APPENDICES Appendix A A d fie A GYt-t-A— h A LIST OF THE RECTORS AND VICARS OF 7rtv* A D ./VLb BROMLEY FROM a . d . 12 2 6

LL previously published lists of the Rectors and Vicars of Bromley have been avowedly incomplete, and in several cases speculative. The list here given is the result of exhaustive research in the Rochester Registers (Reg. Roff.), in the Acta Curia Consistoria (Act. Cur. Consist.), in the Harleian MSS., in the Close Rolls, and in old wills and other ancient documents. It has therefore been thought proper to give against the various names the authorities on the strength of which those names are included.

Rectors Previous to 1226 no information. 1 226-1238. Richard de Wendover . Papal Letters, 1235, and Weever’s Monu­ mental Inscriptions. Afterwards Bishop of Rochester, d. 1250. Gap o f j 2years. 1290-1292. Elya Mentioned in a grant of land. See Reg. Roff. and Cant, and York Soc. 1292-1296. Abel de Sancto Mar­ “ persona de Bromley,” temp. Thoma Epis., tino. 21 Edw. I, Reg. Roff., p. 193. Gap of 20 (? William de Bliburgh). Patent Rolls, 4 Edw. II, Pt. 1, m. 17, years. 26 Aug., 1310. He was, however, a clerk in Chancery, not necessarily a cleric. His right to appear in this list is very doubtful. 1316-1329. John de Frendsburie See Will of Thos. de Wouldam, 1316, Reg. Roff., p. 113. At variance with Bishop Hamo over property left by this will. He it was who actually excommunicated his Bishop. Deprived 18 Feb. 1329. 1329-1333. Hugh de Penebregge . Reg. Roff., p. 128. Appointed 6 Kal. Jun. 1329. 1333-1349- Wm. de Wycklewoode, Harleian MSS., 112 , A 54; Close Rolls, or de Boyleston 6 May 1342. 1 349-13 60. Walter de Hethe Appointed 9 Kal. May 1349. Buried in Bromley Parish Church. 1361. Robert Carey, S.T.P. . Resigned 9 Kal. Mar. 1361. Exchanged to Chislehurst with Jno. Verieu. 1361. John Verieu Exchanged with Carey. Resigned and went to Sevenoaks. Buried at Saltwood (brass). 1361-1362. Thomas Bay (clerk) Instituted on resignation of John Verieu, 6 Kal. Apl. 1361. 1362-1365. John Salthorn . Exchanged with Thos. Bay, 18 Kal. July 1362, from Calistoke, Oxford. 29 449 4jo Appendix A 1365. Adam Pykeman. . Exchanged with J.Salthorn 8Kal. Nov. 1365 from Islip, Ox. Reg. Roff., vol. i, p. 324. (These i Exchanges are all recorded in Reg. Roff., vol. i,—no explanation is given for them, however.) Gap of some 20 years. 1389-1391. John Scharynton Act. Cur. Consist. Named by Fielding. No. ref. in Reg. Roff. 1391-1402. Richard de Sudbury Named as Rector of the Par. Ch. of Bromley in Reg. Roff., vol. ii, p. 16. 1402-1405. Roger-atte-cherch Exchanged with R. de Sudbury, 2 Oct. 1402. Reg. Roff., p. 179. Executor to the will of John Bottlesham, Bp. of Rochester, who died 1407. See Pat. Rolls, 11 Feb. 1407. 1405. Henry Hamonde Arundel, These are taken by Fielding from 34\ the Canterbury Registers. No 1406. Richard Braunch Arundel, mention of them in Reg. i, 312. Roff. Thomas Pellycan 1421-1424. Thomas Gyles . , Chichele, “ Thos. Gyles died as Rector i, 130 of Bromleygh.” 1424-1431. John Pye (Chaplain) . Appointed 12 Mar. 1424. Reg. Roff., vol. iii, p. 44. 1431. John Wirkworth . Exchanged with Jno. Pye, 20 June 1431, from Abbechurch. Reg. Roff., vol. iii. -1439. Thomas Lewisham . No notice except that he exchanged with J. Boner to Melford. i 439- i44°. John Boner . Reg. Roff. Bishop of Enachdune or Annagh- down, co. Galway, in 1421. Before coming here he was Rector of Melford. In 1440 he exchanged with William Middleton. 1440-1448. William Middleton . Came from the Chantry of Milton, Roch. diocese. 1448-1453. William Fryston. . Appointed 15 Nov. 1448; then only a notary, but was ordained Sept. 1450. 1453-1457. Richard Fryston. . Exchanged with Wm. Fryston. Resigned in July 1457. 1457- • John Chamberlayne . Reg. Rof. 1465- . Richard Wymando . Hasted. No other ref. Reg. Roff. here missing for 30 years. 1470- . Robert Somersby . Fielding quotes Papal Bull, 23 May. 1471- . William Shelton. . Fielding, but not found in Act. Cur. Consist., 1471, 35 as Fielding asserts. 1483-4 . John Richardson . Mentioned in 2 wills, Roch. Archy, No. 6 : (1) John Juner, 1483, where he is styled Rector. (2) Margt. Lemans, 1484, where he is styled Priest. Appendix A 4Ji 1500-1501. Sir Harry Mentioned in 2 wills, Roch. Archy., No. 5 : (1) Rich. Shott, Oct. 1500, as Parson. (2) John Coleman, Jan. 1501, as Parson. 1502. Robert Sandys . Died at Bromley, 1502. Reg. Roff. 1502-1524. William Horsey, LL.D. Appointed Rector, 5 May 1502. Styled in Reg. Roff., vol. v, “ decretorium doctor.” Resigned. 1524-1528. Richard Sharpe, S.T.B. Appointed 23 Sept. 1524. In 1520 he is described in Reg. Roff., vol. v, as “ in sacra theologia, bacharlaureus.” In 15 24, “ in sacra theologia profesori (D.D.).” Died at Bromley, 1528. 1530-1553. John Adeson, D.D. Appointed 13 Mar. 1530. Reg. Roff., vol. v. 1533-1537. Emery Tukfold, or Appointed May 1533, apparently to super­ Tuffelde. vise survey of Church property. Called “ King’s Rector.” Reg. Roff., vol. v.

In 1537 the rectory, by order of Henry VIII, was transferred to the Bishops of Rochester, who were to “ appoint, ordain, and sufficiendy endow perpetual vicars,” etc. (Patent Rolls, Henry VIII). The incumbents therefore lost their rectorial status, and were, from 1537, Vicars or Perpetual Curates.

V icars or Perpetual Curates

1537-1548. Ralph Tylney . . He was Curate for at least twenty years before he was appointed as the first Perpetual Vicar under the order of Henry VIII. His name appears more frequently than any other in wills, not only as witness, but also as executor, or as overseer, so he was evidently a man most intimately associated with his people. He died in office 1548, and was buried at the Parish Church, r These names appear in wills of the dates mentioned and in intermediate years, and there is nomination of their appointments. 15 51-15 53. Edmund Trevell. David Curson has been named often as 1554-1556. Richard Wolston Vicar. He was domestic chaplain and 155 7—15 66. Thomas Hatherstole . tutor in Robert Knight’s Great House in the High Street, and Rich. Wolston, “ Vicar of Bromley,” witnessed his will, 15 54- I 57° - • John Hughes See will of John Wright, 3 Sept. 1570. Reg. Roff. 452 Appendix A 1576-1585. Christofer Hills Vicar and a notary mentioned in the will of John Wybarne of Bromley ; mentioned in the will of Symon Bedle, 15 79. x 5 8 8-1603. Richard Wallis Ordained at Dartford, where he was then Vicar. Reg. Roff. 1603- . James Dyer In Par. Reg. called “ Curate of Bromley.” Reg. Roff. 1607- Stephen Constantine Hasted. 1607- John Preston Signs in Parish Registers. 16 11- Joseph Greene . Reg. Roff. 1620- Jasper Carrow . Par. Reg. -1624. William Wallis . Hasted. Died at Bromley, 1624. Reg. Roff. 1627. John Hodges Hasted. 1628. Noah Webb Hasted. 1630. Robert Rainsford Hasted. 1634. Richard Rathbone, or Par. Reg. Rathborne. 1639. Thomas Smith . Hasted. 1640. William Thomas Reg. Roff. Styled Vicar. 1640-1646. Robert Antrobus Additl. MSS., Brit. Mus. 15670, 15671. 18 A p ril, 1646. John Harvey. 9 May, 1646. Walter Artson . Discharged 17 Sept. 1646. 18 Sept. 1646 22 Aug. 1648 Joseph Jackson . Hasted. Lambeth Pal. Survey. 1648-1662. Henry Arnold. . Par. Reg. Elected at a Vestry to be I Minister, 1653. 1663. Richard Marsh . e lib. Subscrip. 1666. Thomas Pike Hasted. 1667. Daniel Baston, or Hasted. David Burton. 1669. Stenning. 1670. Edmund Lee, or Lees Hasted. 1678-1681. Stephen Grasscombe Par. Reg. 1682. George Wilson . Par. Reg. 1684. Thomas Johnson Hasted. 1686. Edward Roman. Par. Reg. 1690. Henry Maundrell Alumni Oxon. Fellow Exeter Coll., Oxon. Chaplain to Factory at Aleppo. Lysons, 1796, says, p. 317, he was appointed Curate 1680. 1695. Samuel Bowles . Par. Reg. 1698-1739. Harington Bagshaw Par. Reg. Styled Vicar, Chaplain Brom- ley College, 1696-1734. Rector of Wool- wich. I739_I744- Joseph Sims Reg. Roff. 1744-1785. Thomas Bagshaw, M.A. Reg. Roff. Vicar, Chap. Br. Coll. 1734- 1787. Rector of Southfleet. * P-'V^ Chs'-nl-l ' ^ 7 / e ■ j r ' V-- ' /*~ Appendix A 453 1785-1818. Henry Smith, D.D. Par. Reg. Vicar. Rector of Headley, Hants. 1818-Oct. John Baker, M.A. Reg. RofF.; Par. Reg. d. 1824. “ Many 1819. years Lecturer of this Parish,” on tablet at W. end of Par. Ch. Resigned. Dec. 1819— James Edward Newell Par. Reg. Seems to have acted as Curate 1826. only during this period, and so signs in Par. Reg. Licensed 1826, when he signs Par. Reg. as “ Minister of Bromley.” 1826-1865. James Edward Newell. Par. Reg. Retired, d. 1880. Last entry in Par. Reg., 8 Mar. 1865. 1865-1904. Arthur Gresley Hellicar, Par. Reg. Came in 1861 as Curate. M.A. d. 1904. Buried Par. Ch. Memorial Window at W. end. 1904-1915. Donald Tait, M.A. Par. Reg. Appointed Archdeacon and Canon Residentiary of Rochester in 1915, and Vice-Dean in 1924. 1915- Hpio Joseph Kershaw Wil- Par. Reg. Canon of Rochester, and Rural -A*. j'eur.totitS’ son, M.A. Dean, 1924. d W U. rTt-arp. 7 7 Udahut fu FrtituU . hr* MA.et ■ /, ?„ .4 17 n. . /A The names which follow are sometimes referred to as Rectors of Bromley. They did not hold that position. They were Curates, occasional helpers, and were distinguished by the courtesy title of ‘ Sir.’ arc. 1147. Hugh, Priest of Bromley Reg. Roff. 1446. Sir John Haryngton . Roch. Wills. J449- Sir Hugh Haryngton . Roch. Wills. 1455-1466. Sir Thos. Rose . Son of John Rose, of Bromley, a monk of St. Saviour’s Monastery, Bermondsey. 1471-1473 Sir Robert Roch. Wills. 1 4 7 3 - 1 4 7 5 Stephen Heyward Roch. Wills. 1476-1479 Thomas Inglesche Roch. Wills. 1480-1484, John Wale Act. Cur. Consist.; Roff. 1494-1498, William Quynton Died at Bromley. Described in his will as Parish Priest of Bromley. 1500. Richard Dudston Roch. Wills. 1500-1509. William Thomlynson Roch. Wills. Appendix B

•^ H E following Inventory of church goods made in 1553 is an indication of the wealth and importance of Bromley Church in the days before the Reformation. T It has been carefully copied from the original in the Record Office by the late Mr. E. G. Atkinson, a member of the Bromley History Committee, and is here accurately transcribed from this copy.

INVENTORIES of CHURCH GOODS—EDWARD VI, 1553

KEN T, —, membrane 7. RECORD OFFICE 43 THE HUNDRED of BRO M ELEYE and BECKYNHAM BROMELEY

K e n t . The Inventorie indented, made the xiith days of Novembre, in the sixt yeare of the reigne of our sovereigne lorde Edwarde the sixte, by the grace of God king of Englande Fraunce and Irelande, defender of the faithe, and in earthe of the Churche of Englande and also of Irelande supreme heade, Betwene Sir Parcy- vall Harte and Sir Marten Bowes, knyghtes, John Browne, and Thomas Lovelace, Esquiers, Commyssyoners, amongste others, auctorysede by vertue of his gracis Commyssyon, beryng Teste at Westmr the xvith days of Maye in the sixte yeare of his moste gracyous reigne, for the viewe, presentmente, and certificate of all the goodes, plate, juelles, Bells and ornamentes to everye Churche and Chapell within the saide Countie of Kente belonging or in enye wise apperteynyng, to them and others directede and allotted to the hundredes of Blakeheathe, Bromeley and Bekenham, Litle and Leosnes, Rookysley and Axton, within the saide Countye, of the one partye, And William Momforde and Richarde Mathewe, Churchewardens of the parishe Churche of Bromeley aforesaide, of the other partie, Wittnessith that the saide Comyssioners have delyvered by thies presentes to the saide Churche­ wardens all the parcells herafter particularlye written, vz. F i r s t , one Chrismatorye of silver, being hole, weying xii ounces quarter. Item, one pix of silver, being hole, xi ounces iii quarters. — Item, ii Cruettes of silver, being hole, x ounces. Item, one pax of silver, being hole, vi ounces quarter. Item, one Chalys of silver, with his patent all gilte, being hole as it is, weying xxii ounces di. [and a half]. Item, one other Chalys, with the patente of sylver, parcell gilte, being hole as it is, waying xvi ounces di. Item, one other Chalys, with his patente of silver, parcell gilte, being hole as it is, waying ix ounces. Item, ii crosses of Copper, with one foote of Copper to the same. Item, one pix Clothe, of Clothe of golde. Item, one Canapie clothe of grene Saten of Bridges [Bruges]. Item, one Cope of Blewe velvett embrothered with aungells and Starres of Clothe of golde, and one sute of vestmentes to the same. 454 Jtc.. b-KSld C/Cw4^~,iM- ^<«*r K i t ^ , ^ hssrr^ , IT* ^ , «T-/« 0 » l t o ~ l . ^ g --c-y a s V & m i ~csA^ /'%<- CJTwlC'&r 6sfc*t h c n 'fc ' isy Mcrf>'t~. /ia^rdcAyn. - 'frcUdo-C^^o . sd/fy. Scytttuu. c l/ ili fry CovtA^y Casy^rfiyt*

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£ l i f £ c " *flyvj* o}-Y'AAA*rus> C(d&i**.trst S d/fZc*^ yyindc^a/C /Unr\sm_ Crv-eA. d ritS A -ttu d d tA ^ ^y ( - «,* - -/5-1-A co/— , o-r&yr trr**r fluft*- . de-/-f-d tfi jTvtrxd. err t . Lh . ^ 4y a t C, ^ C ^ A V i ^ J Appendix B 45 5 Item, one Cope of purple velvett, imbrothered with aungels, spledegles and s h r ^ c S t d a flowers. ' Item, one Cope of Chaungeable Bawdekyn. Item, one Cope of White Satten of Bridges, imbrodered with flowers. Item, one vestmente of Blew velvett, imbrodered with flowers lakkyng an antes, o* a™. - a Item, on cope of Bawdekyn, with a sute of vestmentes belonging to ye same, lakkyng an albe and a stole. Item, on vestmente of Blewe dammaske embrodred with flowers. Item, one vestment of white satten. Item, on olde vestmente of dornyx [made at Dornick, or Tournay] with an albe. Item, one vestmente and an albe of Blake satten of Bridges, imbrodered with flowers. Item, one frunte Clothe of Tawney velvett, with a border of clothe of golde and velvett perlede. (<>- yV } Item, one fount Cloth of redd damaske, embrodered with Bawdekyn. Item, one herse clothe of Blake Satten of Bridges, with one crosse of redd Satten of Bridges. Item, one fount cloth of redd damaske. Item, ii fount Clothes of Canvas paynted. Item, ii Corpraxes & iii Corprax casis [altar cloth of white linen]. Item, v Crosse and Banner Clothes of paynted lynnen clothe. Item, one holywater Stokke of Brasse. Item, iii olde latten [superior brass] Basens, one dishe & iiii cruettes of powder. Item, ii Sencers of copper & one shippe [incense holder] of the same. Item, ii Crosse Staves half plated with copper. Item, iii latten Candlestikes & ii litle candlestikes of latten. Item, one pix of Copper. Item, ii pix Clothes, thone of nedle worke, thother of olde redd silke. Item, one paire of organs. Item, ii curtens of yelowe and red saye for the Quere. Item, ii Towels, thone of diaper, thother of playne clothe. Item, v surplesses of lynnen clothe. Item, ii greate Standardes of Brasse. . ^ . Item, one Brasen lampe & one hanging basen for the pascall. C/u ^ Item, one funt [front] clothe of lynnen. ~ Item, xxu litle bolles of peweder, whiche did serve in the rode lofte. Item, one bible and six alter clothes of lynnen. Item, iiii greate Bells suted in the Steple, one Santes bell, and iii lytle sacoryng Bells, one hand bell, & ii olde alter pillowes. Item, one paraphrasis of Erasmus. — Item, one lenten vaile of lynnen clothe. y ? sca^ ^ 'in t i./ - Item, one Booke of the homalies and iii englishe processioners. Item, xxxix s. ii d. remaynyng of a crosse of silver sold by the saide Church­ wardens.

To b e safelie kepte and preserved by the saide Churchewardens, and the same & everye parcell therof to be forth commyng at all tymes herafter when it shalbe 456 Appendix B of them required. In wittnes wherof aswell the saide Commyssioners as the saide Churchewardens have subscribed theire names on the daye and yeare above-wrytten. Percyvall H art. M artyn Bowes. J ohn B rowne. T homas L o velace.

Endorsed:— Apud Estgrenewich, xvito die Novembris, Anno RR. E. vitlvit0. Memorandum, that all the parcelles of goodes, plate, Juelles, Belles, & orna- mentes apperteynyng to the parishe churche within written, mencyoned in thinven- torye made in the third yeare of the Reigne of oure saide sovereigne lorde, ar conteyned within this presente Inventorye, and bene delyvered by the withinnamed Commyssioners to the within named Churchwardens, to aunswere the same, Excepte v olde Banner clothes and one crosse of silver and gilte, weying lvi ounces, presented unto the saide Commyssioners by thothes of the saide Churchwardens, to be solde by the saide Churchwardens with the consent of the parishoners there, for the some of xiiii L . 6s. yd., and that all the saide some of money was employed upon the necessarie Reparacions of the saide parishe churche, excepte xxxix s. ii d., parcell of the saide some remaynying in the possession of the saide Churchwardens to be lykewse aunswered. Appendix C

LISTS OF BENEFACTIONS TO BROMLEY COLLEGE — OF CHAPLAINS —AND OF TREASURERS

■ ^HE record of benefactions to Bromley College is contained, in part, on four large Tablets which used to be affixed to the walls of the chapel. The T entries are here completed and brought up to date. £ s. d. 1666. Dr. John Warner, Founder ..... 8,500 0 0 Dr. John Warner, by will, the yearly sum of . 450 0 0 His heir, for repairs ...... 500 1666. Sir Orlando Bridgeman, for repairs, yearly . IO 0 0 1704. Dr. Thomas Plume, Archdeacon of Rochester . . IOO 0 0 1716. Dr. Thomas Tenison, Archbishop of Canterbury 52 10 0 I737- Archdeacon Clark, of Norwich .... 5 5 0 *757-Mr. Wilcocks, for building east wall . 112 0 0 1757- Mrs. Swift, for repairs ...... 1000 1764. Mrs. Wolfe, mother of General Wolfe . . 500 0 0 1767. Rev. A. Jephson, Rector of Crayke, Durham . . 200 0 0 1768. Dr. Thomas Seeker, Archbishop of Canterbury . 500 0 0 1770. Rev. W. Hetherington, of North Cray . . 2,000 0 0 1773- Earl of Thanet, through his daughter Lady Gower . . 500 0 0 *774- Dr. Zachary Pearce, Bishop of Rochester 5,000 0 0 1782. William Pearce, yearly, for the Chaplain . 20 0 0 1784. Mrs. Rogers, for repairs ...... 12000 1787. Rev. Thomas Bagshaw, Interest on . 200 0 0 1793- Dr. John Thomas, Bishop of Rochester, Interest from . 300 0 0 and .... . IOO00 1794. Mrs. Helen Bettenson, for extension . 10,000 0 0 William Pearce, brother of the Bishop, for extension . 12,000 0 0 1821. Mrs. Goodwin, of Huddleston, Yorks . . 500 0 0 1821. Miss Jane Brooke, of Norwich, for water supply . 230 0 0 1822. Mrs. Carpenter, “ for Bible and Prayer Book ” . 10 0 0 1825. Dr. Walker King, Bishop of Rochester, for out-pensions, interest on ...... 3,000 0 0 1824. Mrs. Rose, for the Widows ...... 8,000 0 0 1827. Magdalen College, Oxford, for College Grove . 20 0 0 1829. George Norman ...... 500 0 0 1838. Lord Farnborough ...... 500 0 0 1844. Sons of the Clergy and Cholmondely Charities, for medical attendance, yearly ...... IOO 0 0 1854. Rev. J. T. B. Landon, collected for turret and clock . 126 0 0 i860. Peter Sutton ...... IOO 0 0 1861. Mrs. Green, of Southampton .... . IOO 0 0 1893. Rev. J. E. Newell ...... 1,000 00 1907. Donations from Trustees and others 615 0 0 457

