V IEW O F C HUR C H FR I LLA E OM V G . memo ria ls i 1 er o b ne 1Rent . , HE R EV . R B T . UCHA NA N V J , ICAR . SE CON D E D I TI ON . zm z a; 0155 o xmz n n a n . Qfi S( ta i £ 1; t 351 115 2 (See pa ge LONDO N ELLIOT S K 6 2 E S N E R W . TOC , , PAT R O T R O , E C C ANT ER B ’ UR Y : N G N DER ST . E R A . I , G O G E S H LL . LO NDON PRINTE BY W H . C OLLI NG R I DG E D . , ITY PR ESS 1 8 8: 1 ALD ERSG AT E ST R EET E . C . C , 4 49 , , M EM O R IA LS O F HER NE, KENT . E B CHA NA N T HE R V . R . U . J , V ca r o Hem e I(en t . i f , S EC O ND EDITION. LONDON ELL K 6 2 E E E C . IOT STOC , , PAT RNOST R ROW, ’ C Y : N . I ST. HALL . ANTERBUR G NDER , GEORGE S w . H. A N D L . CO LL I NG R I D G E , c PR E 1 I D S A T E T R E ET v SS, 48 1 49, A E R Q S LO ND O N , E . C . TO THE 39011 . sl am s 33 115 l mwu 3i 5 i 5 , LA T E UNI D T A M S ( TE STA TES M IN ISTER A T T HE COUR T O F S . J E ) , WHOSE LOVE FOR T HE AN CIENT AND BEAUTI FUL I S WELL K NOWN A ND APPREC IATED IN M Y THE OTHER COUNTR , THIS LITTLE BOO K I S RESPECTFULLY D ED ICAT ED . DEER FOOT FA R M , OUTHB OROUGH S , ASSACHUS TTS M E , em M 1 M 8 8 . f . , 7 R N AN D AR SI R REVE E D D E , I with r accept pleasure the dedication of you work , M O RIALS OF RN K NT the ME HE E , E , and feel highly honoured by i t . I certainly do take great interest in your ancient buildings, not only for their own intrinsic worth , but also because they m are a per anent link between our two countries . Your Churchyards are the richer for dust that belongs to u s as well as you . Féithfu ll y yours , W . R LO ELL J . R BU HA NAN The Rev. J . C . P EFA C E R . N f M EM OR IA LS O F RN I h @ of ering the HE E to the public do m ae not pretend to have very uch knowledge of arch ology, m a ae including as that vast subject does in its legiti ate sphere , p l o v m graphy, heraldry, and architecture . I ha e si ply endeavoured m m to collect fro various sources, a brief but co prehensive history u of the parish, and to f rnish the Visitor with a guide to the Church w hich will indicate and explain its chief points of in terest . I also l n w d earnest y hope (Hem e Church bei g so well and i ely known) , by calling attention to the deplorable condition of the N o r m A i sl e ’ ‘ ‘ — z fie o n ly pa n n o w i n n eed of mpa z r to obtain so m e assistance d towar s a new roof. ’ a m Ha m I indebted to sted s account of He e , in his History K " D m ’ of ent, unco be s History of Herne and Reculver (pub ’ li shed T o o ra hica in Nichol s Bibliotheca p g p Britannica) , and a m iscellaneous collection by the la te Charles D evon (Public ffice m r E O e M . w Record ) , kindly lent by d ard White , of Herne m m Bay, for uch valuable infor ation . ar e d My thanks are due, and here gratefully tendere , to the m W h following gentle en for advice and assistance . de Gray Birc , \ K . i r G . m m G a d n er and Fortescue (British Museu ) , Ja es ffic h ll o n O e . C a er Sm S m (Public Record ) , I ith (o erset House) , W K F. S. A . L m S. L ershaw, ( a beth Palace ibrary) , and Charles L m Welch (Guildhall ibrary) . I a sure if the clergy knew the m willingness of the learned in high places to help a ateur authors, wh o m m have a good object in view, there would be any ore and better parochial histories written . r K fo r m M . ershaw has so e years been collecting inform ation of ii PR E FA CE . n K n every kind relati g to e t , and as