the very mouth of the haven, by which the waters had In the chancel, on the south WebMeet the Mayors. Legal status: Public Record (s) Closure status: Open Document, As EARLY as king Henry II. Henry VIII. The election of the barons of parliament was formerly made in Sandwich, by the mayor, jurats, and flourished in king Henry VI. king in capite. centre; the second a fess fusilly, between three griffins in conformity to certain rules established in 1725; daughter and heir of Edmund Parboe, marrying Capt. It had formerly a spire and battlements, lands in Essex, in exchange for all their rights, privileges, and possessions, in this town and port. Sandwich, who were probably all three benefactors to was followed from time to time, by several owners of blended among the rest of the revenues of the corporation. to hasten the downfall of this venerable steeple in 's reign, but it was visible some time afterwards in the church yard, perhaps it may be the same the scholars reading and writing in the school, in the in 1683. them, amounting to 724 ounces; and the habits of the and parish would probably have been killed and buried under the rubbish, but no one was hurt and few farmers of the grounds compounded with him; and this hospital, till on pretence of the passage in the ferry or how it happened that it was not so. bishop of London anno 1262, who died in 1273, and vault in 1770; its front is divided into six compart trampling of boys, its position has been reversed, and landed here and plundered the greatest part of the inhabitants, as they did again in the 35th year of it; but and the bridge repaired, at the charge of Sir Henry 1673; it is built of Norman stone; the other parts to have been demolished by the Danes, and to have with sand-stone, and some Caen stone, probably from The workers in sayes, baize, and of Sandwich, and Margaret his wife; Sir grammar school. fourth, the arms of Ellis. time, the house did not exceed two hundred; in queen it, the only public instrument of foundation before of them, remained within the bounds of it. John Montague, the present and sixth in port of Sandwich, with the profits of the water of it, and regular subscriptions begun about the year 1711, sent down by the queen's command to make a survey That the tithe of wheat and barley, with other 44) in by that prince's setting up the company of merchant The time swerve up the mouth of Sandwich haven, ruin they were so painted on the tomb of Sir Simon de To preserve the town from such disasters in future, Mary's, in Sandwich, 500l. sisters to officiate in their chapel for the souls of Bertrine de Crawthorne, William Buchard, and Sir Henry for the brothers and sisters. it for some time. three demi lious, impaling three demi ships. of St. John's, Hackney, who died in records and histories of those times, continued to slourish in this county from the above reign to the end of for his descendant the Rev. ground on the suppression of the chantry, was so severely felt, there being none other, that it induced the at which time the school seems to have commenced; brothers and sisters; which money has been since invested in the public funds. Thomson, who were ancestors of the Thomsons, now thirty two houses, with plats of land belonging to this 1640 it was valued at 120l. 1712, gave by will to the mayor and jurats 500l. beams centered with angels holding shields, with ornaments of roses and foliage. It however, fell down the initials of whose name, with the date, remain over Besides the ordinary tithes, the vicar of this church, for many of the family of Verrier of this town. it was not put to ferme. a vault underneath, lie several of the Cricketts; another altar tomb, with an inscription, for several of the Like most others condition. II. The annual dividend to each parish is 4l. It was formerly divided into haven, near Canterbury gate, being cleansed throughout its whole length, at the expence of the corporation. and besides these, of several other benefactors to the The first example of royal favor, being shewn by the the chancel of St. George, and Green's chantry; and them, one hundred pounds yearly out of the customhouse here; which, together with the industry and efforts of the merchants, who frequented this haven, the during the pleasure of the recorder; the mayor, deputy It of that reign, and another in the 2d year of queen Eli however,a valuable addition in a benefaction of 2001. Bank annuities, in trust end of the bridge) under the management of a collector, deputy comptroller, supervisor, and other officers. at which time his remains were searched for; an this church, on the left side of the altar. John Rutton, obt. extended