
Mount Pleasant, coins, 990; near
Newenden, coins, 1202; Newington,
coins and beads, 1105; Newington,

urns, pottery, &c. 688,-9; Reculver
bullæ, coins, pavements, tiles, walls,
&c. 934-40; Richborough, amphi-
theatre, coins, walls, &c. 949; Ro-
chester, coins, pateræ, urns, &c. 612;
Tremworth Down, and hills adjacent,
earthen-ware, pateræ, trinkets, urns,
&c 1164,-5; Vintners, coins, 1242;
Walder share, urns, pateræ, &c. 1972;
Woodnesborough, broken vessels, 1017.
ROMAN BURYING PLACES; at
Ash, 1016; Chatham, 670,-1; Crock-
Field, near Newington, 688; Da-
vington Hill, 744.

ROMAN STATIONS; at Canter-
bury, (Durovernum,) 753; Dover,
(ad Portum Dubris,) 1029; Folk-
stone, (Lapis Populi, 1106; Judde
Hill,(Durolevum,) 753; Limne, (ad
Portus Lemanis,) 1135,-6; Newen-
den, (the supposed Anderida,) 1201
Reculver, (Regulbium,) 935; Rich-
borough, (Rutupium,) 945; Roches-
ter, (Durobriva,) 611,-12.
Romney Marsh, famous ordinances
made for the government of, 1139,-
40; how preserved from the sea,
1140,-1; its fertility the rise of va-
rious affluent families, ib.
ROMNEY, or NEW ROMNEY, an-
ciently a maritime town, 1142; its
haven destroyed, ib. a prescriptive
borough, corporation, church, 1143;
sepulchral memorials, priory, hos-
pital, 1144; brotherhood house, po-
pulation, barracks, 1145.

Romney Old, an ancient borough, 1145-
Rood of Grace, its singular history,
1237-9, (note.)

Rooke, Sir George, buried at Canter-
bury, 908; his cenotaph, 861; his
portrait, 1095.
Rookes, anciently seated at Horton,

chiepiscopal palace, ib. its present | Sea-Salter, a large whale taken here,

state, 1122,-3.

Saltwood Church described, its monu-

ments, 1123.
Sandford, Henry de, Bishop of Ro-
chester, singular anecdote of, 699.
Sandgate, a bathing village, 1113.
Sandgate Castle, built, ib. altered into
a martello tower, 1114; Shorn
Cliffe, ib.

Sandling, a seat, 1124.
Sandown Castle, built by Henry the
Eighth, described, 1018.
SANDWICH, anciently called Sond-
wych, and Lundenwic, 993; pil-
laged by the Danes, granted to the
See of Canterbury, ancient state of,
994,-5; fortified, plundered, and
burnt by the French, 996; decay of
the port, 997; described by Leland,
ib. inhabited by Flemish refugees,
998,-9; visited by Queen Elizabeth,
ib. (note;) state of in the reigns of
Elizabeth and James I. 1000,-1;
ravaged by the plague, earthquakes
felt here, 1002,-3, (note;) town de-
scribed, 1002,-3; gates, bridge,
churches, 1004,-5; Carmelite priory,
ib. hospitals, St. John's, St. Tho-
mas's, and St. Bartholomew's, 1006;
grammar-school, charity-school, cor-
poration, 1007; common assembly,
Barons, town-hall, cucking-stool,
and mortar, 1008; witchcraft, po-
pulation, eminent natives, 1009 and
1156.

Satis, a seat, near Rochester, Queen
Elizabeth entertained here, 657,
(note.)

Sawbridge, Alderman John, born at
Ollantigh, 1163.
Saxons converted to Christianity, 761-
63.

Saxon Will, a curious one, 1340,-1,
(note.)

Scadbury, a seat of the Walsinghams,
Sir Francis Walsingham, and Sir
Nicholas Bacon, born here, 1356
Scott, Mrs. Author of the Life of
D'Aubignè, 1128, (note.)
Scott's Hall, once an eminent seat of
the Scotts family, 1147; Reynold
Scott born here, 1148; magnificence
of Sir Thomas Scott, ib.

Sea- Eel, a remarkable one caught at
Whitstable, 930.

Seale Church, a curious brass and mo-
numents here, 1333.

929; church and fisheries, 930.
Seaton Manor, held by a curious tenure,
1178.

Secker, Archbishop, his learning and
death, 820.

Sedley, Sir Charles, the poet, born at
Aylesford friary, 1266.

Selling, Prior, his learning and epitaph,
828.

SEVENOAKS, descent of the manor,

church, 1324; monuments, 1325;
Sir Will. de Sevenoke, his history,
alms-house, and free-school, ib.
market-house, population, Seven-
oaks Vine, 1326.

Sevenoke, Sir William, a deserted
orphan, afterwards Lord Mayor of
London, 1325.

Shakespeare's Cliff described, 1066.
Shebbertswold, ancient barrows here, 1073.
SHEERNESS, 707; King's-yard, or
Dock, 708; curious well, 709;
Queenborough castle, 709-11; and
church, 712; minster, ib. 715:
East Church, 715,-16; Leysdown,
Isle of Harty, 716; manor of the
Moat, 717.

Sheldon, Archbishop, visits the Theatre
at Oxford, 817.
Shellness, a beach in the Isle of Shepey,
704 James the Second seized here,
736-9.

SHEPEY, ISLE OF, its extent, agri
culture, 440; includes six parishes,
described, 704; fossils and animal
remains found here, ferries, 705:
King's Ferry, the station of the
Danes, 706.
Shepway-Crosse, assemblies held here,

1137.

Shipbourne, birth-place of the Poet
Smart, 1335.
Shoreham Castle, 1345
Shorn Cliffe, camp and barracks here,
1114.

Shottington Hill, a camp here, 751.
Shrine of Becket, its immense value,
848,-9.

Shurland, Sir Robert de, strange tale
concerning, 713, 14.
Sibton, a seat, 1126
Simmons, Dr. S. F. born at Sand-
wich, 1009
Simpsons, a seat, 1355.
Sissinghurst, a seat, its mansion dila
pidated, 1207; Sir Richard Baker
born here, ib.
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