The descriptions of the house and land plots have been taken from the Essesole Manor rental roll of 1501. As can be seen on the sketch map, traced from the 1870’s OS map, the house plots and roads are still readily recognizable, especially to long term residents of Nonington. Some of the 1501 roads and […]
Category: Farms and manors
Nonington Parish Charities
Thomas Bate of Challock held land in Challock and Nonington with which he made bequests during the reign of Henry VIII. In Nonington his bequest consisted of:- “Landes given by Thomas Bate to thentent that one priest shulde celebrate masse within the said parishe iij (3) tymes yerelie for ever. Also: rent or ferme of […]
Eswala, or Eswalt, and the d’Aubignys (also Albini).
One of the families favoured with awards of land by William II was the d’Aubigny’s (also Albini, Albineo, and Albinione) one of whom was William, (known as ‘Pincerna’), Master Butler of the Royal Household. Around 1100 or so Pincerna’s younger brother, Nigel, gave the Manor of Eswalt (Eswala) to his kinsman the Abbot of St. […]
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. (1626) between: Sir Edward Boys the Elder of ffredvile ( the first party). Sir Edward Boys the Younger of ffredvile( the second […]
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 comes from the Old English, Oxena denn,”oxena” meaning oxen or cattle, and “denn”, meaning a woodland pasture or clearing. The original Oxenden […]
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 Nonington between Easole and Elvington. It was for centuries a part of the Manor of Wingham held by the Archbishops of Canterbury […]
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 land-owners both large and small in their home and nearby parishes. The yeoman of Kent were thought to be especially well […]
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 crosses the Snowdown to Aylesham road on the southern boundary of the old parish of Nonington. Pronouced Acol (Aye-kul) with a long […]
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 of Kent’, in the late 1790’s: “At a small distance from the front of Fredvile-house, stands the remarkable large oak tree, usually known […]
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 1584 and Robert, born in 1587, both joined Sir Walter Raleigh’s second South American expedition to search for the fabled city of […]