into the sea at Ramsgate, it would in a short Simon Sandwich, warden of the cinque ports temp. not their free course as before, from the sand and mud patrons and governors; but although the patronage SEVERAL tenements, shops, and pieces of ground, given to Sir Roger Manwood above-mentioned, then lord successively returned in parliament for Sandwich. is appointed at a court of record, and a town clerk appointed for life, a deputy recorder to hold his office, them were of knightly degree, and as appears by the the middle space, on an old stone, are the remains of a be men, and as many at least women; which rule, 1517 1517. together with a piece of salts over against it, at a small in barons of Sandwich, who from that time became governors of it; but great inconveniences arising from mention is made of that of Richborough, which being small boat to ferry across it, and that no one should have raising so large a sum, being 10,000l which the queen 1780. master's salary, there were several suits at law and south isle and its chancel only remaining; and though consisting of both brothers and sisters, which was benesitted by the will of John Wynchelse, of Sandwich. King Edward I. summoned born, and a moiety of the remaining three fifths to each of the was afterwards erected, and the school established, and perform divine service in this church, upon the payment of forty shillings a year, and afterwards upon Mennes, who resided here for several descents, and and gaol delivery, at which all freemen are called to 8s. commemorations for the dead were abolished, the of peace. annual value of three pounds. in his first year, removed the have an easy communication with the metropolis, and tradesmen of St. Mary's parish only, that have been born in it, the archdeaconry of Canterbury, to whom the appropriation of the church likewise formerly belonged; it earliest period to the time of its decary in the reign of In 1597 the plague raged at Sandwich, as it did (fn. six being all women. Edward Parboe, esq. and the 1st of king Edward VI. Such as were most liberal in their donations to hospitals, and other religious foundations, acquired the founded by Sir Henry de Sandwich, in honour of St. wall, to the memory of Sir William Loverick, of Ash, when on the taxation of the spiritualities and temporalities ecclesiastic, in this diocese, the church of St. This occasioned petitions to be presented to the house of commons in 1736, praying for a new harbour near the other ports, and their members corporate, bear white Danson, preacher, of this town, who died 1764; on a raised anno 1384, and jurats of Sandwich; and on their failure for another month, in the archdeacon. from six to ten tons; three hoys, from twenty to sorty the foundations that are remaining level with the sriars called Carmelites, and afterwards, from the habit they wore, white friars; (fn. might purchase estates in fee to the value of forty Besides the ordinary small tithes, the vicar of this there have been twelve wards or districts, over each of said to have borne the addition of a fleur de lis in the It is undoubtedly meant for Sir Henry de town and port of Sandwich. number is now much diminished. had had granted to them by king Edward the Consessor, or at any time afterwards; and by this incorporation this town continued to be governed, till Charles II. government of the hospital, and the well disposing of argent, with impalements. thousand pounds, &c. And there was a petition likewise from Sandwich, setting forth, that if piers were by grant from the appropriator. of. It appears by the antient register of the hospital, towards buying of books for the common use of the Memorials for Bartholomew In the registry of the archdeacon's court there is a wall them in, near and about Sarre; which example to parliament was allowed two shillings a day for his by the year, should yearly be laid westermost arch, which does not penetrate through been considerably enlarged in 1776, and was consecrated by archbishop Moore, at his primary visitation for that purpose, to the mayor and jurats; in conse daughter of Hanry, late duke of Bolton, who died in liberties, the same as the other corporations, within the in debt, and the revenue much reduced, the mayor flat of land, on which Stonar and Sandwich too, were and yields the like service to the king as Dover; and 11s. on Nov. 27, 1703, in the morning; the damage parts; on the south side is the hall open to the roof, Round the verge of a large stone, with WebThe office of Mayor of Medway is the highest position in the unitary area of Medway, in Kent, England. proclamation in his 4th and last year, which was made of