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Summary of PMP Collection in Marsham Street Arranged by Author

Papers of Box number Summary Notes

Bowers, Mildred PMP Box 29 Notebooks on Church and Cathedral Architecture dated 1897-1901. Includes notes on Wells, Winchester and Canterbury Cathedral as well as general notes on Gothic Architecture and Church Windows.

Box, Mr. E.G. PMP Box 25 Correspondence from the years 1914- 1935 between Mr. E.G. Box, Oak Cottage, St. Botolph’s Road Sevenoaks, and Dr. F.W. Hardman LL.D., F.S.A. (died 1942). Mr. E.G. Box was the author of several articles in Arch. Cant.

Articles in Arch. Cant. Lambarde’s “Carde of this Shyre”, vol. 38, pp. 89-95 Lambarde’s “Carde of this Shyre” third issue with Roads added, Vol. 39, 141-148. Two Sixteen-Century Maps of Kent with Further Notes on early Road-Books, Vol. 45, pp. 48-59 Donations of Manors to Christchurch, Canterbury, and Appropriation of Churches, Vol. 44 pp. 103-119. Notes on the History of Saxon Otford, vol. 43, pp. 111-112. Notes on some West Kent Roads in early Maps and Road-Books, vol. 43 pp. 85-98. No longer listed as a member by

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volume 51, 1939. Found among the papers of W. P. D. Stebbing PMP Box 25.

Davis, Bernard F. PMP Box 6 Notes on Bromley, Chislehurst, Otford, Rochester and Keston. Mainly related to properties, plots, owners, tenants, rents and taxes with some information on the families which owned the properties.

A Chemist who lived in Bromley in the early 20th Century. Only identified piece of published writing so far: Arch. Cant. Vol. 46,pp. 152-155 “An Early Alteration of the Boundary between Kent and Surrey”

Dowker, George PMP Box 14 Dowker (1828 -1899) Geological and Natural History research notes and papers esp. on the Water supply of East Kent, The Coal Measures in Kent, Chalk and Flint , and a short section on Minster Church and Abbey.

Found among the papers of W. P. D. Stebbing, PMP Box 14 St. 1 – St. 5.

Duncan, Leland L PMP Box 4 The Monumental Inscriptions of Chislehurst, West Wickham, Chelsfield and Bromley. Note on the Church of Allhallows, Hoo. L.L. Duncan’s MSS: Lewisham Registers, Bundle XIII (71) Various Antiquarian notes on the Tower of London, Knolton, k Kent and Deponents of Kent in the Reigns of Charles II and James II, rough notes on Hoo wills. Notes from Church and Churchyard, Folkestone in Miscellanea Genealogical et Heraldica. Kentish Administration and Lewisham Registers.

Lewisham based Antiquarian born 1862, died in 1923. See pamphlet by Silvia Macartney 1998, Leland Lewis Duncan, Borough Profile 2, Lewisham Local History Society. First edition 1983, enlarged edition 1998. Arch. Cant. 1925

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Transcripts of the Registers of Chislehurst and All Hallows, Hoo.

Duncan, Leland L PMP Box 5 Kent Wills from Rochester Consistory Court Notes on Churches, Walsingham Pedigree in Chislehurst; Leland’s Itinerary. Papers relating to the Churches at Stoke, Hoo, St. Mary, Hoo, St. Werburg, High Halstow and the Church restoration at Grayne. Complete Registers for St. George Beckenham transcribed by Arthur Bannon, 1889 and correspondence. The Wynston Pedigree and photos from Pulborough by W. Bruce Bannerman. The Registers of St. Nicholas, Deptford 1571-1648. Kent Register Abstracts, 1831, Pedigree of the family PIX from Hawkhurst and other genealogical material.

Duncan, Leland L. PMP Box 1 Registers of St. Mary’s, Lewisham Allhallows’s Parish Correspondence from the Rev. F. J. Hammond 1905-1915 Beckenham Bundle – diverse papers containing transcripts from wills relating to different location and notes on Kent Churches.

Eminent local Historian based in Lewisham.