\ 458 Appendix C

£ -f. d. 1907 to 1925. Legacy from Mrs. Elizabeth Tunstall Smith . 2,577 i ° o 1909. Legacy from Miss A. E. Younghusband 2 0 0 O O 1921. Miss Catherine Crewe Beynon, legacy to found one out pension ...... 520 IJ O 1925. Donation, Rev. W. C. Parr ..... 25OO 1925. Donation, H.M. Queen Mary .... IO O O 1925. Donation, Anonymous ..... 500 o o 1927' } Donation, Anonymous, for New Endowment Fund . 30,000 o o 1928. Ditto, from over 500 contributors 3,000 o o

F or Sheppard College £ S- d. 1840. Mrs. Sheppard ...... 7,650 o o 1842. Mrs. Sheppard ...... 2 .0 0 0 O O 1843. Mrs. Sheppard, for two out-pensions 2 .0 0 0 O O 19°7- Executors of Mrs. Finnie of Malvern Wells 3.000 o o 1921. Rev. A. H. Soames, legacy to found two out-pensions 1,043 3 10 Anonymous donation supplementing the above 120 O O I925* Miss Edith F. Slater, legacy .... 20 O O

Bromley College Chaplains 1675-82. Thomas Leigh. 1683-86. Henry Dobson. 1687. Thomas Goodwin. 1696. Thomas Brabourn, ejected from office shortly after appointment. 1696. Harington Bagshaw, Vicar of Bromley. 1734. Thomas Bagshaw, Vicar of Bromley. 1787-8. William Partridge, deputising for A. Price. 1788. Andrew Price. 1800. James J. Talman. 1820. George Booth. 1820. Edward George Ambrose Beckwith. 1821. Thomas Scott, B.D., J.P. 1846. Charles Urquhart. 1846. James Timothy Bainbridge Landon. 1855. Henry Cadwallader Adams, author of The Cherry Stones, Schoolboy Honour, etc. 1868. Mark D. French. 1873. John Henry Worsley. 1884. Walter Octavius Peile. 1890. Edward Frank Cornwallis Van der Noot. 1891. James White, Executor to General Gordon. 1915. Willoughby Chase Parr. 1925. Arthur S. Hichens, B.D., elder brother of the novelist, Canon of Jerusalem. 'T 1 *) a v v . roiLfn O J>vH t 1W *. Q .ft^ IrS o U MAo,.~A<\Va'U~ *>// >9 # Appendix C 459 Treasurers J 1695-1698. Sir John Morden, founder of Morden’s College, Blackheath. > 1698-1719. Sir John Shaw. 1719- 1720. Rowland Tryon. 1720- 1742. William Tx*j

A CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF THE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS IN WHICH BROMLEY WAS CON­ CERNED, FROM 1832, WITH THE NAMES OF THE CANDIDATES AND THE NUMBER OF VOTES POLLED

West K ent. Two Members 1832. T. L. Hodges . . L. 3,365 T. Rider . L. 3,099 Sir W. R. P. Geary . . C. 2,519 1835. Sir W. R. P. Geary . . C. 2,558 T. L. Hodges . . L. 2,092 T. Rider . L. 2,007 1837. Sir W. R. P. Geary . . C. 3,584 Sir T. L. Hodges . L. 3,334 Sir E. Filmer, Bt. . C. 3,229 1838. Sir W. Geary accepted Chiltern Hundreds. Sir E. Filmer returned unopposed. 1841. Sir E. Filmer . } unopposed

Viscount Marsham n p 1845. Lord Marsham succeeded to Peerage as Earl of Romney. Colonel T. Austen . . P. unopposed. 1847. Sir E. Filmer . . P. 3,222 T. L. Hodges . . L. 3,13 3 Colonel T. Austen . . P. 3,087 (N ote.—P. signifies Protectionist.) 1852. Sir E. Filmer . . C. 3,247 W. M. Smith . . C. 3,193 T. L. Hodges . . L. 2,652 On the death of Sir E. Filmer— 1857 (February 16). C. Wykeham Martin. . L. 3,557 Sir W. B. Riddell . . C. 3,i 49 1857 (April 3). C. Wykeham Martin . L. 3,896 J. Whatman . L. 3,578 W. M. Smith . . C. 3,i 7i 1859. Viscount Holmesdale . C. 3,769 Sir E. Filmer . . C. 3,684 C. Wykeham Martin . L. 3,584 J. Whatman . L. 3,460 1865. Viscount Holmesdale . C. 4,D 3 W. Hart'Dyke. . C. 4,054 Sir J. Lubbock, Bt. . . L. 3,896 W. Angerstein . L. 3,861 460 Appendix D 461

1868. C. H. Mills . . C. 5,4 4 0 J. G. Talbot . . C. 3.378 Sir J. Lubbock . L. 3.323 W. Angerstein . L. 3,I 96 1874. Sir C. H. Mills, Bt. . . C. 5,298 J. G. Talbot . . C. 3,227 A. Hamilton . . L. 3.391 E. Marioribanks . L. 3,348 Mr. Talbot having accepted Chiltern Hundreds to stand for Oxford University. 1878. Viscount Lewisham . . C. uno uposed 1880. Sir C. H. Mills . C. 6,412 Viscount Lewisham . . c . 5,998 H. M. Bompas, Q.C.. . L. 4,859 J. May .... . I.C. 980 Viscount Lewisham appointed Vice-Chamberlain. 1885 (July 4). Rt. Hon. Viscount Lewisham . C. unopposed.

Sevenoaks D ivision. One Member 1885. C. W. Mills . . . C. 4,651 P. Nickalls • . L. 3,956 1886. Hon. C. W. Mills . . . C. unopposed. 1892. H. W. Forster . • . C. 6,0 j 6

T. Johnston • . G.L. 3,908 (Note.— G.L. signifies Gladstonian Liberal.) 1895. H. W. Forster . • . C. unopposed. 1900. H. W. Forster . • . C. 6,604 M. S. Richardson . L. 1,792 Mr. Forster appointed a Lord of the Treasury. 1902. H. W. Forster . • . C. 5,333 B. Morice . . L. 4,442 1906. H. W. Forster . . . C. 7,219 B. Morice • . L. 6,855 M. S. Richardson . I.L. 44 1910 (January). H. W. Forster . • . C. 10,421 Sir F. S. P. Lely • . L. 6,352 1910 (December). H. W. Forster . . . C. unopposed.

Parliamentary Borough of Bromley. One Member 1918. Rt. Hon. H. W. Forster . . . Co. U.16,840 Holford Knight . . . . L. 4,339 1919 (December 17). Mr. Forster created a Peer (Lord Forster). Lt.-Col. Hon. C. James . . . Co. U. 11,148 F. P. H odes ...... Lab. 10,077 462 Appendix D

1922. Lt.-Col. Hon. C. James . .U. 16,803 F. K. Griffith . . L. 9,128 F. P. Hodes .... . Lab. 4,73 5 I9Z}. Lt.-Col. Hon. C. James • U. 13,495 F. K. Griffith . . . . . L. 12,612 W. G. Hall . . Lab. 3,992 1924. Lt.-Col. Hon. C. James . C. 20,272 F. K. Griffith . . L. 11,580 H. J. Wallington Lab. 5,876 J~l‘cni C- J OsmtsS C 2 J.4 -2/^ ' 9 * 9 U ii-lfrccL & AorcLk a.'nx L . / g . 3 7 2 . jitiitA . L~ £ J}$/\ urtrU k Lad ra. to 3 icj-bo 7*>y /z /c c 5 tfth 2- (ruj-dy f* G h a C tfi o/~ C a t. J E T C d ^ / t t d r o i t ------£ /2. 782. \N 6 .~ F o rd A a w . ------L f l 'I 'd VC /RtsCL^rv^reL U*urft 7 y\.S ------l-c*A r. 5 VALEDICTORY

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Aberdeen Buildings (1884), 424 Ashworth, Leonard, grocer, 372 Abjuration of certain heresies, 82 Assembly Room, White Hart, 418 Accommodation pipes from springs, 434, 438 Assheton, family of, 199 Acta Curia Consistoria, 449 Assistant overseer, first, 255 Acton, John, postmaster, 374 Association of 1792, 42 Acton, Samuel P., 57, 294, 301, 302, 374, 420, 432 Atherley, Miss Sydney, 246 Acts o f Parliament, 22, 36, 89, 182, 257, 258, 259, Atkins, R., linen draper, 381 261, 397, 431 Atkinson, E . G., o f Shortlands, 132, 454 Adam le Blund, Sundridge, 1 1 Atterbury, Bishop Francis, 23, 87-88, 272 Adam o f Domerham, 78 Atterbury, Sarah, 88 Adams, John, 237, 426 Aught, H., bootmaker, 411 Adams, Mrs., o f Swan and Mitre, 392 Austen, Jane, her reference to Bromley, 48 Adams, Rev. H. C., 175, 177, 458 Austen, Mrs. Anne, fantastic monument to, 84 Addington, cricket at, 316 Australian bowlers at Bromley, 340 Adeson, John, d .d ., Rector (1530), 451 Austrian Succession, War o f the, 257 Adventurer, The, 37, 128 Avebury, Lord, 264, 338 zElfstan, Bishop, 4, 75 Award map, the (1826), 90, 215 yElswyth, wife o f Byrhtric, 4, 5 Ayling, Jno., R., or Wm., 317, 318,409-411 Aithelsig, 5 Ayling, Miss G. L., 348 Aiers, David, Sergeant-at-Mace, 266 Ayling, Thomas, 396, 4 11 Airy, Reginald, m .a ., 281 Ayling, Thos. S., R., and B., 411 Aislabie, Benjamin, Sec. M.C.C., 318 Ayling, Robert, 347, 4 10 -4 11, 426 Alcock, Rev. J. P., 155 Ayling, Wm. T., 259, 390, 4 11-4 12 Alcuin of York, Capitulary of (1787), 271 Aldermen o f the Borough, first, 265 Babbage, Major-General H. P., 57, 260 Alderton, H., Public Librarian, vi “ Back Alley,” or Lane, 52, 397-398 “ Ale-conners,” 69, 251 Baddeley, Stuart, 334 Alexander, Jno., Jas., N., or W., butchers, 377 Baddeley, W. and H ., 285, 314, 333-334 Alexander, Wm., butcher, 206, 208, 352, 377, 442 Badge, the Mayoral, 265 Allanson, Christofa, o f Wigmore, 194 Bagshaw, Harington, Vicar, 124, 176, 452, 458 Allen, Charles and Benjamin, 25 Bagshaw, Thomas, Vicar, 4 1,124 ,17 6 ,4 52,4 57 , 458 Allen, Grant, 219 Bailiwick, the, 78 Allen, John, ringer, 132 Baker, Rev. John, Vicar, 284, 413, 453 Alleyn, Thomas, mercer, 234 Balding, H., builder, 55, 392 Amesbury House, Page Heath, 286 Balfour, the Rt. Hon. A. J., 339 Amherst, Jeffery (1688), 413 Ball, Anthony, 221, 222 Amos, Henry, 390 Ball, Frank, professional golfer, 338 Andredsweald, Forest of, 75 Ballarat Gold Rush, 4 11 Angerstein, Wm., 70, 460, 461 Ballot Act o f 1872, the, 70 Anglia Sacra, Wharton’s, 15, 77, 80, 132 Ballot-box fiasco, a, 419 Annual Register, the, 364 Bank, London and County (Westminster), 69, 303, Antiphonar, an, 139 400 Antiquarian Jottings, by Geo. Clinch, 388 Bank, Savings, 63, 303, 304, 368 Antiquaries, Society of, 225 Bankewell, John de, and family, 228-229 Antrobus, Robert, Vicar (1640-6), 452 Banking, a species of, 381 Archceologia Cantiana, 28, 75 Banquel, Cicely de, 14 Arched recesses, described, 31, n o , 118 Baptist chapels, 164, 420 Archery, 286, 314-315 Bar, Sarah, from the windmill, 25 Ardern, W. J., overseer (1890), 355 “ Barbarossa,” a character, 381 Armada loan, the, 29, 36 Barber-Surgeons Co., Hall o f the, 228 “ Armed Association ” (1798), 43 Barlow, H. S., a good athlete, 334 Arms of Bromley, the, 266 Bam, an old, Upper High Street, 380 Arnaud, J. C., builder, 287, 422, 425 Barrel, Allen, of Bromley, 445 Arnaud, ). F., builder, 343, 422 Barrett, R., “ Dicky,” builder, 368, 422 Amaud, J. N., 422 Barry, Charles, o f Elmfield, 222 Arnold, Henry, Vicar, 22, 145, 452 Baston, Daniel, Vicar (1667), 452 Artillery Grounds, Bunhill Fields, 315 Bateley, W ., parish clerk, 253 Artson, Walter, Vicar, 452 Bateman, William, “ Putty,” 408, 409, 419 Ascension Day, 351, 352, 356 Bath family, the, 409 Ashby, J., greengrocer, 405 Battersbee family, the, 377, 403-404 Ashton, Percival J., vi Battersbee, Thomas, cricketer, 319 Ashworth, Rev. Jesse, of Croydon, 164 Battersbee’s House, described, 403 3° 466 Index

Battery, 387th, of 97th Kent Brigade, R.A ., 43 Bequest “ to mende fowle wayes,” 139 Batthyani, the Countess, 245 Bequests to Bromley College, 457-458 Baxter, G . B., 367, 405, 435 Bequests for shrines, 140-141 Baxter, Payne & Lepper, Messrs., 366-368, 391, 400 Beringaham, 5 Baxter, Samuel, 216, 366, 367, 380 Bessemer, Henry, 442 Baxter, Thomas, 366, 377 Bethel Chapel, 161, 162 Baxter, W ., vii, 60, 75, 93, 250, 272, 297, 347, 407 Bettenham, Anne, Stephen, and Thomas, 192 Baxter, William, sen., 301, 380, 399, 406 Bettenson, Mrs., o f Chislehurst, 172, 457 Baxter, Wm. Walmisley, 120, 295, 406-407 Betts, M. P., o f Bickley, 326 Bay, Thomas, Rector (1361), 449 Bexhill, Jarvis and Ann, 408 Bayley, E. H., 154 Beynon, Miss Catherine, 458 Baylis, Dr. C. O., med. officer, 260 Bicester, Dunkin’s History of, 379 Bayman, Charles (1869), 403 Bickley and Southborough, 203-210 Baynes, John, of London, gent., 170, 171 Bickley and Widmore Schools, 155 Bazaar in Sundridge Park, 114 Bickley Beadle, last, 391 Bought by Geo. Wythes, 205 Beadle’s dress and staff, 391 Bought by John Wells in 1759, 203 Beagles, a pack of, 404 Bought by a Land and Building Co., 204 Bean, Frederick, his shop, 372-373 Chislehurst Road made, 203 Beating the bounds, 351-357 Its development, 203-205 Beauclerk, Rev. Lord Frederick, 317-318 John Wells suffers bad fortune, 204 Beck, J. B., golf champion, 339 Mission church erected, 155 Beck river, the, 443 Once a sporting estate, 203 Beckenham Lane Comer, picture of, 365 St. George’s Church described, 155 Beckley, William, parish clerk, 387, 388 Bickley Hall, 203, 204, 286 Beckwith, Edward George Ambrose, 458 A school, 205 Beckyngham, Robert, of Southwark, 416 Built for himself by John Wells (1780), 203 Bedyl (or Bedle) family, wills o f the, 224 Sold to Mr. Dent, 205 Beeby, Dr. W. T., 75, 96, 106, 298, 375 The Edlmann family at, 204 Beechfield, Widmore, 3, 200-201, 375 Bickley Hall Farm, Hawthorn Road, 361 Beech tree, a fine purple, 363 Bickley Park, 155, 203 Beech Tree Inn, the, 185, 188, 363 Bickley Park Cricket Club, 205, 321, 324 Beefsteak Club, a, 383 “ Bicycle Mania,” 342 Beeston, Lewis, Sec. B.F.C., 329, 331 Bilke, E ., o f Mill Place, 445 Beeston, Sir William and James, 241 “ Billy Blue,” 220 Beezley, Benjamin, pastry cook, 390 Bird in Hand Inn, 195 Beezum, John, o f the Bell Inn, 435 Birkenfeld, Widmore Lane, 436 Beezum, W., of the White Horse, 435 Birtrick (or Byrhtric), 75 Beggar’s bush, 213 Bishop Auckland F.C., 330 Behrens, Mrs. Boys, 363 Bishops lease the rectory, 2.1 Beldham, W., cricketer, 317 Bishops, the. See Rochester Bell, Andrew, of Madras, 277 Blackbrook, Southborough Bell, book, and candle, 15 Its ancient history, 209 “ Bell Garden,” The, 113, 440 Its farmhouse, 361 Bell Hotel, the, 382-384 Letter from Geo. Eliot, 209-210 A cricket ground behind, 316 Styled a manor, 76 Account of the land north of, 366 The old house destroyed by fire, 210 Amusing performance opposite, 342 Two ancient hostelries at, 217 Dinner to Thomas Morley at, 369 Black Death, the, 15,80 Parliamentary survey started in (1696), 25 Blackhead, Stephen, 86 Reference to its posting, by Jane Austen, 48 Blackheath G olf Club, 337, 338 “ Bellmen,” under the Commonwealth, 69 Blackheath Pebble Beds, 436 l y t - 2- Bell ringers, the/ 253, 394, 409 Black Prince knighted, 15, 191 Bells o f the Parish Church Blakbroke, Wm. and Symon de, 209 Inscriptions on them, 130 Blake, Barnabas, 391, 397 Inventory of them in 1553, 455 Blakebroke (Blackbrook), 231 Notable performances by ringers, 13 1-13 2 Blakebrook, Gilbert de, 15 Recast in 1773, 129 Blaxland, Mrs., 286, 432 Restored about 1512, 129 Blechingley, Bishop Thomas, buried at, 90 Bencewell House and Farm, 212, 219, 361 Bliburgh, Emma de, 231 Benevolent Association, the, 303, 438 Bliburgh, Wm. de, 14, 209, 230-231, 234, 449 Bentley, M., writing master, 387 Bligh, George, butcher, 410 Bentley, R., letter from Walpole to, 96-97 Blondell, Robert, 17 Bentley, Robert, vestry clerk, 387 Blound (or Blunt) family, n , 190-191 Bentley, William, tailor, 387 Blundell, W., fishmonger, 322 Beohhaham (Becham), 5 Blunt (or Blund). See Blound Index 467

Board o f Education, 279, 415 Bishop o f Rochester’s lands in, 6, 7 Board o f Guardians, the, 250 Bread looted in, 50 Board o f Health appointed, 257 Candidates for first School Board, 280 “ Bobby Peelers,” 69, 245 Charity School founded (1717), 272, 274, 276, Bodenham, Jane, 127 277, 281 Bodenham, Philip, of Ravenscroft, 172, 428 Charter o f Incorporation, 264, 289 Bolton, E ., minister, 163 Churches and chapels, 153-166 Bonar, Mr. and Mrs., o f Camden, 39, 396 County schools established, 281 Bond, H. C., schoolmaster, 285, 288, 336 Created a parliamentary borough, 63, 71 Boner, John, Rector (1439), 45° Despair on Bishop Murray leaving, 92 Book, o f A id s , 191 Develops its public services, 5 6 Boorman, Geo. and Jno., 412 Distress in the “ Hungry Forties,” 50 Booth and Rawes School, 282 Divided into wards, 261, 265 Booth, family of, 18, 191-192 Earliest reference to, 3 Booth, Rev. George, 458 Early connection with cricket, 315 Booth, John (1773), 413 Early connection with Rochester, 3-4 Booth, Rebecca, 439 Education Committee formed, 63, 289 Booths, the Robert, 137, 192, 276 Education in Bromley, 271-290 Borderers (Bordarii), 7 Electric light established, 60 Borer, Amos, butcher, 410 Episcopal palace at, 8 Borough Arms, illustrated, 267 Fires and fire engines in, 61 “ Borsholder,” office of, 68, 256, 302, 407 First mayor and aldermen, 265 Bosanquet, W. H., 154, 261 First mention o f a church in, 9 Boswell’s Life of Dr. Johnson, 90 From the 18 th cent, to coming o f railways, 32-47 Bothe, Randolf, bequest, 129 Gas works installed, 59-60 Boundary stones on Bromley Hill, 362 Hospitals, 58, 298-300 Bounds, beating of, 351-357 In Canterbury Diocese (1845), 92> 149 Bourdon, W., Hon. Sec., B.C.C., 343 Inception o f banking in, 63-64 Bourne Water, the, 443 Increase, on coming of railway, 50, 55 Bowden, Capt., o f Chislehurst, 45 In mediaeval times (1086-1485), 9 Bower, Sir Edmund, 208 Institutions and societies, 293-306 Bower, T. C. and A. G., golfers, 339 In the early thirteenth century, 11 Bowie, Bishop John, 83 In the fifteenth century, 16-18 Bowles, Samuel, 452 In Tudor, Stuart, and Georgian days, 19 -31, 26 Bowley, Wm. and Miss, 187 Its fairs and market, 16 Bowls and Bowling Clubs, 339-342 Its first railway station, 51 Boy Scouts, the Bromley, 4 11 Its former rural character, 361 Boyd, Robert, o f Plaistow, 125-126, 183 Its inns, 25-26 Boyd, Walter, o f Plaistow, 129, 137, 182-183, 1 §5 Landowners in Tudor days, 19, 28-31 Boyd’s Lane, 363 “ Literary Institute,” the, 293-296 Braboum, Thomas, 458 Local Board established, 63 Bradford, Bishop Samuel, 88 Manor claimed by Edward I, 12-13 Bradley o f the Glassmill, 445 Market, weekly statutory, 9, i t , 16, 53-54 Bradshaw, Dr., 371 Martin’s Hill purchased, 57 Braibroc, Walter de, 190 Narrow exit from market-place, 54, 55 Brand, John, and smuggling, 380 National Schools opened, 278-279 Brasses, 29, 83, 120-123, I27> U4> 166, 231, 4*8 North railway station, 5 5 Braunch, Richard, Rector (1406), 450 Notable cricketers named, 317, 319 Brewhouses and malthouses, 421, 425 Parish, its siae and boundaries, 3, 4-5, 6-7 Brick Kiln Lane, 211, 431 Parliamentary history of, 69-71 Bridgeman, Sir Orlando, 169, 457 Petition for incorporation, 263 Bridle posts in the town, 262, 432 Pictured in 1086, 8 Brister, John, plumber, 413 Pictured from 1485-1730, 23 et seq. “ British School ” proposed, 280, 289 Pictured seventy years ago, 54 Britware, 75 Police station and force, 69 Broad, Edward and Anne, 396 Population in various ages, 19-20, 258 Broadway, the, 55, 421, 424 Postal services and postmasters, 64-66 Bromleghe Manor, value of, 78, 232 Proposal to take over the market, 258 “ Bromleigh and Bekenham,” Hundred of, 191 Queen’s Mead acquired, 5 8 Bromley Reception of the charter, 264-265 A chapel to St. Blaise, 106 Rectorial manor ceases, 82 A market town in 1205, 1 1 Rectory, the, a desirable benefice, 138 A populous suburb, 50 School Board set up (1889), 63, 280, 289 A residential neighbourhood, 46 Science and Art School opened, 287-288 An Urban District Council set up, 261 Slow developments (1700-1850), 32 Appearance o f market-place changed, 52 Social conditions 150 years ago, 37- 38 468 Index

