Hinxhill is a tiny village in the shadow of Wye down. I say a village, its a couple of properties and the Hinxhill Estate, which you cannot see from the street.
St Mary has been a church I have needed to see within for numerous yrs, and I have never uncovered it open up. But for this Heritage weekend, I experienced superior hopes.
And I was not unhappy.
St Mary has a pretty wonderful 17th century memorial on the wall, two wonderful figures on it, and as properly as some pleasant Victorian glass, the gentle coming in at just absent four in the afternoon created images best.
A single of these visits you bear in mind for the lights, so a church well truly worth waiting around for to check out.
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Distant and tranquil Hinxhill is the archetypal region church. Almost all courting from the 13th century, the slender north aisle is a regular give way – made to be used as a processional place devoid of benches. The lovely lancet home windows, with trefoil headed tops are smaller and very low even though the north chapel has one particular with a rere-arch, a sign of prosperity in the latter 13th century. The odd chancel display screen is dated to the 17th century and the woodwork of the pulpit is most likely of that date much too. The stained glass is Victorian and typically by the Scottish business of Ballantyne – a catalogue of transforming vogue. The south chancel window of Christ weeping is especially fantastic. The great Royal Arms is one particular of a number of in Kent by Marten of Tenterden and very well well worth a appear. To the north of the chancel is a seventeenth century tomb with great effigies and skulls beneath – which legend suggests was walled up with plaster for two hundred decades right before being re exhibited by the Victorians. In the vestry is a pleasant piece of continental glass of probable seventeenth century date.
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HINXHILL,
Typically termed Hinexsell, and in pretty antient moments created Hengestelle, is the next parish eastward from Kennington. The manor of Bilsington statements more than a good section of this parish.
HINXHILL is an obscure parish, but tiny regarded, and obtaining really tiny targeted traffic by it. The village consists of only 4 or five houses, a person of which, is the principal farm-household of Sir John Honywood’s estate listed here, and another the parsonage. It stands on superior floor, with the church on the west side of it. The antient mansion stood shut to the south-west corner of the church-property, getting a good prospect around the adjoining region. The kitchen area is all that continues to be of it now, becoming manufactured use of as an oast and stowages for hops. Not significantly from the church, northward, are Terrific and Minor Plumpton, the previous was for some time the home of the Andrew’s, the latter of the Whitwick’s. Beneath the hill from the village to the north and west, it is a deep and most unpleasant region, the soil a rigid clay, with a lot boggy ground, particularly westward, where it is joined by the river Stour. About the village it it tolerable fertile land, but southward there is a great deal sand, blended with the quarry or rag stone.
A fair is held listed here annually on the Saturday in Whitsun-week, for toys and pedlary.
In the yr 1727, a species of subterraneous hearth was taken discover of in the valley between Goodcheape in this parish and Wye. This hearth commenced in a marshy subject, on the side of a small brook, close to the h2o, and ongoing to burn up along its lender with no spreading a lot for some times afterwards it appeared on the other facet, and prolonged by itself for the space of some acres about the industry, consuming all the earth wherever it burnt into crimson ashes, pretty down to the springs, which in most places lay four feet and additional deep. In the house of about 6 weeks it experienced consumed about three acres of ground, at which time it burnt in a lot of places, and sent forth a excellent smoak and a powerful scent extremely like that of a brick-kiln but it never flamed, besides when the earth was turned and stirred up. For some house where by it was burnt the floor felt warm, although the grass appeared no far more parched than may possibly be reasonably envisioned from the dryness and warmth of the period. In many areas in which the earth was turned up, it was located to be hot and soaked in close proximity to four ft deep, and substantially hotter about two ft deep than nearer the surface and when this earth was exposed to the air, though it was incredibly moist, and not hotter than may possibly be very easily borne by the hand, nonetheless the heat of it amplified so fast, that in a number of minutes it was all over on fire, like phosphorus built with allum and flour. The soil of the discipline is of the same mother nature with that the turs is created of in Holland. The surface of it is often wet, other than in severe dry seasons but this year it was relatively additional parched and tougher than regular. It was tough to have any of this absent, on account of its firing 1 piece in individual firing in the pocket of a person who was bringing it away, had virtually burnt its way by way of ahead of it was perceived. (fn. 1)
In the stone-quarry by Swatfield-bridge, at the southern boundary of this parish, as very well as in a lot of of the rag-stones about the adjoining parishes of Sevington and Willesborough, is observed the ostracites stone, very substantial and on a rag-stone at Lacton, in the latter parish, the flat shell of 1 calculated 8 inches diameter and the late Mr. Thorpe, of Bexley, had two in his possession, very substantial and good, with the convex parts entirely crammed up with strong stone, which have been provided to his father, Dr. Thorpe, by the earl of Winchelsea.