Duncan, Leland L. PMP Box 2 Correspondence Notes in original wooden box called

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Colfe Grammar School, Lewisham Cranbrook Grammar School Ashford Grammar School Lewisham, esp. St. Mary and papers read to Lewisham Antiquarian Society Notes on Kent churches esp. : Tenterden, Lydd, Cranbrook, Little Chart, All Hallows, Hoo and Trottescliffe/Trosley. Hawkhurst. Correspondence with Arthur Hussey The Woodgate family of Stoneway Park and Summerhill in Kent. The Martin Family of Bankers Sevenoaks Otford List of First World War Soldiers from Kent. Notes on the Godfrey family

Misc. Box.

Duncan, Leland L. PMP Box 3 History of Lee and its neighbourhood by F.H. Hart, Lee, 1882. Rubbings of Church Inscriptions. Notes on Kent Churches. Transcriptions of Wills in Latin from Archbishops of Canterbury. Photos from Orpington and Lewisham. Photos from Waltham Abbey and Cudham. Monumental Inscriptions from Folkestone Churchyard, 1891. Monumental Inscriptions from West

In original box labelled “Hart MSS box”

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Kent Churches. Fry Family History. Walter Buckland’s Ecclesiastical Records Survey. Rubbings of Coats of Arms, mostly Cudham. Photographs from Hawkhurst. Negative of the North Door, Ashford Church. Colfe Grammar School and Alms houses. The Bailey family from the Burwash registers. Roman discoveries at Ospringe, 1923. Reports of the PRO. Proofs and Manuscripts for published works. Transcript of the Chelsfield Parish Registers. Family Tree for Colepeper of Bedgebury. Notes on Folkestone. Wills of Archbishops and Rectors. Magazines and fundraising appeals. Photograph and illustration of Arms from Seal, Kent. Newspaper Cuttings, Publications and Photos.

Duncan, Leland L. PMP Box 7 Diocese of Rochester, Southern and Mid Parishes transcripts of wills from the 16th and 17th Centuries. Three exercise books numbered 13, 14 and

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15.

Duncan, Leland L. PMP Box 8 Rochester Diocese, six exercise books with transcripts of wills, numbered 7 – 12, from the North Western part of the Diocese and the South and Mid part of the Diocese.

Duncan, Leland L. PMP Box 23 This box contains the original typescript for the Calendar of Wills proved in the Rochester Consistory Court between 1440 and 1561, compiled and edited by Leland L. Duncan, M.V.O., O.B.E. F.S.A.. published by the Kent Archaeological Society in 1924.

Duncan, Leland L. PMP Box 16 Manuscript of The Calendar of Wills Proved in the Rochester Consistory Court between 1440 and 1561. Published by the Kent Records Branch in 1924

Found among the papers of the Hon. Henry A. Hannen –contained in the collection owned and organized by Dr. Gordon Ward and later acquired by W.P.D. Stebbing.

Dunkin, E.H.W. PMP Box 29 Miscellaneous notes, especially on Chislehurst, Greenwich, Canterbury and Hawkhurst. Notes on individuals and some records of church memorials.

Grinling, C. H. PMP Box 9 Notes on Stained Glass in Kent – a complete survey see separate folder. Many News paper cuttings, correspondence and invitations. Notes on Modern Stained Glass Artists, i. e. Caroline Townshend and William Morris etc.

C.H. Grinling, former labour Councillor for Woolwich and in 1937 the first Freedman of the Borough. Died in 1947 at the age of 86. Se Obituary in the Times January 1929. Published Ancient Stained Glass in Oxford in the Proceedings of Oxford

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Archaeological Society 1883.

Grinling, C. H. PMP Box 11 Notes from the Kensington Universal Art Inventory Notes on Stained Glass in Counties from W-Z Notes on stained Glass in Warwick, esp. The Beauchamp Chapel. MSS paper on the Music in the Stained Glass in the Beauchamp Chapel by Charles Frederic Hardy. Correspondence with interested parties in Warwickshire. Notes on Stained Glass in France. Notes on Stained Glass in other European Countries.

