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2401 At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. Living (I18287)
 
2402 Not certain if this is a full brother or half brother
Darrin (Stephanie) 		CORLEY, Darrin (I18164)
 
2403 Not married 1699

Possible marriage:
SURNAME GIVEN NAME BRIDESUR BRIDE GIV EVT DATE YEAR PARENTS/SPOUSE PLACE SOURCE
BOUGHTON William BROADBRIDGE Mary ML 04 Feb 1709 bachelor, husbandman of Seasalter & Mary Broadbridge, spinster, of Boughton-Blean, at Boughton-Blean, Hernhill or Selling Canterbury ML COWPER, J. M.
BORTEN William BROADBRIDGE Mary M 07 Feb 1710 he of Seasalter she of this parish - lic Boughton Blean BT

Bequest in Will of John Broadbridge who died 1717 at Boughton
item, I give to my grandson JOHN, son of my son-in-law WILLIAM BOUGHTON, the like sum of twenty shillings.

item, I give to my granddaughter ELIZABETH daughter of my said son-in-law, WILLIAM BOUGHTON the like sum of twenty shillings and I will that these three legacies of twenty shillings a piece be paid to each of them by my said Executor in one year's time next after my decease 		BROADBRIDGE, Mary (I6881)
 
2404 Not married 1699 BROADBRIDGE, Sarah (I6880)
 
2405 Not married in 1939 - living with his widowed father in Fulham. COLLARD, Frederick Edward (I11603)
 
2406 not married in Faversham COLLINGS, William (I17160)
 
2407 Not married. Family (F3451)
 
2408 At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. Family (F3498)
 
2409 Not mentioned in father's Will of 1717. BROADBRIDGE, Mary ^ (I6745)
 
2410 Not mentioned in father's Will. RUCK, Robert ^ (I6822)
 
2411 Not mentioned in his father's Will of 1662. CARTER, Christopher (I7723)
 
2412 Not mentioned in Will of father in 1593. BAKER, Susanna (I14786)
 
2413 Not mentioned in Will of father, Thomas Baker, in 1615. BAKER, Agnes (I14775)
 
2414 Not mentioned in Will of father, Thomas Baker, in 1615. BAKER, William (I14772)
 
2415 Not mentioned in Will of father, Thomas Baker, in 1615. BAKER, Steven (I14771)
 
2416 Not mentioned in Will of father, Thomas Baker, in 1615. BAKER, Raphe (I14777)
 
2417 Not mentioned in Will of father, Thomas Baker, in 1615. BAKER, Margaret (I14778)
 
2418 Not mentioned in Will of father, Thomas Baker, in 1615. BAKER, Robert (I14781)
 
2419 Not named in her father's Will as a beneficiary. Therefore, she may have died before he made it. TILBY, Dorothy (I7968)
 
2420 Not this baptism - see burial below:

First name(s) Joan
Last name Plat
Birth year -
Baptism year 1570
Baptism date 26 Mar 1570
Place Wye, Ss Gregory & Martin
Father's first name(s) Willim
Mother's first name(s) -
County Kent
Country England

buried 15 Jun 1573 - a child, at Wye 		PLATTE, Joane (I16971)
 
2421 Note conflict of name of this individual raised firstly by these the following court action and secondly, by a history of the Moat Farm as set out in notes relating to Thomas Stoughton.

Records created, acquired, and inherited by Chancery, and also of the Wardrobe, Royal Household, Exchequer and various commissions
Division within C Records of Equity Side: the Six Clerks
C 1 Court of Chancery: Six Clerks Office: Early Proceedings, Richard II to Philip and Mary
C 1/1472 Detailed description at item level

Record Summary
Scope and content Thomas STOUGHTON of Ash and Jane his wife v. JULIANA Pynnor(?) and John her son.: Messuage and land called Little Betshanger, late of Laurence Omer, deceased.: KENT.
Covering dates 1556-1558
Note Mutilated.
Held by The National Archives, Kew 		OMER, Alice (I8048)
 
2422 Note: This John Ruck is not the son of John Ruck and Frances Launcefield as that John was apprenticed by his father in 1795 for a period of 7 years as a cooper at London. That John's apprenticeship would not have finished until 1802 and generally, apprentices were not permitted to marry. Additionally, even if this John had been that John and apprenticed for only 4 years he would have been able to sign his name in the marriage register at Charing. So, that further supports my suspicions that John who married Alice Russell is not the John Ruck who married Elizabeth Ann Winder. Another point is that the marriage of John Ruck and Elizabeth Ann Winder states that John Ruck was of Lambeth. The 1841 census is the final piece of evidence that support the conclusion that the John Ruck who married Elizabeth Ann Winder is definitely not the same John Ruck who married Alice Miller nee Russell as the former is in the outer suburbs of London in Kent and the latter is in Charing. RUCK, John (I18999)
 
2423 Notes for Eliza Elliot:
See biography and photo received from Blaine Jemmett on Mar 17, 2000, filed in Jemmett book.
More About Eliza Elliot:
Baptised: Nov 12, 1853, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Emigrated 1: May 23, 1863, from Liverpool aboard the "Antarctic"
Emigrated 2: Jul 10, 1863, arrived at New York, USA
Occupation 1: 1863, seamstress, according to manifest of the Antarctic
Occupation 2: Bet. 1865 - 1870, Ran a boarding house, took in laundry, ran the first Post Office in the area
Occupation 3: Bet. 1892 - 1894, Trained under Dr. Maggie Shipp in Salt Lake (via LDS)
Occupation 4: Apr 1894, Received certificate in Midwifery and Nursing
Occupation 5: Apr 01, 1895, Licensed by Board of Medical Examiners to practice Medecine and Obstetrics
Occupation 6: Bet. 1895 - 1912, Medical practicioner
Source 1: Betty Ford research
Source 2: gedcom: Janet Bounds
Source 3: LDS familysearch website
More About Henry Jemmett and Eliza Elliot:
Marriage: Mar 10, 1861, Preston, Kent
Source: Betty Ford research
Children of Henry Jemmett and Eliza Elliot are:
149 i. Emma Jemmett, born Nov 24, 1861 in Preston, Kent; died Jan 31, 1933 in Shelley, Idaho, USA.
150 ii. Daughter Jemmett, born Jun 1863 in en route to Utah; died Jul 1863 in en route to Utah. More About Daughter Jemmett: Source: LDS familysearch website
151 iii. Twin Jemmett, born Jun 1863 in en route to Utah; died Jul 1863 in en route to Utah. More About Twin Jemmett: Source: LDS familysearch website
152 iv. William Lewington Jemmett, born Jul 31, 1865 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA; died Feb 19, 1925 in Terreton, Idaho.
153 v. Eliza Jemmett, born Nov 30, 1866 in Collinston, Utah, USA; died Oct 29, 1957.
154 vi. Henry Jemmett, born Mar 20, 1870 in Collinston, Utah, USA; died Dec 19, 1948 in Nampa, Idaho.
155 vii. Molly Blanche Jemmett, born May 10, 1873 in Collinston, Utah, USA; died Feb 05, 1944. She married Howard Bingaman May 19, 1890; born 1869 in Collinston, Utah, USA; died Unknown. More About Molly Blanche Jemmett: Source: LDS familysearch website More About Howard Bingaman: Misc: Surname may be Bingerman, according to Eliza Elliott Jemmett obituary notice on file Source: LDS familysearch website More About Howard Bingaman and Molly Jemmett: Marriage: May 19, 1890 Source: LDS familysearch website
156 vii. Charlotte Jemmett, born Aug 31, 1876 in Collinston, Utah; died Feb 08, 1924 in Idaho Falls, Idaho.
157 ix. Frederick Jemmett, born Abt. 1878 in Collinston, Utah, USA; died Bet. 1880 - 1882. More About Frederick Jemmett: Source: LDS familysearch website
158 x. Edward Jemmett, born Jan 06, 1881 in Collinston, Utah, USA; died Apr 29, 1907 in Idaho Falls, Idaho, USA.
159 xi. George Jemmett, born 1883 in Collinston, Utah, USA; died 1884. More About George Jemmett: Source: LDS familysearch website
160 xii. Eva Jemmett, born 1885; died 1891. She married ? Croft. More About Eva Jemmett: Source:LDS familysearch website More About ? Croft: Source: obituary notice on file of Mrs. Eliza Jemmett
161 xiii. Howard Jemmett, born Jul 04, 1890 in Collinston, Utah, USA; died Jan 20, 1968 in Whittier, California. 		ELLIOTT, Eliza (I7556)
 
