Hinxhill is a small village in the shadow of Wye down. I say a village, its a couple of residences and the Hinxhill Estate, which you won’t be able to see from the street.
St Mary has been a church I have required to see within for numerous many years, and I have never uncovered it open. But for this Heritage weekend, I had significant hopes.
And I was not dissatisfied.
St Mary has a incredibly great 17th century memorial on the wall, two pleasant figures on it, and as very well as some nice Victorian glass, the light coming in at just long gone 4 in the afternoon manufactured images perfect.
Just one of people visits you bear in mind for the lights, so a church nicely well worth ready for to go to.
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Remote and tranquil Hinxhill is the archetypal place church. Practically all dating from the 13th century, the slender north aisle is a standard give way – built to be applied as a processional space without having benches. The charming lancet windows, with trefoil headed tops are tiny and lower while the north chapel has one with a rere-arch, a sign of wealth in the latter 13th century. The odd chancel screen is dated to the 17th century and the woodwork of the pulpit is likely of that day also. The stained glass is Victorian and mainly by the Scottish organization of Ballantyne – a catalogue of shifting style. The south chancel window of Christ weeping is particularly fantastic. The wonderful Royal Arms is 1 of a number of in Kent by Marten of Tenterden and nicely well worth a search. To the north of the chancel is a seventeenth century tomb with superior effigies and skulls beneath – which legend claims was walled up with plaster for two hundred years in advance of becoming re displayed by the Victorians. In the vestry is a delightful piece of continental glass of probable seventeenth century date.
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HINXHILL,
Typically referred to as Hinexsell, and in very antient times created Hengestelle, is the up coming parish eastward from Kennington. The manor of Bilsington claims above a great aspect of this parish.
HINXHILL is an obscure parish, but very little regarded, and obtaining incredibly small targeted visitors by means of it. The village is made up of only 4 or five properties, 1 of which, is the principal farm-household of Sir John Honywood’s estate below, and yet another the parsonage. It stands on high floor, with the church on the west side of it. The antient mansion stood close to the south-west corner of the church-yard, having a great prospect above the adjoining nation. The kitchen is all that continues to be of it now, getting produced use of as an oast and stowages for hops. Not much from the church, northward, are Excellent and Little Plumpton, the previous was for some time the residence 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 uncomfortable nation, the soil a stiff clay, with much boggy floor, primarily westward, where by it is joined by the river Stour. About the village it it tolerable fertile land, but southward there is much sand, combined with the quarry or rag stone.
A reasonable is held below annually on the Saturday in Whitsun-week, for toys and pedlary.
In the year 1727, a species of subterraneous hearth was taken recognize of in the valley involving Goodcheape in this parish and Wye. This hearth commenced in a marshy field, on the aspect of a very little brook, around the water, and continued to burn off alongside its lender without having spreading a lot for some days later on it appeared on the other facet, and extended itself for the room of some acres in excess of the area, consuming all the earth in which it burnt into crimson ashes, very down to the springs, which in most areas lay four toes and far more deep. In the space of about six months it experienced eaten about 3 acres of ground, at which time it burnt in lots of destinations, and sent forth a terrific smoak and a sturdy smell incredibly like that of a brick-kiln but it under no circumstances flamed, other than when the earth was turned and stirred up. For some house the place it was burnt the ground felt warm, even though the grass appeared no far more parched than may possibly be moderately anticipated from the dryness and warmth of the time. In numerous destinations where by the earth was turned up, it was discovered to be warm and damp around four feet deep, and considerably hotter about two ft deep than nearer the floor and when this earth was exposed to the air, though it was pretty moist, and not hotter than could be very easily borne by the hand, nonetheless the heat of it greater so rapid, that in a couple minutes it was all around on hearth, like phosphorus designed with allum and flour. The soil of the field is of the very same mother nature with that the turs is produced of in Holland. The surface of it is always damp, other than in severe dry seasons but this year it was relatively extra parched and more challenging than common. It was challenging to have any of this absent, on account of its firing one particular piece in distinct firing in the pocket of just one who was bringing it absent, had nearly burnt its way through right before it was perceived. (fn. 1)
In the stone-quarry by Swatfield-bridge, at the southern boundary of this parish, as well as in numerous of the rag-stones about the adjoining parishes of Sevington and Willesborough, is located the ostracites stone, extremely substantial and on a rag-stone at Lacton, in the latter parish, the flat shell of one measured 8 inches diameter and the late Mr. Thorpe, of Bexley, experienced two in his possession, pretty massive and good, with the convex pieces solely crammed up with reliable stone, which ended up presented to his father, Dr. Thorpe, by the earl of Winchelsea.