Grinling, C.H. PMP Box 10 Articles from the Church Review by Francis Bumpus on the history of stained glass in England from the Reformation to the Present Time. Correspondence, Notes, Ephemera and Drawings, esp. With Alfred Stowe. Collection of Postcards of images from India, Scotland, England, France, Italy and Switzerland with a probable connection to Grinling.

Hammond, F. J PMP Box 1 Correspondence and transcripts regarding Allhallows church and Parish, Hoo.

Among the papers of Leland L. Duncan.

Hammond, F.J. PMP Box 2 Correspondence 1905 -1913 regarding the Church and the Church registers at Allhalllows, Hoo. The Tithe Book, Allhallows, Hoo and

Found among the papers of Leland L. Duncan.

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Windhill Manor. The Bardulf family. A Medieval Account Book, Article by Hammond, published in The Record, 27/1/1905.

Hammond, F.J. PMP Box 4 Research and Correspondence on Allhallows, Hoo. The Church, manors and the Bardolf family.

Found among the papers of Leland L. Duncan. The research project on Allhallows was a joint project.

Hannen, Henry, The Hon. PMP Box 16 Paper, research notes and correspondence on the History of the Medway in the 17th Century and correspondence relating to improvement works in 1911. Kent Place names notes and correspondence. Kentish Nailbournes. Correspondence on House of Commons Records. Notes, correspondence and newspaper articles on the phrases Men of Kent and Kentish Men as well as on the origin of the emblem of the White Horse and the motto Invicta. Paper on old roads and maps along with notes, drafts and correspondence on Kent villages especially East and West Farleigh.

Found among the papers of W.P. D. Stebbing. The papers had initially belonged to Dr. Gordon Ward, who organized the papers.

Hannen, Henry, The Hon. PMP Box 18 Transcripts of and Index to West Farleigh Registers 1558 – 1812

Owned and arranged by Gordon Ward 23 November 1933. Marriage section published in 1910. Kent Parish Registers Marriages Edited by W.P.W. Phillimore, M.A.

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B.C.L. Vol. II London 1910

Hannen, The Hon. Henry A. PMP Box 19 This box consists largely of lists relating to the researches of Henry A. Hannen (died 8th June, 1933). i.e. Lists of Historic houses, churches and castles in Kent, lists of images depicting these and lists of sources. In addition there is a section on Halling Manor House and correspondence and notes relating to research into the pedigree of the Tylghman or Tilghman family of Snodland. There is also material o the Amherst family of Snodland and material relating to the following locations:

Aylesford, esp. the bridge

Barming

Boughton Malherbe

Boxley

Hunton

Maidstone

East Malling

East Peckham

Sutton Valence

Ulcombe In addition there is some correspondence on aspects of place name study on the Yalding area.

The papers were owned and organized by Dr. Gordon Ward (1885-1962)

Hannen, The Hon. Henry A. PMP Box 20 Collected notes for a history of West Farleigh. The notes were collected

The papers were previously owned by Dr. Gordon Ward (1885-1962).

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in connection with a series of lectures Hannen gave to local school children on matters relating to the Parish.

General information on West Farleigh

Prehistoric and other early remains

Place and Field names

The Manor of West Farleigh

The Skinner Family of Tutsham Hall

The Manor of Tuttesham

The Brewer Family of West Farleigh ( Smith’s Hall)

The Church

The Parish Register

The Overseers Book

The Church Warden’s Accounts

The Rectory and Vicarage

The School

The Inns

Memoirs of West Farleigh by Mr. Percival Joliffe and other residents

Hardman, F.W. Dr. PMP Box 13 Lecture delivered at Ringwould 27/2/1919 on “The Roads of East Kent” Correspondence relating to the lecture on the Roads of East Kent. The box includes items on Dover,

Among the papers of W. P. D. Stebbing under subject headings. Dr. F.J. Hardman see obituary in Arch. Cant. vol. 55, 1942. He was resident in Deal and a prominent local resident, clerk to Walmer

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Oxney by Dover, The three Deal Manors, The Sea Valley of Deal and Newspaper reports of his talks as well as correspondence between Hardman and Stebbing.