2424 Notes prepared by Keith Hayward and included here with his kind permission:
Descendants of Sampson COURT of Elmstead
Sampson COURT was married (firstly) 21st October 1560 at Elmstead to Margaret DODE, (secondly) 15th May
1582 at Elmstead to Jane WARMAN. He had issue:
A01 Simon COURT, baptised 14th September 1561 at Elmstead. He was married to -----. They had issue:
B01 Mathew COURT, baptised 11th June 1593 at Elmstead. He was married 2nd October 1617 at Elmstead to
Elizabeth SHIRLESTONE. She was buried 19th October 1624 at Elstead. He was buried 16th March 1669 at
Elmstead. They had issue:
C01 Elenor COURT, baptised 10th June 1618 at Elmstead. She (“Ellen”) was married 9th April 1640 at
Elmstead to William SHOTWATER.
C02 Mary COURT, baptised 9th February 1619 at Elmstead. She was married 31st January 1653 at Elmstead to
Ralph MOUNT.
C03 Simon COURT, baptised 24th November 1621 at Elmstead.
C04 Mathew COURT, baptised 7th December 1623 and buried 17th May 1624, both at Elmstead.
B02 William COURT, baptised 15th May 1597 at Elmstead. He was married to -----. They had issue:
B03 John COURT, baptised 6th January 1599 at Elmstead.
B04 Elisabeth COURT, baptised 20th January 1604 at Elmstead.
A02 Elisabeth COURT, baptised 5th September 1563 at Elmstead. She was married 26th January 1590 at Elmstead
to William BELL.
A03 Sarah COURT, baptised 27th November 1569 at Elmstead. She was married 27th January 1603 at Elmstead to
Christopher GARRET.
A04 Robert COURT, baptised 14th September 1572 at Elmstead. He was married 21st October 1616 at Elmstead
to Sarah FORDRED formerly -----. They had issue:
B01 Samson COURT, baptised 19th October 1617 at Elmstead. He was married to -----. He was buried 31st
March 1670 at Elmstead. They had issue:
C01 Valentine COURT, baptised 18th February 1643 at Elmstead. He was married 7th October 1674 at
Elmstead to Tamsin FOOT. She (“Thomazin”) was buried 8th October 1703 at Elmstead. They had issue:
D01 John COURT, baptised 6th May 1676 and buried 14th May 1676, both at Elmstead,
D02 Anne COURT, baptised 11th March 1676 at Elmstead.
D03 Robert COURT, baptised 9th May 1680 at Elmstead. He was married firstly to Mary -----, secondly
(Between 1716 and 1718) to Jane -----. Jane died 27th October 1756 and was buried 3rd November 1756 at
Acrise. M.I. Robert died 27th November 1758 and was buried 27th November 1758 at Acrise. M.I. He had
issue:
E01 Mary COURT, baptised 12th August 1708 at Acrise and fl. 1758.
E02 Valentine COURT, baptised 13th January 1711 at Acrise and fl. 1758.
E03 William COURT, baptised 1st May 1714 and buried 19th December 1759, both at Acrise.
E04 Samson COURT, baptised 21st December 1716 at Acrise and fl.1758.
E05 Robert COURT, baptised 15th November 1719 at Acrise and fl. 1758.
E06 John COURT, baptised 17th January 1724 at Acrise. He was married to Susannah -----. She was buried
25th October 1779 aged 51 at Acrise. M.I. They had issue:
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F01 Susannah COURT, baptised 25th November 1753 at Acrise.
F02 Jane COURT, baptised 28th March 1756 and buried 21st June 1791, both at Acrise.
F03 Valentine COURT, baptised 3rd September 1758 at Acrise. He was married 27th March 1780 at Acrise
to Elizabeth SCOTT.
F04 Stephen COURT, baptised 15th March 1761 at Acrise. Victualler and Freeman of Dover. He was
married firstly by licence 5th August 1784 at St Mary Dover to Mary ROGERS of Elham (daughter of
William ROGERS) who died 31st August 1816 aged 53 and was buried 6th September 1816 at Whitfield,
M.I.; secondly to Sarah ----- who died 12th November 1825 aged 58 and was buried 17th November 1825 at
Whitfield, M.I.; thirdly 20th November 1826 at St Saviour Southwark to Elizabeth RADCLIFFE. He died
20th June 1834 aged 72 and was buried 6th July 1834 at Whitfield. M.I. He had issue:
G01 Susanna COURT, baptised 12th December 1784 at Acrise. She was married 21st April 1808 at St
Marylebone to Samuel MUNRO. For further details see MUNRO pedigree.
G02 John COURT, baptised 21st December 1785 at St Mary Dover. He died 18th April 1813 and was
buried 22nd April 1813 at Whitfield. M.I.
G03 Roger Stephen COURT, baptised 8th February 1788 at St Mary Dover. The entry of his baptism
gives his name as Roger. However some other register entries involving him, together with his will and the
records of his Freedom, give it as Rogers. Wine merchant and Freeman of Dover. He was married firstly
14th October 1813 at St Mary Dover to Nancy GILLBEE who died 23rd May 1823 aged 36 and was
buried 30th May 1823 at Whitfield, M.I.; secondly by licence 2nd February 1826 at St James Dover to Eliza
Angel PAYN who died 15th December 1836 aged 30 and was buried 20th December 1836 at Whitfield,
M.I. He died 13th January 1847 and was buried 24th January 1847 at Whitfield, M.I. Will made 3rd August
1841 proved PCC 14th June 1847. He had issue:
H01 Lucy Popkiss COURT, baptised 9th December 1814 at St Mary Dover. She was married 17th
August 1837 at St Mary Dover to William Henry PAYN. In 1851 she was a visitor at 15 Hanover
Crescent Brighton. He died 14th September 1887 at Woodleigh Villas, Kearsney, River, near Dover. Will
made 11th February 1885, proved Canterbury 28th May 1888. She fl. 1881. For further details see PAYN
pedigree.
H02 Mary Rogers COURT, baptised 10th March 1817 at St Mary Dover. She was married (DEC1842)
at (St Geo Han Sq) to John NEALE. He died (in or prior to 1881). In 1896 she was living at 2 Pittville
Crescent, Cheltenham. She died 29th October 1898. Will made 29th June 1896, proved London 16th
January 1899. For further details see NEALE/VAWDREY pedigree.
H03 Stephen COURT, baptised 11th June 1821 at St Mary Dover. Wine merchant and Freeman of
Dover. He was married firstly (SEP1846) at (Bridge) to Frances Phillis Bond MEAD who died 23rd May
1855 aged 30 at Dover and was buried 28th May 1855 at Whitfield, M.I.; secondly to Elizabeth ----- née
FOSTER who died 25th December 1899 at Ashford and was buried 30th December 1899 at Hothfield,
M.I. Will made 3rd April 1888 proved 1st February 1900. He died 7th October 1857 and was buried 14th
October 1857 at Whitfield. M.I. He had issue:
I01 Stephen COURT, born 10th May 1847 at Dover and baptised 13th June 1847 at Fordwich. Wine
merchant and Freeman of Dover. He was married 18th September 1871 at (Epsom) to Mary Aurora
CAMPBELL. He died 27th August 1879 at Cherbourg, France. Will made 15th November 1878, proved
London 12th February 1880. She was married (DEC1879) at (Eastbourne) to Arthur Arbouine
BUTCHER (by whom she had at least two further children: Osborne A and Ivy M) and died 20th June
1904 aged 50. In 1891 they were living at 129 West End Lane Hampstead. Will proved London 1904.
Stephen had issue:
J01 Margarita Aurora COURT, born at Whitfield April 1872 and baptised 9th June 1872 at
Whitfield. In 1891 she was living at 129 West End Lane Hampstead. She was married (SEP1896) at
(Horsham) to Augustin MORA. She fl. 1905 at 21 Lynette Avenue, Clapham Common.
J02 Laura Phillis COURT, born at Whitfield June 1873 and baptised 20th June 1873 at Whitfield. In
1891 she was living at 129 West End Lane Hampstead. She was married (MAR1897) at (Strand) to
Frederick Brereton DIXON. She fl. 1904 at 105 Altenburg Gardens, Battersea.
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I02 Fanny Mead COURT, born 26th February 1849 at Dover and baptised 23rd May 1849 at St Mary
Dover. She was married 10th August 1872 at Whitfield to Thomas Henry BRIGGS, barrister. She died
23rd December 1914 at Lynmouth, Devon and was buried at Countisbury. M.I. Will made 21st June
1912, proved London 5th March 1915. He died 23rd June 1924 at (Newton A.). Will made 20th February
1924, proved London 26th November 1924. They had issue.
I03 Dudley COURT, born 20th November 1850 at Dover and baptised 13th February 1851 at St Mary
Dover. Lieutenant R.N. He was married (1876) at (Cork) to Sophia Margaret Hungerford ORPEN, of
Ireland. He died 19th October 1883 at Dinan, France. Will made 27th September 1881, proved London
30th November 1883. She died 11th January 1886 at Arcachon, France. Will made 25th November 1885,
proved London 23rd June 1886.
I04 Lena COURT, born 1st July 1853 at Dover and baptised 12th October 1853 at St Mary Dover. She
was married 16th November 1875 at (Pancras) (as his first wife) to George Moore DANIEL. She died
30th January 1888 at Puerto Santa Maria, Spain. Administration P.R. 19th March 1888. He was
afterwards married to Maria del Carmen IGLESIAS by whom he had further issue, and who died 6th
February 1927. He died 27th November 1915 aged 67, being then of 42, Calle Pozuelo, Puerto Santa
Maria, Spain. Administration 13th June 1916. Further grant 10th October 1939. For further details see
DANIEL pedigree.
I05 Ernest COURT, born 15th May 1855 at Dover and baptised 1st August 1855 at St Mary Dover.
Wine merchant and Freeman of Dover. He was married, firstly (MAR1880) at (Tunbridge) to Frances
COUCHMAN who died 26th October 1881 aged 26 at Whitfield and was buried 29th October 1881 at
Whitfield, M.I.; secondly (DEC1891) at (Reading) to Eleanor Euphemia Caroline HARRISON.
Latterly he kept the Cross Inn, Staplecross, Ewhurst, Sussex, and died there 9th June 1900. Will proved
Lewes 3rd July 1900. She fl. 1901 at Staplecross. He had issue:
J01 Frances Emily COURT, born c. October 1880 and baptised 3rd February 1881 at Whitfield. She
died 15th November 1881 and was buried 18th November 1881 at Whitfield. M.I.
J02 Ernest COURT, baptised 11th January 1882 at Whitfield. In 1891 he was living with his
grandmother Elizabeth COUCHMAN at 17 Shakespeare Road Sittingbourne. In 1901 he was a
harness maker, living with his aunt and uncle Ellen and William BROWN at 6 Manor Terrace,
Sheerness.
H04 Henry Payn COURT, baptised 6th December 1826 at St Mary Dover. Wine merchant and Freeman
of Dover. He died 19th January 1851 and was buried 24th January 1851 at Whitfield. M.I.
H05 Eliza Payn COURT, baptised 20th February 1828 at St Mary Dover. She was buried 4th November
1828 at Whitfield. M.I.
H06 George Stringer COURT, baptised 6th January 1830 at St Mary Dover. Farmer and grazier. He
was married (SEP1852) at (Maldon) to Elizabeth QUIHAMPTON. In 1881 he was at Hythe, and in
1896 he was living at 88 Talbot Road, Bayswater. She died (in or prior to 1901). In 1901 he was living at
55 Chepstow Place, Paddington. He died 30th March 1911 at 55 Chepstow Place, Paddington and was
buried at Paddington Cemetery. Will proved London 20th June 1911. They had issue:
I01 Alice COURT, born (SEP1853) at Sellinge and fl. 1881 at 50 St Charles Square, Kensington.
I02 Frederick George COURT, born c.1855 at Sellinge and fl. 1861.
I03 Emily Maude COURT, born c.1856 at Sellinge and fl. 1913.
I04 Margaret Ellen COURT, born c.1858 at Saltwood. In 1901 she was living at 55 Chepstow Place
Paddington. She died 24th May 1913. Will proved London 22nd August 1913.
I05 Herbert COURT, born c.1860 at Saltwood and fl. 1881 at Hythe. In 1901 he was living at 55
Chepstow Place Paddington.
I06 Katharine Payn COURT, born c.1862 at Saltwood. She was married 9th September 1893 at St
Peters Kensington Park Road, Bayswater (as his first wife) to George Norton STEVENS. She died 1st
September 1908 at Karlsbad. Will made 5th August 1902 proved London 19th December 1908. He was
married secondly 2nd June 1910 at Holy Trinity Paddington to Mabel Agnes LAURIE. In 1926 he was
living at 7 Hyde Park Gardens, London. He died 15th September 1930 aged 83. Will made 8th January
1926, proved 2nd December 1930. Katharine had issue:
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H07 Percy Simpson COURT, born 29th January 1832 and baptised 22nd February 1832 at St Mary
Dover. Wine merchant and Freeman of Dover. He was married to Fanny QUIHAMPTON. He died 29th
March 1896 at (Dover) and was buried 2nd April 1896 at Whitfield. Administration (with will) London
11th August 1896. In 1901 she was living at 6 Victoria Road Eltham. She died 7th September 1913 aged
77 at Woodside, Victoria Road, Eltham, and was buried 11th September 1913 at Whitfield. Will proved
London 7th October 1913. They had issue:
I01 Percy Southard COURT, born (MAR1860) at (Dover). In 1901 he was living at 6 Victoria Road
Eltham. He was married (JUN1908) at (Lewisham) to (Ada Maria FOSTER or Marian Edith
ROWSELL). He died 5th March 1932. Will proved London 8th April 1932.