there is no fund for that purpose, he is glad to receive any gratuitous additions to his store . Dr I also beg to thank . Sheppard of Canterbury, for pointing m n m m e out so e very interesting particulars , and translati g so e, to , ’ difii cu lt a n cien t m a n u scri r pt s F ancis Butler, architect, for the f r G beauti ul plates which em bellish the work and Hen y rey, churchwarden , for assistance in translating the inscriptions on the Brasses, and careful revision for the press . L And lastly, I beg most sincerely to thank the ord Mayor, Sir t F S o Reginald Hanson , Bar , Alderman ir J hn Staples , F D Ea m G . L m eputy st, Ja es Judd , and Major a bert, for their kind and gen erous acknowledgm ent of the distinct claim which Hem e Church undoubtedly has upon the citiz ens of L ondon . C O NT ENT S ' PA G E HA PTER I C . REC ULVER n Its antiquity and destructio . H PT ER C A II . PA R ISH O F H ERN E f Places o note . CHAPTER III . CH UR CH OF HERN E — — — m — — To wer Po rch Ba pt i st ery Font North Aisle Nave South — — Aisle South Chantry C hapel— Chancel East Window m o f W — C Monu ent Sir . Thornhurst North hantry Chapel — f n . Brasses Account o St . Marti CHAPTE R IV . VI CA R S O F HERNE AND CHANTRY C F V HA TER . PA R ISH R EG IST E R S m w ’ Extracts fro Church ardens Accounts . CHA PTER VI . T I T H ES AND FEES C HA PTE R VII . OLD WI LLS — — — V Rober t So mersal John Younge Thom as Bysm er V i lli a m — — F — Philip Sir Matthew Philip Sir John y n eu x Rev . John — — — Warren Lady Elizabeth Fy n eu x Ed ward M o n yn gs Wi l — — — liam Fy n eu x Thom as Terrye John Church Richard — — Terry Sir William Sedley George Ha wl e t or Howlet — m K n o l e r Christopher Milles Tho as w . I ND E X LL T ATI I US R O NS. PA G E ' ' View o fChurch from F r o n tz spz ew Reculver Church Towers I 1 Reculver Church , 7 5 , and Ground Plan View o fthe Village o fHem e Parish Church of Hem e To we r ' a n d , Ground Plan Baptistery North Chantry Chapel showing proposed alteration Ground Plan Old Screen Picturesque Arch Mural Monum ent of Robert K n o wl er Chancel Monum ent of Sir William Thornhurst C C w o m North hantry hapel , sho ing Hagiosc pe , Au bry , c & . Screen , — f Brasses I . Sir Peter Halle and Wi e 2 . John Darley 3 . Christina Philip . n eu x 4 Elizabeth , Lady Fy 5 . John Sea and his Wives M EM IALS O F HE E O R R N KENT. , C HAPTE R I . st u lhrr fi . EEPLY m interesting as the Church at He e undoubtedly is, it m ust be acknowledged at the outset that it yields place in most things to the Mother Church of Reculver, to which it has ever been, and is now, tributary . The two Churches are so m m o r inti ately connected that, without some preli inary account m m Reculver, the history of He e would be inco plete and even unintelligible . f m for E Reculver is a ous, not only its arly Christian Church , m m but also for its ancient Ro an Ca p, said to have been erected in im i u * the third century by the Em peror Se pt s Severus . Among the tim e - worn ruins of the ancient castle is a fig- tree ' rm a m m i (fi ) of Italian origin, which according to the tradit ons m m t of the neighbourhood , was planted by the Ro ans , and us L therefore be between 1 3 8 5 and 1 8 8 8 years o ldq ’ In Leland s tim e (1 5 3 0 the villa ge of Reculver stood wi thyn a quarter of a m yle or a little more of the se V R a cu lfcestre o t It is called by the enerable Bede , and Ra ul m ’ f .