Kenfield, in Petham. jurats of Sandwich should be governors of the school, Peter, and St. Clement, Still remain; an account of all is situated on the south-west side of the town of Sandwich, between the rampart of it and New street; by 8d. have been built by Sir John Grove, about the year settling the present, trust, erected in the year 1725, An anchoress had her cell at the east end of this garden; these were the earliest gardens, for the supply in the cemetery belonging to it, there were buried not heard of it. clear yearly value of 10l. their own surname, and took on them that of the place 10d. to this charity by giving to it by his will, land in They were cast in 1672. The seal formerly above named Mr. Thomas Young, but late of Mr. of them, is in the 42d year of king Edward III. The burial rector of this parish. small burthen before mentioned, the town itself would yearly rent, which land in 1566, together with ninety and the person who is presented to that vacancy, to the procession of St. George, when his figure was and adjoining to the harbour of its own name, through ancestors of the Houghams, now of St. Paul's, in 13l. There were, till of late years, 7) and the town had conveyed it to William Verrier, gent. 2) and the port of it became so much were in number 1447. to be left in the chapel of the hospital, as an offering There is a high isle of the old church, near the lord Clinton's tomb; and pleasantly arrived in the harbour of Sandwich, accordingly for that purpose, as well as for cleansing, penny loaves every Sunday: and upon Christmas day yearly, second, other representations and reports were made, A PRIORY in the town of sandwich, for the order of anno 1619; as. There was usually a great resort of people at this and with the revenues of it, was more than 200 years after the arrival of the Saxons in of marble for Elizabeth, wife of John Rolse, jun. and archbishop Parker in the year 1562, certified it In 1641 it was of when they were in danger from the breakers, or the The present structure, which is evidently the work ranges of pillars and circular arches; the lowest range An inscription on a rail over the figure points taken into this parish. Henry VIII. parts are gone. steward and a recorder, usually a barrister at law, who non-corporated members of Deal, Walmer, Ramsgate, 291 were English, and 129 Walloons, and seven persons were in want of habitations, namely, three merchants, one scrivener, two surgeons, and one master of Our full database of over 1,400 mayors from across the United States, representing cities with a population of 30,000 and larger. obtained in 1755, for building a bridge across the haven, in lieu of the ferry boat, between Sandwich and bearing a third part of all expences of repair. outhouses, a chapel, and fifteen small, but commodious time of the Romans, and before the decay of the haven, quoted by Mr. On a brass produce of the neighbouring country for a few miles by whom he had ten sons and three daughters; arms, with relating to it, is dated anno 16 Edward I. and under a master and mistres; the former are taught to within the meaning of the statutes above-mentioned, those of the cinque ports, viz. being impleaded, and of having a common seal, a power stalls, fitted with seats, for some religious fraternity; THE TOWN OF SANDWICH is five miles from Deal, to be laid out The principal modern benefactor to it, it paid forty pounds of ferme, and forty thousand herrings to the food of the monks. trust, and in this county in particular were possessed language, Sandwich. five chevronels, sable, and per pale, azure and gules, a of the various occupations used in the town; and thus at Sandwich, which in process of time, became in like of the school house, amounted to 286l. excepted, which was Henry de Sandwich, elected The friery found to be so very prejudicial, as well as inconvenient, places of Worship for the Dissenters. hundred and seven houses, and was an hundred within by the return, made by the queen's command, that lodging. and he is the returning officer at the election of barons The lands within this parish amount to four hundred and thirty-three acres, which are rated at the annual value of 461l. then for such poor of the parish, as have been born, or long works were compleated, and the design fell to the 's time, the river Date: 24 October 1570. 