Bromley—cont. Cradle of Kent County Cricket, 218, 315 Street lighting too years ago, 59 Details and effect of, enclosure of, 216 Survey of the Manor (1646-7), 84 Elmfield, 222 Technical education in, 263 Enclosed by Act of Parliament, 90-91 The Manor of, 4, 6, 12, 13, 73-81, 249 Enclosure Commissioners’ powers, 2x4-215 Town Council, the, 289 Extent, boundaries, and holdings, 211-212 Variations in its name, 3, 6 From Homesdale Road to the Rookery, 2 11-2 12 Vestry minute books, 250, 232, 235 History of the Common “ proper,” 211-216 War memorial, 3 8 History of the Rookery Estate, 220-222 Within forty years o f Domesday, 10 Holy Trinity Church built, 153, 216 “ Bromley Academy,” the, 369 Illicit still, story of an, 220 Bromley and Bickley Golf Club, 217, 311 Its bounds beyond the Rookery, 212 Bromley and County Club, 296-297 Its original appearance, 46 Bromley and County Independent, 68 John Evelyn robbed on, 213 Bromley and District Times, the, 68 Kent v. All England Cricket, 316 Bromley Bells, a satire, 239 List o f game found there (1770), 312 Bromley Bowling Club Mission Room of Mr. M. H. Hodder, 166 Founded, 340 Norman family, the, 224-226 Its history, champions, etc., 340-341 Norman, George, opposes enclosure, 214 Some officers of, 405, 408 Oakley House estate, 220 Bromley carriers to London, 48 Old parish gravel pit on, 218 “ Bromley Chapel,” Widmore Road, 161-162 Partly enclosed by Act o f 1764, 213 Bromley Charitable Society, 302-303 Prince’s Plain, 212, 213, 216, 217 Bromley Chronicle, the, 67 Race-courses on, 217, 3 11 Bromley College, 169-178 Rookery, the, 212, 213, 220-222 Acquisition o f its site, 170 Rookery bought by Jas. Norman, 222 Anonymous donations, 43 8 Rookery sold to Anthony Ball, 221 Appeal for repairs (1735), 172 Rookery sold to John Webster, 221 A water supply provided (1821), 173 Rookery sold to Thomas Chase, sen., 221 Benefactions, list of, 43 7-45 8 Scrubbs, Upper and Lower, 212, 214 Bequests for extension of, 172 Sheep wash Cottage, 212 Bishop Warner’s death, 169 “ Shooting Common,” 212 Building described, 170 -171 Skim Comer, 212 Chaplain’s and treasurer’s houses, 170 Some beneficiaries under enclosure, 215-216 Conditions as to its chaplain, 169, 177-178 Symbol of its former designation, 216 Description of its houses, 170 -171 Ten acres reserved for workhouse, 215 Executors of Warner’s will, 169 Toll-gate, the, 2 11 Exempted from paying taxes, 172 Wholly enclosed by Act o f 1821, 214 Extra provision for repairs, 170 Width from Rookery to Keston Mark, 212 “ Featley ” Case, the, 17 1-17 2 Bromley Cottage Hospital. See Cottage Hospital Foundation and aims, 169-170 Bromley Cricket Club, 58, 225, 318, 321, 335, 396 Founded by Bishop Warner, 33, 84 Bromley Cycle and Motor Club, 345 Inscription over main entrance, 170 Bromley Cycling Club Its “ Buttings and Boundings,” 170 C. L. Newland and championships, 344, 345 Its chapels, 17 1, 174-176 Founded in 1877, 342 List of chaplains, 458 Its history and doings, 342-345 Memorials in its chapel, 176 Its ignominous ending, 345 New quadrangle begun (1805), 172 Bromley Directory, Strong’s, 390, 393 Noteworthy chaplains, 176-177 Bromley Football Club Old chest discovered, 171 Catalogue o f their successes, 329-330 Provision for widows’ daughters, 174 Names of team that won the Amateur Cup of Sheppard College, bequests to, 45 8 England, 331 Sheppard College built (1840), 173-174 Names of team that won the Kent Junior Cup, Sources of its revenue, 169-170 and “ Oliver Isaac’s ” Shield, 329 Terms of John Warner’s will, 169 Play forty matches, losing only four, 328 Treasurers of, 459 The team’s visits abroad, 331 Trustees of, 172, 213, 232 Bromley, Freeman’s History of, 12 Two notable pensioners, 174 Bromley Gas Company, 188 Why established at Bromley, 169 Bromley Gymnastic Club, 346-348 Widows’ pensions, 173 Account of three previous clubs, 346-7 Windows of its chapel, 175-176 Founding o f the present club, 347 Zachary Pearce’s bequest to, 89 Gymnastic hall built (1904), 347 Bromley Common, 211-226 Its development from 1902-28, 347-348 A haunt of highwaymen, 213 Its first home, 347 Archery practised on, 212 Its Roll of Honour, 348 Article with map in Arch. Cant., 91 Mayoral appreciation o f its utility, 348 Index 469

Bromley Gymnastic Club— cont. Description o f present house, 97-98 Some successes o f its members, 348 Dovecote at, 97 Visits to Continental Gym. F6tes, 348 Engraving of it before 1756, 96 Bromley Hill, 240-246, 394 Farm buildings restored, 79-80 Adventitious springs made use of, 436 Fish ponds, at, 93, 102 Aquila Dacombe’s title to, 241 Gatehouse, drawbridge, and chapel, 94, 95-96 Art treasures at, named, 243 Glanville’s restoration of, 10 Beauty o f its gardens, 244-245 Illustration o f its farm, 362 Charles Long and his title, 241 Its moat, 35, 93 Charles Long’s possession o f it, 241 Its prison, 95 Descends to Col. Samuel Long (1838), 246 Lands leased to John Younge, 94 Described by George Cumberland, 242-243 Last bishop to reside at, 91 Developed for building sites, 246 Manor sold to Augustine Skinner, 95 Embellishment o f the estate, 244 Middle Park o f thirty acres, 94 Let on lease by the Knightleys, 241 Now a girls’ school, 98 Mortgaged by George Glenny, 241 Old chapel described, 95-96 Murder of a dairy-maid at, 39, 245 Oratory to St. Blaise at, 100, 102 Occupied by William Slade, 241 Parliamentary survey o f 1646, 102 Old deeds relating to, 240 Public entertained by the bishop, 89 Sold to Samuel Cawston, 246 Rebuilt in 1775, 35, 89 Visited by royalty, 245 Restorations by Atterbury, 88 Wm. Pitt, a frequent guest at, 245 Sold to Coles Child, Esq., 47, 49 Bromley Hill Estate, 362, 363, 443 Sold to C. Bowles and N. Andrews, 95 Bromley Hill Place, 240, 242, 245 Bromley Palace and Manor, by Philip Norman, l l .d ., A hospital during the war, 246 F.S.A., 20, 75-102 Interior of the house described, 243 Bromley, Parish of Its lodges, 242-243 A great flood in the valley (1878), 444 Marriage settlement concerning it, 240 An historian o f Bromley, 387 Bromley historians, early, 18 1, 240 Broadway made between 1885 and 1906, 424 Bromley Hockey Club, 335-337 Bromley’s first railway station (1858), 424 A “ hockey nursery,” 336 Changes on the advent of the railway, 362 Connection with the B.C.C., 335 Diversion o f the Hastings road, 397-398 Names of prominent players, 336-337 Fenian disturbances (1868), 369 Provides four internationals, 336 Festivities on Coronation days, 394 Some o f its achievements, 336 First pawnbroker in the town, 390 Ten members chosen for Kent team, 336-337 Former flourishing farms, 361 Bromley House, 54, 236, 415 Fourteenth-century farm in High Street, 375-376 Bromley, John, 161-162, 432 Gas introduced into the town, 391 Bromley Journal, the, 68 Histories o f Bromley, 378, 393 Bromley lands restored by Odo, 6 Local Board buys Martin’s Hill, 443 Bromley lands stolen, 5, 6 Local Board sells gravel rights, 424 Bromley Lawn Tennis Clubs, 332—3 3 5 Many new roads constructed, 415, 424 Bromley Park, or Glen, Club, 334-335 Many residing here to be under Scott, 372 First club and its homes, 55, 332-333 Neelgherries bequeathed to the town, 414 Hope Park Club, 333, 335 New public library opened, 414 Origin o f the game, 332 Number o f shops in nineteenth century, 362 Some other prominent clubs, 334 Parliamentary elections, 385 Sundridge Park Club, 335 Record directories and map of, 393 Supplies three world’s champions, 314 Road mileage, area, and aspect of, 361 The Baddeley brothers and Barlow, 333-334 Savings bank established, 368 Bromley Lodge and Park, 54, 422-423, 424,-33 Scott’s coaches run from London, 372 Bromley Magazine, the, 282-283, 387 The fairs and weekly market, 385-386 Bromley market, revived by Queen Victoria, 53-54 The last parish beadle and crier, 391 Bromley Mercury, the, 67 Tokens issued in the town, 26, 197, 396, 416, 419 Bromley names in Wilson’s History, 378 Town Council buy Church House (1926), 442 Bromley National School, 277, 279, 281 Town Hall built (1863-4), 399-400 Bromley Palace, 76, 96-102 Visit o f William IV and Queen Adelaide, 394 Additions by Coles Child, Esq., 97 Bromley Parish Church, 115-149 An episcopal manor house, 82 Bromley philanthropist, the, 301 A new chapel built, 96 Bromley Record and Monthly Advertiser, 66, 261, 280, Associations since Saxon times, 92 321, 322, 325, 335, 342, 354, 389, 393 Atterbury’s sundial, 87 Bromley Savings Bank (1816-63), 303-304 Bishop Warner ejected from, 21-22 Bromley Sports Ground, 331 Death of Abbot Forde at, 13 Bromley, taxable value o f (1086), 8 Description by Horace Walpole, 96-97 Bromley Telegraph, the, 67 Description of, in 1648, 95 Bromley Town Bowling Club, 341

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Bromley Town Cricket Club, 318, 321 Census returns and the railways, 51 Bromley Union, the, 215, 223 Census, the first (1801), 45-46, 282, 396 “ Bromley Youths,” Society of, 130-131, 408, 409 Centenary Place, 161 3 9 2 - 5 . Bronlei (Domesday), 6 Central Hall, the, 189 Brooke, Miss Jane, 173, 457 Certificates o f exemption, 256 Broome, Andrew (1397), 183, 416 Chalmers, Mrs., o f Bickley, 204, 205 Brown, Archibald Geike, 164 Chalybeate spring, a, 33 Brown, Capt. R. Sneade, 43 Chamberlayne, John, Rector (1457), 450 Brown, E. Cotgrave, 286 Chambers, G. F., 239 Brown, John, Joseph, and Wm., 394 Chantry priest, a, 232 Brown, Rev. J. Marcus, 163 Chapel o f the Resurrection (Par. Ch.), 415 Browne, Bishop Thomas, 81, 106 Chapman, Ann, widow, 40, 240 Browning family, the, 365 Chapman, G ., W. and R., 413 Browning, Minister, Bethel Chapel, 161 Chapman, Sir John, Bart., 240 Bruce, Justice Gainsford, 288, 297 Chapman, William, ringer, 13 1 Brumlegh market, granted by King John, 1 1 Charitable Society, the, 301, 302 Buckeridge, Bishop John, 83, 253 Charitable Trusts Act o f 1853, 302 ^ Buckeridge, George, of Lewisham, 21, 143 Charities, some, 301-302 Budgejln, Harry, porter, 444 Charity Commissioners, 178 Bull Inn, the, 388 Charity School, 271-274 Burgess, Jno., Jos., or Wm., 243, 332, 380, 410-4 11 Converted into a “ National ” one, 277 Burial Board, 238 Dress of its boys and girls, 273 Burial, curious instructions for a, 408 Established in 1716, 33, 425 Burial garland, 34-35 First list o f subscriptions, 272 Burial umbrella, a, 148 Number educated and cost, 276 Burke’s General Armoury, 29 Provisions and regulations, 273-274 Burley-man, the, 231 Removed to land near College Field, 51 Burlington House, Widmore Road, 300 Some legacies received, 276 Burrell, Peter, 183, 236, 459 Charity School Fund, 277-278 Burrow, Edward, j .p ., 422 Charity Sermons, preachers of, 275-276, 278 Bush, H. C., 403 “ Charley ” and the mail bags, 65 Bush, Samuel, bookseller, 388, 405 “ Charlies,” the, their functions, 69 Butcher’s shop, a seventeenth-century, 377 Charter Mayor, the, 264, 265 Butt, Rev. William, 420 Charter of Henry III (1232), 77-78 Byrhtric of Meopham, 4, 5 Charter o f Henry V I (1446-7), 16, 53, 81 Charter of Incorporation (1903), 63, 263, 289, 382 Cade, Jack, 443 Charter of King John (1203), 9, 10 -11, 53 Cade’s Rebellion, pardons in, 16 -17 Charters, 3, 4, 3, 6, 9, 10 -11, 16, 53, 77-78, 81, Caesar’s well, Keston, 443 190, 263, 382 Cage Field, the, 433 Chartist, a Bromley, 391 Cage Field iron room, 239 Chartist movement, the, 50 Cage, Cornelius, vintner, 417 Chase, Thomas, jun., 128, 221 Cage, the, or Lock-Up, 27, 257, 433 Chase, Thomas, sen., 123, 221 Californian gold rush (1849), 30 Chatterton family, the, 138 Calthrope, Anthony, 19, 427-428 Checkley, Henry, 391 Cambridge Road, 187, 188 Chelsfield Parish Registers (1789), 236 Camden Park Camps, 45 “ Chequer, A. H .,” 326 Cameron, Governor, 203 Chequers Inn, the, 217 Campbell, Capt. Malcolm, 343 Cherry Orchard, 212, 219 Campbell, Colin, 340 Child, Coles, Lord o f the Manor, vi, 16, 49, 58, Campling, Mr. and Mrs., 277 75. 76. 123. '42, 19°. 259> 3°°. 399. 433 Canterbury Archives, 14 Child, Sir Coles, 383 Carew, Mercy and Nicholas, 234 Child, William, surgeon, 200, 397 Carnegie, Andrew, 39, 289, 414 Chiselhurst, 5 Carpenter, Emily, 413 Chisholm, David, f .r .i .b .a ., 118 Carpenter, Jabez, and James S., 322, 413, 421 Chislehurst Hill, 205 Carpenter, W. (“ Old Billy ” ), gamekeeper, 413 Chislehurst Road constructed, 203 Carrow, Jasper (1620), 432 Chislehurst Yeomanry, the, 245 Carter, J. E., Sec., B. Cycle & M. C., 343 Chitty, Charles, underhand bowler, 319 Carucate, a, 7 Chitty, S., fireman, 61 Cary, Robert, S. T. P., Rector (1361), 449 Cholera, measures against, 257 Cator, John, of Beckenham, 432, 436 Cholmondely Charity, 437 Cator, Rev. W., Rector of Beckenham, 312 Choral Societies, 305, 306 Cattle and Horse Fair, 386 Choral Union, the, 128 Cawston, Samuel, of Bromley Hill, 136 -157, 246 Chrism oil or rent, 10, 76, 105 Cemeteries, 263 Chrismatorye, A., 434 Index 4 7 i