Urban District Council, Registrar of Deal County Court etc. He died on January 16th, 1942 aged 81. He had an extensive library and worked together with W. P. D. Stebbing on researching the Sea Valley at Deal and Stonar. He also researched Ringwould and Nonington parishes. He was a prominent member of the KAS for many years and a member of the Council. He was also a friend of Gordon Ward.

Hardman, F. W. Dr. PMP Box 25 Correspondence from the years 1914- 1935 between Mr. E.G. Box, Oak Cottage, St. Botolph’s Road Sevenoaks, and Dr. F.W. Hardman LL.D., F.S.A. (died 1942). Mr. E.G. Box was the author of several articles in Arch. Cant. on Otford, Ancient Maps and roads ( Arch.Cant. vol. 38, 39, 43, and 45). Correspondence from the years 1928 to 1938 between Dr. Gordon Ward and Dr. F. W. Hardman. The correspondence pertains to research interests during those years and includes discussions on field and place names and Saxon Charters. The following locations are discussed: Deal, Otford, Nonnington, Hoo, Sevenoaks and Tonbridge. Notes on The Manor of Elham. Notes on St. Martin’s Church Guston.

Dr. F.W. Hardman was a very prominent member of The Kent Archaeological Society and a member of the Council for many years. Hardman’s obituary can be found in Arch. Cant. vol. 55, 1942, p. 79.

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Draft for article: The Sea Valley of Deal, Arch. Cant. vol. 50, 1938, pp. 50-59. Transcripts from The Estate Book of Thomas Wotton, 1580.

Hardman, F.W. Dr PMP Box 26 Nonington Wills and Genealogical Notes.

Calendar of Deeds, Court Rolls, Wills, inventories and other information relating to landholding and Manors in Nonington.

Calendar of old deeds belonging to E.P. Boys Richardson and rough drafts of deeds.

Correspondence relating to the researches into Nonington.

Nonington Fines

For the Obituary of Dr Frederick William Hardman LL.D. F.S.A. see Arch. Cant. vol. 55, 1942, p. 79.

Hardman, F.W. Dr PMP Box 27 Nonington Calendar of Deeds from St. Albans Court

Nonington Church Magazines, 1938

Research notes and correspondence on Nonington and Ringwould

Hardman, F.W. Dr PMP Box 28 Nonington records from various sources 1210-1690

Court Rolls, Rentals and Deeds of Nonington

Chronological Notes and

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mixed notes on Nonington.

Hardman, F.W. Dr. PMP Box 21 Articles on water supplies in Deal, Walmer and Sandwich from the Mercury in the early 1930s.

Found among the papers of W.P.D. Stebbing, PMP Box 21.

Hardman, F.W. Dr. PMP Box 14 Research notes on Ringwould and Oxney as well as newspaper reports on local history lectures.

Found among the papers of W.P.D. Stebbing PMP Box 14 St. Notebooks and St. 8 – 9.

Harris, S. D. The Rev PMP Box 22 Papers relating to the history of Wittersham, Ebony and surrounding areas, especially ecclesiastical and parish matters. These papers consist of photocopies of documents and other sources, together with some original photographs. They are housed in clear plastic envelopes in 5 ring binders.

Rector of Wittersham with Stone and Ebony 1986-1993.

Holman Drake, Dr. Henry PMP Box 29 Printers Proof of his book: Hasted’s History of Kent, Corrected, enlarged and continued from the Manuscript Collections of the late Rev. T. Streatfeild and the late Rev. L.B. Larking, Part 1, The Hundred of Blackheath. The envelope is addressed to the Rev. Canon Scott Robinson

Hussey, Arthur PMP Box 6 Notes on Westcliffe, St. Margaret’s

Hussey, Arthur PMP Box 7 Notes on: Sir John Mennes of Sandwich Eastry History of Preston, Elmstone and Stourmouth.

