All those of you who spend focus could possibly bear in mind me saying a couple of months in the past that St Peter is a person of the closest churches to our property, in point we can see it from our entrance yard, and but I have never been inside of.
And so a couple months ago I resolved to make a concerted work to try to get in and to photograph it.
I spoke with a neighbour about this, as he is a warden at St Margaret’s of Antioch, and remarked that a woman living close by who regularly walked her puppies along our avenue was a warden at St Peter. This remaining me the easy endeavor of waiting until finally I upcoming observed her walking the pet dogs, ‘accidently’ go and communicate to her and raise the matter
Not only could I get the critical from her, but I could also get it at yet another spot, that simply because of thefts they don’t like to publicise, so no a single knows or could locate out. So, saturday afternoon I get the key, allow myself in and snap it.
a church nicely truly worth waiting around to see, but not 5 yrs I anxiety….
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WEST CLIFFE
IS so called from its circumstance westward of the adjoining parish of St. Margaret at Cliffe final described, and to distinguish it from that of Cliff at Hoo, around Rochester.
THIS PARISH lies quite superior on the hills, and a great deal uncovered it is partly inclosed and partly open up, arable and pasture downs it extends to the large chalk cliffs on the sea shore, and the South Foreland on them, the place the gentle-dwelling stands. The significant street from Dover to Offer leads by way of it. Its biggest extent is from north to south, in the middle of which stands the church, and village adjoining to it. As effectively as the adjoining parishes it is exceedingly dry and nutritious, the soil is mainly chalk, notwithstanding which there is some very good and fertile land in it. The peak and continuance of the hills, and the depth and roomy width of the valleys, included to a wildness of nature, which is a primary attribute all over this aspect of the region, add entirely to its pleasantness and the variety of propects, as very well above the adjoining nation, as the sea, and the coastline of France over and above it, are incredibly stunning.
THE MANOR OF WEST CLIFFE, alias WALLETTSCOURT, was, in the time of the Conqueror, element of those people belongings with which he enriched his halfbrother Odo, bishop of Baieux, and earl of Kent, beneath the basic title of whose lands it is consequently entered in the survey of Domesday, taken in the 15th yr of that reign:
Hugo (de Montfort) retains of the bishop, Westclive. It was taxed at two sulings. The arable land is. . . . . In demesne is 1 carucate, and seventeen villeins, possessing two carucates. In the time of king Edward the Con sessor it was value eight lbs ., when he received it 6 lbs, now eight kilos. Of this manor Hugo de Montfort holds two mills of 20-8 shilings. Edric held it of king Edward.
4 a long time afterwards the bishop was disgraced, and all his possessions had been confiscated to the crown, on which this manor was granted to Hamon de Crevequer, a man of substantially be aware at that time, who was succeeded in it by the eminent loved ones of Criol, and they ongoing in the possession of it in the reign of king Henry III. in the 48th 12 months of which, John de Criol, young son of Bertram, died possessed of it, leaving Bertram his son and heir, and he alienated it to Sir Gilbert Peche. He shortly afterwards conveyed it to king Edward I. and Eleanor his queen, for the use of the latter, who died possessed of it in the 19th yr of that reign. How lengthy it afterwards ongoing in the crown I have not uncovered but in the 20th calendar year of king Edward III. Gawin Corder held it by knight’s assistance of the honor of Perch, viz. of the constabularie of Dover castle.
Sir Gawin Corder possessed this manor only for life, for the subsequent year the king granted the reversion of it to Reginald de Cobham for his companies, especially in France, getting the son of John de Cobham, of Cobham, by his next wife Joane, daughter of Hugh de Nevill. (fn. 1) His son Reginald was of Sterborough castle, whence all his descendants ended up identified as of that put.