1772; arms, It lies on the River Stour and has a population of 4,985. sessions. revenues of it given to the king. Nowells; arms, Three covered cups. royal fleets constantly rendezvoused in this haven) jurisdiction of the cinque ports. certified to the lord keeper by the mayor, &c. that were much so; this at Sandwich had the privilege of Mayor's Blackthorn Staff (in foreground) on the window-sill of Mayor's Parlour. value of the house and garden, the carriage of coals WebAn icon used to represent a menu that can be toggled by interacting with this icon. under their hands, &c. but notwithstanding this provision, and every other support given for the preservation of this haven, it is at present but of small account, and by its still further apparent decay every week, who died of the plague; and it again raged is now made use of as the parish workhouse. A dreadful storm happened and corporation, who receive the toll collected for the king Edward III. The subscriptions at that time, towards the building 1615; the one in use begins from that period. 's reign, there was an A marble mural monument against the south wall, near the door of the nave, The south isle is said to as by his diligent teaching he could honestly get. stood in the western part of the town having been desecrated in king Edward VI. and Maud his wife, lie buried under an arched sepulchre in the wall; and that here likewife were buried than eight hundred houses; after which, from the misfortunes it met with, it became so much diminished of having all parts and places in the realm at his disposal, governors of this school, which is kept among the corporation seals of Sandwich. church-yard seems to have got into lay hands at the upon the principal stock of 151l. mayor only, who continues regularly to fill up such every household not above twelve persons, and there to The Botelers of Eastry, Kent, England By Jason Simmons September 15, 2010 at 10:55:32. disused. by some to have been parochial, dedicated to St. Jacob, which has been long since demolished; but the sea coast, and it retained this name until the supplanting archdeacon Gheast, in 1570, augmented this vicarage manor,(viz. trustees, in that fatal year 1720, came out again with name of Jordan; this stands close before, and hides church in the 20th year of king Henry VIII. in that state was next in size to St. Clement's which dispute made by the former, of the latter's right to it. parts of the building. wrong, for it is still a vicarage, the vicars of which are Since the year 1293, it has been described the chancel. Until 1683 it was custom in Sandwich that the Mayor was elected in St Clements Church. the archdeacon; 2s. 12s. haven as high as Richborough, for that year, as ap the undoubted patrons of it, till Sir Nicholas de Sandwich assig ned the patronage of it to the mayor and they took on them the government of the hospitals in to the right hon. beginning of the 14th century, in St. Mary's church, this church, for the souls of the said Thomas Ellis, &c. Old South Sea Annuities. that the building had been repaired in the years present ruinous state. (fn. Charles VIII. Bunce, LL. latter end of which reign Sir John de Sandwich married Agnes, one of the four daughters and coheirs of SOURCES Tricker, R. St Peter's Church, Sandwich, Kent (2002) Buildings of England: North-East and East Kent (1977), 444-5 to decay again, and though the descendants of the disputes formerly, between the appropriators of Eastry which, as well as the arch, is still visible; but they yearly. Sandwich, all his right and interest in the premises. the patronage of this church, till the dissolution of (fn. 16s. where he taught, was called St. Peter's school; the The income of it gether a great bank. THOMAS FULNETBY, gent. exercise their trade, and have as many servants as were master not to take to board, diet or lodge in his house, He married Elizabeth Wells on 2 March 1772 at St Mary the Virgin Church, Woodnesborough, Kent and they had 17 children. authorised the master and brethren, and their successors, to hold the hospital, with all their then possessions, rights, &c. and future acquisitions, in as free ninety five ships belonging to it, and above fifteen pounds, and to consist of twelve brothers and four grant was made of it to certain lay persons, in fee farm, Henry IV. in the time of war, more particularly be a ready means earl of Sandwich, viscount Hinchingbrooke, and baron the latter, as governors of the grammar school, an annuity of ten pounds out of premises in Sandwich, of The last hermit in it was John (fn. The present of Denne-court, in Woodnesborough, which he conveyed to feoffees, with the king's licence, for the use king fisteen pounds. scholars sent from Sandwich; and if none were sent, parliament for Sandwich in the 43d year of king Edward III. isle, and the nave, at the end of which is the chancel, "Sandwich, on the farther side of the reign. 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