Obituary, Arch. Cant. Vol. LIV, 1941, p. 75. Died January 25th 1941. Particular study interest was the wills in the Canterbury Probate Registry and the

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Romney Marsh Old Romney and New Romney Newchurch De Clares Cranbrook Wills Eythorne The Isaac Family Orlestone Tong, Cranbrook, Dartford, Sibertswold and Peckham. The Sheriffs of Kent. The Criol Family. Dartford Appledore Wills Digges Eastchurch in Sheppey Ripple Brookland, St. Augustine. Eddy or Eddie Wills Buckland (Dover), The Leper Hospital St. Bartholomew. Whitfield Wichling, originally in Sittingbourne Deanery. Thurnham, Manor House Chapel Strood Darenth Cudham Crayford East Malling West Malling Malling Abbey Sutton at Hone

Manuscripts in the Chapter Library. He wrote a portion of Testamenta Cantiana with Leland L. Duncan. He also compiled and edited Kent Chantries as part of the Kent Records series in 1936, using the certificate transcriptions of 1546 and 1548 made by Leland L. Duncan, as the starting point.

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Swanscombe The Sheriffs of Kent 1300 to 1339

Hussey, Arthur PMP Box 8 Notes on: Ulcombe Crevecaeur Barfreston Harty Ruxley Snodland Dode and Paddlesworth The Hawkins Family, Boughton-under-Blean, Pettit and Spencer. Harlakenden The Iden family The Sheriffs of Kent 1500 – Caxton of Kent The Sheriffs of Kent – 1300 Sheriffs of Kent 1400-1499 The Red Book of the Exchequer (Rolls Series 99) Kalendar of State Papers 1581-1640 Goodneston Chillenden Eddie Appeldore Ruckinge Meopham The Gurney Family Ash Church Ash, the Chapel at Overland The Isle of Sheppey Queenborough The Badlesmere Family

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The Cornhill Family Staplehurst The Mercer Family Bilsington Priory Wickhambreux The Elgar Family of Wingham Darrell family Burmarsh Combwell Priory Sutton Valence The Matson Family Milton (Middelton) Birchington.

Hussey, Arthur PMP Box 13 Notes on Oxney by Dover, the family of Auberville, St. Nicholas’s Church, and abstract of wills from Oxney by Ringwould. Also notes on Sandown, Northbourne, Walmer and Deal.

Found among the papers of W.P.D. Stebbing mainly in PMP Box 13 st. 2 and PMP Box 13 St. 6.

Hussey, Arthur PMP Box 14 Abstracts of Ringwould Wills 1472 – 1815 and correspondence with F. W. Hardman.

Found among the papers of W.P.D. Stebbing PMP Box 14.

Hussey, Arthur PMP Box 21 Notes on Sandwich Grammar School by Arthur Hussey from Canterbury Cathedral Archive Mss, Boy’s History of Sandwich, Oxinden Letters, Canterbury Marriage Licences, and abstracts of deeds relating to the site of Sandwich Grammar School. (15 pages)

Hussey, Arthur PMP Box 25 Notebook of Margate Wills. Notebook on Great Mongeham

Found among the papers of W.P.D. Stebbing, PMP Box 25

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Rectors

Hussey, Arthur PMP Box 26 Abstracts of Wills of Nonington residents ca. 1479-1749.

Notes and Correspondence on families in and around Nonington, Boys, Oxinden, Nunn, Rogers etc.

These notes are written sometime between 1896 and the early 1920s.

Hussey, Arthur PMP Box 29 Notes relating to the Hospitals and Churches in Canterbury, especially details from Wills. The section also contains a large number of newspaper cuttings with articles on churches by F.W. Hardman, Woodruff and Dr Cotton.

Died 25th January 1941.

Hussey, Arthur and unidentified individuals

PMP Box 32 1 Rochester Cathedral (III 32) -notes on Rochester chantry from register Hamo de Hethe 1341, chantry of St John bishop John de Sheppey, 1448. 2 Rochester St Clement (III 33) 3 Rochester – members of parliament 1295-1338. Extract – the Kentish notebook, vol 2 (1894) 4 Rochester Bridge notes 1310-1411 5 Rochester – hospital of St Katherine 1316-1805 6 Rochester – chapel of St William of Perth 1201-1883 7 Rochester Castle miscellaneous notes

(7 small loose leaf

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notebooks, some without covers)

Material relating to the restoration of Rochester Cathedral

Jessup, R.F. PMP Box 30 Correspondence, notes, photocopies and other background research material for the book: A Man of Many Talents, an informal Biography of James Douglas 1753-1819, Published by Phillimore in 1975.