I02 Ada Lucy COURT, born 1863 at Dover. She was married 10th June 1897 at Nutfield (as his second
wife) to Alexander Travers HAWES. He died 20th May 1924. Will proved London 2nd July 1924. She
died 28th July 1939. Will proved London 28th September 1939.
I03 Harry COURT, born c.1864 and buried 10th May 1866 at Whitfield.
I04 Evelyn COURT, born c.1866 at Dover. In 1901 she was living at 6 Victoria Road Eltham. She died
21st February 1956 at Malmesmead, Marine Road, Walmer, and was cremated at Charing, her ashes
being interred 21st April 1956 at Whitfield. Will proved London 2nd May 1956.
I05 Roger Francis COURT, born c.1868 at Dover. He died 22nd July 1896 at Johannesburg. Will
proved London 28th January 1901.
I06 Lilian COURT, born c.1870 at Dover. She died 9th March 1938 and her ashes were interred 12th
March 1938 at Whitfield. Will proved London 17th May 1938.
I07 Horace COURT, born c.1874 and buried 15th December 1879 at Whitfield.
I08 Gertrude COURT, died in infancy.
I09 Cuthbert Quihampton COURT, born 1881 at Dover. In 1901 he was living at 6 Victoria Road
Eltham. He was married (in or after 1901) to Elizabeth Ada -----. He was latterly of 3 Stanley Street,
Bedford, and died 25th November 1950. Administration London 14th June 1956.
H08 Sebastian Elton COURT, baptised 20th January 1836 at St Mary Dover. He was buried 5th January
1837 at Whitfield. M.I.
G04 Valentine COURT, born 17th January 1790. He was baptised 31st January 1790 at St Mary Dover.
He died 7th September 1811 and was buried 12th September 1811 at Whitfield. M.I.
G05 Sampson COURT, born 9th January 1792. He was baptised 12th February 1792 at St Mary Dover and
buried 9th August 1792 at Whitfield. M.I.
G06 Harriot COURT, born 6th August 1793. She was baptised 18th August 1793 at St Mary Dover and
buried 2nd October 1796 at Whitfield.
G07 Affra COURT, born 16th August 1795. She was baptised 30th September 1795 at St Mary Dover and
buried 23rd October 1796 at Whitfield.
G08 Elizabeth COURT, born 5th December 1797. She was baptised 29th December 1797 and buried 4th
October 1800, both at St Mary Dover. M.I. at Whitfield.
G09 George COURT, baptised 15th January 1800 at St Mary Dover and buried 24th August 1804 at
Whitfield. M.I.
G10 Richard COURT, born 8th July 1802. He was baptised 25th August 1802 at St Mary Dover and
buried 8th March 1803 at Whitfield. M.I.
G11 Jane COURT, baptised 16th October 1804 at St Mary Dover and died in infancy. M.I. at Whitfield.
F05 William COURT, baptised 18th March 1764 at Acrise. He was married to Mary ----- and moved to
Folkestone. He died 1845. They had issue:
G01 Thomas COURT, baptised 14th July 1786 at Folkestone. Bricklayer. He was married after banns 17th
June 1813 at Folkestone to Margaret KINGSFORD. He was buried 25th February 1829 at Folkestone.
They had issue:
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H01 Mary COURT, baptised 17th October 1817 at Folkestone.
H02 Thomas COURT, baptised 5th May 1819 at Folkestone.
H03 Susanna COURT, baptised 20th February 1822 at Folkestone.
G02 John COURT, baptised 1st May 1789 at Folkestone.
G03 Henry COURT, baptised 15th April 1792 at Folkestone. Mariner. He was married after banns 15th
January 1821 at Folkestone to Ann MINTER. They had issue:
H01 Henry COURT, baptised 29th May 1821 at Folkestone.
H02 John COURT, baptised 5th February 1823 at Folkestone.
H03 Mary Ann COURT, baptised 20th February 1825 at Folkestone.
H04 Leonard Minter COURT, baptised 16th September 1827 at Folkestone.
G04 William COURT, baptised 4th March 1795 at Folkestone. Mariner. He was married after banns 15th
February 1821 at Folkestone to Ann KENNEY. She died 1843. He died 1858. They had issue:
H01 William Brandford COURT, baptised 6th June 1821 at Folkestone. Mariner. He was married 5th
January 1848 at St James Dover to Harriet Ann WILLIAMS. She died (in or prior to 1901). He fl. 1901
at 4 East Cliff Gardens, Folkestone. He died (SEP1907) at (Elham). They had issue:
I01 Ann E. COURT, born c.1848.
I02 Harriet COURT, born c.1850 at Folkestone and fl. 1901 at 4 East Cliffe Gardens, Folkestone.
I03 Susan COURT, born c.1855 at Poole, Dorset and fl. 1901 at 4 East Cliff Gardens, Folkestone .
H02 Thomas Slater COURT, baptised 23rd March 1823 at Folkestone.
H03 John COURT, baptised 17th April 1825 and buried 22nd April 1829, both at Folkestone.
H04 Stephen Brandford COURT, baptised 13th May 1827 at Folkestone. Fruiterer and shopkeeper. He
was married to Mary Ann -----. They fl. 1881 at Folkestone and 1891 and 1901 at 72 High Street
Folkestone. He died (JUN1907) at (Elham). They had issue:
I01 Helena K COURT, born c1864 at Folkestone. She fl. 1891 at 72 High Street Folkestone.
I02 Robert Dale COURT, baptised 31st March 1867 at Folkestone. Silversmith and Jeweller. He fl.
1891 at 72 High I03 Ann Elizabeth COURT, baptised 31st October 1869 at Folkestone.
I04 Lena COURT, born c1872 at Folkestone and fl. 1901 at 72 High Street Folkestone..
L05 Rose COURT, born c1881 at Folkestone and fl. 1901 at 72 High Street Folkestone.
H05 Richard Marsh COURT, baptised 26th September 1829 at Folkestone. He died 10th April 1895 at
Elham. Will proved Canterbury 7th August 1895.
H06 Mary Ann COURT, baptised 4th December 1831 at Folkestone.
H07 Susan Alice COURT, baptised 6th July 1836 at Folkestone.
H08 Henry James COURT, baptised 11th August 1839 at Folkestone.
G05 James COURT, baptised 12th November 1797 at Folkestone. Mariner. He was married after banns
7th November 1823 at Folkestone to Sarah BAYLEY. He died c1835. She fl. 1857. They had issue:
H01 Sarah COURT, baptised 9th March 1825 and buried 16th March 1829, both at Folkestone.
H02 Stephen COURT, baptised 24th December 1826 at Folkestone. He was married (MAR1857) at
(Elham) to Susanna Alice COURT. He died 11th April 1861 and was buried at Folkestone Cemetery.
Will made 29th April 1857 proved London 13th May 1861. (See Kentish Connection #6/8, 6/9, 6/10, 7/1).
She died 10th March 1924 aged 87 and was buried at Folkestone Cemetery. They had no issue.
H03 James COURT, baptised 2nd November 1828 and buried 2nd January 1830, both at Folkestone.
H04 Elizabeth COURT. She was married (prior to 1857) to Henry GROVER. They had issue:

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F06 John COURT, baptised 3rd May 1767 at Acrise. He was married to Sarah -----. She died 26th April
1848 and was buried 3rd May 1848 at Acrise. M.I. He died 15th March 1851 and was buried 23rd March
1851 at Acrise. M.I. They had issue:
G01 John COURT, born c1796. Carpenter. He was married to Elizabeth -----. He died 9th May 1873 and
was buried 16th May 1873 at Acrise. M.I. She died 15th April 1885. M.I. at Acrise. They had issue:
H01 Jane COURT, baptised 7th September 1822 at Acrise.
H02 Stephen COURT, baptised 16th March 1828 at Acrise.
H03 Susanna COURT, baptised 11th October 1829 at Acrise and fl. 1881 at Acrise.
H04 Robert COURT, baptised 4th September 1831 at Acrise. He was married to Margaret -----. They fl.
1881 at Hougham. They had issue:
I01 Clara Jane COURT, born (MAR1867) at Sturry.
I02 Ada Margaret COURT, born (DEC1870) at Chislet and died (SEP1887) at (Dover).
I03 Lena Agnes K. COURT, born (SEP1876) at Chislet.
H05 Sarah Emma COURT, baptised 2nd June 1833 at Acrise. She died 7th April 1836 and was buried
12th April 1836 at Acrise. M.I.
H06 Sampson COURT, baptised 27th December 1835 at Acrise. He was married to Maria Elizabeth -----
. They fl. 1891 at Ditchling. He died 15th March 1903 at Westminster Hospital. Administration Lewes
15th June 1903. They had issue:
I01 Amy COURT, born c.1863 at Ditchling and fl.1881.
I02 Lucy COURT, born c.1868 at Ditchling and fl. 1891 at Ditchling.
I03 Lewis COURT, born c.1872 at Ditchling and fl.1881.
I04 Wilfred COURT, born c.1875 at Ditchling and fl.1891 at Ditchling.
I05 Mabel COURT, born c.1877 at Ditchling and fl.1891 at Ditchling.
H07 Agnes COURT, baptised 8th October 1837 at Acrise and fl. 1881 at Acrise.
H08 Valentine COURT, born 21st June 1846, baptised 23rd August 1846, died 7th January 1847 of
whooping cough and buried 14th January 1847, all at Acrise. M.I.
G02 Thomas COURT, baptised 16th June 1799 at Acrise and fl. 1851.
G03 George COURT, baptised 6th November 1803 at Acrise and fl. 1851.
G04 Jane COURT, baptised 9th March 1806 at Acrise and fl.1851.
G05 Sarah COURT, born 24th February 1809 and baptised 25th June 1809 at Acrise. She was married 26th
July 1840 at Hawkinge to Stephen COURT (see below). He died 29th May 1875. She died 7th March
1909.
G06 Harriet COURT, baptised 21st July 1811 at Acrise.
G07 Susannah COURT, baptised 6th April 1812 at Acrise and fl. 1851
E07 Stephen COURT, baptised 10th September 1717 at Acrise. He was married 21st January 1753 at Acrise
to Mary HORTON. They had issue:
F01 Mary COURT, baptised 28th October 1753 at Acrise. She died 11th October 1779 and was buried 25th
October 1779 at Acrise. M.I.
F02 Stephen COURT, baptised 8th December 1754 at Acrise.
F03 Sampson COURT, baptised 25th July 1756 at Acrise.
F04 John COURT, baptised 5th November 1758 at Acrise. He was married to Sarah -----. He died 9th
December 1817. M.I. at Acrise. She died 9th October 1827 aged 57. M.I. at Acrise. They had issue:
G01 Stephen COURT, baptised 25th December 1796 at Acrise. He was married 26th July 1840 at
Hawkinge to Sarah COURT. He died 29th May 1875. She fl. 1901 at Elham. She died 7th March 1909.
2356 page 7
G02 Mary COURT, baptised 2nd September 1798 at Acrise.
G03 Elizabeth COURT, baptised 18th January 1801 at Acrise.
G04 Harriet COURT, baptised 7th August 1803 at Acrise.
G05 Susanna COURT, baptised 29th September 1805 at Acrise. She was married to -----
HARRINGTON. She fl. 1901 at Elham.
G06 Sarah COURT, baptised 5th June 1808 at Acrise.
G07 John Pilcher COURT, baptised 13th March 1814 at Acrise. He was married (DEC1839) at (Elham).
F05 Jane COURT, baptised 2nd November 1760 at Acrise. She died 15th June 1791 and was buried 21st
June 1791 at Acrise.
F06 Elizabeth COURT, baptised 6th January 1765 at Acrise. She was married after banns 1st March 1783 at
Acrise to William RICHARDS. She died May 1784 and was buried 8th May 1784 at Acrise. M.I. They had
issue:
D04 Elizabeth COURT, baptised 11th December 1681 at Elmstead.
D05 John COURT, baptised 30th December 1683 at Elmstead.
D06 Susanna COURT, baptised 30th December 1683 and buried (“Susan”) 22nd November 1700, both at
Elmstead.
D07 Mary COURT, baptised 18th January 1686 at Elmstead.
C02 Robert COURT, baptised 22nd February 1645 at Elmstead.
C03 Sarah COURT, baptised 29th June 1656 at Elmstead.
C04 Martha COURT, baptised 28th March 1658 at Elmstead.
C05 Simon COURT, baptised 20th September 1659 at Elmstead.
C06 Elizabeth COURT, baptised 6th February 1661 at Elmstead.
C07 John COURT, baptised 4th November 1663 at Elmstead.
C08 Mary COURT, baptised 8th July 1666 at Elmstead.
C09 Margaret COURT, baptised 30th November 1668 at Elmstead.
A05 Susan COURT, baptised 11th September 1575 at Elmstead.
A06 John COURT, baptised 2nd November 1578 at Elmstead.
A07 John COURT, baptised 23rd January 1579 at Elmstead.
A08 Agnes COURT, baptised 1st November 1584 at Elmstead. She (“Annis”) was married 18th January 1609 at
Elmstead to John WATSON.
Revised 7th March 2006
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East Kent People Index - http://www.kfhs.org.uk/pdf/hollingsbee-supplement.pdf 		COURT, Sampson (I14470)
 