One particular ÆTHELFERH, a servant of the abbot of St. Augustine’s monastery, about the year 864, by will gave the land of Hengesteselle, which was a parish, as Thorne says in his Chronicle, contiguous to that of Willesborough northward, to that monastery but Hugo de Montfort, in the time of the Conqueror, obtained possession of it, in spite of all the attempts of the monks to oppose it: and appropriately this estate appears to be to have been consequently entered in the survey of Domesday as follows, amongst his possessions:
In Langebrige hundred, Gislebert holds of Hugo one particular yoke, which a particular Sochman held of king Edward. It is and was worthy of 4 shillings. There was very little there nor is.
Of Etwelle, which Herbert the son of Ivo, holds devoid of the division of Hugo, he himself retains fourteen acres of land in just his division, and it is worth two shillings.
And still even further in the same document, under the like title, is the following entry, which evidently relates to his belongings, element of, or at minimum adjoining to all those just before-mentioned:
In Langebrige hundred. In the exact hundred, is a person rood of land in Suestone, which one particular Sochman held of king Edward. There is now 1 borderer paying out twelve pence. In the time of king Edward the Confessor it was worthy of 30 pence, and afterwards eighteen, now a few shillings.
Robert de Montfort, grandson of Hugo above-described, owning later on incurred the displeasure of king Henry II. all his estates, and these between them, them, arrived into the king’s palms, soon after which it appears that THE MANOR OF HINXHILL, with that of SWATFORD, alias SWATFIELD, was afterwards held by the loved ones of Strabolgie, earls of Athol but Alexander Baliol, lord of Chilham, became possessed of them at the latter conclusion of king Henry III.’s reign, in ideal of Isabel his spouse, widow of David de Strabolgie, earl of Athol, and held them, by the courtesy of England, through her life, she obtaining been, on the loss of life of her brother Richard de Dover, s.p. develop into entitled to them for her existence, the inheritance of them belonging to John, earl of Athol, her son by her previous spouse, as heir to her brother ahead of-described. At length they descended down to David, earl of Athol, who died in the 49th calendar year of king Edward III. leaving two daughters his coheirs, Elizabeth, the eldest, married to Sir Thomas Percy, a youthful son of Henry, lord Percy, and Philippa to John Halsham, of Halsham, in Sussex the latter of whom, by her father’s will, turned entitled to these manors. At duration her grandson Sir Hugh Halsham, in the commencing of king Henry VI.’s reign, handed them absent, in the 3d year of that reign, to Sir Robert Scott, lieutenant of the tower of London, brother of Sir William Scott, of Braborne, and afterwards of Scotts-corridor, whose only daughter and heir Alice, marrying William Kempe, nephew to cardinal archbishop Kempe, he, in her correct, turned entitled to them but his grandson Sir William Kempe, about the latter end of king Henry VIII.’s reign, alienated them to Browning from which family members, about the reign of queen Elizabeth, they were being alienated to Robt. Edolph, esq. son of Robert Edolph, of Brenset, and brother of Simon Edolph, of St. Radigunds, who bore for his arms, Ermine, on a bend, sable, three cinquesoils, argent, (fn. 2) who later on resided at Hinshill court, as did his son Sir Robert Edolph, who held his shrievalty in this article in the 6th 12 months of king James I. but his son Robert Edolph, esq. dying s.p. in 1631, gave these manors of Hinxhill and Swatford, collectively with the courtroom leet of the fifty percent hundred of Longbridge, by will to Cecilia his wife, for her lifestyle, or so very long as she ongoing single but she later on remarrying Sir Francis Knolles, of Looking at, forfeited her fascination in them, upon which they came to Mr. Samuel Edolph, her previous husband’s subsequent brother, who some years later on conveyed them to his brother in-law Mr. John Angel, of Surry, for the much more effectual effectiveness of his will and he, sometime immediately after the demise of king Charles I. handed them away to Edward Choute, esq. of Bethersden, who later on resided at Hinxhill-courtroom, as did his son Sir George Choute similarly, who was succeeded in them by his son George Choute, esq. who was designed a baronet in 1684. He pulled down this mansion, and eliminated to Bethersden, the place he died s.p. in 1721, (fn. 3) obtaining devised these manors by will to Edward Austen, esq. of Tenterden, afterwards baronet, who bought them not very long afterwards to Sir William Honywood, bart. of Evington, who died possessed of them in 1748, and his immediate descendant Sir John Honywood, bart. of Evington, is the existing possessor of these manors.
The courts baron for the manors of Hinxhill and Swatford, have been for some time disused and the court leet for the half hundred of Longbridge has been for numerous years earlier held by the constable of it, solely for the appointment of a successor in his workplace, as will be even more taken notice of hereafter.
WALTHAM is a spot right here, which was as soon as accounted a manor, and antiently belonged to the family members of Criol, from whom it went by relationship into that of Rokesle, and thence all over again in like fashion to the family of Poynings, in which it continued until Sir Edward Poynings, governor of Dover castle, and lord warden, dying possessed of it anno 14 Henry VIII. 1522, not only without having authentic problem, but even with out any collateral kindred, who could make assert to his estates, this manor, amid some others, escheated to the crown, whence it was instantly later on granted to Sir Richard Damsell, who not lengthy following passed it away to Goldhill as he did about the latter close of queen Elizabeth’s reign, to Mr. Robert Edolph, of Hinxhillcourt due to the fact which it has passed in like method as the manor of Hinxhill just before-described, down to Sir John Honywood, bart. who is the present possessor of it.