R.F. Jessup, F.S.A. (1906-1991) See Obituary in Arch. Cant. vol. CIX 1991.

Jessup, R.F. PMP Box 31 Notebooks and photocopies for the book: A Man of Many Talents, an informal Biography of James Douglas 1753-1819, Published by Phillimore in 1975.

Personal file deposited by his widow Mildred on his life and career, includes some photographs from Nash Court Boughton, Keston, Dover and Holborough.

R.F. Jessup, F.S.A. (1906-1991) See Obituary in Arch. Cant. vol. CIX 1991.

KAS PMP Box 6 Index of Personal names from unknown publication. List of the members of the Royal Archaeological Institute of great Britain and Ireland, 1929. List of plans of historic buildings held in the Library of the KAS.

Leland, L. Duncan PMP Box 29 Notebook of weather Lewisham Local Historian ( 1862-

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observations taken between the years 1879 and 1881 at Rosslair, Lewisham and Colfe Grammar school.

1923)

Lucas, Mr. Geoffry PMP Box 13 Plans of Churches from England and abroad- some plans are annotated. There are also images of 13th century construction work and two master masons. Mr. Lucas was interested in Church types and had a theory that all Medieval Churches were based on an underlying system of squares. The plans here are made in relation to this theory. (38 items)

Mr. Geoffry Lucas, F.S.A., F.R.I.B.A. (1872 -1947) The papers are found among those of W.P.D. Stebbing. PMP Box 13 St. 12.

Manser, Stephen PMP Box 13 One notebook, ca. 1898, is in this box, where he records details of Roman Remains and other finds near Denne’s Chalkpit, Deal. Annotated by W. P.D. Stebbing

Stephen Manser was a member of Kent Archaeological Society 1898 -1926 and local secretary for Deal. Found among the papers of W.P.D. Stebbing in the Notebook section.

Mills, Halford L. PMP Box 24 Research notes to unpublished History of Smarden, the manuscript has now been published in Digital form by Smarden Local History Society. The box contains:

Notes relating to the Parish, the Church, the Church fabric and incumbents as well as a section on the history of the non-conformist churches in Smarden.

Correspondence and subscription forms.

Halford L. Mills (1843-1931) started researching local history late in life. He was born in Smarden, but left for London as a young man and also spent time in America where he learnt the techniques of embalming. Later he returned to London and ran a funeral parlour. He was also involved in coach building and owned a small farm. In the 1920s he returned to Claggett House in Smarden and started researching local history. His book on Smarden was intended as a tribute to and

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Place names of Anglo Saxon origin.

Notes on industries lost and gained.

Church bells and wafer ovens.

Tombs memorials and Parish records.

Houses and windmills

People, Public houses and Doctors in Smarden.

Weather records and changes in farming.

follow on to the Antiquities of Smarden by the Rev. Francis Haslewood, 1866. The papers are now held at the Smarden Local History and Heritage Centre, Charter Hall, Chessenden Lane, Smarden. It is open to the public on Friday mornings from 9.30 a.m..

Minty, R.G.P. PMP Box 13 Sketches of Kent churches and aspects of their interiors and fittings, mostly done in 1847 and 1848. There is also a section which mainly contains sketches of Norfolk churches, their interiors and fittings as well as drawings of archaeological finds.

A resident of Norwich, Norfolk, and local secretary to the Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society in 1849. Found among the papers of W.P.D. Stebbing in PMP Box 13 St. 13 and PMP Box 13 St. 14. In Box 21 is found the headed notepaper of E. Arden Minty F.R.I.B.A., Architect, 47 Victoria Street, Westminster S.W.1 and Petersfield, Hants. Could this be a relation?

