T HE S A & O N DYN A S T Y. P ED I GREE O F T HE K EN T I S H B Y T HE EN K I N M. A . RE . R. J S V . C , , C T O R or LY IN G RE M E . FO L K ES T O N E EN H I H . L H E Y H T J G T L B G EET . I S , I RAR , S R MDC C C L& VI I . T HE N EW YO RK ' PU B LIC LIB P A RY 409361A ‘ fm ‘ A s r L . & A N D T I L-D u h & 19 9 L P RI N T D A N D P U B LI S H D B Y 3. N GLI S H HI GH ST R T E E E , EE , FO LK N EST O E . P R E F A C E . N illus ra di r lik an t ted pe g ee, e catalo u of hi s ri al r rai s g e to c po t t , public ind ulgence on account ofits general utili . umr u i r o s s i ty The n e o s vis to s fthe cene , w th whi ch the names ofthe Kentish Kings have been n are fr m s ar il r th e co nected, o the o t p t bew de ed by li st of strange and half-barbaric names whi ch are s a r r u a s ofl cal hi s ri s li c tte ed th o gh the p ge o to e , ke s - seed own by the way side . How to put together in ir minds or arra in an ssi l the , to nge y po b e order the names whi ch are thus introduced to mis a diffi ul r l m and it a ar the c t p ob e , hence ppe ed ri r a a l ar and is summr to the w te , th t c e conc e a y of hi r f i s of ul the sto y o the K ng Kent, wo d be a us ful a m a im ma l al his ri s e cco p n ent to the ny oc to e , whose object is rather to describe the works or the locali ties whi ch have been associated with ir am s a s o r r of ir the n e , th n to h w the o de the work or the passages of history in whi ch their mes su e r ro al famil na cc ed one anothe . The y y of Kent (unli ke the other famili es of th e same rank in the Heptarchy) h as entirely disappeared in l r i ater histo y . N ot the most d stant li nk connects it with the ill ustrious families who have absorbed in succession the representation ofSaxon royalty . Perhaps it was lost in some humbler race in the confusion whi ch followed the destruo i n of i s i om and h as m t o the Kent h K ngd , beco e r i s a c of s i issi ud s of fr u n anothe n t n e tho e v c t e o t e, r r Faussett h as so a mira l which M . Godfey d b y i n the as of the amil of described c e f y Fogge , i u so arl r la r alt wh ch, tho gh ne y e ted to oy y, ended obscurely in the last century in the wife of a “ shepherd living in a wretched hovel at We will introduce our subject with a few remarks on the scene in whi ch the action of our history is lai d . The links whi ch connect the hi story of Kent r . C an t. A ch t . ( v p with that of the other Saxon kingdoms are few and slender; for the almost entire isolation of the ou fr m r s of la s u in as it as c nty o the e t Eng nd, h t w on the west by the great A nd red forest (whose very am i i a its i a ssi l ara r n e nd c ted n cce b e ch cte ) , on the rth ams and on s u and as no by the Th e , the o th e t a h as n to u its arli r by the se , te ded excl de e e annals “ from o n r l the page four ge e a history . The open ” c u r of n l i w r a f o nt y Ke t, y ng bet een the g e t orest, ri r and sea ma in mr r s s the ve , the , y be, o e e pect than m ar i u ofM mu one, co p ed w th the co nty on o th, whose British name ofGwent& it bears in a slightly modi fi f ” ed rm. For th e sam O u r o e pen co nt y, flanked s fr s s a d l on the we t by the o e t , b cke by ofty hills to r s u in u the no th, h t on the so th by the sea marshes and sea di s i ui s by the , t ng h the western county als and is la it at e fr o , o ted onc om England and al Th e urs of ax i W es . co e the S on mmigration in la r fr ra r fr mth e s a Kent, y, the e o e, the o e board to r h- of u t ha tos the no t west the co n y, t n Sussex ’ Gwen l n d d fair and o en ne lom— B urrell s Welsh t (p . Gwe toe ) a. p g ( p P REFAC E. or ur r and it is no un rt of i a S ey, t wo hy not ce, th t many names ofvillages and smaller places in the s u and as of e are r u li a e in o th e t K nt, ed p c t d the ort n r - f h o dn s n h a d no th west o t e county . A s G o e o l in on res n a l sw r lli t ne, A d gt , P to , P dd e o th, Se ng, in n r on i n s w i am Wil Add gto , Ho t , K g do n , W ckh , mi n ton and ma o h rs s m of m learl g , ny t e ; o e the c y i i a i a mi ra i ofth e ri s w os am s nd c t ng g t on t be , h e n e i l n h r are r e r e n ar of un . he e nvo v d, to the o t p t the co ty A similar instance occurs in the reduplicated names f ei s rs ir and i l shire and r rts o L ce te h e , L nco n othe pa l er f n la . is r a w a o E g nd It p ob b e, ho ev , th t the so-called Saxon invasion made less displacement of the popul ation and di sturbance ofproperty in Kent i r i iliza i than in any other county . The h ghe c v t on ofRom w i h ad rea its inh a i a s rou e, h ch ched b t nt th gh ntin al se lers a b ut a i em the co ent tt , c nnot h ve g ven th a more settled life and a more establi shed form of r fof hi s h as e uce ev n government . A p oo t been d d d e from the fact that fewer military in scriptions or records relating to the garri soning ofthe country have been found in Kent th an in any ofth e north ern u i s— r r s i r xis invaria l co nt e eco d wh ch, whe e they e t, b y illustrate a disturbed and unsettled history . On the r a r mains of illas and ri a r si othe h nd, the e v p v te e d ences are r umr us and s ofart ve y n e o , the object , i a isi from umuli i wh ch h ve been d nterred the t , wh ch r a un in r ire i n s a r r ss in he e bo d eve y d ct o , hew p og e r fin m and i ilisa i rr s i ll i e e ent c v t on, co e pond ng we w th ill sli r the securi ty ofa settled gove rnment .