Chrisome, the, 10 Coronation festivities, 394 Christ Church, Addison Road, 156, 157 Corpraxes, 455 Christ Church, Highland Road, 158 Corrie, W. H., chemist, 404 Christian Scientists, 166 Costin, Edward and John, 352 Christmas entertainments, 295-296, 369 Costume o f an old tradesman, 404 Church accommodation, controversy on, 155 Cottage Hospital, the, 298-300, 375, 407, 427, 432 Churcher, James, shoemaker, 387 Cottiers (bordarii), 76 Churcher, Joseph and John, 364 Cottonian manuscripts, 12, 77, 80 Churcher, Thomas, bootmaker, 400 Council schools, 263 Churches, more required in nineteenth century, 153 County Club, the (1889), 412 Church goods County Councils, 261 Before the Reformation, 454-455 County Court Registrars, 439 Detailed list from inventory, 454-455 County Journal, the, 3 11 Some to be sold for reparations, 456 County Schools, 281, 289, 434 Church House, 286, 413, 441-442 Court o f Arches case, 15 Church in Bromley not in Domesday, 10 Court of Requests, the, 385 “ Church Patronage Society,” 157 Court Rolls, Rectorial, 17, 76 Church rate books, 250 Courtenay on Hawkesworth, 37 Churchill, J., schoolmaster, 355 Courts, Leet and Baron, 249, 352 Churchwarden’s accounts, 130 Courts, Rectorial, 17 Cissor, Nicholas and Wm., 375-376 Coutts and Co., bakers, 387 Cisterns, lead, 200, 221 Cowap, S. E ., of Midhurst, 401 7 Clark, William, 228, 229, 230 Cowdrey, J., noted bell-ringer, 409 Clarke, John, murder by, 39, 245 Cox, David, artist, 196, 2 11, 364 Clay Hill, Beckenham, 49, 372 Craden, John, schoolmaster, 284 “ Clerke ” (dericus), the appelation, 145 Crants, 34 Clinch, Geo., v, 3, 13, 31, 194, 240, 241, 283, 388 Creed, Richard, f .r .i .b .a ., 208 Clock, a dial, 1533 and 1551, 139 Cregeen, Hugh S., surveyor, 260, 438 Close rolls, 77, 449 Crescent Road, 188 Coaches, two noted, 245 Cresswell, Commissioner, 264 Cobham, Lord, o f Turpington, 208 Cricket, 314-326 Coins, a fine collection of, 414 An early record at Bromley, 314, 315 College Field, 54, 364 At low ebb in Bromley, 321 College Road, 187, 363, 433 Bromley Club’s flag described, 323 College Slip, 377, 413 Early matches played for stakes, 315-316 Collings, A. £ ., 297 J. Wells’s bowling achievement, 321 Collings Bros., Messrs., 368 New clubs forming in Bromley, 324 Collins, Herbert, draper, 55, 392 No reference to it before 1700, 315 Collins, John, of the White Hart, 417 Overhand bowling inaugurated, 320 Collins, Prof. Churton, 288 Prince’s Plain matches, 318 Colt, H. S., golf architect, 338 Some noted Bromley players, 321, 322 “ Colyers,” or charcoal burners, 23 Witticism on a great catch, 323 Commission at Westminster, a (1553), 454 Cricket Club, the Bromley, 318, 324, 326 “ Commission of Charitable Uses ” (1693), 172 Cricket Matches at Commission on Manorial Properties (1255), 12 Addington, Surrey (1748), 316 “ Commoners ” defined, 211 Artillery Ground, Bunhill Fields, 315, 316 Common Prayer, Book of, 22 Chislehurst (1825, 1828), 319 Compasses, the, Widmore Lane, 377, 404 Dartford (1808), 317 Compson, E . and J., 284 Ground behind the Bell (1745), 316 Congregational Church, 163, 374, 432 Ground near Widmore Lane (1840), 319-320 Conqueror, William the, 5, 191 Hayes, curious result at (1861), 322 Conservative Club, the, 391, 423 Lord’s Ground, Marylcbone (1806), 317 Conspiracy, a strange, 86 Mitcham Common (1818), 318 Constable’s Bill, a, 38 Prince’s Plain (1812 et seq.), 317-318 Constables, High and Low, 69, 252, 256, 257, 302, Shooting Common (1735, 1743-8), 315-316 365, 368 369, 392, 397, 407, 421 Smith’s, Chiswell Street (1745), 316 Constantine, Stephen (1607), 452 Somewhere in Bromley (1801-2), 317 Constitutional Club, 54, 422 The Oval, Kennington (1862), 320, 321 Cooper, George, 391 The White Hart Field (1831-73), 319-323 Cooper, John, tailor, 60, 391, 404 Woolwich (1867), 323 Cooper, Mr., of Bromley Common, 352, 353, 354 Cricketers, names of Bromley, 317, 319, 322-323 Cooper, the trade o f a, 394 Crier, Bromley’s last, 391 Cooper’s Farm, Bromley Common, 28,212,216, 361 Crimean Expeditionary Force, 411 “ Corinthians ” Football Club, 325, 326 Croft, Sir Thomas Elmsley, 372 Com laws, the, 50 Crofton, Anglo-Saxon charter, 5 Cornwallis, Capt. Wm., 220 Croker, Dillon, 296 472 Index Croker, T. Crofton, 364 Devas, Mrs., 427 Crook, Rev. Samuel, 284, 420 Dewey, Thomas C., 158, 264, 287, 289, 298, 300, Crooked Billet Inn, 217 306, 331, 341, 347, 422 Cropp, Susannah and Abraham, 241 Dioceses, re-arrangement of, 149 Cross-in-hand, the hamlet of, 203 Directory, first local, 393 Cross Keys Inn, the, 396 District Council, the, 184 Crossley, Thomas, builder, 156 District Times, the, 184, 353, 365 Crossley, W. A., Sec., Gym. C., 347 Dixon, Charles, fireman, 62 Crossley, William L., 335, 344, 347 Dobbing, Mrs., o f Chislehurst, 300 Crowhurst, David, 444 Dobson, Henry, chaplain, 458 Crowhurst, Robert, 397 Doctor’s Commons, 253 Crowhurst, S., J. and D., 283, 397 Doe, George and Robert, 396 Crowhurst’s Corner demolished, 397, 402 Doggerel rhyme on Scott, 372 Crowhurst’s Garden, 54 Dolben, Bishop John, 85 Crown Inn, the, 222-223 Domesday Book (or Survey) Crown Inquisitions, 9 A Bromley mill mentioned, 444 Crozier, M. L. P., 347 Alienation o f lands shortly after, 190 Cucking stool, a, 193 Changes in Bromley after, 9 Cumberland, G ., on Bromley Hill Place, 242-243 Extract and translation from, 6-7 Curates termed “ Sir,” 45 3 Mention of the Kent term “ suling,” 4 Curson, David, 139, 451 Mentions no owner except the Bishop, 76 Curtis, J., of Widmore, 197 No mention o f a church at Bromley, 8, 10, 105 Cycle, early forms of the, 342-343 Doodney, Sarah, a charity-brat, 274 Cycling, 342-345 Dornyx, a vestment of, 453 Dorrington, Mr. (1774), 413 Dacombe, Aquila, 241 Douglas, the brothers, cricketers, 323 Dalbiac, Miss, 286 Doulee, Richard and Agnes de, 14, 231 Dalton, J., of Beechfield, 201 Dowling, Denis J., courier, 414 Dampier, Bishop Thomas, 90, 107 Dowling, Mrs. E., nee Carpenter, 58, 413, 414 Danbury in Essex, 92 Doyle, John (1830), 402, 343 “ Dandy-horse,” the, 342 Doyle-Bayman, Mrs., 403 Danegelt, 7 Doyle’s and Battersbee’s, illustration of, 403 Danes, invasion by the, 5 Doyle’s home-brewed gingerbeer, Mrs., 402 Darrick Wood, Orpington, 443 Drake, H. H., describes an execution, 39 Dartfora, Dunkin’s History of, 379 Draper family, the old, 430 Davies, B. R., cartographer, 393 Drill Hall, 44, 55, 260, 288, 297, 303, 346, 378 Davis, Bernard F., vii-viii, 28, 106, n o , 18 1, 220, Drills o f the Volunteers, 44 229-230, 375, 428 Drury, John, 363 Davis, James (1792), 409 Drury, S., bellman, 237, 426 Davis, James Painter, 319, 383, 409 Dryhtwald, 3 Davis, Mary Ann, 383 Duchess de Dino, 245 Davis, Thomas, 57, 260, 262, 265, 280, 288-290,436 Ducking-stool at Widmore, 27 Davis, W. and T., brewers, 425 Dudston, Richard (1500), 453 Daw, Nathaniel, 444 Dugdale’s Monasticon, 4, 75 Day, Jas. and Wm., 399 Duke’s Head, the, 30*, 383, 399 Day, John and Jane, 200 Dunkin, J., of Bicester, 137 Daylight Saving Act, 300 Dunkin, John, historian, 14, 20, 46, 76, 107, 194, Daytona Beach, Florida, 345 199, 206, 214, 217, 238-239, 233, 286, 304, 364, Deadman, S., Mason’s Hill, 427 378-579» 444 Deadman’s Lane, 439 Dunkin’s shop illustrated, 379 Deadman’s Steps, 437, 439 Dunkley’s forge, 426-427 Deane, Henry, 296 Dunn, Harman H., 348 De Banquel, 9, 14, 229 Dunn, Herbert G ., 394 “ Decayed Tradesmen’s Charity Fund,” 302 Dunn, W., vestry and parish clerk, 147, 393 Declaration of Indulgence, 23 Dunns, the Edward, 253, 302, 394 “ Defence of the Realm,” 302, 407 Dunns, the John, 61, 252, 332, 382, 393-394 Defoe (or De Foe), Daniel, 398 Dunstan, Archbishop, 5 Delver, Mr., and highwayman, 38 Durand’s, Mrs., school, 286 Dene, William, notary, 80 Dyer, James, Curate (1603), 432 Denmark Road (or Villas), 434 Dennen, George, 303 Eadbert, King o f Kent, 4 Dent, William, e .i .c ., 155, 203 Eadgar, King o f Kent, 4, 3, 73 Deptford and the Wells family, 203-204 Eadwin, Alderman, 5 Derby, Constance, Countess of, 298 Eardulf, Bishop of Rochester, 3-4, 75 “ Dering Library,” the, 75 Earnshaw brothers, the, 336 Devas, Charles F., j.p., 258, 259, 310, 423 East and West Streets, 53, 433 Index 473 East Kent Railway Co., 51 Evans, Rev. W. Justin, 163 East side o f Market Place, 392-397 Evelyn, John, 27, 85, 213 Eastern side o f lower High Street, 413-424 Exchequer Depositions, 194 Eating matches, 41-42 Exchequer Rolls, 15 Eaton, Christopher, 302, 378 Excommunicating a bishop, 138 Eaton’s Farm, 361 Ecclesiastical Commissioners, 47, 37, 91, 144, 443 Faculty pew, a, 235 Economic organizations, 303-305 Fair days, 16, 26 Edey, George, dentist, 422 Fairs, the Bromley, 16, 52-53, 81, 385-387, 429 Edger, Henry, draper, 341, 381 False Decretals, 107 Edinburgh Evening Courant, the, 183 Farm, a very picturesque, 429 Edlmann family, 204-205 Farm, ancient one in upper High Street, 375-376 Education Farmhouse on Bromley Common, 217, 431 Acts o f 1870 and 1902, 279, 281, 289 Farms in Bromley Parish, 361 Education Committee formed, 263, 281, 285 Famborough, Lord or Lady, 244-246, 394, 436, 457 First Government grant (1834), 271 Farnfield, Messrs., 205, 286 For the poorer classes, considered, 33 Farrants, Bickley, 203, 204 Preamble to subscription list, 272 Farwig, Augustus, 322 Educational and social institutions, 293-306 Farwig, its development, 187-188 Edward I, II or III, Kings, 12, 191, 228-229 Farwig, Johann, 187 Edward VI, first Prayer Book of (1549), to Farwig Wesleyan Mission, 188-189 Edward VI, injunction of, 133 Fawsitt, F., leather seller, 396 Edward the Confessor, King, 7, 76 Featley, Grace, case of, 171 Edward, Prince o f Wales, at Sundridge, 313 Fee-farm rent, a, 416 Edwards, Mr., at Springhill, 186 Felix, N. (Wanostgcht), 319, 320 1 8 th Kent Rifle Volunteers, 418 Female Friendly Society, 304-305 Eldridge, J., engineer, 61 Fenian disturbances (1868), 369 Election o f first Town Council, 265 Fenning, G ., Shawfield, 202 Elections in 1868-1885, 70-71 Fentham, Messrs., 445 Electoral methods in the past, 70 Femywu (Forneaux), Alex, 376 Electric Light and Power Co., Ltd., 382 Fertel, Frederic, 306 Elfswith, 75 Festivities, Charter, 264, 265 Elias, Ney, the explorer, 222 Festivities, Coronation, 394 Eliot, George, at Blackbrook, 209 Feudal tenure, 9 Elizabethan house, back of, exposed, 405 Ffrench family, the, 198 Ellis, Alfred, butcher, 410 Field, Rev. Walter, 155 Ellis, Arthur Danvers, 196 Fielding, Rev. C. H., 79 Ellis, Charles, butcher, 322 Filmer, Sir E., m .p ., 70, 350, 460 Ellis, the Misses and Thos. F., 196 Finnie, Mrs., 45, 174 “ Elmfield,” Bromley Common, 212, 222, 286 Fire brigades, 61, 61, 389, 399, 418 Elmfield Road, 55, 424 Fire engine shed, 433 Elmstead Woods, sale of, 15, 79 Fire engines, Bromley, 60-61, 62, 433 Elwill, Sirs E. and J., 235-236 Fire stations, 61-62 Elwin, Rev. L. J., 158 Fires, 389-390 Elya, Rector (1290-2), 449 Fisher, Bishop John, 82 Embry, James, o f Simpson’s Place, 236 Fisher, Christopher, churchwarden, 134 Emily Dowling Fund, 414-415 Fisher, David, farmer, 82 Emmett family, the, 91, 420, 441 Fishing in Bromley, 3 11-3 12 Emmett, Mrs. Ellen, Bequest, 275, 276 Fitchett, Richard, 389 Emmett, William, 274, 419 Fitz-Henry, Conan, Kt., 209, 231 Enachdune, Bishop of, 450 Fitzjames, Bishop Richard, 81 Enclosing of waste land, 56 Fleet marriages, 370-371 Enclosure Acts, 46, 90-91, 213, 214-216, 318 Fleet Prison, the, 417 Encroachment frustated, an, 438 Flood, a great Bromley, 426, 444 Encroachments at various places, 353-354 Flower House, Southend, 312 Engstrom, Rev. C. R. L., 156 “ Flower-pot Plot,” 23, 86 Episcopal Manor o f Bromley sold, 21 Flower shows at the White Hart, 319 Episcopal residence, age of, 93 Font, a Norman, 76, 117 Erliche, Thomas, Bequest, 129 Football, 325-332 Erskine, Stewart, o f Bromley Lodge, 304, 353, 423 Bromley wins the Amateur Cup, 330-331 Escheat, recovery by, 17, 142 Earliest reference, in Bromley (1870), 325 Essex Head Club, 90 Football Association, the, 325, 326 Ethelbert, King, 3-4, 75 Football Clubs, Association: bthelbert, Ringers, RavensbourneRoads, 54, 55,415 Bromley Football Club (1892), 328-331 Ethelred, King o f Kent, 5, 75 Other Bromley clubs, 332 Ethelsine, minister, 75 The Bromley Assistants (1890), 328 4 7 4 Index

Football Clubs, Rugby: Games and sport, distinction between, 309 The Kent Rovers formed (1882), 327 Game shooting, 212-313 The West Kent, o f Chislehurst (1875), 327 Gardiner, Dr. Samuel R., 288, 433 Football matches, some Rugby, 327 Garle, John, 432 Footpath to be restored, 437-438 Gas Consumers Co., 418 Footpaths, many stopped, 352 Gas, first instalment in the town, 39, 60, 364, 391 Ford, Mr., of Shortlands, 188, 442 Gas, prices charged for, 60 Forde, Abbot Roger, 13, 78 Gas-works flooded (1878), 444 Forester Inn, the, 398 Gavell, R., of Westerham, 82 Forge, an old, 409 Gayton, Miss M. A., 174 Forster, H. W., m .p ., 71, 312, 339, 461 Gedney, Charles W ., 56, 67, 238, 260, 396, 399, Forster, John, arbitrator, 255 438 Forster, Major, Southend, 312 Geological map o f Bromley, 436 Foster, W., of Freelands, 198 Georgian house, a fine, 374, 375 Four old huntsmen, 377 “ George Norman’s House,” 225 Fourneaux, Robert, 191 George III at Southborough, 206 Foumeaux, W. and J., of Sundridge, 376 Ghost, Thomas, 26, 416, 417 Fowle, Rev. Edmund, 286 Gibbs, John and Charlotte, 160 Fownes, E. (“ Cheer’o ” ), 222 Gibbs, W. J., 189 Fowncs, W., a famous whip, 366 Gibson, J., schoolmaster, 160, 184, 284-283 Foxe, Dr. Thomas, 85 ~<55tf>ert de Helles,'11 l ■■ Foxhounds in Bromley, 309 Gilchrist Trust, the, 293 Foxhounds, the Old Surrey, 309 Giles, C. T., 132 Fox-hunters, two old, 445 Giles, Daniel, o f Bell Inn, 94 Frampton, Rev. T. S., 95 Giles, John, butcher, 377 Franchise extension since 1832, 71 Ginger-bread baker, noted, 386, 409-410 Frankpledge, 13, 68, 79 Girls’ Public Day-School Trust, Limited, 281 Fraser, James, veterinary surgeon, 421 Glanvill, Bishop Gilbert de, 10-11, 77, 93 Frederic, Prince o f Wales, 217, 315 Glass mill, a, 443 Freelands Glassmill Lane, 58, 312, 444 A lead cistern, 200 Glastonbury, John of, 78 Discoveries when rebuilding, 199-200 Glebe land, 439, 441 Its successive owners, 198-199 Glenny, G ., of Bromley Hill, 241 John Juler sets up a claim, 198 Goddard, Rt. Rev. Monsignore, 138 Mansion and estate, 198-200 Godewyn, John (1507), 129 Mr. Pott improves footpaths, 200 Golf, 337-339 Purchased by a Roman Catholic Order, 138 G olf clubs Freelands Road, 434 Beckenham, an old club, 338 Freeman, Charles (“ Dandy ” ), 12, 24, 46, 91, 185, Blackheath (17th cent.), and other clubs, 337 202, 203, 286, 387, 388, 442 Bromley and Bickley (1891), 337-338 Free School of Guildford, 416 Sundridge Park (1902), 339 “ Free-warren,” right of, 14, 228 Gomer, W., dairyman, 159, 368 French invasion fears (1797), 199 Gomer, W. W., bowls champion, 341 French, Mark D ., chaplain, 438 Goodhart, the brothers, 323 French, Martine, 136 Goods of Bromley Church (1333), 434-435 French prisoners (1797-1815), 380 Goodwin, Rev. Thomas, 438 French Revolution, the, 42 “ Goodwyns,” Bromley Common, 28, 220 French, the family of, 182 Gordon, General, 176 French, Thomas, of Plasto, 19 Gordon, John, Springhill, 187 Frendisbere, John de, Rector, 14, 13, 79, 138, Gosfridus, Bishop o f Constance, 6 449 Gould, Edward, chemist, 404 Frindsbury and Wickham, 73 Gould, Mr., bishop’s agent, 441 Frog’s Island, why named, 440 Gould’s Cottages, 442 Fry, F., Widmore Grange, 433 Grammar Schools, the old, 281 Fryston, Richard, Rector (1453), T7 Grand Hall, the, 297, 412 Fryston, William, Rector (1448), 450 Grasscombe, Stephen, Vicar, 43 2 Fulham Palace, 81 Gratwicke, Richard, 136 Furlough, John, 233 Gravel, acrimonious meetings about, 423-424 Furnace pot, an iron, 438 Gravel pits, parish, 236, 274, 277, 363, 422, 425 Fyfe, Miss Euphemia, 399 Gravel road, 218 Graves, Thomas, 433 Gabbitas, Richard, 398 “ Great ” and “ Russia ” Meads, 221 Galfredus de Sundresse, 9 Great Plague of London, 145-146, 365, 417 Galfrid, 190 Green, Henry J., 333, 340, 341 Gallon, Thomas, 139 Green, the Misses, 399 Games and pastimes, 314-343 Greenaway, J. and T., 421 Index 4 75

Greene, Joseph, Vicar (1611), 452 Hassall, Richard, 141, 398 Green-Street-Green, 39, 380 Hasted, 3-4, 8, 73, 76, 79, 82, 94, 99, 190, 192, Greenwich Railway, the, 51, 381 227, 228, 385, 441, 442 Greeves, Dr. Frederick, 160 Hastings Road, diversion of, 397, 398 Grete House, the, 28, 36, 207, 366, 380, 382, 439 Hatherstole, T., Vicar (1337), 431 Griffith, Bishop Maurice, 83 Hawkesworth, Dr. John, 31, 36-37, 128, 236 Griffith, Col. Frank, 261, 264, 265, 290, 331 Hawkesworth, Mrs. Mary, 36, 128, 286, 379 Griffith, the brothers, 321, 323 Hawkings, Stanley, 58, 62, 261, 266, 443 Grinsted, Daniel, 31, 263, 382 Hawthorn Cottage, 363 Groombridge, H. and T., 389 Hay, Mrs., of Parkfield, 432 Grote, George, 216, 225, 436 Hay, John Yalden, 432 Grove Park, railway opened to, 31 Hay, William R. G ., 432 Grub Street Journal, 315 Haycock, W. H. (“ Scrutator” ), 310 “ Gryphons,” the, 323 Hayes Place, 46 Guard Place, the, 5 Hayesford, Hayes Lane, 330, 361 Guildford Grammar School, 416 Heal, A. Victor, 208 Guines, Lordship of, 191 Health drunk in glass one yard long, 27 Gundulf, Bishop, 3-6, 8, 10, 76, 105 Heard, W. S., 378 Gunpowder Plot, the, 233 Hearth tax, 19, 368, 396 Guy, William, o f the Rookery, 221 Heaysman, Thomas, 389, 410 Gwydir, Lord, 236, 443 Hebbert, Henry, 129 Gyles, D. and J., 25 Heide, Jan Van de, 60 Gyles, Thomas, Rector (1421-4), 430 Hellicar, Evelyn A., 39, 138 Gymnastic clubs in Bromley, 346-347 Hellicar, Rev. A . G., 37, 113, 123, 128, 143, 288, Gymnastic Hall, College Slip, 347, 378 387, 44°, 443. 453 Hendrie, R., Wigmore, 19 Henry atte Hook (1334), 224 Haines, Rev. F. W., 154 Henry III and V I, Kings, grant charters, 77-78, 81 Hair, Anne, 374 Henry V and V I, Kings, 228, 229 Hair, Hugh, 65, 373 Henry VIII, King Flalf-yearly lands, 35, 36, 2 11 Grants advowson of the rectory, 82 Hall, a postboy, 369 His barber, 228, 233 Hall, John, 160, 296, 301, 369-370, 389 Transfers rectorial rights, 142-143 Hailing, manor house of, 80, 82 Henwood, Paul, 265, 442 Hall’s Farm, 187, 361 Heppel, Miss M. L., b .a., 281-282 Halpenny, John (1333), 139 Heriots and Quit rents, 17, 142 Hambledon, Hants, cricket at, 314 Hethe, Bishop Hamo de, 14, 15 Hambro family and golf, 338 Hethe, Walter de, Rector (1349), 449 Hambro, Sir Everard and Angus, 338 Hetherington, Rev. W., 172, 437 Hamilton, Archibald, 37, 70, 461 Heyward, Stephen (1473), 433 Hamilton, George James, 137 Hibbert, Booth, 284, 420-421 Hamo de Hethe, Bishop, 79, 106, 132 Hibbert’s Pond, Park Road, 420, 434 Hamonde, Henry, Rector (1403), 430 Hichins, Capt. C. F., 45 Hand, C. S., schoolmaster, 283 Hand-bell ringing, 408 S i f i , Hankey, Tom, banker, 313 High School for Girls, 281 Harenc, Benjamin, jun., 303 “ Highway Bush,” 203 Harker, Charles R., 125 Highwaymen at Bromley, 38-39 Harleian Collections, the, 233, 375, 449 Hildyard, Miss, 174 Harman, R. V., 61, 296, 369 Hills, Christofer, Vicar (1376), 432 Harradine, Joseph, 366 Hillyard, Commander, on tennis, 333 Harriers, packs of, 310 Hilly Fields, Plaistow, 187 Harris, G ., sexton, 129, 133 Hilsey, Bishop John, 20, 82 Harris, Mr., butcher, 412 Hinchliffe, Louisa, 160 Harris, T., of “ The Parke,” 19 Hind, Jacob, shoemaker, 408 Harris, W. J., librarian, v History o f Bromley Harrison, Abraham, 172 Dunkin’s, and working copy, 378, 379 Harrison, C. C., 347 Freeman’s (1832), 388 Harrison, J. and A ., Shawfield, 202 Recent attempts to write one, v-viii Harry, Sir, Rector (1300-1), 431 Strong’s (1838), 393 Harte, Sir Parcyvall, 434, 456 Wilson’s (1797), 375 Hartley, Rev. Marshall, 160 Hitchens, Canon A. S., 177, 458 Harvey, John, Vicar (1646), 452 Hitching-posts, 406 Harwood, Mr., bishop’s chaplain, 33 Hoare, Charles, o f Kelsey, 323 Haryngton, Sirs Hugh and John, 433 Hobby-horses, 342 HassalT, Elizabeth and Percivall, 398 Hockey, 333-337. 4 7 6 Index