Pearsall, R. L. PMP Box 6 Paper “The Kiss of the Virgin”, 1837 on a supposed Medieval method of execution. In loose leaf.

Rendel, Vincent PMP Box 1 Henry Clarke duc De Feltre (1765-1818 The Clarke Family of Woodchurch

Vincent Rendel was a Lawyer resident in Woodchurch. The papers are from the 1960s and suffered

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The Irish and French branches of the Clarke Family Colepepper/Culpeper Family

water damage in the Fire of Maidstone Museum. They are located with a section of papers by Leland L. Duncan.

Rendel, Vincent PMP Box 6 Harlackenden family, research notes, research summaries/talks, Photostats, transcripts etc.

Damaged by water.

Roach Smith, Charles PMP Box 6 Correspondence 1806-1890 with Mr. William Alford Lloyd, author and naturalist. Two very brief letters from Mr. Payne about showing people round the Anglo –Saxon Antiquities in Sittingbourne. Articles from the Gentleman’s Magazine. Engravings/prints of various historic monuments and objects, also including illustrations of Roman and British Coins.

Charles Roach Smith (1806-1890), notable amateur archaeologist from Temple Place in Strood.

Spence, Charles PMP Box 6 Correspondence with John Gough Nichols, F.S.A. and editor of the Gentleman’s Magazine about the Church Restoration in Cobham in the 1840s and 1860s. News cuttings from The Patriot

Charles Spence worked for the Admiralty and appears to have been involved in arranging the Cobham restoration. The papers appear to have been collected by W. Torr.

Stebbing, W. P. D. PMP Box 14 Collection of research notes on geology and natural history by George Dowker, Ringwould by Dr. F.W. Hardman, placenames by Gordon Ward, correspondence with V.J. Torr as well as research notes, newspaper cuttings and

W.P. D. Stebbing ( 1873-1961), Mayor, Councillor, J.P. F.G.A. and F.R.I.B.A.

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correspondence relating to Ringwould, Sholden, Deal, especially to Deal Manor House, and topography and Natural History.

Stebbing, W. P. D. PMP Box 21 1903-1908 notes on Anglo-Saxon Churches Draft Mss on Elizabethan deeds, Georgian and Victorian Letters up to 1878, collated by his mother. Various Mss for published works. Transcripts of the letters of the Rev. Nicholas Carter to Elizabeth Carter of Deal. The Times in the 1870s and J.T. Delane and William Stebbing. Dr. Henry Stebbing and Mrs. Mary Stebbing. Typescript of the Kent portion of the Torrington Diaries and excerpts from the Diaries of John Orlando Parry. Jenkin’s Well in Deal, notes, drafts and images. Water supply in Deal, Walmer and Sandwich Tithes. Collected papers on Education before 1870 and more recently.

Stebbing, W. P. D. PMP Box 25 Collection of Manuscripts and letters belonging to Dr. F.W. Hardman on Margate, Great Mongeham, Elham Manor, The Sea Valley of Deal and St. Martin’s Church, Guston. Correspondence between Dr.

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Hardman and Mr. E.G. Box and Dr. Hardman and Dr. Gordon Ward. Transcripts of Wills by Arthur Hussey. Extracts from the Estate Book of Thomas Wotton, 1580.

Stebbing, W. P. D. PMP Box 13 W. P. D. Stebbing L.R.I.B.A. , FSA, J.P. (1873 -1961) The papers in this box include notebooks on antiquarian and amusing topics, letters and photos relating to the excavation of a Late Bronze Age Entrenchment at Upper Deal in 1934. It also contains material for the study of Northbourne, Woodnesborough and Hoard Farm as well as Oxney by Dover, Stonar, Deal and Walmer. Dover, Deal and Sandown Castles are well represented in the papers, but the majority of the papers are on various aspects of Deal’s history, including Nicholas and Elizabeth Carter, the Three manors of Deal, Brewing, Crime and Punishment, the Water supply, Sanitation and health, St. Leonard’s Parish Church, The topography and old houses of Deal as well as smuggling and Clay Pipe manufacture.

