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John Russell Smith Bibliotheca Cantiana John Russell Smith Bibliotheca Cantiana: a bibliographical account of what has been published on the history, topography, antiquities, customs, and family history, of the county of Kent London 1837 <i> A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ACCOUNT OF KENTISH TOPOGRAPHY. <ii> “Ex his omnibus longe sunt humanissimi, qui Cantium incolunt.” Jul. Cæsar, Comment. Lib. V. “Kent, in the Commentaries Cæsar writ. Is term’d the civil’st plaoe of all this isle; Sweet is the country, because full of riches, The people liberal, valiant, active, worthy.” Shakspeare, K. Hen. VI. part ii. — Act 4, sc. 7. ––– ”O famous Kent, ––– What country hath this isle, that can compare with thee, Which hast within thyselfe as much as thou canst wish, Thy conyes, venson, fruit, thy sorts of fowle and fish, As what with strength comports, thy hay, thy come, thy wood, Nor any thing doth want, that any where is good.” Drayton, Poly-Olbion, 18th Song. <plate> Autographs of Eminent Kentish Writers. (Pl. 1.) <iii> Bibiotheca Cantiana: A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ACCOUNT OF WHAT HAS BEEN PUBLISHED ON THE HISTORY, TOPOGRAPHY, ANTIQUITIES, CUSTOMS, AND FAMILY HISTORY, OF THE County of Kent. BY JOHN RUSSELL SMITH. <vignette> LONDON: JOHN RUSSELL SMITH, 4, OLD COMPTON STREET, SOHO. WARD, CANTERBURY; VIDION, ROCHESTER; BATCHELLER, DOVER; ELLIOT, ASHFORD; BURRILL, CHATHAM; J. BROWN, WEEK STREET, MAIDSTONE; C. BROWN, HIGH STREET, MAIDSTONE; DUNKIN, BROMLEY AND DARTFORD; RICHARDSON, GREENWICH; AND H. GEORGE, WESTERHAM. M.DCCC.XXXVII. <iv> <blank> <v> PREFACE. AN impression that such a work has long been required, has led to the compilation of the present volume, which, it is hoped, will not be considered inaptly called “Bibliotheca Cantiana.” A long acquaintance with both old and new books, especially those on English Topography, joined to an ardent love for the subject, and an acquaintance with many gentlemen interested in every thing that relates to the County of Kent, has enabled the compiler to give a complete catalogue of all the works relating to that county from the folio down to the pamphlet and broadside. Here and there, a scarce and obscure tract may by possibility have escaped notice; but such omissions will be considered venial by those who can form an estimate of the labour required in compilations of this description. On the other hand, the volume may by some be supposed to contain notices of uninteresting or irrelevant matter; but from the latter charge it may be defended in the words of a gentleman who, for many years past, has made provincial history his peculiar study, and from vi whose pen a new history of this eminent county, so rich in picturesque beauty, so abundant in anti- quities, and so replete with historical associations, may shortly be expected. “The range of reading,” says Mr. Streatfield, in his Excerpta Cantiana, “to which the county collector is invited, is hardly credible; works that have no intrinsic claim to be remembered chal- lenge perusal when they bear a provincial name: the poetry of Toke of Bere, and Boys of Hode – squibs, tracts, and sermons, dull or fanatical, quaint or ortho- dox, become interesting to him.” Perhaps the writings on no other county (the metropolitan excepted), are so numerous as those upon Kent, and it will be remem- bered, that it was the first that had its historian, and even at this day we open “Lambarde’s Perambulation” with an interest which cannot be derived from the works of many of our modern tourists. The names and works of Somner, Twysden, Philipott, Harris, Hasted, Duncombe, Gostling, Lewis, Boys, and Jacob, are familiar to all in the least degree acquainted with the history of Kent; but it is not from these alone that many interesting details of the County may be gathered. Numbers of the curious tracts of the seventeenth century, relating to Kent, will be found described in the present work; and it vii will not be denied that they contain much curious matter, illustrative of the stormy period of the Civil War and Commonwealth: from such almost-forgotten memorials, much may be culled for the purposes of the county historian. It is hoped that a complete list of the local, personal, and private Acts of Parliament re- lating to the County, from Magna Charta down to the year 1837, will be found not the least useful or in- teresting feature in this volume. Nor are the papers which are scattered throughout the voluminous works of the Archæologia, Gentleman’s Magazine, Philosophi- cal Transactions, and many others that treat upon this county, without their interest to the historian and topographer, as they often contain much valuable and interesting information not elsewhere to be found. The “Bibliotheca Cantiana” is, in some measure, indebted to the labours of Gough, Upcott, and Watt; but those who are at all conversant with their works will at once acknowledge that they