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OF
The Weald of Kent,
WITH AN OUTLINE OF THE
HISTORY OF THE COUNTY TO THE PRESENT TIME,
BY
ROBERT FURLEY, F.S.A.
ALSO,
A SKETCH OF THE PHYSICAL FEATURES OF THE DISTRICT,
HENRY B. MACKESON, F. G. S.
IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOL. II.-PART II.
ASHFORD:
HENRY IGGLESDEN, 94, HIGH STREET;
W. J. THOMPSON; W. MILLER.
LONDON: JOHN RUSSELL SMITH, 36, SOHO SQUARE.
1874.
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XXIV. THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY.-ARCHBISHOP WARHAM'S RENTAL
OF THE MANOR OF ALDINGTON AND ITS DENES.-NEW
RENTS RESERVED IN SUBSTITUTION OF THE LORD'S RIGHT
TO THE TIMBER.-TUNBRIDGE CASTLE UNDER THE EARLS
OF STAFFORD AND DUKES OF BUCKINGHAM. PENSHURST
UNDER THE DUKES OF BUCKINGHAM.-VISCOUNT ROCHFORT,
OF HEVER CASTLE, FATHER OF ANNE BOLEYN.-CARDINAL
WOLSEY.-TUNBRIDGE PRIORY
XXV.
...
THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY CONTINUED.-HENRY THE EIGHTH'S
JOURNEYS THROUGH KENT ERASMUS, RECTOR OF
ALDINGTON.-ELIZABETH BARTON, THE HOLY MAID OF
KENT. THE CARDINAL'S COURT. THE LEADING FAMILIES
IN THE WEALD.-ITS DISTURBED STATE. PERSECUTION
OF HERETICS.-VISITATION OF MONASTERIES.-- THEIR
DISSOLUTION.-DESTRUCTION OF BECKET'S SHRINE.-
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE. SHERIFFS IN THE WEALD
XXVI. THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY CONTINUED.-EDWARD VI.-MURDER
OF ARDEN OF FAVERSHAM.-QUEEN MARY. -JUDGE HALES.
-THE WYATT REBELLION.-CARDINAL POLE.-MARIAN
PERSECUTION.-Loss OF CALAIS
XXVII. THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY CONCLUDED.-QUEEN ELIZABETH. —
MANORS OF WYE AND TUNBRIDGE GRANTED ΤΟ THE
QUEEN'S NEPHEW, LORD HUNSDON. THE BROADCLOTH
AND IRON MANUFACTORIES, AND ROADS IN THE WEALD.
-QUEEN ELIZABETH'S JOURNEY THROUGH THE WEALD.
-PREPARATIONS FOR THE DEFENCE OF THE COUNTY.
SPANISH ARMADA.-HAWKHURST AND MARDEN AND
THEIR DENES. THE CHURCH.-PUBLIC STATUTES.
EARTHQUAKES, &c., IN KENT
THE
XXVIII. THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.-Tunbridge.—WYE, AND ITS
PURCHASE BY THE EARL OF WINCHILSEA.-A ROYAL
SURVEY OF ALDINGTON AND ITS DENES, LYMINGE,
MARDEN, &c.-CREATION AND LIST OF KENTISH
BARONETS.-ARRIVAL OF THE PRINCESS HENRIETTA
MARIA AT DOVER AND CANTERBURY, AND MARRIAGE OF
CHARLES I.-SIR DUDLEY DIGGES.-SIR JOHN COLE-
PEPER.-FOREST EXACTIONS.-ABOLITION OF MONOPOLIES
AND PATENT OFFICES, AND SIR JOHN COLEPEPER'S
SPEECH THEREON.-ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN THE DUTCH
AND SPANISH FLEETS IN THE DOWNS.-THE LONG
PARLIAMENT. SIR EDWARD DERING, BART.-SYMPATHY
OF THE WEALD WITH THE PURITANS.
XXIX. THE RISING OF THE KENTISH ROYALISTS IN 1648.
XXX. THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY CONTINUED.- EXECUTION
CHARLES I.--THE COMMONWEALTH.-KENTISH MANSIONS,
&c., PLUNDERED.-HOTHFIELD PARK.-SURVEY OF THE
SEVEN HUNDREDS IN THE WEALD.-RESTORATION OF
CHARLES II. SHEERNESS.-DUTCH FLEET IN
THAMES. THE DOVER TREATY.-JAMES II. A ROMAN
CATHOLIC.-CASE OF SIR EDWARD HALES (THE YOUNGER).
-THE KING'S ABDICATION, DETENTION AT FAVERSHAM,
RETURN TO LONDON, AND FLIGHT TO ST. GERmain.
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