1 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 claims 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 endeavours of the monks to oppose it: and accordingly this estate appears to have been therefore entered in the survey of Domesday as follows, amongst his belongings:
In Langebrige hundred, Gislebert holds of Hugo one particular yoke, which a specified Sochman held of king Edward. It is and was really worth four shillings. There was very little there nor is.
Of Etwelle, which Herbert the son of Ivo, retains devoid of the division of Hugo, he himself retains fourteen acres of land inside his division, and it is really worth two shillings.
And even now further more in the same record, less than the like title, is the next entry, which evidently relates to his belongings, component of, or at minimum adjoining to all those just before-mentioned:
In Langebrige hundred. In the exact hundred, is a single rood of land in Suestone, which a person Sochman held of king Edward. There is now just one borderer paying twelve pence. In the time of king Edward the Confessor it was worthy of thirty pence, and afterwards eighteen, now 3 shillings.
Robert de Montfort, grandson of Hugo over-outlined, acquiring later on incurred the displeasure of king Henry II. all his estates, and these amongst them, them, came into the king’s hands, following which it appears that THE MANOR OF HINXHILL, with that of SWATFORD, alias SWATFIELD, was afterwards held by the spouse and children of Strabolgie, earls of Athol but Alexander Baliol, lord of Chilham, grew to become possessed of them at the latter close of king Henry III.’s reign, in ideal of Isabel his wife, widow of David de Strabolgie, earl of Athol, and held them, by the courtesy of England, for the duration of her daily life, she possessing been, on the loss of life of her brother Richard de Dover, s.p. turn out to be entitled to them for her existence, the inheritance of them belonging to John, earl of Athol, her son by her previous husband, as heir to her brother in advance of-outlined. At duration they descended down to David, earl of Athol, who died in the 49th yr of king Edward III. leaving two daughters his coheirs, Elizabeth, the eldest, married to Sir Thomas Percy, a more youthful son of Henry, lord Percy, and Philippa to John Halsham, of Halsham, in Sussex the latter of whom, by her father’s will, grew to become entitled to these manors. At duration her grandson Sir Hugh Halsham, in the beginning of king Henry VI.’s reign, passed them absent, in the 3d yr of that reign, to Sir Robert Scott, lieutenant of the tower of London, brother of Sir William Scott, of Braborne, and later on of Scotts-hall, whose only daughter and heir Alice, marrying William Kempe, nephew to cardinal archbishop Kempe, he, in her correct, became 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 household, about the reign of queen Elizabeth, they had been 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 docket, as did his son Sir Robert Edolph, who retained his shrievalty here in the 6th calendar year 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 spouse, for her daily life, or so prolonged as she continued single but she afterwards remarrying Sir Francis Knolles, of Examining, forfeited her curiosity in them, upon which they arrived to Mr. Samuel Edolph, her previous husband’s next brother, who some several years afterwards conveyed them to his brother in-legislation Mr. John Angel, of Surry, for the extra effectual efficiency of his will and he, sometime just after the dying of king Charles I. handed them absent to Edward Choute, esq. of Bethersden, who later on resided at Hinxhill-courtroom, as did his son Sir George Choute likewise, who was succeeded in them by his son George Choute, esq. who was established a baronet in 1684. He pulled down this mansion, and taken off to Bethersden, the place he died s.p. in 1721, (fn. 3) getting devised these manors by will to Edward Austen, esq. of Tenterden, later on baronet, who marketed them not lengthy later on 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 present possessor of these manors.
The courts baron for the manors of Hinxhill and Swatford, have been for some time disused and the court docket leet for the half hundred of Longbridge has been for various yrs previous held by the constable of it, entirely for the appointment of a successor in his business, as will be even further taken notice of hereafter.
WALTHAM is a put below, which was at the time accounted a manor, and antiently belonged to the family members of Criol, from whom it went by relationship into that of Rokesle, and thence once again in like method to the family members of Poynings, in which it continued till Sir Edward Poynings, governor of Dover castle, and lord warden, dying possessed of it anno 14 Henry VIII. 1522, not only without the need of legit difficulty, but even with no any collateral kindred, who could make assert to his estates, this manor, among the other people, escheated to the crown, whence it was promptly afterwards granted to Sir Richard Damsell, who not extended immediately after handed it away to Goldhill as he did about the latter close of queen Elizabeth’s reign, to Mr. Robert Edolph, of Hinxhillcourt since which it has passed in like fashion as the manor of Hinxhill before-explained, down to Sir John Honywood, bart. who is the present possessor of it.