GOODCHEAPES, as it is now termed, but a lot more appropriately Godchepes, is an estate in the northern section of this parish, which for a collection of lots of generations had homeowners of that surname, a single of whom, Thomas Godchepe, as seems by the inquisition taken just after his loss of life, died possessed of it in the 31st yr of king Edward I. and in his title and descendants it remained fixed till the latter finish of king Henry VIII.’s reign, and then it came by the will of a person of them, named also Thomas Godchepe, right after the limitation of it, to various distinct folks, who ended up develop into extinct with no concern, to the past person mentioned in remainder in the will, Mr. John Barrow. The circumstances of which bequest is so related: Mr. John Barrow, getting an lawyer, was identified as upon to make the will of Thomas Godchepe, and by his way inserted the names of eight folks, who were being to succeed each individual other in the inheritance of this estate in tail, and staying questioned by Barrow, whom he really should add a lot more, he was answered by the testator, that as there experienced been a reciprocal friendship between them, he ought to location his own identify subsequent immediately after them all and they all deceasing in program of time s.p. this estate in the end devolved to him and his heirs. Instances related to the above have occurred in relation to other estates in this county, specifically to the Leeds abbey estate, by Sir Roger Meredith’s will, who died in 1742, s.p. who possessing despatched for Mr. Walter Hooper, an lawyer, to make his will, right after owning devised his estates to many distinct folks successively in tail, seemed at a reduction who to identify following in the entail, when Mr. Hooper talked about himself and his nephew and all the prior remainders having ceased, they both successively liked that estate by the will. (fn. 4) Mr. Barrow, who bore for his arms, Lozengy, or, and azure, a grissin, salient, ermine, resided later on in this article, and died in 1578, leaving two daughters his coheirs, whose eldest daughter and coheir Elizabeth, marrying Mr. Robert Edolph, the purchaser of Hinxhill-court docket as just before-outlined, he became entitled to it sometime about the latter finish of queen Elizabeth’s reign given that which it has handed in like succession of possession as the manors of Hinxhill and Waltham before-talked about, down to Sir John Honywood, bart. who is the present possessor of them.
Charities.
MARTHA WADE, by will in 1722, gave an annuity of forty shillings, out of lands in this parish and Wye, to the use of the lousy not getting alms, vested in the churchwardens and overseers.
The lousy constantly relieved are about twelve, casually 8.
THIS PARISH is inside the ECCLESIASTICAL JURIADICTION of the diocese of Canterbury, and deanry of Limne.
The church, which is focused to St. Mary, is a small setting up, consisting of two isles and two chancels, owning a low spire steeple at the west conclusion, in which are 3 bells. In the significant chancel, on the north facet, there is a handsome monument, nicely preserved, for Robert Edolph, esq. and Cicely Browne his spouse, having their effigies kneeling on it. He died in 1631. In the south isle are memorials for Coveney, arms, On a bend, 3 trefoils slipt. The north isle is really narrow in truth in it is a memorial for Kennet Backe, gent. captain of the practice-bands, obt. 1687. On the south aspect, in the church-garden, are quite a few memorials for the Wightwicks, and a quite antient stone, coffinshaped, with a cross tale on it. It seems by the parish sign up, that quite a few of the Edolphs are buried in this church, from the yr 1588, when Mr. Robt. Edolph, sen. gent. was buried in it, to the existing century. Mr. John Barrow in 1578, Sir Edward Chute in 1634, and many others of some note in lifestyle, seem similarly to have been buried in it, for whom there are not any memorials.
¶The church of Hinxhill was antiently appendant to the manor, and ongoing with it till Robert Edolph, esq. by will in 1631, gave the manor of Hinxhill to his spouse Cecilie, for her everyday living, or right until she remarried, and the advowson and patronage of this church to her and her heirs for ever. By which usually means the advowson getting divided from the manor, became an advowson in gross, and although it afterwards was possessed by the exact same house owners as the manor, yet acquiring been when divided it could in no way afterwards be appendant to it yet again. (fn. 5) She soon afterwards remarrying Sir Francis Knolles, forfeited her life-estate in the manor to her late husband’s up coming heir and brother, Mr. Sam. Edolph, and some many years afterwards alienated the reversion of the advowson, (for she seems to have offered to the Rectory in 1666) to him. Considering that which it has ongoing, in like succession of possession with the manor of Hinxhill, and his other estates in this parish, to Angel, Choute, and Austen, and from the latter to Sir William Honywood, bart. whose descendant Sir John Honywood, bart. is the present operator and patron of this church.
This rectory is valued in the king’s textbooks at 7l. 16s. 8d. It is now a discharged residing, of the crystal clear yearly accredited worth of 30-4 lbs .. In 1578 below had been communicants seventy-one particular. In 1640 it was valued at sixty lbs ., communicants seventy. There are ten acres of glebe.
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