Reginald de Cobham, his son, possessed this manor, whose eldest surviving son Sir Thomas Cobham died possessed of this manor held in capite, in the 11th year of king Edward IV. leaving an only daughter and sole heir Anne, who carried it in relationship to Sir Edward Borough, of Gainsborough, in Lincolnshire, (fn. 2) the lands of whose grandson Thomas, lord Burgh, have been disgavelled by the act passed in the 31st yr of king Henry VIII. His son William, lord Burgh, succeeded to it, keeping it in capite, and in the 15th yr of queen Elizabeth alienated it to Mr. Thomas Gibbon, who resided right here and it really should be noticed that nevertheless the coat of arms assigned to the Gibbons, of Westcliffe, by Sir William Segar, Sable, a lion rampant, guardant, or, involving a few escallops, argent—bears a solid resemblance to that assigned by him to the Gibbons, of Rolvenden, and is identically the same as those people permitted to the Gibbons of Frid, in Bethersden, who were being certainly a branch of these of Rolvenden, still I do not obtain any affinity amongst them but I must fairly suppose, these of Westcliffe were descended of the very same branch as individuals of Castleacre abbey, in Norfolk Matthew, the eldest son of Thomas Gibbon, the purchaser of this manor, rebuilt this seat in 1627, as the day even now remaining on it shews. He resided in it, as did his several descendants afterwards down to Tho. Gibbon, gent. (fn. 3) who in 1660 marketed it to Streynsham Master, esq. and he alienated it to admiral Matthew Aylmer, afterwards in 1718 made lord Aylmer, of the kingdom of Eire, whose descendant Henry, lord Aylmer, devised it to his youngest son the Hon. and Rev. John Aylmer, and he alienated it to George Leith, esq. of Deal, who passed it absent by sale to the two daughters and coheirs of Mr. Thomas Peck, surgeon, of Offer they married two brothers, viz. James Methurst Pointer, and Ambrose Lyon Pointer, gentlemen, of London, and they are now, in suitable of their wives, jointly entitled to this manor.
BERE, or BYER-Court docket, as it is occasionally penned, positioned in the southern component of this parish, was when accounted a manor, and was parcel of the demesnes of a family members of the similar title just one of whom, William de Bere, was bailiff of Dover in the 2d and 4th years of king Edward I. Immediately after this name was extinct listed here, this manor passed into the title of Brockman, and from thence into that of Toke, a family who appear in advance of this to have been for some time resident in Westcliffe, (fn. 4) and bore for their arms, Parted for every chevron, sable and argent, 3 griffins heads, erased and counterchanged. John Toke, a descendant of the purchaser of this manor in the fourth generation, lived in this article in the reigns of king Henry V. and VI. as did his eldest son Thomas Toke, esq. who by Joane, daughter of William Goldwell, esq. of Godington, in Excellent Chart, whose heir-general she at duration was, experienced three sons, Ralph, who succeeded him in the loved ones seat of Bere Richard, who died s. p. and John, the youngest, who experienced the seat and estate of Godington, where by his descendants continue being at this time. Ralph Toke, esq. the eldest son earlier mentioned-described, resided at Bere in king Henry VIII.’s time, in whose descendants this manor ongoing until the latter finish of the last century, when Nicholas Tooke, or Tuck, as the identify arrived then to be spelt, dying possessed of it, his heirs conveyed it later on by sale to the trustees of George Rooke, esq. of St. Laurence, who died possessed of this estate, which had lengthy prior to this dropped all the legal rights of obtaining ever been a manor, in 1739, s. p. leaving it to his widow Mrs. Frances Rooke, (fn. 5) who alienated it to Thomas Barrett, esq. of Lee, who died in 1757, and his only son and heir Thomas Barrett, esq. of Lee, is the present owner of it. (fn. 6)
SOLTON is an estate in the northern section of this parish, which was the moment accounted a manor it was element of the belongings of Odo, bishop of Baieux, under the common title of whose lands it is entered in the survey of Domesday, as follows:
Hugo (de Montfort) holds Soltone of the bishop. It was taxed at one suling. The arable land is . . . . . In demesne there is one particular carucate, and 3 villeins, with a person borderer, shelling out 4 shillings and seven pence. In the time of king Edward the Consessor, it was really worth fifteen ponnds, and afterwards and now thirty shillings. In this manor Godric dwelt, and holds twenty acres as his individual price simple.
4 several years right after the having of the above study, the bishop was disgraced, and all his belongings ended up confiscated to the crown.