2425 Notice from newspaper
"Feb. 12, at Faversham, Mary, wife of Mr. Thomas Nutt, shrimp man, aged 69." 		STONE, Mary (I3163)
 
2426 NOTICE is hereby given, that the Partnership heretofore subsisting between us, the undersigned, Reginald McCartney Bellamy and Leslie Alfred George Swann, carrying on business as Motor Engineers, at the Downview Garage, Worthing, under the style or firm of BELLAMY & SWANN, has been dissolved by mutual consent as and from the eighth day of February, 1922. All debts due to and owing by the said late firm will be received and paid by the said Reginald McCartney Bellamy, at the above address. Dated this 8th day of February, 1922.
REGINALD M. BELLAMY
LESLIE A. G. SWANN
[Source: The London Gazette, 14 Februiary, 1922, p. 1331. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32609/page/1331/data.pdf]


NOTICE is hereby given, that the Partnership heretofore subsisting between us, the undersigned, Walter James Harold Howell and Reginald McCartney Bellamy, carrying on business as Motor Engineers and Motor Garage Proprietors under the name of "The DOWNVIEW GARAGE" - R. Bellamy, at the Downview Garage, Downview Road, West Worthing, in the county of Sussex, has been dissolved by mutual consent as and from the 15th day of October, 1927. All debts due to and owing by the said firm will be received and paid by the said Walter James Harold Howell. Dated this 20th day of October, 1927.
W. J. H HOWELL
REGINALD M. BELLAMY
(070)
[Source: The London Gazette, 1 November, 1927, p. 6924. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/33325/page/6924/data.pdf] 		BELLAMY, Reginald Macartney (I18774)
 
2427 now Angela McDonald


Angela NAYLOR and Lillian Loreen HILL are 4th cousins 1 time removed. Their common ancestors are John GREGORY and Judith DODD.


Angela NAYLOR and Susan Dara YOUNG are 5th cousins. Their common ancestors are John GREGORY and Judith DODD.

Match is on Chromosome 1:
1 96069014 154839282 31.77 8824
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Angela NAYLOR and Susan Dara YOUNG are 5th cousins. Their common ancestors are John GREGORY and Judith DODD.

Angela NAYLOR and Susan Dara YOUNG are 9th cousins 1 time removed. Their common ancestors are John SPILLETT and Marion HOPPER.

Angela NAYLOR and Susan Dara YOUNG are 13th cousins 1 time removed. Their common ancestors are Robert AUSTEN and Elizabeth .

Angela NAYLOR and Susan Dara YOUNG are 20th cousins. Their common ancestors are John de APULDERFIELD and Joan .

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Email from Angela McDonald
mailto:ianda@iandamcd.co.uk

Hello, Lillian.
Family Tree DNA shows a relationship between us of 2nd to 4th cousins and, when I checked your tree against mine, I found that we were 4th cousins once removed. There’s a great deal of useful information in your tree, and combining the information from both trees it seems that our nearest common ancestors were John Gregory b c1770 and Judith Dodd b c1775, from whom your line of descent is:
John Gregory b c1770 and Judith Dodd b c1775;
Edward Gregory b c1797;
Edward Gregory b c1822;
Ann Gregory b 1855;
Minnie Bodeker b1893;
Lillian.
My line is:
John Gregory b c1770 and Judith Dodd b c1775;
Sarah Gregory b 1804;
Benjamin Spillett b 1824;
Hannah Spillett Austin b 1846;
Walter Henry Naylor b 1879;
Walter Charles Naylor b 1907;
Angela Eileen Naylor.
We’re also 12th cousins once removed, by a different route going back to your 11th great-grandparents (my 12th great-grandparents), Edward Spillett b c1525 and Johanne (unknown) b c 1529.
Please feel free to view my tree (Angela McDonald, Kit No. 343316). If you’d like to compare notes I’d be delighted to hear from you.
With best wishes,
Angela McDonald (née Naylor)
Kent, England
Thanks for your reply, Susan; we must be 5th (and 13th) cousins.
I’m sorry to hear that your mother’s in hospital, and I can well understand that you’d need to spend a good deal of your time there; there’s no hurry to reply to my e-mails.
Could you tell me more about your John Spillett of 1626, please? My database has forty-odd John Spilletts in it, but I can’t find the 1626 one. The nearest John I have to that date was baptised in Ulcombe in 1629, and was our 3rd cousin, 10 times removed.
By pure chance, at least eight of our ancestors, and quite a few other relatives, are buried in my local parish-churchyard. That’s quite extraordinary, considering that my husband and I were scarcely aware of the place before we moved here.
Do you have a subscription to Ancestry? All my relevant images are on the Ancestry tree, and I could send you an invitation to view it.
With best wishes to you and your mother,
Angela

