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To contents page (1) ALDINGTON Parish: Aldington Earliest reference: 1165 (LC - PRS9,201) Ownership: C14th Archbishop of Canterbury > 1539/40 alienated from the church by Cranmer to Henry VIII > 1548 Edward VI indenture to John Dudley Earl of Warwick (TNA E328/172) > 1549/50 reconveyed back to Edward VI in exchange for other land and continued with Crown until Charles I Size: 1624 = 680a, land within the park and fishpond (TNA SC12/20/22) Documentary evidence: 1273/74 Kilwardby Survey of the Archbishop's manors in S.E. England (KAS wbesite) 1274-5 Kent Hundred rolls, Master Richard de Clifford escheater during vacant see sold wood in Archbishop of Canterbury's park valued at 66s and took 20 deer and more in the same park. He caused destruction and waste in parks (plural ?more than one park) and fishponds in Aldington at £10 or more. 1281 CPR 6 July.hunting and taking away deer from Archbishop of Canterbury 1390/1 LPL Archbishop's estates B Account rolls no.139 Aldington parker 1540 TNA E328/172 By letters patent Henry VIII made Sir Thomas Cheyne, treasurer of his household, constable of Saltwood and the office of keeping his chief messuage at Westenhanger, parks at Hostinhanger, Westenhanger, Aldington and Saltwood. 1546 E314/61/8 Woods in king's park of Aldington 1556 C66/899 mm24-25 To Cardinal Pole, lands called le Park at Maidstone in tenure of Henry Smyth, all kinds of deer and wild beasts in the said park. Also with numerous other lands, park of Saltwood; house and site of late monastery of St Augustine near walls of Canterbury, the park called Canterbury Park adjacent to the house; the parks of Aldington and Otford; the park of Knole late parcel of lands of John, Duke of Northumberland, attainted 1559 CPR Licence to alienate manor of Aldington from Warham Seyntleger to William Seyntleger 1561 CPR Licence to alienate lands in Aldington William Seyntleger to Blechynden 1561 CPR Lcence to alienate lands in Aldington William Seyntleger to Middleton 1568 CPR Licence to alienate Warham, William, Nicholas Seyntleger lands in Aldington to Barnam 1568 CPR 21-year lease lands in Aldington in Crown hands late of Archbishop of Canterbury, rents and fine given 1569 CPR Licence to alienate lands in Aldington Thwaytes to Jackman 1570 CPR Licence to alienate lands in Aldington Lord Burgh (Aldington Cobham al. Estcourt) 1577 CPR Blechynden alientated to Spicer 1579 CPR Licence to alienate lands in Aldington Nicholas Seyntleger to Fynche 1591 TNA SP12/240/103, 22 December, lease to Sir Thomas Scott of the Great Park at Aldington, with lodge and cony warren, 21 years, rent £80 p.a. 1597 TNA SP12/265/20, 25 November, 21 year lease to Richard and Edward, sons of Sir Thomas Scott, Aldington Great park; £80 rent, £30 fine 1607 TNA SP14/28/58 Lease to John Scott of the farm of the park of Addington(sic) (but county given as Kent so Aldington meant) 1624 TNA SC12/20/22 Rental and Seizures, land within the park and fishpond 680a, Scott 361 tenant 1624 TNA SC12/20/22 Tenant Thomas Scott 1649 TNA LR2/196 Aldington survey, still Scott family tenants Secondary evidence: Arch.Cant. L (1938:158) Arch.Cant. LXXXVI (1971:15) Arch.Cant. XCVII (1981:53) du Boulay (January 1952:26) English Historical Review 67, no.262 - ref. DPE A 14; LCM xii, 10, 11 du Boulay (1964:279-280) Kent Records XVIII Clark (1997:259) English Provincial Society Forge (2003:15) Westenhanger castle Grose (1797:86-87) Antiquities of England and Wales III Harris (1718:24) History of Kent Hasted 8 (1797:319) KCC SMR, TR 03 NE 29 KE3826 Lambarde (1576 – not included:1596 – disparked) Scott (1876:203-205) Memorials of the Scott Family of Scot's Hall Smith Ellis (1885:142) Parks and Forests of Sussex VCH I (reprint1974:473) Maps: TNA MPI 1/248 plan of manor of Aldington, Elizabeth I Fieldwork: OS Explorer (2½inch to mile) TR080365 Middle Park Farm Acknowledgements: (2) ALLINGTON Parish: Allington Earliest reference: 1304 tenement abutting the park of Allington (TNA E326/1398) Ownership: Moresby married Gainsford sold 1492 > Sir Henry Wyatt> Sir Thomas Wyatt beheaded 1554 > Crown (Finch, Astley see below) Size: 1573 = over 350a (CCA DCB-J/X.10.17) Documentary evidence: 1361 (Cal.IPM XI,199)LC wood called 'le park' 1554 CPR l Oct m.33 Annuities from Crown surrendered by Mary Finch, widow, one of principal gentlewomen of Privy Chamber, for 30 year lease of Thomas Wyatt's lands including castle and park of Allington with lands called Thorne, Codlandes, Cutmyll now enclosed in said park, lands called le Parke in Maidstone. May 1555 Patent m.14, surrenders some of land, but not Allington park 1555 CKS U1644 T322 (Romney) (1629 