Quickly right after which this manor was granted to Jeffry de Peverel, and collectively with other lands elsewhere, created up the barony of Peverel, as it was then referred to as, staying held of the king in capite by barony, for the defence of Dover castle, to which it owed ward and company. Of the heirs of Jeffery de Peverel, this manor was yet again held by the household of Cramaville, by knight’s company, and it appears by the escheat rolls, that Henry de Cramaville held it in capite at his demise, in the 54th calendar year of king Henry III. by annually lease and ward to the castle of Dover immediately after which, even though part of this estate came into the possession of the Maison Dieu healthcare facility, in Dover, nonetheless the manor and mansion of Solton became the assets of the household of Holand, who bore for their arms, Parted per fess, sable and argent, a few fleurs de lis, counterchanged. Henry Holand died possessed of this component of it in the 35th year of king Edward I. holding it in capite, as of the honor of Peverel, and it continued in that title till Henry Holand dying anno 10 Richard II. his daughter and heir Jane turned possessed of it following which it passed into the name of Frakners, and then yet again into that of Laurence, from whom it was conveyed to Finet, and Robert Finet resided below in queen Elizabeth’s reign, remaining descended from John Finet, of Sienne, in Italy, of an antient family members of that name there, who arrived into England with cardinal Campejus, anno 10 Henry VIII. They bore for their arms, Argent, on a cross engrailed, gules, 5 fleurs de lis of the industry. His son Sir John Finet, master of the ceremonies to king James and king Charles I. likewise resided in this article, and died in 1641. He remaining by Jane his wife, daughter of Henry, lord Wentworth, two daughters and coheirs, Lucia and Finette, who became entitled to this manor, which at size was afterwards alienated to Matson, whose descendant Henry Matson, about the 12 months 1720, devised it by his will, with other estates, to the price of one hundred and fifty kilos for each annum, to the trustees of Dover harbour, for the use, profit, and restore of it for ever, but the discharging of the believe in in Mr. Matson’s will becoming attended with numerous difficulties, his affairs were being place into the court of chancery, and a decree was designed, that the commissioners of Dover harbour should really have Diggs-area, Solton, Singledge, and other lands, to make up the just one hundred and fifty kilos for every annum, they spending forty pounds a yr out of these estates to the bad relations of his spouse and children, as very long as any these kinds of of the title ought to continue being in accordance to the devise in his will, and the trustees earlier mentioned-described, are at this time entitled to the payment of it.
There are no parochial charities. The poor consistently taken care of are about sixteen, casually 6.
THIS PARISH is in just the ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION of the diocese of Canterbury, and deanry of Dover.
The church, which is dedicated to St. Peter, is tiny, consisting of only 1 isle and a chancel. In the chancel is a stone, about just one foot sq., (not the first one, I apprehend) to the memory of Matthew Gibbon the elder, son of Thomas Gibbon, who developed Westcliffe residence, and dying in 1629, was buried right here. Assistance becoming performed in it only the moment a month, minor care is taken of it. This church was presented by queen Alianor, wife to king Edward I. alongside one another with a person acre of land, and the advowson, with the chapels, tithes and appurtenances, to the prior and convent of Christ-church, in pure and perpetual alms, absolutely free from all secular provider, among other premises, in trade for the port of Sandwich, which was confirmed by king Edward I. Immediately after which, in 1327, anno 2 king Edward III. the parsonage of this church was appropriated to the almnery of the priory, for the sustaining of the chantry launched there by prior Henry de Estry. In which situation it remained until the dissolution of the priory, in the 31st yr of king Henry VIII. when it was surrendered, amongst the other possessions of it after which, this appropriation and the advowson of the vicarage ended up settled by the king in his 33d calendar year, among other lands, on his new-erected dean and chapter of Canterbury, section of whose possessions they keep on being at this time.
On the sequestration of the belongings of deans and chapters, just after the dying of king Charles I. this parsonage was valued in 1650, by buy of the state, when it appeared to consist of the parsonage-house, a massive barn and property, with the parsonage near, of a few acres, and 4 acres lying in Westcliffe common subject, together with the tithes of corn and grass, and all other smaller tithes within just the parish, of the improved yearly worth of sixty-two lbs. (fn. 7) The lessee repairs the chancel of the parsonage. Thomas Barrett, esq. of Lee, is the present lessee, on a helpful lease.
The vicarage of Westcliffe is not valued in the king’s books. In 1640 it was valued at 10 kilos, communicants twenty. It is now of the clear yearly price of 20-4 lbs . for every annum, which is the augmented pension compensated by the dean and chapter, the vicar not staying entitled to any tithes no matter what, nor even to the gains of the church-lawn, all which are demised by the dean and chapter as part of the parsonage.
Maurice Callan, curate in 1466, was buried in this church, and by his will requested his executors to pave the system of this church with paving tile.
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A terrific surprise meets the customer who is blessed plenty of to achieve admittance here! The church is entered by strolling up a hill, but you in fact action down into the interior as the hill drops absent steeply to the north, with the church established into its ridge. A Norman flint church of nave, chancel and later south tower, it is a haven of peace and light-weight. A great deal of the latter floods in through the big Decorated west window (its lancet predecessors may perhaps be witnessed in the wall outside). The church has a exceptional inside indeed – box pews operate down north and south walls and there is a enormous alley among, made for the benches that nevertheless survive dotted about the setting up. Box pews had been rented the benches had been for the non-having to pay weak. In pleasure of situation is the pulpit. All this woodwork dates from the early nineteenth century, though the chancel was refurnished in the 1877s by the Church Commissioners and is typical fare. The beautiful east window, the stonework of which is absolutely of the 1870s, is made up of some Georgian colored glass edging – most pleasant. Wonderfully cared for and a great deal cherished, it is a shame that it is not additional available to the relaxed customer.
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Posted by Jelltex on 2014-04-15 17:45:20
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