Hodder, M. H., 166 Illustrations, list of, xiii-xvi Hodder-Williams, Sir E ., vi Ilott, Dr. Cyril, 375 Hodges, John, Vicar (1627), 452 Ilott, Dr. Herbert J ., 39, 298, 375 Hodges, Richard and Mrs., 381 Ilott family, the, 200-201, 397 Hodges, T. L., m.p., 70 Ilott, Jas. W., surgeon, 3, 57, 259, 373 Hodgson, Rev. W., Plaistow, 154 Ilott, Miss, 113 , 440 Hoggart, Robert, 436 Ilott, Montagu, 347 Holding, Enoch, solicitor, 373 Ilott, Thomas, surgeon, 200, 375 Holland, W., at Bethel Chapel, 161 Ilsley, E ., 223 Hollingsworth, Richard, 133 Inclosure permitted, an, 436 Holloway Farm, Chinbrook, 239 Incorporation Holmes, John, surveyor, 365 Charter Day festivities, 264-265 Holwood, Wm. Pitt at, 46 Charter granted August 1903, 264 Holwood Road, 55, 424, 443 Committee formed, 263 Holworthy, J. M., 113, 173, 176, 433 Meeting at Drill Hall, February 1902, 263 Holworthy, Richard, 88 Previous proposals to obtain, 263 Holy Trinity, Church of the, 223 Resolved to petition H.M. to grant, 263 Home-brewed beer, 381 Inderwick, W., 315 Home Counties Magazine (1899), 177 Indiscretion of a J.P ., 377 Home Defence Force, 43 Ing, an, o f land, 11 Homefield Road (1882), 435 Ingles, J., captain o f fire brigade, 62 Homesdale Road, 2 11 Ingles, W. H., saddler, 400 Homewood, Mr. and Mrs. J. R ., 164 Inglesche, Thomas (1476), 433 Homoeopathic Hospital, 300, 404, 434, 436 Inglethorpe, Bishop Thomas de, 78 Hone’s Table Book (1837), i i o - m , 13 1, 148, 444 Innocent, Eleonora, 91, 143, 199, 286, 420 Hood, E ., a clever grinder, 409 Innocent, Richard, 420 Hook Farm, 212, 223, 224, 361 Innous, George, jun., tailor, 404 “ Hooke,” the, 208 Innous, John, tailor, 143, 302, 368, 404, 441 Hooker’s Place, High Street, 379 Inn, remains o f an old, 388 Hope Park Tennis Club, 333 Inn sign, an old one lost, 408 Hop gardens, 38, 361, 442 Inquisitions, 9, 230, 231 Hopton, G., Kent Rovers F.C., 326 Inspector o f Nuisances, 260 Hopton, James, 62, 399 Institutions and societies, 293-306 Hopton, the Misses, 396 International Tea Co., 381 Horsburgh, E. L. S., i, vi, viii, 283, 334 Inventor, a boxed, 419 Horse racing in Bromley, 311 Inventory of church goods (1553), 129, 434-456 Horsey, William, Rector (1302), 451 Inventory, a quaint, 417 Horsley, Bishop Samuel, 90 Isaacs, L., m.p . for Walworth, 328 Hospitals, 39, 298-300, 404, 427, 432, 434, 436 Isabella, Queen, 15, 79 Hospital for soldiers, 237 Isard, Edward, 302, 388 How, James, 160, 387 Isard, fires at Messrs., 61 How,.Thos. and Jas., 139 Isard, John, butcher, 389 Howard, John, 370, 373 Isard, Miss Frances, 398 Howley, Archbishop, 89, 174 Isard, William, 215 Hubberd, Thomas (1344), 141 Isard’s Yard, 390 Hugh, Priest of Bromley, 45 3 Islip, J. and S., 80 Hughes, Dr. H. S., 239, 421, 422 Itinerary o f the town Hughes, John, Vicar (1370), 431 London Road to Market Place, 361-384 Hugone de Bromleghe, 10 Lower High Street to Mason’s Hill, 402-424 Hulle, John atte, o f Hayes, 232 Mason’s Hill, 423-430 Hulls, John, and family, 199 Shortlands Valley from Bromley Hill to Mason’s Hume, Sir Abraham, 242 Hill, 436-446 Humfrey, W., pawnbroker, 390 The Market Place, 385-401 Humphrey, John, 364 Widmore Road and New Bromley, 431-436 Hundred of Bromley and Beckenham, 68, 454 I Zingari team, 323 * “ Hundreds ” of the County o f Kent, 434 “ Hungry Forties,” the, 50 Jack Cade’s Insurrection, 16, 17 Huntingdon, Selina, Countess of, 160-161 Jackson, A. P., 157, 138 Hunting in Bromley, 309-310 Jackson, Col. Samuel, 236 Huntsman and cricketer, an old, 404 Jackson, Joseph, Vicar, 452 Hustings in the market-place, 70 Jackson, Sir T. G., r .a ., iio , 115 Hustings W ills, Sharpe’s, 233 James, Alderman R. W., 165, 263, 287, 334 Hutchinson, Jonathan, 59 James and With, Messrs., 384 Hyde, E., draper, 401 James, the Hon. Cuthbert, m.p., 71, 461 Hyde family, the, Wigmore, 196 James, M. R., Churches of Kent, 118 Hyde Park, Volunteer reviews, 43 James II proclaimed in Bromley, 26-27 Index 4 7 7

James, W., and first telephones, 287 “ King’s Rector ” surveys Church property, 431 Janaway, Thomas, of Chelsea, 130 Kinnaird, Lord Arthur F., 37,183, 285, 323, 326, 334 Janwood, Matthew, 25 Kinnaird Park Syndicate, 58, 184 " Jawbone Lane,” Bickley, 205 Knight, Alice, 29 Jefferys, Sir Jeffrey, 221 Knight, Edmund, 207 Jessop, George, jun., 430 Knight family, the, 18 1, 186 “ Jeu de Paume,” or Tennis, 332 Knight, Mary (? M. K.), 207 Joans, Richard, ostler, 429 Knight, Oliver, 224 John o’ Groat’s, a ride to, 344 Knight, Robert, 29, 207, 224 Johnson, Dr. Samuel, 36, 124 Knight service, 9, 13, 76, 190 Johnson, Goswell, 165 Knight, Thomas, brewer, 28, 207 Johnson, Mrs. (“ Tetty ”), 37, 126 Knight-Thornhill Mansion, 36, 380 Johnson, Thomas, Vicar (1684), 452 Knightly family, the, 240-241 Jones, Dr. A . Orlando, 300, 404 Knight’s fee, 9, 76, 191 Jones, John, barber (1731), 402 Knights of the Bath, 192 Jordan, Peter, 396, 398 Knott’s, Mrs., school, 287, 401 Jordan’s Orchard, 399 Knowles, George, 392 “ Jordan’s Passage,” 396 Knowles, James, 392 Josephine, the Empress, 183 Knowles, W. L ., Kent cricketer, 324 Joshua, Dr., 174 Kropotkin, Prince, 188 Joynson-Hicks, Sir W., 186 Kyd Brook, the, 190 Judge of Prerogative Court, Canterbury, 172 Kyte, Stephen (1493), 139 Jueller, William (1588), 141, 198 Jukes, Thomas, of Bickley, 203 Lacer, Isabella, 121, 232 Juler family, the, 198 Lacer, Richard, Lord Mayor of London Juler, Robert (1503), 141 ' Buys his Bromley property, 209 Jurisdiction o f Manorial Courts, 249 Executors o f his will, 232 Justices o f the Peace, 68, 256 His death and burial in 1361, 231-232 His property in the hands o f trustees, 233 Kelk, Peter, 147, 256 His status, high offices and holdings, 231 Kelly’s Directory, 393 His two wives and children, 232 Kelsey, William, 382 Some items in his will, which is contested, 232 Kemble, Fanny (1809-93), 196 The Lacer Brass (1361) illustrated, 120-121 Kempe, Bishop John, 80 Lacer, Richard, the younger, 232 Kent Archaeological Society, 375 Lake at “ Mill Vale,” 444 Kent County Bowling Assocn., 340, 341 Lamb, Misses S. and M., 368, 378 Kent County Football Assocn., 328-329 Lambert, W., cricketer, 317 Kent churches, dedication of, 107 Lambeth Palace Library, 22 Kent, Hasted’s History of, 228 Lammas lands, 2 11, 256, 440 Kent, parliamentary divisions, 70, 71 Landon, Rev. J. T. B., chaplain, 177, 437, 458 Kernellation, Statute of, 228 Land tax (1771), 20 Keston, Mark, 5, 2 11, 212, 218-2x9, 220, 334 Lane, John, o f Guildford, 416 Keystone of Shortlands Bridge, 440 Lanfranc, Archbishop, 5, 76, 77 Kickley’s Farm, 353 Lan'ganleage (Langley), 3 Kidbrook Farm, Blackheath, 350 Langdon, Bishop John, 16, 80 Kighley, Henry (1520), 140, 141 Langeleye, Hawysie de, 376 Kincaid, Mr., o f Plaistow, 185 Langley Park, Beckenham, 233 King, a blacksmith, 364 “ La Place,” Lambeth, 82 “ King and Queen,” the, 388 Lascoe Charity, 301-302, 374, 394, 406, 407-408 King, Arnold, 181, 186, 207 Lascoe family, from 1673, 407-408 King, Archdeacon Edward, 91 Lascoe, John, Elizabeth, Thomas, and William, 216, King, Bishop Walker, 90, 126, 173, 254, 437 301, 302, 407-408 King family, the, 18 1, 183, 186, 220 Lathes, 68 King, G., overseer (1890), 355 Latimer, Thomas le, 231 King, J. (“ Cheery Jack ” ), draper, 328, 340, 408 Latimer, William le, 209, 231 King, John, and his wife, o f Tuppington, 207 Latten candlesticks, 43 3 King John grants weekly market (1203), 77 Latter and Willett, Messrs., 231-232, 273, 373, 376, King, John, of Milk Street, 187 383, 388, 397, 439 “ King of Delhi,” the, 387 Latter, Capts. E. and B. H., 43, 305 King, Rev. James, 91, 278, 442 Latter, Edward, 28, 43, 93, 216, 305, 375, 439 King Richard IPs badge, 418 Latter family, the, 439 King, Walsingham, 186, 220 Latter, Robert Booth, 294, 439 Kinge, Robert, of the Cross Keys, 23, 396 Latter, Robinson, 28, 57, 258, 239, 302, 323, 432 Kingfishers on the Ravensbourne, 444 Laud, Archbishop, 84 King’s boundaries, the, 5 Laumann, Louis Rossini, 355 “ King’s Evil,” the, 147 Laurel Inn, the, 363 4 7 8 Index

“ Lauriston,” London Road, 364 Local Government, 249-267 Lawn Tennis Club, 332-335 Local Government Acts, 63, 257-258, 261, 423 Lawrence de St. Martin, Bishop, 78 “ Lodge Farme,” 367, 438 Lawrence, G ., 265 Lodge to Bromley Hill Place, 439 Lay subsidies, 15, 209, 376 Loe, Mr. and Mrs. D. P., 438 Lea, E . T., solicitor, 263, 264 Loftus, G. W. F., 263, 32$, 340 Lead cisterns, 88, 200, 221 Loly, Gustav, 154, 184, 285 Leatherdale, John and Mrs., 421 London and County Bank (1865), 63, 303, 400 “ Leather-sealers,” 69, 251 London, Chatham and Dover Railway, 51 Ledger, a novel business, 397 “ London clay,” outcrop of, 436 Ledger, W., quaint epitaph, 136, 417 London County Council, the, 50 Lee, Ambrose, “ Bluemantle,” 265 London Football League, the, 329 Lee, Archdeacon John, 169 London Itinerant Society, 161 Lee, Edmund, of Dorking, 417 London Lane, widening of, 185 Lee (or Lees), Edmund, Vicar (1670), 452 “ Long ” and “ Short Shots,” 212 Lee, Michael, o f the White Hart, 26, 416, 417 Long, Amelia, afterwards Lady Farnborough, 242 Lee-Wamer, Edward, 95 Long, Capt. Charles, o f Lewisham, 241 Lee-Wamer family, the, 17 1, 172 Long, Charles Leigh, Sir John, of Addington, 370 Buys Bromley Hill Place, 240-241 Leigh, Thomas, chaplain, 45 8 Created Baron Famborough, 242 Lely, Sir F. S. P., 461 His art treasures and beautiful gardens, 242-244 Lemans, Margaret (1484), 138 His life and association with Pitt, 241-242, 245 Lennard, Sir Stephen, 172 Some o f his appointments, 242 Lepper, J. H., 297, 332, 334, 368 Long, Charles Beeston, 241 Lets, William, 25 Long, Lt.-Col. Samuel, his characteristics, figure Lewes, George H., 209 in Bromley life, marriages, and death, 246 Lewisham Parish Records, 241 Long family, the, 240-241 Lewisham, Thomas, Rector (1439), 450 Longley, Archbishop, 155, 440 Lewisham, Viscount, 44, 70, 461 “ Long Robin ” of Bromley, 316 . Library Gardens, the, 59 Longsdon, R., o f Church House, 440, 442 Lighton, Sir Christopher, 210 Longwill, Rev. D. F., 163 Liflywhite, John, 320, 322 Lord o f the Manor, 9, 16, 35, 53, 57, 2 11, 399 Lind, Edward G ., Sundridge, 192 Lord’s Cricket Ground pavilion, 320 Lindsay, the Hon. Hugh, 182, 353 Loveday, J., 294 Linn, Amelia, o f Bromley Hill, 246 Lovelace, T., Esq., 454, 456 Linn, James, 245 Love Lane, 422, 433 Liofshema (Lewisham), 3 Lovell, Howard, 337 Lisbon earthquake, the (1755), 221 Lovell, Rev. R. H., 163-164 Literary and Discussion Society, 390 Lowe, Bishop John, 16, 81 Literary Institute, the Bromley, 293-296 Lowe, Simon, o f Hook Farm, 224 Effect of the public library opening, 295 Lowe, Timothie, 29 Extracts from its “ Prologues ” at Christmas, 296 Lower High Street (itinerary), 402-424 Founded in 1845, 293 Lownds’ Avenue, 418 Its Christmas entertainments, 295-296 Lownds, William, o f the White Hart, 418 Its primary objects and achievements, 294-295 Lowrence, F., shipping agent, 366, 379 Its various premises, 294, 295, 400, 432 Lubbock, Henry, sportsman, 310 Names of its first officers and founders, 294 Lubbock, Sir John, Bart., 70, 245, 287, 350, 460, 461 Literary institutes established in Britain, 293-294 Lucas, F., 158 Littlegrome, Andrew (1513), 140, 141 Lucas, Rev. E ., 165 Liverton Manor, Yorks, 231 Lukey, H. C., 63, 381, 432 “ Livery ” of the early nineteenth century, 404 Lukey, H. J., 381 Lloyd, Maurice and Mrs., 418 Lycett, Sir Francis, 160 Local Board, 258-261 Lych gate, the, 113 , 440-441 Acrimonious election o f 1881, 260 Lynton House, Widmore Road, 374 Becomes the Burial Board, 258 LysonVEravrowr o f London (1796), 78, 228 Clerks to the Board, 439 Contest with the Ratepayers’ Association, 259 McAndrew, T. and W., 427 First election and officers (1867), 258 Macaulay, Lord, 23, 86, 196, 271 Its actions criticised, but vindicated, 258-260 Mace, the Town, 265 Make some creditable appointments, 260 Machinations of an apothecary, 370-371 Purchase Martin’s Hill (1878), 258 McIntyre, T. C., Alderman, 265 Purchase Queen’s Mead (1887), 261 Mackenzie, J., o f Plaistow, 183 Replaced by Urban District Council, 261 McKewans, the, o f Bickley, 323 Satirised in Bromley Bells, 259 Madatchey, John, 311 School of Science and Art presented to it, 288 Madden, Dr. E . M., 300 Sells its gravel-rights to Mr. Devas, 424 Madeira Avenue, springs in, 436 Index 4 7 9 “ Madras Model ” National School, 277 “ Marvels,” 353 Magdalen College, Oxford, 176, 177-178, 457 Masonic Hall, the, 427 Magdalene College, Cambridge, 203 Mason’s Hill Fair, 429 Magpie Hall Lane, 217 Mason’s Hill Pond, 429-430 Maidstone Assizes, 253, 427 Mason’s Hill School, 279, 426 Mail Coaches, Royal, 64 Mason’s Hill widening, 428 Makepeace, Robert, 135, 353 Master of the Workhouse, election of, 25 5 Malden, H. E ., 288 Mathewe, Richarde, 454 Mallett, Alderman W. R., 184, 263, 369, 378 Maunder, W., baker, 387, 412 Mallett, W. L ., builder, 378 Maundrell, H., 452 Maltby, Thomas, Plaistow, 182 Maunsell, J., curious inscription to, 125 Malt House, Vale Place, 422 May, John, brandy dealer, 406, 435, 461 Mandy, the house of Richard, 373, 376 Maydon, George, draper, 408 Mann, John, churchwarden, 130 Mayor, Bromley’s first, 290 Manning, Samuel, fireman engineer, 62 Mayoral Chain, the, described, 265 Manor and Palace of Bromley, 73-98, 92 Mayor’s Fund, the, 303 Manor of Bromley Mayors of Kentish boroughs, 264 Area in 1086, 7 Medhurst, F., 263, 340, 401 Dates back to 967 A .D ., 105 Medhurst, Messrs., Ltd., 52, 385, 400, 401 Intact at time o f Domesday, 190 Medical institutions, 297-300 O f small value and unproductive, 78 Medical Officer o f Health, 260 Purchased by Coles Child, Esq., in 1845, 47 Mellon, H. H., 297 Restored to John Warner (1660), 84, 145 Menish, W., Bromley Lodge, 423 Richard Lacer possesses it, 232 Mercia and Kent, Kings of) 4 Sold to Augustine Skinner (1647), 84> *44 Merton, Bishop Walter de, 309 Taxable value of it in 1255, 12 Methodist Chapel at Widmore, 197 “ Manor or Manson House,” contents o f the, 93 Metropolitan Police Force, 69 Manorial Courts, 9, 16, 249 Meynell, Godfrey, Shawfield, 126, 202 Manorial disputes, 9 “ Middle Row,” Market Square, 262 Manorial system, the, 62-63, 249 Middleton, C. S., coachbuilder, 413 Mansfield, Reuben, farmer, 217 Middleton, William, Rector (1440-8), 450 Map o f the parish and surroundings (1862-8). See Mid-Kent Railway Co., 51, 236, 423 end of the volume. Miles, J. D., 59 Map o f the parish, Strong’s, 393 Milestones, the, 362 “ Mark,” the, explained, 218-219 Military service, 76 Market day changed, 5 3 Milk Street, 18 1, 187 Market House, the, 26, 52, 383, 386 Mill, a water, 231 Market, leased by bishops, 16 Millen, Samuel, constable, 38, 402 Market-place (itinerary), 385-401 Mill on the Ravensbourne, 444-446 A bygone important inn, 388 Its lake or dam, 444 An Elizabethan bow-windowed inn, 398 Reference to it in Domesday, 444 An old inn the subject o f a token, 396 Reference to it in Edward I’s reign, 445 Evidence o f its rural aspect in i860, 385 Reference to it in Henry I ll’s reign, 445 Fairs, weekly markets, and elections, 385-386, 387 Referred to by Jack Cade, 45 Glee Union in Market House (1861), 388 Used for purposes o f com, lenses, paper, blanket Houses on its east side, 392-397 making, and glass, 445 Houses on its north side, 387-391 Mill Pond, the picturesque, 445-446 Houses on its south side, 396-397 Mills, Charles (afterwards Sir), 70, 71, 461 Houses on its west side, 397-401 Mills, Henry, Plaistow Hall, 185 House o f Dunn, their family record, 393-394 Mills in Bromley, 6, 7, 76, 78 Illustration o f it about 1850, 386 Mills (“ Long Robin ”), Kent cricketer, 316 Its old Market House, 385 Mills, Margaret, o f Chevening, 29, 122 James 13 proclaimed king (1685), 26-27 “ Mill Vale,” Martin’s Hill, 438, 443, 444 Rhyming skit on tallow melting in the, 389 Mitchell, Alfred, postman, 412 Town Hall built (1863-4), 399—400 Mitchell, James, baker, 387 Trees in the Square, 385 Modem Bromley, 48-71 Widenings o f entrances into, 54, 391, 392, 397 Modingahema, 3 Market, the weekly, 77-78, 258, 385 Moger, Harry (1524), 129 Mamy, Alice and William, 233 Moinet, Dr. Charles, 166 Marriage o f Edward Prince of Wales (1863), 42 Moissard’s house, 354 Marsh, Richard, Vicar (1663), 452 Momforde, William, churchwarden, 454 Marshall, Mrs. Mary, 390 Monk, Elizabeth, 127-128 Marshall’s Farm, 187 Monumental inscriptions in Bromley Church, 88 Marshall’s Yard, 390 Moore, E. H., schoolmaster, 286 Martin, E., grocer, 400 Mooreland Road, No. 12, 188 Martin’s Hill, 51, 57-58, 256, 258, 264, 437, 443 Moore, Mrs., at Freelands, 199 480 Index