From: Susan
Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2017 8:36 AM
To: Ian and Angela McDonald
Subject: RE: Cousins
Hello, Angela.
It is so nice to hear from you. Yes, I have been eyeing our mutual lines of ancestry and am very familiar with the Benjamin Spillett line, although mostly through those that had emigrated to the USA. So, it is nice to make your acquaintance.
Now, I have to explain that I am Lillian’s daughter and had her take (I administer) the FTDNA atDNA test in an effort to catch not only her mother’s Kent roots, but also her father’s Devonian roots. My mother, Lillian, and I, Susan, had our mtDNA done many many many years ago through Sorenson Molecular. So, already knowing that we have proven our connection it was time to foray into the atDNA testing. My test will be done later this year through which I will also catch my father’s Scottish roots.
I haven’t, yet, extended the Spillett line back beyond the expected birth year of my fellow, John, in 1626. But, I had some very preliminary information that he may well go back to the progenitor of all the mid-Kent Spilletts at East Sutton.
We (my mother, you and I) may also have a connection through the Cloake line, particularly if your Anne Cloake goes back to John Clooke and Margaret Gay at Elmsted.
Yes, I have checked your tree but have been working on triangulating all of the matches on FTDNA and Gedmatch before connecting select matches - of which, you are one. Sadly, I don’t get to spend as much time at this as I would like to. So, I’m a little slow in getting the tasks accomplished.
Yes, I would love to stay in touch with you and would be interested in exploring our earlier Spillett ancestry and perhaps that of Cloake/Clooke, as well. Currently, my mother has landed in hospital so much of my time is spent there, rather than here at the computer. So, please have patience if I don’t respond to any emails right away.
Sincerely,
Susan Young and on behalf of my mother, Lillian Penny (formerly Young, nee Hill)
St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
Sent from Mail for Windows 10
From: Ian and Angela McDonald Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2017 5:37 PM To: zandara@cogeco.ca Subject: Cousins 		NAYLOR, Angela (I14691)
 
2428 nun at Fontevrault after husband's death Mathilde (I9271)
 
2429 O.M. (1929), M.A., M.B., hon. D. ----., hon. LL.D. St. Andrews, F.R.C.P., Poet Laureate 19--, educ. Eton and Corpus Christi Coll. Oxford.

A poet noted for his technical mastery of prosody and for his sponsorship of the poetry of his friend Gerard Manley Hopkins. Born of a prosperous landed family, Bridges went to Eton College and then to Corpus Christi College, Oxford, where he met Hopkins. His edition of Hopkins' poetry that appeared in 1916 rescued it from obscurity. From 1869 until 1882 Bridges worked as a medical student and physician in London hospitals. In 1884 he married Mary Monica Waterhouse, and he spent the rest of his life in virtually unbroken domestic seclusion, first at Yattendon, Berkshire, then at Boar's Hill, devoting himself almost religiously to poetry, contemplation, and the study of prosody. Although he published several long poems and poetic dramas, his reputation rests upon the lyrics collected in Shorter Poems (1890, 1894). New Verse (1925) contains experiments using a metre based on syllables rather than accents. He used this form for his long philosophical poem The Testament of Beauty, published on his 85th birthday. Bridges was poet laureate from 1913 until his death. 		BRIDGES, Robert Seymour (I8395)
 
2430 Obit
Northern Times (Newcastle, NSW : 1857 - 1918) Thursday 2 November 1916, p. 1
Two more old residents of the Mait
land district have passed away in Mr.
Lebbeus Laybutt. of Rose Street, West
Maltland, aged 90 years.

The late Mr. Laybutt came from
England In 1851. Four sons and two
daughters survive.\


The Maitland Daily Mercury (NSW : 1894 - 1939) Wednesday 1 November 1916, p. 4
Another Old Resident's Death
Another old resident: of the Maitland district,
in the person of Mr. Lebbeus Laybutt, passed
away at his residence, Rose-street, early this,
morning. He was just over 90 years of age,
and had been in Australia since 1851. On his ar-
rival from England he settled at Raymond
Terrace, but a few years later came to this
district, where he spent his remaining years.
His health had not been of the best since
July, since which time he had been under
the care of a medical man. The deceased is
survived by four sons and two daughters. The
funeral leaves his late residence, to-morrow
(Thursday) afternoon, at three o'clock for the
Rutherford cemetery.

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Children:
Private

Private

Lyal George LAYBUTT
1909 – 1971

Hilda Elouise Esme LAYBUTT
1915 – 1992

Iris Cora LAYBUTT
1916 – 1972

Ethel Joyce LAYBUTT
1918 – 1998

Colin William LAYBUTT
1920 – 1920

Samuel Gordon LAYBUTT
1922 – 1990

Lebbeus Noel LAYBUTT
1925 – 1998

Kenneth LAYBUTT
1927 – 1982 		LAYBUTT, Lebbeus George (I13318)
 
2431 of 7 Priory Row circa 1939. JONES, A. F. (I6317)
 
2432 of Becket Street, 3 years old. DOUGLAS, Caroline Mary ^ (I13221)
 
2433 Of Beechworth, Surrey, Treasurer of the Household of Henry VI, Sheriff of Kent 1440 and 1460. Beheaded 1460. BROWNE, Sir Thomas (I1591)
 
2434 of Benenden, Kent, England MAPLESDEN, Jylian (I19258)
 
2435 Of Bursted on burial.

Will Denne William Bishopsbourne 1696 1697 PRC/17/79/76 PRC/16/333 D/1 1697 		DENNE, William (I19268)
 
2436 of Canterbury, widow. ALFREY, Mary (I5607)
 
2437 of Christ Church, Oxford in 1766 became Bishop in 1768. LEFROY, Isaac Peter George (I8562)
 
2438 of Denn Hill, was a person illustrious for his learning, seneschal of the Priory of Canterbury, and escheator of Kent 19 Hen III, Anno 1234, who was appointed by Henry VII. to form and enforce, in conjunction with Sir Henry de Bath, the laws of Romney Marsh. He used a seal with three leopard's heads. He was s. by his son.



1590 n.d., p. 714, Vol. CCXXXV. #84.
Genealogical notices of the families of Le Hadd and Denn, extracted from ancient charters; with copies of three charters of Tho. Denn, John de Combe and Alured Denn.
[Source: "Queen Elizabeth - Volume 235: Undated 1590." Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Elizabeth, 1581-90. Ed. Robert Lemon. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1865. 706-715. British History Online. Web. 20 November 2018. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/domestic/edw-eliz/1581-90/pp706-715.]