contain but a small portion of the matter to be found in the present volume. It is also much indebted to several gentlemen for valuable assistance; among these, the names of Hugh Welch Diamond, Esq., F.S.A.; the late J. G. Chap- lin, Esq.; Clement T. Smythe, Esq., of Maidstone; Mr. John Dunkin, of Bromley; William Upcott, Esq., viii of Islington, stand conspicuous; but especially the latter, for much valuable information. The volume has from time to time been unavoidably delayed, but it has in consequence been rendered more complete; and the object of the compiler will be accomplished if it should be found to afford the required assistance to the curious in Kentish Topography. The value of the copious Index annexed to this work will be acknow- ledged by all who have experienced the want of such a means of reference. JOHN RUSSELL SMITH. No. 4, Old Compton Street, Soho, London, September, 1837. <ix> CONTENTS. HISTORIANS OF THE COUNTY 1 PRINCIPAL MAPS 17 HERALDIC VISITATIONS 20 TRACTS PRINTED DURING THE CIVIL WAR AND COMMON- WEALTH FROM 1640 TO 1660 23 ACTS OF PARLIAMENT — LOCAL, PERSONAL, AND PRIVATE, FROM EDWARD I. TO THE SIXTH AND SEVENTH OF WILLIAM IV. 30 BOOKS RELATIVE TO THE COUNTY IN GENERAL 68 BOOKS RELATIVE TO PARTICULAR PARISHES, SEATS, FAMI- LIES, CUSTOMS, AND HISTORICAL EVENTS, IN ALPHA- BETICAL ORDER 96 ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS 334 INDEX OF PLACES AND SUBJECTS 341 INDEX OF PERSONS 347 <x> ERRATA. Page 8, line 31, line 31, for Godwin, read Eadwin. % <p 10> ––– 9, ––– 19, for 552, read 352. ––– 13, ––– 39, for pretentions, read pretensions. ––– 27, ––– 8, for Kilburn, read Lilburn. ––– 28, ––– 6, for Prisoners Letter, read Prisoners taken. ––– 30, ––– 35, for Malsters, read Maltsters. ––– 31, ––– 2, for Starre, read Sarre. ––– 32, ––– 30, for Priviliges, read Privileges. ––– 44, ––– 23, for Tubb’s Lane, read Tubb’s Lake. % <p 43 for Lake for Lane> ––– 69, ––– 7 (of note), for first book, read third book. ––– 83, ––– 24, for Missellany, read Miscellany. ––– 123, ––– 35, for Chatham, read Chartham. % <p 122> ––– 124, ––– 28, for Dirham, read Dinham. ––– 139, ––– 1, for Duncarel, read Ducarel. ––– 206, ––– 6 and 8, for Goodhurst, read Goudhurst. ––– 207, ––– 19, for Burying, read Burning. ––– 249, ––– 23, for J. A. Baverstock, read J. H. Baverstock. ––– 254, ––– 26, for R. A., read R. M. ––– 283, ––– 16, for Tysden, read Twysden. ––– 286, ––– 38, for Life by Son, read Life by his Son. <xi> LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS. JOHN YONGE AKERMAN, Esq., F.S.A., Peckham. Messrs. JOHN and ARTHUR ARCH, Cornhill. Mr. J. BAIN, Haymarket. Mr. R, BALDOCK, Holborn; two Small and one Large Paper. Mr. W. BATCHELLER, Dover. WILLIAM BEALE, Esq., Maidstone. Rev. J. W. BELLAMY, Sellinge. The late WILLIAM BENTHAM, Esq, F.S.A., Upper Gower Street; Large Paper. RICHARD BERENS, Esq., Queen Street, May-Fair; Large Paper. Mr. H. BICKERS, Leicester Square. Mr. JOHN BOHN, Henrietta Street, Covent Garden; one Small and one Large Paper. Mr. H. G. BOHN, York Street, Covent Garden; two Small and two Large Paper. Mr. JAMES BOHN, King William Street, Strand; two Small and two Large Paper. Messrs. BOOKER and DOLMAN, New Bond Street. Messrs. T. and W. BOONE, New Bond Street. Mr. C. BROWN, Maidstone; two Copies. JOHN BRUCE, Esq., F.S.A., Francis Street, Golden Square. Mr. W. BRYANT. Mr. EDWARD BULL, Holles Street. <xii> JOHN CASE, Esq., Solicitor, Maidstone. Mrs. M. CAWTHORN, Cockspur Street. The late J. G. CHAPLIN, Esq., Bond Street. THOMAS CHARLES, Esq., Maidstone. CHARLES CLARK, Esq., Great Totham Hail, Essex. Mr. J. COCHRAN, Strand. BOLTON CORNEY, Esq., Greenwich. Rev. THOMAS CURTEIS, Sevenoaks. Mr. J. DARLING, Little Queen Street, Holborn. Mr. C. DAVIS, Coleman Street. HUGH WELCH DIAMOND, Esq., F.S.A., King Street, Soho; Large Paper. JOHN CATHROW DISNEY, Esq., Herald’s College. Mr. H. GEORGE, Westerham; two Small and one Large Paper. Messrs. GOSSLING and EGLEY, New Bond Street; two Small Paper. Mr. J. GREEN, Great Queen Street. P. A. HANROTT, Esq., F.S.A., Kensington, Mr. J. HEARNE, Strand. Sir RICHARD COLT HOARE, Bart., Stourhead, Wiltshire; Large Paper. SAMPSON HODGKINSON, Esq., Quebec Street. FREDERICK HOLBROOKE, Esq., F.S.A., Bexley. RICHARD HOLLIER, Esq., F.S.A., Greenwich. JOHN NEWINGTON HUGHES, Esq., Winchester. Messrs. E. JEFFERY and SON, Pall Mall; two Small and one Large Paper. ALFRED JOHN KEMPE, Esq., F.S.A. Mr. B. KIMPTON, Hand Court, Holborn. HENRY LAKE, Esq., Mecklenburgh Square. Mr. J. LILLY, King Street, Covent Garden; two Small and two Large Paper. <xiii> Mr. K. LUMLEY, Chancery Lane. Mr. JOHN MILLER, Oxford Street. W. I. MONSON, Esq., F.S.A,, Chart Lodge, near Sevenoaks. JOHN MORICE, Esq., Upper Gower Street. THOMAS MOULE, Esq., St. James’s Palace. Mr. M. A. NATALI, Southampton Street, Covent Garden. Mr. J. NEWMAN, Holborn; one Small and one Large Paper. Messrs. NICHOLS and SON, Parliament Street; one Small and one Large Paper.
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