Morden College, Blackheath, 175 New railway to North Station, 438 Morden, Sir John, 172, 175, 459 Newland, C. L., cyclist, 344-345 Morgan, Dr. Chas., 378 Newnham, Charles, 255, 258 Morgan, Hughes and Willey, Drs., 400 Newnham, Thomas, o f Southborough, 208 Morley Institute, the, 432 Newsham’s fire engine (1720), 60 Morley, Thomas, 283, 369 Newspapers of Bromley, 66-68 Morley, Samuel, M.P., 163 Nicholl’s, Rev. Thomas, school, 420 Morley’s Academy, 283, 369, 401 Nicholson, Philip, murderer, 39 “ Morley’s Bull Dogs,” 283 Nicholson, Rev. Thomas, 163 Mortimer, W., sen. and jun., 445 Nicholson’s skull, 39 Mortimer, William, m.f .h ., 310 Nickalls, Conrad, 61-62, 389 Mosaic Law, reference to, 351 Nickalls, Patterson, 310, 461 Mottingham, 5 Nickalls, Tom, Master of Staghounds, 310 Mount Misery, Plaistow, 187 Nightingale, T . J ., 381 Mowat, James, tailor, 322, 404 Night-watchmen, 251 Mowat, Jno. A., 323, 387 Noad, D . J., 202 Moysey, Abel, o f Church House, 441 Nonconformist chapels, 159-166 Mucros, Emily, of Killarney, 246 Nonconformists, the first, in Bromley, 197 Muffet, W. and C., builders, 368 Norman, A. C., j .p., 226, 331, 338, 459 Mullen, R. G ., 266, 329, 355 Norman, C. L., 153, 222, 225, 459 Mullett, Francis, 411 Norman Conquest, the, 5 Mumford, Miss, 305, 390 Norman family, the, 224-226 Municipal Buildings, the, 434 Association with Bromley for 170 years, 226 Murder of Mr. and Mrs. Bonar, 396 Benefactions to Bromley Common Church, 153 Murray, Bishop George, d.d., 49, 91-92, 143, 153, Five members treasurers o f Bromley College, 178 174, 201-202, 278, 459 How they acquired their land, 215 Murray, Canon Francis, 91 Their first connection with Bromley, 224 Musard, R. and W., o f the White Hart, 376 Norman, F. H., 261, 264, 266-267 Museum intended for Bromley, 414 Norman, Mrs. G ., and highwaymen, 38 Musical family, a, 439 Norman, George, o f The Rookery, 43, 44, 91, “ Musical Nunnery,” the, 303 134, 137, 214, 216, 220, 224, 284, 441, 457, 459 Musical societies, 303-306 Norman, G . W ., o f The Rookery, 89, 153, Muster Rolls at Record Office (1803-7), 43 156, 197, 208, 222, 256, 294, 316, 317, 318, Mynn, Alfred, cricketer, 318, 320 350, 459 Norman, James, of The Rookery, 9 1,14 3 , 199, 213, Napier and Stanley Roads, 430, 431 222, 224, 286, 420, 441, 459 Napoleonic Wars, 42-43, 183, 349 Norman, Philip, ll.d., f .s.a., v, vii, 20, 176, 184, Napoleon III, Emperor, 114 214, 220, 225-226, 282, 310, 312, 381, 430 Nash and Co., pastrycooks, 410 North, William, solicitor, 17 1 Nash and Milstead, Messrs., 421 Norton, Charles, 62 Nash, J. and B., silk mercers, 63, 319, 381 Notable business, a, 381 Nash, John, silk mercer, 302, 381, 426, 432 N otes on Bromley Church, Hellicar’s, 112 Nash’s first draper s shop, 406 Nurse, H., of Turpington, 208 National Schools, 278, 279, 378, 432 Nursery Ground, College Slip, 377, 378 “ National Society,” the, 277 Nye, Henry, 68 Naturalist’s Society (1888), 297 Needom’s Field (1697), 419 Oakley Farm, 361 “ Neelgherries,” 53, 58-59, 263, 284, 413 Oakley House, 212, 220 Neolithic man, 3 Oast-houses, 361, 362 Nesbit, Peter, carrier, 41-42 Odo, Bishop o f Bayeux, 5-6, 76 Nettlefold, Abraham, 365, 419, 440 Offa, King o f Mercia, 75 Nettlefold, John (“ Jacky ” ) “ O h ! smells o f grease,” a skit, 389 His attempts to provide amusement, 419 “ Old and New Style ” explained, 93 His eccentricities and dress, 419 “ Old Etonians ” F.C., 325, 326 His patent ballot-box fiasco, 419 Old Surrey Foxhounds, the, 309-310 His prologue at Christmas entertainment, 296 Oliver, Corpl. Percy, 45 Hon. Sec., Literary Institute, 295 O’Meara, Rev. J ., Roman Catholic priest, 158 Nettleton, Robert, of Freelands, 199 Orchard Place, 380 New Bromley development, 155, 198, 434 Orchestral Society, the, 305 New Cross Turnpike Roads Board, 397 Osborn, E. B., and a quaint epitaph, 137 “ New Cut ” or New Road Osborne, Stephen, 413 Constructed by Act of Parliament (1830), 52, 397 Osmar, W., brewer, 425 H. G. Wells’s birthplace here, 401 Overlord, the, 249 Houses on its western side, 400-401 Overseers, the, 256, 355, 402 Newell, Rev. J. E., 135, 173, 209, 277, 440, 433 Overton, Roger, and wife, 142 New Farm, South Hill, 361, 425 Owen, R. and P., 351 Index 481

Packe, Edward, 199, 340 Many shrines in mediseval times, 138 “ Paddock,” the, 361 Memorials in the tower, 129 Page, George, builder, 418 Monuments, existing and lost, 120, 123-129 Pain, H. H., 334 Mrs. Samuel Johnson’s grave, 37 Paine, A. J. and W., 443 New chancel built, 115 Paine, Thomas, 443 New organ given in 1874, 114 Palace Estate, the, 430, 432 New reredos described, 116 Palace Farm, the, 361, 362, 443 No mention of one in Domesday, 8 Palace Villas, 434 North aisle and catacombs built, 1 1 1 , 443 Pamphilon, George and G . F., 374 Old sacristy doorway, n o , 120 Pamphilon, the house of, 373-374 Old south door described, 110, 1x9-120 Pancake Bell, the, 148 One built between 1250 and 1400, 110 Panels at “ Pixfield,” 28, 439 Penance o f Ann Chapman (1770), 40-41 “ Pannels,” about some little, 95-96 Perpetual Vicars appointed, 143 Paraphrasis of Erasmus, 1 3 3 , 4 5 5 Plate chest robbed (1791), 39-40, 134 Parish Church Portrait o f Richard Wendover, 11-12 Additional accommodation needed, m , 113 Records in the vestry safe, 250 Almost entirely reconstructed, 112 -113 Registers, the, 20, 24, 123 Ancient customs in, 148 Relics of a mediaeval one, 110 Arched recess, the, n o , 1x7, 118 -119 Restorations of eighteenth and nineteenth Armed Association Meeting at, 43 centuries, 1 1 1 , 112 -113 Bequests for buildings, lights, etc., 138 -14 1 Results o f the 1829-30 operations, 112 Between 1115 and 1124, 76 Satisfies requirements for seven centuries, 153 Bishops appropriate rectorial revenues, 143 Scheme for a new chancel (1872), 114 Brasses and inscriptions, 120, 12 1-12 3 , 127-128 Sedilia, 115 Chancel, aisle, screen, and pulpit, 115 The belfry and bells, 1 1 1 Chancel consecration memorial, 123 The structure, 109-1x6 Changes effected between 1873 and 18 8 4 ,113 -114 The Thornhill brass, 29, 12 1-12 2 “ Chapel o f the Resurrection,” 125 The tower described, iio - i i i , 129-132 Church ornaments sold, 133 Tithes and glebe leased, 143 Church plate in seventeenth and eighteenth Vicarage built (1868), 143 centuries, 133, 134-13 5 Walter de Hethe’s brass, 120 Coffin found under the sacrarium, 123 Yonge, brass to Bishop, 123 Cost of 1829 restoration, 112 - 113 Parish Church Sunday School, 290 Credence table, 118 , 119 Parish Church vaults, 183 “ Curates in charge,” 20 Parish Churchyard Dedication arguments, 107-108 “ Blow Borrious Blow,” etc., epitaph, 137 Dr. Hawkesworth’s monument, 37, 128 Coffin-plate o f T. Chase, 129 Easter Sepulchre, 118 -119 Discovery o f parish papers in, 272 East window, the, 1 1 1 - 1 1 2 , 113 , 115 Elaborate tombs in, 136, 406 Epitaph, a baffling brass, 127 Enlarged to the west in 1843, 113 Establishment of a Charity School, 273 Enlarged to the east in 1866, 113 Excavations necessary to ascertain its age, 109 Gravestones, quaint or interesting, 13 5 - 137 Excursus on the date o f its foundation, 105-106 Lych gate erected 1855, 113 Faculty pew, a, 123 Yew trees there in sixteenth century, 141 Fire engine kept there, 112 Parish Clerks, 253, 387 First record of one in Bromley, 105 Parish meetings, 113 -114 , 278 Font, the Norman, 109, 117 Parish posts, or boundaries, 356 Gothic windows transformed, 1 1 1 Parish Room, the, 297 High-backed pews and “ three-decker,” 1 12 Parish Registers Illustration o f it in 1797, 375 Analysis o f baptisms in five reigns, 144 Image o f St. Blaise in, 100 Bromley’s first book dated 1558, 144 Improvement Fund established, 1x5 Burial o f Bishop Buckeridge, 83, 146 Improvements between 1830 and 1873, 113 , 114 Burial o f John Reynolds, 146 Incumbents as Rectors, 14 1-14 2 Burial o f John Thornhill, etc., 30, 31 Interior and churchyard, 117 -13 7 Burials o f persons killed, 146 Inventory of Church goods (1553), 132-3, 454-6 Election of Bishop Horsley, 146 Its beauty in media;val times, 138 Funeral of Bishop Young, 146 Its belfry and bells, 129-13 3 John Lawson lends £400, 147 Its clock, dated 1777, 1 1 1 Ordered to be kept by Queen Elizabeth, 144 Its monumental inscriptions, 88 “ Plague ” victims, burials of, 145-146, 365 Its organ, 113 Reference to the Cross Keys Inn, 396 King Edward V I and church goods, 455-456 Reference to the “ King’s Evill,” 146-147 Lacer brass, dated 1361, 121 Reward for apprehending a felon, 147 List of Rectors and Vicars, 449-453 The Plough Inn referred to, 218 Loss of rectorial status, 20 “ Widmore ” referred to, as such, 194 ‘ 31 4 8 2 Index

Parish Vestry Penenden Heath, Maidstone, 6, 39, 76 Board of Health established, 257 Penny, Edward, artist, 176 Dr. Hawkesworth and overseership, 256 Penton, Charles, clockmaker, 252 Ecclesiastical functions of, 252-253 Pepys, Samuel, his D iary, 203 Erect galleries in the church, 252 Percy, Bishop Hugh, 91 Establishes a workhouse, 254, 256 Pershall, E. and R., o f Ravenscroft, 428 Its fidelity as guardian of rights, 256 Pest House, the, 24, 365 Its two-fold purpose, 250 Pest House Field, 365, 367 Permits enclosure on The Common, 252 Petit, Cyriac, 191 Petition for an Enabling Act, 257 Peyton, R., Commissioner, 214 Provides a clock for the church, 252 Phantom Velocipede Club (1871), 343 Quaint treatment for hydrophobia, 257 Philanthropic Society, the, 301-303, 370, 374, 399, Quarrels with the Bishop, 254-255 405, 406, 407, 408 Secular functions of, 25 3-25 5 Philanthropic spirit in Bromley, 33 Superseded by the Local Board, 258 Philharmonic Society, amateur, 306 The “ Cage ” repaired in 1820, 257 Philipot, John, 227-228, 235 Very active in early nineteenth century, 256-257 Phillips, Dr. Robert E ., 300, 404, 436 Vicar’s contention about its clerk, 25 3 Phillips Memorial Hospital, 58, 300, 427, 432 Virulent meetings described, 255-256 Phillips, Rev. John, o f Woolwich, 164 Wandering “ hoggs ” in the street, 257 Phillips, T. Adams, 427 Parkfield, Widmore Lane, 432 “ Pickwick,” the original of, 282 Park Hill, Bickley, 204 Picture in Lord’s Cricket Pavilion, 320 Park House, Beckenham Lane, 375, 438 Pierce, Dr. Thomas, 169 Park Road, 434 Piers, Bishop John, 83 Parliament, a smoke-room, 383-384 Pieters, John, schoolmaster, 43, 284 Parliamentary Borough o f Bromley, 461-462 Pieters’ Lane, 298, 427 Parliamentary elections and candidates, 385, 387, Pigot’s Directory (1839), 425 419, 460-462 Pike, Thomas, Vicar (1666), 452 Parliamentary history of Bromley, 69-71 Pimlico, rail terminus at, 51 Parliamentary Survey (1646), 93 Pinder, the, 251 Parochial excitement, 113 , 114 Pines Road, Bickley, 205 Parr, Admiral, 177 Pinewood Road, Mason’s Hill, 427 Parr, Miss E. O., viii, 199, 205 Pippitt, J. and M., 402 Parr, Rev. Willoughby Chase, 176, 177, 458 Pitt, Rt. Hon. William, 43, 183, 224, 241, 242, 245 Parry, Dr., Bishop of Dover, 156 Pitt’s Field, 366 Parry, T., leather-seller, 392, 410 “ Pitt’s Walk,” 245 Partridge, Rev. W., 458 Pix, A ., 454 Partridge, T., o f Mason’s Hill, 427 “ Pixfield,” Beckenham Lane, 375, 439 Passenger, William, j.p., of Plaistow, 127, 185 Plague, the Great, 24-25, 83, 365 Patent Rolls, 230, 451 Plaistow and Farwig, 181-189 Paterson, George, Bromley Hill, 241 Plaistow Pawley, Tom E., 319 A probable British settlement in, 187 Pawley, W., the White Hart, 61, 217, 294, 3 11, Becomes a residential centre, 183 et seq. 319, 320, 417, 418, 442 Church of St. Mary, 154, 184 Pawnbroker, Bromley’s first, 390 Discovery under London Lane (1900), 185 Paxton, Sir Joseph, 188 Its four principal demesnes, 181 Payne and Balding, Messrs., 378 Shuttleworth, W. S., “ Friend o f the Poor, 185 Payne, D., builder, 322, 347 Situation and derivation, 181 Payne, F., auctioneer, 368 Springhill, 186 Payne, G. H., 263, 297, 370 Plaistow Choral Society, 305 Payne, H. and J., cricketers, 322 Plaistow Cricket Club, 55, 324 Payne, Henry (1455), 14° Plaistow, footpaths to, 433 Peach, E., plan of his lands, 437 Plaistow Hall, 18 1, 185-186, 187 Peal of bells, a record, 13 2-13 3 Plaistow Lodge Pearce, Bishop Zachary, 36, 89, 124, 172, 176, 254, Adopted by Quernmore School, 184, 285 „ 457 Bought by Hon. Arthur Kinnaird, 183, 325 Pearce’s, William, Bequest, 172, 457 Date of building, 182 Pearman, Canon A. J., 82, 83 Its gates, 58, 184-185 Peck, Roger (1712), 186 Its important owners, 181-185 Pedes Finium, the, 191 Leased by Thellusson’s Trustees, 182 Peel, Sir Robert, 69, 245 Lord Kinnaird develops the estate, 183 Peerless, James, 370 Presented to Walter Boyd, 182 Peile, Rev. Walter O., 45 8 Plaistow Lodge Estate, boundaries of, 362-363 Pellycan, Thomas, Rector, 450 Plaistow, Samuel, 181 Penance, description of a, 40-41 Plans of land north o f Beckenham Lane, 367, Penebregge, Hugh de, 15, 79, 449 437 Index 483

Platinotype, the inventor of, 427 Proudlove, Thomas, 352, 387, 440 Playfair, Dr. D. T., 421 Prudential Assurance Co., 295 Plough dinners, where held, 350 Psalmody, Jacob’s, 161 Ploughing matches, 348-351 Public Health Acts, 259 Classes for competition, 349 Public Libraries Act, 289 First match at Kidbrook Farm (1829), 350 Public Library, t h e , 59, 250, 252, 263, 295, 357, v How they originated and their purpose, 349 365, 412, 413, 414-415 On Pousty’s Hill and other places, 350 Public Schools, 281 Steam ploughs introduced, 1877, 350 Pump, the Town, 385 West Kent Association in want of funds, 351 Puteoli, John de, 15, 79 West Kent Association comes to an end, 351 Pye-fields, Upper and Lower, 222 Plough Inn, the, 46, 212, 218, 219, 317 Pye House, 222 Plough-teams, 7 Pye, John, Rector (1424-31), 450 Plume, Dr. Thomas, 457 Pykeman, Andrew, Rector (1365), 191, 450 Plumptre, Rev. E . H., 155 Pynsent, John, o f Chudleigh, 192 Plymouth Brethren’s Hall, 166 Pynsent, Robert, of Sundridge, 192 Pocock, James R., Sexton, 135, 412 Pyrke, G., sen., upholsterer, 421 Pocock, W. W., architect, 160 Pocock’s Nursery, College Slip, 377 Quaggy River (or Kyd Brook), the, 443 Poingdestre, A. P., 341 Queen Anne’s Coronation Day, 253 Pole, Katherine atte, 232, 233 Queen Victoria’s Coronation, 394 Police cottages, 396 Queen’s Garden Gates, 58, 184, 185 Police Station, the, 398, 399, 422 Queen’s Head, the, 388 Poll o f the Parish, taking a, 251 Queen’s Mead, acquired, 58, 258, 264 Polsted, T., o f Guildford, 416 Queen’s Road, 432 Pond on Mason’s Hill, 429-430 Quemmore School, 55, 184, 284-286, 324, 333 Poor Law Amendment Bill, 225 “ Quia Emptores ” (1290), 10, 76 Poor Law Guardians, 225, 354 Quinnell, C. H. B., f .r.i .b.a., 426 Poor Rate, the, 250-251, 254 Quint, Mary, 223 Pope, Alexander, 87, 88 Quit rents, 17 Pope Sixtus IV (1471-84), 99 “ Quo Warranto,” Writ of, 13, 14 Population Returns, 20, 32, 45-46, 48-49, 50, 56 Quynton, Sir W m , Priest, 139, 453 Porter, George, 409 Porter, Samuel, draper, 408 Races on Bromley Common, 217, 3 11, 319 Postage Stamps, method of selling, 65 Radmall, J., grocer, 392 Postal services, 64-66 Raikes, Thomas, 199, 137 Postboy’s “ Tap,” a, 435 Railway, coming of the, 32, 44, 48, 50, 51, 55, 424 Posting Houses, 48, 382 “ Railway Mania,” the (1845), 50 Postman’s 43,000 miles’ walk, 412 Rainsford, Robert, Vicar (1630), 452 Postmasters o f Bromley, 64-65, 373, 374, 382 Rangefield Road (Downham), 44 Post Offices in Bromley, 66, 391, 399 Rate books, the Parish, 250, 362, 388, 407, 408, 415, Pott, Anna L., o f Freelands, 126 4I7. 426,4}5.436 , . Pott, Charles, o f Freelands, 129, 199 Rate collector, contested election of, 255 Pott, Robert, o f Bromley, 320 Ratepayers’ Protection Association, 259, 283, 368, Pott, William, 423 390, 412 Potter, the huntsman, 203 Rates, excessive, 50 Pound (or Greenyard), the, 425 Rathbone, Richard, Vicar (1634), 452 Pousty’s Hill, 187, 229, 350 “ Rat’s Castle,” 391 Poynet, Bishop John, 82 Ravensboume, the River Presbyterian Church, 165-166 A mill on it (Domesday), 7. 444- 445 Presbyterianism triumphant, 145 Its catchment area, 196, 443 Preston, John, Vicar (1607), 452 Its course of 10$ milis) 443 Price, Dr. A. E., 265 Its passage through the “ ten acres,” 440 Price, Rev. Andrew, 458 Its source, 445 Primitive Methodist Church, 164-165 ... Its tributaries, 443 Prince o f Wales, Frederick, 318 > Its valley, 436 Prince o f Wales, public-house, 391 Life in, and on, its borders, 27, 3 1:, 444 Prince Regent, the, 318 Rhymes concerning it, 444 Prince’s Plain, Bromley Common, 212, 213, 216, River in flood (1878), 444 Unnamed tributary of it, 97, 426, 443 2x7, 218, 317-319 Ravensboume Road, 415, 424 Prior, Matthew, 87 “ Ravenscroft,” Mason's Hill, 283, 297, 427 Prisoner to Maidstone, conveying a, 396 “ Ravensfell,” built 1858, 284, 413 Prison’s Yard, 380 Rawes’ Academy, 43, 282-283, 369, 370 Procession Oak, 213 Rawlinson, W., builder, 442 Processioners, 455 Protection of life and property, 68-69 Rawson, Rev. A., Bromley Common, 153-154 Ray, Dr., 382 Rochester, Church o f St. Andrew, 3, 4, 5 Ray, Thomas, 377, 382 Rochester Place, 434 Raymond, Hugh, 236 Rochester Registers, 4, 6, 106, 449. See also Raymond, Jones, 181, 187, 236, 459 “ Registrum Roffense.” Rebus o f Abbot Islip, 97 Rochester, smallness o f the See of, 87 Recesses arched, 31, n o , 118 Rocques Map (1763), 25, 364 Record Office, the, 85, 190, 191, 454 Rodgers, J. ). (Shawfield), 202 Record, The Bromley, 57, 66-67 Roe, Rev. Harvey, 165 “ Records of Rochester Diocese,’ 79 Roesia de Berkhampstead, 1 1 Rectorial Courts, proceedings of, 138, 141-143, Rogers & Denyers of Windsor, 401 249, 278 Roger-atte-cherch, Rector (1402-5), 450 Rectorial Manor Rohde, Mr. Major, 220, 304 Bishops grant leases of, 2/, 143 Roman, Edward, Vicar (1686), 452 Carved out from the Manor, 76 Roman remains, 3, 201 Emmett, William, lessee in 1706, 143 Rooke, Wm., Sheriff o f Kent, 27 George Norman parts with his lease, 143 Rookery, the, Bromley Common, 212, 213, 220- Leased on lives, 91 222, 310 Its Roll o f 1650, 442 Rope Walk in Bromley, a, 408 Rectorial rights, 33 Rose, Mrs., bequest to Bromley College, 173, 457 Rectorial status o f incumbents, 451 Rose, Sir Thomas, Curate, 45 3 Rectors and Vicars o f Bromley, 20, 449-451 Rose and Crown, the, 385, 398, 407 Rectory transferred to the Bishops, 20, 45 7 Rose and Crown, Back Lane, Halifax, Yorks, 398 Red Cross Inn, Keston, 218 Rossignon, Mile, 98 Redwood House, built 1720, 284, 419-424 Rouch & Sons, drapers, 408 Redwood, Jeremiah and Mrs., 420 Round, Wm., Beechfield, 200 Reformation, the, 133, 142 Roundabouts, motive power for, 386 Refuse destructor and depot, 263 Routh, Dr. Martin Joseph, 174 Registers, the Parish, 20, 24 Rowland Hill’s hymns, 161 “ Registrum Roffense,” 10, 76, 78, 83, 106, 120, 232 Roxburgh, 6th Duke of, 286 Regulation of Vestries Act, 1663, 249 Royal Oak, the, Farwig, 188 Reid, Messrs., brewers, 384 Royston, Herts, 371 Relics found in a tunnel, 185 Rugebeorg, a Saxon boundary mark, 5 “ Religious of the Holy Trinity,” 158, 198, 199 Rural character north o f Bromley, 350 Religious Tract Society, 163 Ruridecanal Conference, 290 Rendlesham, Baron, 182 Ruskin, John (1819-1900), 196 Reservoirs, 187 Russ (or Rust), an undergraduate, 388 Restoration, the, 22, 441 Ryde, Isle of Wight, iron church from, 156 Reynolds, T., surgeon, 35 Ryder family, the, and Milk Street, 18 1, 187 Ribright, T., oculist, 445 Richard II, King, 416 S------, John, and wife, supposed oldest tomb in Richard de Wendover, First Rector, 78, 109 Bromley, 135 Richardson, John, Rector (1483-4), 450 Sackville, Lord John, and cricket, 315 Richardson, John, Ravensfell, 125, 236, 415 “ Sacryingbells,” 129 Richardson, Murray S., 154, 461 St. Andrew, Rochester, Church of, 3, 4 Richardson, W. R., 415 St. Andrew’s Priory, Rochester, 4, 11 , 75 Richardson’s Show, 386 St. Aubyn, Mr., architect, 278 Rickards, Samuel, of Simpson’s Place, 236 St. Blaise Ridley, Bishop Nicholas, 82 A Bromley fair on his feast day, 100 Rifle Range at Chinbrook, 44 Bishop of Sebaste, notes of, 100-101 “ Right of Common, or Pasture,” 35 Early existence o f chapel probable, 106 Right to recover by Escheat (1454), 142 Gifts to his image in Bromley Church, 100 Ringer, Jeremiah, and Son, 236, 239, 352 His chapel in Westminster Abbey, 100-101 Ringer’s Road, 236, 415, 424 H. Ling Roth concerning him, 100 “ Rise and Fall o f the Commune,” a skit, 259 Notes on an image o f the Saint, 100 Rising Sun, the, 408-409 Some chapels dedicated to him, 100-101 Robbery of mails at Green-Street-Green, 39, 380 The Shrine of, 17 Roberts, Mr. W., surgeon, 200-201, 304, 397 Tradition re dedication to him, 100-101 Robert, Sir (1471-3), 453 St. Blaise’s Day, 16 Rochester, a history of, 77, 84, 87 St. Blaise’s Well, 99-102 Rochester Bishopric, a feudatory, 5 Access to it granted by the Bishop, 99 Rochester, Bishops of, associated with Bromley, Account in Hone’s Table Book, vol. ii, 100 75-92. See also under Fisher, Yonge, Warner, Controversy about its true site, 10 1-102 Dolben, Sprat, Attetbury, Wilcocks, Pearce, Description by T. Reynolds, surgeon, 99 Thomas, Murray. Its position, uses, and condition, 99 Rochester, Bishops of, alienate lands, 190 Particulars o f remittances of penance at, 99 Rochester Cathedral, Warner’s monument in, 84 Relief from diseases from its chalybeate water, 99 Index 485