GOODCHEAPES, as it is now called, but a lot more properly Godchepes, is an estate in the northern component of this parish, which for a sequence of a lot of generations experienced house owners of that surname, one of whom, Thomas Godchepe, as seems by the inquisition taken just after his death, died possessed of it in the 31st 12 months of king Edward I. and in his title and descendants it remained fixed right until the latter conclude of king Henry VIII.’s reign, and then it arrived by the will of 1 of them, named also Thomas Godchepe, right after the limitation of it, to several different folks, who ended up develop into extinct with out issue, to the previous person pointed out in remainder in the will, Mr. John Barrow. The situations of which bequest is so relevant: Mr. John Barrow, getting an lawyer, was named on to make the will of Thomas Godchepe, and by his course inserted the names of eight persons, who ended up to triumph each other in the inheritance of this estate in tail, and getting questioned by Barrow, whom he need to incorporate additional, he was answered by the testator, that as there experienced been a reciprocal friendship between them, he really should place his personal name following just after them all and they all deceasing in program of time s.p. this estate in the conclusion devolved to him and his heirs. Situation related to the above have occurred in relation to other estates in this county, especially to the Leeds abbey estate, by Sir Roger Meredith’s will, who died in 1742, s.p. who possessing sent for Mr. Walter Hooper, an lawyer, to make his will, immediately after possessing devised his estates to numerous distinct individuals successively in tail, seemed at a decline who to name next in the entail, when Mr. Hooper outlined himself and his nephew and all the prior remainders owning ceased, they both equally successively relished that estate by the will. (fn. 4) Mr. Barrow, who bore for his arms, Lozengy, or, and azure, a grissin, salient, ermine, resided afterwards listed here, and died in 1578, leaving two daughters his coheirs, whose eldest daughter and coheir Elizabeth, marrying Mr. Robert Edolph, the purchaser of Hinxhill-court as just before-talked about, he turned entitled to it sometime about the latter conclusion of queen Elizabeth’s reign considering that which it has passed in like succession of possession as the manors of Hinxhill and Waltham in advance of-talked about, down to Sir John Honywood, bart. who is the existing 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 bad frequently relieved are about twelve, casually eight.
THIS PARISH is in just the ECCLESIASTICAL JURIADICTION of the diocese of Canterbury, and deanry of Limne.
The church, which is focused to St. Mary, is a tiny creating, consisting of two isles and two chancels, getting a small spire steeple at the west conclude, in which are three bells. In the significant chancel, on the north side, there is a handsome monument, perfectly preserved, for Robert Edolph, esq. and Cicely Browne his spouse, possessing 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 incredibly slim without a doubt in it is a memorial for Kennet Backe, gent. captain of the coach-bands, obt. 1687. On the south side, in the church-garden, are quite a few memorials for the Wightwicks, and a pretty antient stone, coffinshaped, with a cross tale on it. It appears by the parish sign up, that several of the Edolphs are buried in this church, from the year 1588, when Mr. Robt. Edolph, sen. gent. was buried in it, to the current century. Mr. John Barrow in 1578, Sir Edward Chute in 1634, and other individuals of some take note in life, surface also to have been buried in it, for whom there are not any memorials.
¶The church of Hinxhill was antiently appendant to the manor, and continued with it till Robert Edolph, esq. by will in 1631, gave the manor of Hinxhill to his wife Cecilie, for her lifestyle, or until finally she remarried, and the advowson and patronage of this church to her and her heirs for ever. By which usually means the advowson currently being separated from the manor, grew to become an advowson in gross, and while it afterwards was possessed by the similar entrepreneurs as the manor, but acquiring been when separated it could hardly ever later on be appendant to it once again. (fn. 5) She shortly later on remarrying Sir Francis Knolles, forfeited her life-estate in the manor to her late husband’s upcoming heir and brother, Mr. Sam. Edolph, and some decades later on alienated the reversion of the advowson, (for she appears to have presented to the Rectory in 1666) to him. Given that which it has ongoing, in like succession of ownership 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 current owner and patron of this church.
This rectory is valued in the king’s books at 7l. 16s. 8d. It is now a discharged dwelling, of the clear annually certified value of 30-four pounds. In 1578 here were communicants seventy-1. In 1640 it was valued at sixty pounds, communicants seventy. There are 10 acres of glebe.
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