PMP Box 12 also includes material by other people utilised by W.P.D. Stebbing in his researches. There are notes by Arthur Hussey, Church plans by Mr. Geoffry Lucas, and a collection of sketches by R.G.P. Minty. Some of W.P.D. Stebbing’s papers are held at Dover Museum, these are primarily those connected with the museum established in Deal Castle, but do also include a few on the excavations Dover.

Stocker, Ben PMP Box 12 Complete research file on Medieval Discoid Grave Markers in Kent. Collection of Slides illustrating MDGMs in Kent

Donated to the KAS Library by the Dover Archaeological Group after the Death of Ben Stocker in 2004.

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Correspondence relating to MDGM Full list of all locations in Kent with MDGM as located by Ben Stocker.

Toke, N. E. PMP Box 15 Rubbings of coats of arms from prominent families in Kent Churches done between 1917 and 1938. This has been removed to Visual Records to join Hatch 151-263. Papers on the History of the Jews from the time of King Cyrus and the novel Don Quixote.

Found among the papers of W.P.D. Stebbing, PMP Box 15.

Torr, V. J. PMP Box 6 Notes on Church Restorations between 1889-1921

Torr, V. J. PMP Box 14 Correspondence and Newspaper article relating to the attempt to preserve Deal Manor House.

Found among the papers of W.P.D. Stebbing PMP Box 14, St. 15 – 16.

Torr, V.J. PMP Box 21 Photo of Jenkin’s Well, Deal. Found among the papers of W.P.D. Stebbing PMP Box 21.

Unidentified PMP Box 6 Notes from works by Sir Bryan Godfrey Faussett entitled “Calendar Part II of Deeds, Barham and Wingham Kent, 1189-1549.

Unknown PMP Box 29 Damaged and incomplete Typescript on the Rhee Wall in the Romney Marsh.

Ward, Gordon and others PMP 32 Fire damaged notes, not suitable for production.

Ward, Gordon Dr. PMP Box 25 Correspondence from the years 1928 to 1938 between Dr. Gordon Ward and Dr F. W. Hardman. The correspondence pertains to research interests during those years and includes discussions on field and

Found among the papers of W. P.D. Stebbing PMP Box 25.

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place names and Saxon Charters. The following locations are discussed: Deal, Otford, Nonnington, Hoo, Sevenoaks and Tonbridge.

Ward, Gordon Dr. PMP Box 13 Correspondence between Gordon Ward and Stebbing on place names relating to the study of the Sea Valley of Deal. Also includes letters between F.W. Hardman and Gordon Ward.

Found among the papers of W.P.D. Stebbing distributed in many folders.

Ward, Gordon Dr. PMP Box 14 Paper on Hengest the Jutlander and King of Kent, Transcripts of Radnor Muniments made in 1933. Placenames of the Hundred of Loningborough

Found among the papers of W.P. D. Stebbing PMP BOX 14 St. 6.

Ward, Gordon Dr. PMP Box 17 Papers on the Kentish Yoke from Roman to Medieval times. The Persistence of Romano-British Farms in West Kent, The Kentish Yoke, The Yoke and the Acre, The Manorial Yoke, The Kentish Yoke, and The Dark Ages. Also contains a notebook on various aspects of the Yoke, such as place names, the occurrence of Yokes in Charters, derived words and definitions. The area research most thoroughly is Otford and Wye.

Dr. Gordon Ward F.S.A. (1885 – 1962) Dr. Gordon Ward was a member of the KAS from 1927. He joined the Council in 1931 and became an honorary life member in 1954. His research interest were wide, taking in topography, place names, the Vikings, administrative units and Wealden dens, to name but a few. From 1935 onwards he started to give part of his collection to Kent County Archives and the KAS. Shortly before his death he bequeathed 60 boxes of papers relating to the history of various Kent Villages to the KAS and PMP Box 17 is likely to have been

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included among these papers.

Ward, Gordon Dr. PMP Box 26 Old deeds in the possession of Mrs. Hammond of St. Albans Court copied by Gordon Ward.

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