St. Blaise’s Well— cont. Scott family, memorials to the, 129 Repaired by Mr. Coles Child in 1887, 100 Scott, James, surgeon, his fame and history, 39, 46, The Rev. Harwood re-discovers it in 1754, 99 48, 126, 282, 321, 366, 371-372, 399, 406, 442 St. George’s Church, Bickley, 155, 205 Scott, Dr. John, f .r .c.s., 129, 442 St. James the Apostle’s Day, 16 Scott, John, subscribes to Armada Loan, 29, 36 St. John’s Church, 114 , 156, 198 Scott, Mrs. S., of Church House, 129, 442 St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church, 158 Scott, Esq., Samuel, o f Sundridge, 353 St. Luke’s Church, Bromley Common, 157, 158, 216 Scott, Rev. Thomas, j .p., 49, 92, 174, 177, 200, St. Mark’s Church, 158, 427, 428, 443 282, 458 St. Martin, Abel de, Rector, 79 Scott, Sir Samuel, 329, 331, 339, 340 St. Martin-in-the-Fields, 249 Scott, Sir E . H. and Lady, of Sundridge, 114, 115 , St. Mary Aldermary Parish, 216. / fc 129, 154, 156, 195, 260, 287, 288, 313, 350 St. Mary, Church of, Plaistow, 154, 184, 399 Scott, William, 36, 89, 214, 246 St. Mary’s Hall, Farwig, 189 Scott, William, of the “ Grete House,” 31 St. Paulinus, Shrine of, 77 “ Scott’s Coaches ” run from London, 372 St. Peter and St. Paul, Excursus on this dedication, “ Scott’s Dressing,” 372 107, 232 “ Scrutator,” historian, 310 St. Swithun’s Roman Catholic Church, 139 Scrutton, James, 289 Sale, J., builder, 373 Seeker, Archbishop Thomas, 457 Sale, John, about a spring, 436 Secondary Education, 281 Salmon, John, vestry clerk (1673), 251 Seeley, Prof. H. G ., f .r.s., 288 Salthorn, John, Rector (1362-5), 449 Selby, Capt. F. C., 45 Salubrious Range, 363 Selby, H., of High Street, 378 Salvation Army, the, 166 Selwyn, Rev. E. J., 155 Sancto Martino, Abel de, Rector (1292), 4,13,138,449 S.E. Metropolitan Tramways Co., 262 “ Sanctum,” a, covered with texts, 373 S.E.R. direct route to Tonbridge, 51 Sanctus bell (or saunce), 129, 130 Sermon, an exceptional, 387 Sandon, R. F., 57, 260 “ Servitude ” prizes for farm-hands, 349 Sandys, Robert, Rector (1502), 451 Sevenoaks Parliamentary Division, 461 Sanger’s Yard, 380 Sewerage scheme, 259, 412 Satchell, T., plumber, 401, 413 Sham fight in Camden Park, 45 Satin o f Bridges (Bruges), 454 Sharpe, Rev. C. R., 154 Satterthwaite, Major C., 45, 61, 154, 184, 260, 262 Sharpe, Richard, s.t .b., Rector (1524-8), 139, 451 Satterthwaite, Col. E., 45, 187, 327 Shawfield Lodge, 202 Satterthwaite family, the, 186-187 Shaw, Sir John, 172, 459 Saunders, C. J. H. (“ Tim ” ), 407, 414 Shearman, W., 404, 433 Savings Bank (1816-63), 63, 303-304, 368 Shearman’s Field, 434 Saxon charters, 3-6 Sheep wash Cottage, 212 Saye, Lord (1449), 445 Shelton, William, Rector (1471), 45° Scharynton, John, Rector (1389-91), 450 Shepherd, Miss Fanny, schoolmistress, 286 School Board, 63, 260, 263, 279, 280, 281, 289, 405 Sheppard, Mrs., 173-174, 458 School Field, 278 Sheppey, Bishop John de, 80 Schooling, E. and C. H., 125 Sheriff, or Shire-reeve, 68 Schooling, Mr. and Mrs. F., 125 Sherman, Tom, fast bowler, 322 Schools Shillcock, G., 302 Amesbury House, 286 Shillcock, J. B., chemist, 64-65, 374, 381-382, 400 Baker’s on site o f “ Neelgherries,” 284 Shindler’s Register, at Rochester, 84 Charity schools, the, their history, 271-277 Shirley, J., churchwarden, 130 County, 263, 281, 289, 434 Shopping by the 61ite around Bromley, 381 Hibbert’s on site o f “ Redwood House,” 284 Shooting Common, 212, 223, 314, 354 High Schools for Girls and Boys, 289, 434 “ Short and Long Shots,” Bromley Common, 314 Lady Scott’s at Plaistow, 340 Shortlands Bridge, 440, 443, 444 Miss F. Shepherd’s at “ Elmfield,” 286 Shortlands Golf Club, 339 Morley’s Academy, 283 Shortlands Pumping Station, 187 Mrs. Durand’s at Church House, 286 Shortlands Railway Station, 51, 354 Mrs. Plawkesworth’s in Upper High Street, 286 Shote, Robert (1494), 139, 141 O f Mesdames Brown, James, and Chaikin, 286 Shott, Alis (1499), r39 • 0 Pieters and Compson’s, Ravenscroft, 283-284 Shott family, the, 181, 212, 314 ».'/**■ /*■ / 3 a Quemmore, proprietors and history, 284-286 Shrofholt, Piaistow, 229 Rawes’ Academy, 282-283 Shuttleworth, W. S., and son, 185-186 Some nineteenth-century ones, 287 Sibile, John and Thomas, of Sundridge, 191 Sudden need for, in the nineteenth century, 279- Sigered, King (747), 75 280, 284 Sign of the White Hart, 415-416 Science and Art School, 260, 287, 295, 405, 407 Simon, Dr. I. S., 160 Scory, Bishop John, 83 Simon, G ., of Widmore Lodge, 197 Scott, Sir Claude, o f Sundridge, 129, 137, 192 Simpson, Dr. Francis, l l . d . , 40 486 Index

Simpson, John, 228 Southborough Simpson, Miss Agnes, 118 Described as a hamlet, 205 Simpson, Nicholas, King’s Barber, 228, 235 Southborough Lodge, 204 Simpson (or Sympson), Robert, 228, 234 Tradition, once a feudal barony, 206 Simpson’s Moat, 227 Variations in its name, 205 Simpson’s Place South Hill District, 55, 426, 446 A wild spot, 34 South Hill House, 426, 427 De Bliburgh crenellates it, 14, 229-230 South Railway Station, 425 Its correct history told, 227-238 Southern entrance to Market Place widened, 397 Its owners from 1532-1816, 233-237 Sparkes’ Cottages, Mason’s Hill, 206, 427, 429 Its position described, 227 Sparkes, G ., 58, 284, 413, 414-4x5 Lawsuit ends in favour of Elizabeth Style, 234 Sphairistike, a ball game, 332 Links between de Bliburgh and R. Simpson, 231 Spooner, Geo., 65 Lyson’s and Philipot’s assertions, 228-229 Sport, classified, 307 Misconceptions as to its ownership, 9-10 Sprat, Bishop Thomas, 23, 85-86, 133 Mr. Davis’s contentions about the estate con­ Springhill Estate firmed, 229-230 House described as a very ancient one, 186 Nicolas Simpson not connected with Bromley, House now a School of Domestic Economy, 187 228, 235 Its old farm, College Road, 361 Owned by Mercy Carew, J. Stanlove, and Robt. Long association with the Satterthwaites, 186-187 Simpson, 234 Partly developed and house enlarged, 187 Owned by Richard Lacer, 209 Springs, adventitious, 436 Owned by William de Bliburgh, 230 “ Spring-shores ” at Bromley Hill Place, 436 Philipot’s erroneous account explained, 228-235 Spurgeon, C. H., 164 Roads constructed on its site, 236 Spurgeon’s funeral, oration at, 164 Sketch and plan of its ruins, 237 Spurgeon’s Tabernacle, 163, 164 Styled a manor, 76 Spurgeon, Thomas, 164 The mistake about Wm. Clark explained, 229 “ Squirt,” the (illustrated), 61 The Simpsons cease to be there before Henry Stage coaches, 48 V III, 235 Stanhope Villas, 399 Tradition of being haunted, 227 Stanley, Hon. Eleanor, 246 Sims, Joseph, Vicar (1739), 452 Stanley, Louisa Emily, 246 Sinclair Villa, Mason’s Hill, 4 11, 426 Stanlove, J. and M., 234 Singing Classes, West’s, 305 Staples, G. T. and C., 368 Skilton, W. F., butcher, 388, 389 Staples, H., sen. and jun., builders, 352, 368, 436 Skim Corner, Bromley Common, 212, 218 Staples, John, builder, 368 Skinner, Augustine (1647), 21, 22, 84 Staples, John, o f Deptford, 435 Skinner, Captain, 84 Star and Garter Inn, 378 Skinner, R., chemist, 404 Starling, Wm. D ., 51, 56, 310, 438 Skynner, W., j .p ., 145 State Paper, Edward V I (1553), 454 Slade, William, at Bromley Hill, 241 Steam ploughing, the first (1870), 350 Slough Farm and Lane, 212, 217 Steele, Edward (“ E . S.”), 34-35 Smith, A. C., fire brigade, 62 Steele, Richard, re Charity Schools (1712), 272 Smith, Dr. Henry, d .d ., Vicar (1785-1818), 39, 40, Steeple Ashton, Wilts, 249 124, 134, 252-253, 310, 352, 383, 436, 453 Stenning, — ., Vicar (1669), 452 Smith, F. J., wine merchant, 374 Stephenson, Bros., of Bickley, 323 Smith, Geo., of Bromley Common, 442 Stepniak, 188 Smith, Gurney, 287 Stich, W., Market-place, 388 Smith, Joseph, organist, 377 Stidolph, Godfrey, 188, 363 Smith, R., churchwarden, 134, 353, 436 Stidolph, W., nurseryman, 378, 413 Smith, Richard, o f “ Beechfield,” 200 Stidolph’s Nursery, 363, 377, 378 Smith, Thomas, farmer, 217 Stiles, John, Beckenham, 228 Smith, Thomas, Vicar (1639), 452 Stoberry House, 443, 445 Smuggling in Bromley, 38, 380 Stocks and pillory, the, 433 Smythe, Richard, 30, 138 Stocks and whipping post, 27 “ Snow ” —always 12 ft. of, up at Downe, 412 Stone Age, 3 Soames, Eley, of Ravenscroft, 158, 262, 284, 428 Stone, G ., assist, overseer, 355 Soames family, the, of Mason’s Hill, 283 Stone, Mrs. E., bakeress, 387 Soames, Rev. H. A., 297, 458 Storer, E . and A., 409 Soane, John and Anne, workhouse, 274 Storer, George, his burial, 409-410 Soane, Old Tom, of Milk Street, 310 Storer, Wm., gingerbread baker, 409 Solbe Brothers, hockey, 336 Street lighting, 19 Solbe, Edward, 285, 322 Strict Baptists, 166 Somersby, Robert, Rector (1470), 450 Strong, Edward, 66, 92, 12 1, 392, 404 “ Sons of the Clergy,” 457 Strong, T., printer, 393 Sorbey, T. C., architect, 399 Stuart Restoration, the, 25 3 Index 487

Stubar(or Stubber)field’s Farm, 429 Tandy’s Farm, 333 Stubberfield, R., policeman, cricketer, 321, 322, 323 Tanners (or Tenners) Bridge, 426 Stubbs, W., corn dealer, 382 Tape, J., brewer and volunteer. 425 Stury, Sir Richard, 14 Tape, James, & Son, 421, 425 Style, Edmund, o f Langley, 23, 29, 233, 363 Tape, R., of the Sun Inn, 3 11, 409 Style, Elizabeth, and son Humphrey, 234 Tapp, Charles J . and Mrs., 439 Style family, the, 236 Taylor, George, printer, 404 Style, John, mercer, of Langley, 234 Taylor, Paul, on “ Fishing,” 312 Style, Sir Humphrey, o f Langley, 94, 228, 233 Taylor, Rev. John T., 165 Styles, the William, 235 Taynton, R. T., surgeon, 370 Sub-infeudation, 9, 10, 76, 190 Technical schools, 287 Subordinate manors, 190 Teck, H.R.H. the Duchess of, 288 Subscribers, list of, 465-468 Telephones, the first ever seen, 287 Subsidies, lay, 19 Telford, Charles, o f Widmore, 197 Sub-tenants o f the Bishop, 9 Telford family, the, 196 Sudbury, Richard de, Rector (1391), 430 Telford, the Misses, 196 Sulings, m eaning of, 4, 73, 76 “ Ten-acres,” the, 440 Sullivan, Arthur, 260 Tenducei, Signor, 305 Sulman, John, a .r .i .b .a ., 163, 287, 426 Tenison, Archbishop, 437 Sumner, Archbishop, 92 “ Tenison’s Register ” at Lambeth, 96 Sundial at Bromley Palace, 87 Terminus, the God of Boundaries, 351 Sundridge Territorial Force, the, 187 A sub-manor, 76, 190 Textus Roffensis, 190 Blunt family at, 191 Thanet, the Earl of, 457 Estate now partly built on, 195 The Aborist, 188 First mentioned as a manor, 9 The Bull Inn, 410 Gilbert de Helles here (1227), 11 “ The Hill,” Beckenham Lane, 438 Held by Knight Service (1485), 192 The Scribbler, 68 Mansion rebuilt by Claude Scott, 192 “ The Valley,” Glass Mill Lane, 310, 443 Meaning o f the name, 190 “ The Wish,” poem by Bishop Z. Pearce, 89 Mentioned in Anglo-Saxon Charter (987), 190 Thellusson, Peter, of Plaistow Lodge, 43, 182-183 Near Sevenoaks, and a warning, 190 Thellusson, P. I., 182 No mention o f it in Domesday, 190 Thellusson’s will (1796), 182 Owned by the Booth family, 18 Thickpenny, Mr., blanket maker, 443 Prince of Wales at shooting party, 313 Thomas a Beckett, 10 Repton, Nash & Wyatt, architects, 192 Thomas, Bishop John, 35, 89, 90, 123, 254, 437 “ Washers in the Woods,” 192 Thomas, Dr. H. Wynne, 300 Sundridge Avenue, 202 Thomas, F. Lewis, 154, 303 Sundridge Hall Farm, 361 Thomas, William, Vicar (1640), 452 Sundridge Park Farm, 361 Thomlynson, W. (1500), 433 Sundridge Park G olf Club, its history, 193, 339 Thompson, E. A ., schoolmaster, 286 Surgeon’s dissection of a body, 39 Thornhill family, the, 29-31 Surrey Stag Hounds, 310 Thornhill monuments, 30 Survey o f the Manor o f (1646-7), 93-93 Thornhill, Richard, 29, 121, 122 Surveyor’s account book (1808-24), 438 Thornhill, Sir John, 30 Surveyors o f Highways, 251, 252, 257, 392, 423 Thornhill, Timothy, 30 Sutherland, Countess of, 243 Three Compasses, the, 54, 431 “ Sutton at Home ” (Hone), Lathe of, 94 Three Horse Shoes, the, 426-427 Sutton (“ Long Bob ” ), bailiff, 385, 409 Tibbett, W., barber (1737), 402 Sutton, W., jun., 325, 326 Tiger’s Head, the (1706), 428-429 Sutton, Wm., o f the Bell, 319, 322, 383 Tight-rope walking, 386 Swan and Mitre, the, 366 Till, Rev. John, 44, 45 Swan, Sir J. W., 364 Tithes, the, 91, 441 Swayton (Lines), manor of, 169, 170 Tithe-barn, the, 441, 442 Sweeting, G., plumber, 370 Tokens, Bromley, 26, 197, 396, 416, 419 Swift, R., Plaistow Hall, 185 Toll-gate, the old, 2 11, 217, 223, 430-431 Swine-ringers, 231 Tolson, Lancelot, 274, 276 Swine straying, notice about, 426 Tombstone, incisive inscription on, 417 Sydney, Viscount, 246, 288, 350 Tom Thumb, General, 387 Symond, Alexander and Alice, 376 Town Council, 249 Appointment o f its first officers, 266 First election for, 165 Tait, Rev. D., Vicar, 12 1, 136, 169, 174, 409, 453 First meeting under the Charter Mayor, 265 Talman, James J., Chaplain, 438 Names of its first councillors, 265 Talman, Major S., 432 Purchase Church House and grounds, 442 Tandy family, the, 236 Town crier, Bromley’s last, 391 488 Index