recital) Patent rolls part 1, no.895 among exception of grant is lands within the park of Allington near Maidstone in the tenure of Mary Finch gentlewoman, 16s.8d yearly 362 1555 CKS U195 C146 Particular of Allington Castle estate (latin) includes Park field 9a, and field called Colland south of park held by Thomas Cleggett (also reference to Maidstone park) 1568 CKS U1644 T322 (Romney) (1629 recital) Elizabeth I gives John Astley lease in reversion for 30 years of castle and manor of Allington and Boxley (NB seems lands and castle of Allington in different hands) 1569 CPR C66/1055 To Mary Finch of Allington Castle, Allington park and lands in Boxley and Maidstone 1569 CPR To John Astley which mentions how this fits in with Finch grant, Astley's grant with terms, Allington park, site of Boxley Abbey, lots of details 1573 CCA DCB-J/X.10.17 Coldwell v Hawk tithe in park dispute – several tenant farmers = pasture & corn, cattle before disparking,, 8a wheat, 40a pasture, 9a wheat fields, grass & agistment 40a, 14a corn & pasture, 30a = 141a aprrox 1576 CCA DCB-J/X.10.16 Coldwell v Hawk tithe in park dispute. John Smith says disparked 25 years ago i.e. 1550 approx 1591 TNA12/238/11/1 Letter from Margaret Astley to cousin about Mr Floyd taking all documents from Allington Castle and sending them to Exchequer before her side could look at them to see if they could be used against wood felling. Fears it will shorten Mr Astley's life to see the son of a Welsh cobbler prevail against him. 1623 PRC 32/45 ff.319-320 Will of Robert Goulding assignment of lease of Allington castle via cousin John Best of Newington to Nicholas Cripps and John Harris ... certain wood for fuel from Longsole park (? might have once been part of Allington Park or was it another park?) 1629 CKS U1644 T322 (Romney) (1629 recital) Fields Armitage, Millwey and Park, tenement Colland within the chase of Allington Park 1629 CKS U1644 T11629 Son of Sir John Astley granted lands, The Park, Maidstone; Park of Allington - Parkfield, chase of the Park 1629 CKS U2035 T322 Description of lands of Sir John Astley, includes Allington Parkewood, woodland, 218a, Parkewoddfields, reputed parcels of Parkewood x3 = 8a 1638 CKS U2035 T32 Sold to Sir Jacob Astley Park in Allington or Aylesford, ?Boxley (later to the Romney family hence CKS U1644 and U1515) Secondary evidence: Arch.Cant. XXVIII (1909:354-359) Arch.Cant. LXXII (1958:1- 17) Chandler (ed.) (1993:62) 4 part VIII, John Leland’s Itinerary: Travels in Tudor England Goacher's unpublished research notes, includes transcription of 1584 Patent Hasted 4 (1797:452) – 1583 Crown sale to Sir John Astley Lambarde (1576, 1596 – disparked:86) Worcester (unpublished c.2007) History of Allington Castle Maps: Fieldwork: OS Explorer (2½inch to mile) TQ752577 Allington Castle, park being near Acknowledgements: Debbie Goacher, Samantha Lee-Brina 363 (3) AYLESFORD Parish: Aylesford, Ditton, Burham Earliest reference: 1597 (CKS QM/SI/1597/11) This is the only reference to the Common Park at Aylesford. It is possible that Sedley put in a park when refashioning house in 1570s, but more likely that was a later park, this might be common land and not a deer park at all. Ownership: 1242 Carmelites traditionally > 1538 Henry VIII royal at Dissolution > 1539 Passed to Sir Thomas Wyatt of Allington until revolt 1554 when back to Crown > 1570 Elizabeth I to John Sedley of Southfleet m Anne Colepepper > sold in 1633 to Sir Peter Rycaut, Dutch merchant. Size: 1805 map, fields 8-16, 19, 21-30 might be park and are at least 202a, fields 1-30 = 269a Documentary evidence: 1597 CKS QM/SI/1597/11 Assault and horse stealing at common park at Aylesford 1697 EKAC - Sa/ZP/3/242 Rioters entering park of Sir John Banks at Aylesford Secondary evidence: Arch.Cant. LXIII (1950:55) Arch.Cant. LXXX (1965:1) McGreal (1998:17-24) History of the Friars, Aylesford. White (1975:127) The Parklands of Kent Maps: CKS U234 E21 1805 Fieldwork: OS Explorer (2½inch to mile) ?TQ 730590 general for Aylesford 9 September 2006 – Traced likely boundaries of Sedley's later park, nothing known of Common Park. Acknowledgments: (4) BEDGEBURY Parish: Goudhurst Earliest reference: 1544 (BL Cart. Harl.80.B.36) Ownership: 1544 Thomas Culpepper > son and heir Sir Alexander Culpepper d.1600 > 1607 Sir Anthony with son and heir Sir Alexander Culpepper > 1618 Sir Alexander Culpepper Size: 1618 = 300a, Old Park (BL Cart. Harl.79.F.5) Documentary evidence: 1544 BL Cart. Harl.80.B.36 Robert of Glassenbury to Culpepper land late of Bedgebury park 1596 BL Cart.Harl.76.A.22 Refers to Aynesworth claim to wood in new ground in Bedgebury park let by Culpepper passed to Millson 364 1607 BL Cart.