Town Hall Renumbering o f the streets (1900), 263 Bromley Literary Institute here, 400 The parish divided into wards, 261, 265 Christmas entertainments held, 295-6 T. Davis’s work on it, 289 Coles Child, Esq., builds it, 52, 399 Uridge, Isaac, grocer, 431 Conversazione held in, 297 Uridge, Messrs. H. & W., 392 Police-station established here, 398 Uridge’s Comer widened (1883), 260 Townshend, C., on Public Tranquillity, 43, 422 Tramways, opposition to, 262 Vade, Elizabeth, 371 Tranquil Place, 363 Vade, William, apothecary, 370 Trees in the Market Place, 385 Valedictory, quotation, 463 Tregallas, W., o f Bromley Common, 238 Vale Place, Mason’s Hill, 425 Trevell, Edmund, Vicar (1551-3), 451 Van der Noot, E . F. C., chaplain, 458 Trevelyan, Sir G ., 196 Vass, Fireman Dan, 389 “ Triers,” the, 145 Vaughan, T., architect, 114 Trottescliffe, manor house of, 80, 102 Vaults or catacombs in Parish Church, 137 Trout in the Ravensbourne, 312, 444 Veitch, R., of Bromley House, 236, 238 Truefitt, G., architect, 156 Veitch, Violet, 236 Truscott, Sir G ., 264 Velocipede Club proposed, 342 Trustees of Bromley College, 378, 457 Velocipedes advertised, 342, 343 Trustees of Charitable Funds, 302 Verandah Cottage, 422 Trustees to Beckyngham’s will, 416 Verieu, John, Rector (1361), 449 “ Trusty,” an old postman, 65 Vemell, John, o f London, 420 Tryon, R. W. and T., 459 Verrall, Rev. George, 162, 163, 435 Tubbenden, Richard de, 207 “ Vestries,” the, 249, 251. See also Parish vestry. Tuck, Edward, 56, 438 Vestry clerks, 251, 387, 393, 439 Tuck, Rev. R., 163 Vestry minute-books, 63, 250-255, 351-354, 388, Tuck-shop, a noted, 409 426, 437, 442, 445 Tukfold, Emery, Rector, 82, 451 Vestry, the parish, 38, 59, 63 Turk’s Head Club (1764), 36 “ Vestry,” the word explained, 250-251 Turnbull, Rev. J., schoolmaster, 284 Veterinary surgeons, 409 Turner, Bishop Francis, 23, 85 “ Viator Antiquarius,” 112, 119 Turner, Easter, “ charity brat,” 275 Vicarage built, parish, 440, 443 Turpington (Southborough) Vicars or Perpetual Curates, 451-453 A description and history of, 206-208 Victoria Hall, 43 High Street, 347 An old farm at, 361 Victoria^ History o f Surrey, 416 Horse races held here in 1734, 217 “ Villare Cantianum” (1659), 228 / > In Tudor times, 206 Villeins, 7 Leased for ninety-nine years in 1666, 208 Vintner’s Company, the, 399 Probably erected by one o f the Knights, 207 “ Viola,” 6 Crescent Road, 188 Sold to Henry Nurse in 1681, 208 Viola, romantic story o f a, 188 Supposed meaning of “ M. K .” on house, 207 “ Vivid ” Cup, the, for cycling, 344 Turpington (formerly Slough) Lane, 217 Vocal associations, 294-295, 305 Tweed Cottage, Lower High Street, 421, 422 Vokins, Elizabeth, 195 Tweedy family, the, 125, 197, 433-434 Vokins, William, 419 Tweedy Road, 55, 433, 434 Volunteer Movement, the, 186-187 Two Brewers, the, 425 Volunteer Muster Rolls, 43-45, 425 Tye, Anthony, and wife, 402 Volunteers and Territorial Forces, 439 “ Tygor Grove,” Mason’s Hill, 429 Volunteers, 18th Kent Rifle, 44-45, 370, 374 Tylney, Ralph, Vicar, 451 Tylney Road, 202 Waldegrave, Lord, 316 Tyser, W., o f Turpington, 208 Waldron, W m , 419 Wale, John, Curate (1480), 453 Umbrageous aspects in Bromley, 421, 430, 434 Walker, John, Redwood House, 420 University teaching, 288, 295 Walker, Mrs. M., of Widmore, 195 Unnamed stream, the Bromley Common, 443 Waller, J. G., f .s.a., 119 Up Park, Sussex, 401 Waller, Miss S., 438 Upper High Street, Past Side, 377-384 Waller, R. and T., 438 “ Up Town ” and “ Down Town,” 24 Wallis, Richard, Vicar (1588), 452 Urban District Council Wallis, William, Vicar, 452 Become the local governing authority (1894), 261 Walmisley, Col. John, 323 Education Act adopted (1903), 263 Walmisley family, the, 323 Improvements under its regime, 263 Walmisley, G ., “ demon bowler,” 324 Its period of local government, 62-63 Walmisley, Miss M., o f Westminster, 406 Its special activities, 262 Walmisley, Thos. Forbes, musician, 406 Neelgherries conveyed to it (1903), 414 Walmisley, Walter M., 343 Public Libraries Act adopted (1892), 261 Walmisley, William, 406 Index 4 8 9

Walpole, Horace, 96-97 Wells, G., grocer, 379, 400 Walraven, Matthew, “ Oakley,” 220 Wells, H. G. Walsingham Abbey, 176 A t Morley’s School, 283, 369 Walter, Bishop o f Rochester, 10 At Mrs. Knott’s School, 287, 401 Walter de Hethe, Rector (1349), 232, 449 Experiments in apprenticing him, 401 Walter, Jas. B ., 57, 355, 380 His early days here, 283 Walter, Jno. and J. B., whitesmiths, 380 Wells, John, o f Bickley Waltemus de Braibroc, 9 Buys the Bickley Estate (1759), 203 Walter’s Yard, 380 Fortune made by shipbuilding, 204 Walton, H., of Plaistow (1603), 185, 416 His life and vicissitudes, 204 “ Wanderer’s ” Football Club, the, 326 Owns Blackbrook, 209 Wanderer’s Motor Cycle Club, 345 Owns Turpington, 208 Wanstead Road (1884), 435 Treasurer o f Bromley College, 174, 439 Wapentake, or Hundred, 68 Trustee of the Female Friendly Society, 304 Ward, Ann, quaint epitaph, 136 Vault in Parish Church, 137 Ward, Wm., cricketer, 318, 319 Wells, J. J., o f Southborough, 204 Waring, Wm., o f Chelsfield, 283 Wells, Joseph, cricketer, 312, 321, 322, 401 War Memorials, 125, 443 Wells, T., grocer, 379 Warner, Bishop John Wells, Thomas, m.p., Sheriff of Kent, 204 Death at Bromley Palace, 84, 169 Wells, William, o f Bickley, 204 Ejected from his See and Manor House, 84, 95 Wendover, Richard de, First Rector, 11- 12 , 118, Founds Bromley College (1666), 23, 33, 84, 457 43i, 449 His life by Edward Lee-Wamer, 95 Wendover Road (1900), 431 His preferments, 84 Wesley, John, at Widmore, 139 His wanderings in hiding, 85 Wesleyan Chapel, the new, 160, 424 His wife’s name conjectured, 85 Wesleyan Chapel, the old, 139-160, 369 His will and executors, 169 Wesleyan Chapels, other, 139 Leases the glebe lands, 441 “ West End and Crystal Palace Railway,” 31 Portraits o f him, 176 West Kent Agricultural Association (1820-77), 223, Sheriff’s order to eject him, 21, 23 349. 35°. 351 Warner, Michael, gent., 93 West Kent Archery Club, the, 314 Warner, Ursula, 83, 95 West Kent Constituency, 460-461 Warner’s Hospital, 169 West Kent Cricket Cluh, 318, 319, 321, 401 Warton, Dr. J ., 37 West Kent G olf Club, 339 Warwick, Sir Philip, 169 West Kent Main Sewerage Board, estab. 1878, 260 Washer, }. and T., o f Lincoln’s Em, 192 West Kent Yeomanry, 421 Waterer, H., auctioneer, 391 West Street, 53, 433 Waterer & Dickins, Messrs., 391 West, Thomas, and wife, Widmore, 193, 196 Waters & Co., o f the Mill, 445 Westbrook family, the, 208 Waters, Miss C. M., b .a., 281 Western side o f market-place, 397-401 Water-splash, a, 440 Whalley, John, o f Freelands, 199 Water-trough, mem. in rate book re, 436 Wheatley, Rev. S. W., 105 Watson, Elizabeth, 29, 122, 139 Wheeler-Bennett, J. W., and Mrs., of Keston, Watts, Eldon, 298 158, 261, 298, 338 Watts, J., county cricketer, 322 White Hart Field, the Watts, W., o f the White Hart, 417 Homoeopathic Hospital erected, 300 Wat Tyler’s Rebellion, 16 Land belonging to the Manor, 56-57, 38 Wayte, Chas., Market-place, 387 Presented to the town (1897), 58 Weald of Kent, described, 73 Venue o f the Football Club, 323, 331 Webb, F. E., 348 Venue of the town’s cricket, 58, 319, 324 Webb, Noah, Vicar (1628), 432 White Hart Hotel Webster, John, of The Rookery, 221 A “ drawer ” buried (1725), 25-26 Weekly Dispatch, the (1831), 319 A great posting house, 48 Weeks & Sons, George, 370 A long law case concerning it, 417 Weeks, George, Alderman, vi, vii, 283, 287, 302 A seventeenth-century inventory, 417 Weeks, George, sen., 302, 405 Broome sells it to Henry Walton, 416 Weeks, H. T., gymnastic club, 347 Fee-farm rent paid to Guildford, 416 Weever’s Ancient Funeral!Monuments, II, 118, 449 First home o f the “ County Club,” 296 Welch, J., baker, 387 Guildford sells to A. Broome (1605), 416 Weldon, Rev. G. W., 135 History o f it to sixteenth century, 415 Welfgert de Bromlega, 9 Improvements carried out, 418 Welland, Abraham, o f Southborough, 205 Its Assembly Room built, 418 Well of St. Blaise, 35, 99-102 Its large gardens and their fate, 418 Wells, Bishop William, 16, 80 Lownds’ Avenue constructed, 418 Wells family, the, 203-204 Meeting to obtain Public Tranquillity (1792), 43 Wells, F., of Liss, 283, 401 Reference to it on tombstone, 136 4 9 ° Index

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"HISTORY OF BROMLEY »» COMMITTEE

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T will probably prove appropriate that this Report should commence with a brief statement of matters which occurred I during the twenty years prior to the setting up of the Committee. During the last years of the 19th century a feeling had arisen in the minds of some few of the inhabitants of Bromley that a new and more complete history of the Town had become desirable, the latest publication of the kind having been a small volume written and published by Edward Strong in 1858. With this in view some of them, Mr. Philip Norman, Miss E. 0 . Parr, John Weeks and probably others, were collect­ ing information and gathering materials that might prove use­ ful should the above mentioned feeling appear likely to hear fruit. This condition obtained for some few years, when in 1908 under the stimulus of Mr. W. J. Harris, the Borough Librarian, a Committee was set up with the definite object of preparing and producing such a history. The members of that Committee were:— Philip Norman, E.S.A., LL.D . Wm. Baxter. George Clinch. Rev. J . P. Eaunthorpe, M.A. Dr. H. J. Ilott. Miss E. 0 . Parr (Hon. Treasurer). George W. Smith. Rev. Donald Tait, M.A. (then Vicar of Bromley). John Weeks. Wm. J . Harris, Borough Librarian (Hon. Secretary). Dr. Philip Norman consented to undertake the work of General Editor or Author, and under his leadership the work of accumulating and arranging material went on, Increasing calls upon his time, however, prevented Mr. Norman from proceeding definitely with the work of author­ ship, and after a few years he felt obliged to obtain the assistance of another member of the Committee, Mr. George Clinch, Secretary to the Society of Antiquaries. A few years later the death of Mr. Clinch was a distinct hindrance to any advance being made. The War of 1914-1918 put another check upon any further progress, and it was not until 1921, on the initiative of Mr. Percival Ashton, that the project again came to the front. The original Committee had ceased to function. It was known that Mr. Norman was anxious to be relieved of the care of the materials already collected, and was ready to hand thenn over to any responsible body that could be found to receive them, together with such preparatory work as he him­ self had been able to draw7 up. It was in these circumstances that “ The History of Bromley ” Committee now reporting came into existence. The first members of the Committee w7ere:— P. J . Ashton. E. G. Atkinson. Wm. Baxter. Miss E. 0 . Parr. Alderman G. Weeks. Alfred Wright. Mr. Weeks was appointed Chairman, and Mr. H. Alderton, Borough Librarian, Hon. Secretary. The Public Library Committee generously granted the use of their committee room for the meetings of the History Com­ mittee. The first duty of the Committee was to find someone qualified and whiling to act as General Editor or Author. Mr. Norman was prepared to give all the help he could, and w7as whiling to be responsible for one of the chapters, but not more than this. The Committee was, therefore, obliged to seek elsewhere for someone to fill the vacant position. Enquiries were made in various directions, and ultimately Mr. E. L. S. Horsburgli, B.A., was asked, mainly on the advice of Sir Ernest Hodder Williams, and because of bis former residence in and association whth Bromley, to undertake the work. This he consented to do in a voluntary capacity, Unless the production of the History resulted in the receipts exceeding the costs. Tiie question of publishers was another matter which re­ quired consideration. On approaching Messrs. Hodder and Stoughton on this, they at once offered to publish the book free of any charge beyond the actual cost. On examining the materials collected it was found that some amount of work was necessary to arrange and co-ordinate it. This was done, and the whole was subsequently sent to Mr. Horsburgli, who proceeded to write the chapters, in the intervals of his occupation as University Extension Lecturer, sending them to the Committee for their observations, as each of tliem was finished. No steps had yet been taken with regard to illustrations. Miss Parr, Mr. Baxter and the Chairman were now appointed to select and arrange for these. The activities mentioned involved expenditure, and as the Committee were without funds, arrangements were made with the Westminster Bank to supply means, on the Committee’s guarantee, up to £50, the Manager of the Bromley Branch of the Bank consenting to act as Hon. Treasurer of the Committee. It was at this date (1924) decided to ask some of the more influential people belonging to or interested in Bromley, to form a General Committee to countenance the project and to support an appeal for funds. One hundred and sixty-eight persons were invited, of whom 105 consented to serve. The deaths of Mr. E. G. Atkinson and Mr. A. Wright having occurred, Ur. H. J. Ilott, Mr. Ed. Latter and Col. E. Satterthwaite, C.B., J.P ., were asked in January, 1925, to join the Committee, and consented to do so. Early in 1928 the work was sufficiently advanced to enable an estimate to be obtained of the probable amount necessary to finance the undertaking. This was found to be about £ 1000. It has already been stated that the Committee were without funds. At this date we were in debt to the Bank for preliminary expenses to the extent of £54 9s. 9d. It was, therefore, con­ sidered necessary that steps should now be taken to ascertain the probable amount of support the venture was likely to re­ ceive. With this object it was arranged to issue an appeal to selected residents and others for subscriptions of £5 5s. 0d., in return for which they would receive, on the publication of the book, specially bound copies signed by the author. Some 000 copies of this appeal, accompanied by typewritten letters, were issued in May. It was thought possible that £500 might be thus obtained, and that such a result would justify the Committee proceeding to publication. By the end of September some £310 had been received or promised in response to the appeal. It was then decided to call a meeting of the General Committee at which the position of affairs should be put before them, and their view's as to further procedure be invited. This meeting was held in October, His Worship the Mayor, Alderman E. E. Duncanson, D.S.C., M.A., presiding. The Chairman of the Committee briefly related the steps that had already been taken, and reported that £373 had now' been re­ ceived. He also mentioned that the MSS was complete and in typescript ready to be sent to the printers, but before the Committee could feel justified in taking that step, it was thought advisable that they should be furnished will some assurance of still further financial support. Various suggestions w'ere made, and after some discussion it was resolved that a prospectus be issued describing the book and inviting subscriptions for it at £2 2s. Od. per volume be­ fore publication, the price to be raised to £3 3s. Od. after publi­ cation. It was also resolved that an illustrated public lecture on “ Old Bromley ” be given. It was decided to limit the edition to 400 copies, 100 numbered copies signed by the author and bound in French morocco for subscribers of £5 5s. 0d., and 300 copies bound in Cloth for subscribers of £2 2s. Od. The prospectus was duly prepared, and in January, 1929, 4000 were sent out. The suggested lecture w'as given by Miss E. O. Parr, and was well attended. Subscriptions at once began to be received. The printing was put in hand. The blocks for the illustrations were com­ pleted, those for the coloured illustrations of the Bell Hotel and the Old Cottage, Widmore, being supplied by Mr. Philip Norman and Miss Parr respectively, the whole of them being produced by the Grout Engraving Company, of Bromley, at a specially reduced price. In November 1929 the book was published, and 257 volumes were issued to subscribers. It w'as advertised in Local and County newspapers that the book wras now ready, and could be obtained from all booksellers. Reviews of the book appeared in the Observer, the Times Literary Supplement, the Bromley I ;

and District Times, tlie Bromley Mercury, the Beckenham Journal, the Kent Messenger, and the Antiquaries Journal. By October in the following year (1930) some 54 copies had been sold. It was then decided to advertise again; a 4-page leaflet with extracts from the reviews was prepared, and some 400 copies were distributed. A local canvasser was also appointed. In February, 1931, Messrs. Hodder and Stoughton expressed a wish to be relieved of the volumes still remaining on their shelves. The Public Library Committee were approached, and kindly consented to provide storage for them for twelve months. In October it was found that hut four copies had been sold during the year. The Committee, therefore, at a meeting early in November, considered the question how best to effect the sale of those still remaining. Sale in the ordinary course of bookselling would certainly take several years. Sale to a purchaser of remainders would realize but a small amount, probably less than 10s. per volume. There wTas reason to believe that there were still some few persons in Bromley who were sufficiently interested to wish to possess the book, but had not felt able either to purchase or subscribe for it. Sale on the plan adopted by the Times Book Club and other Libraries, viz., to offer the remaining volumes at about one third the published price would probably give to those persons the opportunity they desired. It was, therefore, decided to offer t£e remaining copies for sale, through the Bromley book­ sellers, at 31s. 6d. per volume, in morocco, and 21s. in cloth. The plan was put into operation in December, and the whole of the copies have now been sold. Volumes issued to subscribers...... 257 Volumes sold ...... 122 Volumes given for Copyright, Review, etc. ... 21 400 Of the fourteen individuals who at some time have been members of the two History Committees, six of them passed away by death before the book was published. Of the eight who remained to see it issued two of them, Miss E. O. Parr and Mr. ¥ m . Baxter, were members from the beginning in 1908, until the end in 1932. CM 03 o —1 o O CO C- CO o m CQ CO T—1 i—H rH CO »ra t-* lO CM 33 <=* 68 »o iH t-

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C h a i r m a n : G eo. W e e k s . Hon. Secretary,: H. A l d e r t o n .

“Brom ley, IRent, from tbe Earliest XTlmes to tbe present Century.”

By E. L. S. H O R SBU RG H B.A., F.R.H ist.S.

WITH A CHAPTER ON

THE MANOR AND THE PALACE

By PHILIP NORMAN, LID ., F.S.A.

Published for the " H istory of Brom ley ” Com m ittee

b y M e s s r s . H o d d e r & S t o u g h t o n , L t d . HISTORY OF BROMLEY.

H IS History of Bromley consolidates into a single volume the labours and researches of many hands extending back over a period of many years. The result of these combined efforts was to bring together a mass of information from which a full and authoritative history of the town might be compiled. The old inhabitants of the town and neighbourhood have long been asking for a History of this kind, and it is hoped that this volume may claim to supply it. The illustrations are an essential feature of the publication. A really immense collection of pictures and photographs have been got together.

T h e F o l l o w in g a r e E x t r a c t s f r o m t h e

R e v i e w s o f t h e B o o k .

THE TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT says— It is well that the Brom ley dw ellers should know all that there is to know about a place that has a very ancient history.

THE OBSERVER says— This volume, made possible by the combined and sustained efforts of a group of public spirited citizens, is an exem plary work of local patriotism . W e wish that other places in like case would try to emulate it while time is . . . .

THE BROMLEY 6 - KENTISH TIMES says— The book is alive with the recorded activities of individuals who have benefited the Town, added to its luslre in great or humble degree, and lived their useful lives in it. This History of Brom ley is a book to buy even if it does cost three guineas. It is fascinating in interest for all to whom Bromley stands for much. It contains so much. The compre­ hensiveness of it is a m arvel.

THE BROMLEY MERCURY says— The long projected History of Brom ley has at last becom e an actuality. The work is well written and profusely illustrated. To all the dwellers in Bromley whether old inhabitants or newcomers, who are sensible of the lure that exists in the past lying outside their doors, these pages will open an entrancing and exciting field for adventure. TH E ANTIQUARIES JOURNAL says—

\lr. Horsburgh is heartily to be congratulated on a book which in the circum stances could not be much improved and which must delight the heart of Dr. Norm an as being a worthy account of the revolution wrought in his native place by what w e are accustomed to call progress. Ou the whole this book can be recommended to every Antiquary who has the rem otest inteiest in this corner of ancient Kent.

THE K EN T M ESSENGER says—

To provide a link between the coming and the vanishing generations a num ber of Brom ley’s townspeople have engaged in the fascinating task of collecting m aterials for a detailed history of the town, and Mr. E. L. S. Horsburgh, B.A., F.R.H ist.S.. has re-written and worked up this inform ation into a delightful narrative. This volume, rem arkable for its com prehensiveness, conciseness and accuracy, is one of great value, and while a work of absorbing interest to Kent people and others will always be useful for reference as showing the progressive stages in the develop­ ment of the last of Kent Boroughs to be granted a charter of incorporation.

THE BECKENHAM JOURNAL says—

The H istory of the com pilation of this volum e takes us back many years, and shews how through all its vicissitudes there has been that urgent desire to bring to fruition a record that might make a link between the vanishing and coming generations of a notable town. Mr. Horsburgh was entrusted with the work of preparing the volume, and has fulfilled this exacting duty in such a way that dry facts are pre­ sented to us as a vastly intriguing and readable narrative.

HE Members of the History Committee are highly gratified at the excellent results which have attended their labours. Five-sixths of the total number of volumes printed have already been issued. They would, however, be glad to bring their labours, which have lasted for more than eight years, to as speedy a termination as practicable, and with this object desire to effect the sale of the remaining copies.

In one Handsome Volume of 460 Pages. Fully Illustrated.

In Cloth, £ 3 3s. Od. n ett. Fifty-seven copies only available. In French Morocco, signed and numbered, £ 5 5s. Od. Ten copies only available.

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