1251, n.d., p. 116, membrane 2d
Commission to William le Bretun, Alvred de Dene and Nicholas de Haulo to take assizes of novel disseisin in the county of Surrey, and to do justice touching robberies and other breaches of the peace in the counties of Surrey and Southampton; and mandate to them to meet at Bermundeseye.
[Found: https://archive.org/details/patentrollsreig00unkngoog/page/n128 Source: 1251, membranes 13d, 11d, 8d, 7d, 4d, 2d, 1d." Calendar of Patent Rolls, Henry III: Volume 4, 1247-1258. Ed. H C Maxwell Lyte. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1908. 114-116. British History Online. Web. 20 November 2018. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-pat-rolls/hen3/vol4/pp114-116.]

¶DENNEHILL is another seat on the same side of Barham downs, at the eastern boundary of them, which took its name from the family of Dene, or Denne, of eminent note in this county, the possessors of it in very early times. One of them, Ralph de Den, held much land in Romney Marsh, and at Buckhurst, in Sussex, in the 20th year of William the Conqueror, as appeared by an old roll in the earl of Dorset's possession, being written in the record, son of Robtus Pincerna, a name probably given him from his being butler or sewer to one of our kings before the conquest. Sir Alured de Den was chief steward of the priory of Christ-church in the 29th year of king Henry III. and was a person so singularly esteemed for his wisdom, that when the laws and ordinances of Romney Marsh were compiled, by that venerable judge Henry de Bath, in the 42d year of that reign, this Sir Alured and Nicholas de Handloe were joined with him for that purpose; and what is remarkable, he at that early time sealed with three leopards faces, the antient paternal coat of this family, which afterwards continued owners of this seat, and resided here with much reputation as justices of the peace and other honourable employments of public concern, down to Michael Denne, esq. who lived here in the reigns of king Edward IV. and king Henry VII. being descended by the marriages of his ancestors from the families of Apulderfield, Earde, Arderne, and Combe, among others, whose posterity spread in several branches resident not only in Canterbury and the several neighbouring parishes, but in West Kent likewise. But after this seat had continued in an uninterrupted descent to him from Sir Alured de Denne above-mentioned, and from him again down to Thomas Denne, esq. who was recorder of Canterbury, and died possessed of it in 1655, it went by Mary, his youngest daughter and coheir, in marriage to Vincent Denne. esq. of Canterbury, sergeant-at-law, descended, as has been above-related, from the same stock of ancestry, but he bore for his arms, Argent, on two flaunches, sable, two leopard's faces, or, being the bearing of this younger branch of this family. The elder branch, of Dennehill, bore Sable, three leopards faces, or. (fn. 4) He died possessed of it in 1693, leaving four daughters his coheirs, viz. Dorothy, married to Mr. Thomas Ginder; Mary, to Mr. Stephen Nethersole; Bridget, to Mr. Robert Beake; and Honywood, to Gilbert Knowler, esq. who the next year vested their several interests in this seat by sale in Mr. Robert Beake before-mentioned, who died possessed of the whole of it in 1701, whose heirs, Thomas, Robert, and William Beake, in 1725 sold it to lady Hester Gray, whose husband Sir James Gray had, in 1707, been created a baronet of Scotland, bearing for his arms, Gules, a lion rampant, within a bordure wavy, argent. She conveyed it to her eldest son Sir James Gray, bart. and K. B. who died in 1775, and was succeeded in it by his brother lieutenant-general Sir George Gray, bart. who dying soon afterwards, it came again to his mother lady Hester Gray, and her daughters, Elizabeth Nicholl, widow, and Carolina Gray, who in 1774 joined in the sale of it to John Morse, esq. of London, merchant, who at no small expence greatly improved this seat, and the adjoining grounds belonging to it, and afterwards in 1777 alienated it to Hardinge Scracey, esq. late on of the clerks of the house of commons, who is the present possessor and resides in it, bearing for his arms, Argent, a cross engrailed, gules, between four eagles displayed, sable.
Hasted, Edward. "Parishes: Kingston." The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 9. Canterbury: W Bristow, 1800. 338-349. British History Online. Web. 20 November 2018. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-kent/vol9/pp338-349.

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The Blasphemer's Warning
by Richard Barham
A LAY OF ST. ROMWOLD .

I N Kent we are told,
There was seated of old,
A handsome young gentleman, courteous and bold,
He'd an oaken strong-box, well replenish'd with gold,
With broad lands, pasture, arable, woodland, and wold,
Not an acre of which had been mortgaged or sold;
He'd a Pleasaunce and Hall passing fair to behold,
He had beeves in the byre, he had flocks in the fold,
And was somewhere about five-and-twenty years old.
His figure and face, For beauty and grace,
To the best in the country had scorn'd to give place.
Small marvel, then, If, of women and men
Whom he chanced to foregather with, nine out of ten
Express'd themselves charm'd with Sir Alured Denne.

From my earliest youth, I've been taught, as a truth,
A maxim which most will consider as sooth,
Though a few, peradventure, may think it uncouth:
There are three social duties, the whole of the swarm
In this great human hive of ours ought to perform,
And that too as soon as conveniently may be;
The first of the three — . Is, the planting a Tree!
The next, the producing a Book — then, a Baby!
(For my part, dear Reader, without any jesting, I
So far, at least, have accomplish'd my destiny.)

From the foremost, i.e. The " planting the Tree,"
The Knight may, perchance, have conceiv'd himself free,
Inasmuch as that, which way soever he looks,
Over park, mead, or upland, by streamlets and brooks,
His fine beeches and elms shelter thousands of rooks;
In twelve eighty-two, There would also accrue
Much latitude as to the article, Books;
But, if those we've disposed of, and need not recall,
Might, as duties, appear in comparison small,
One remain'd, there was no getting over at all,
— The providing a male Heir for Bonnington Hall;
Which, doubtless, induced the good Knight to decide,
As a matter of conscience, on taking a Bride.

It's a very fine thing, and delightful to see
Inclination and duty unite and agree,
Because it's a case. That so rarely takes place;
In the instance before us then Alured Denne
Might well be esteem'd the most lucky of men,
Inasmuch as hard by, Indeed so very nigh,
That her chimneys, from his, you might almost descry,
Dwelt a Lady at whom he'd long cast a sheep's eye,
One whose character scandal itself could defy,
While her charms and accomplishments rank'd very high,
And who would not deny. A propitious reply,
But reflect back his blushes, and give sigh for sigh
(A line that's not mine, but Tom Moore's, by-the-by).

There was many a gay and trim bachelor near,
Who felt sick at heart when the news met his ear,
That fair Edith Ingoldsby, she whom they all
The " Rosebud of Tappington" ceased not to call,
Was going to say, " Honour, love, and obey,"
To Sir Alured Denne, Knight, of Bonnington Hall,
That all other suitors were left in the lurch,
And the parties had even been " out-asked" in church.
For every one says, In those primitive days,
And I must own I think it redounds to their praise,
None dream'd of transferring a daughter or niece
As a bride, by an " unstamp'd agreement," or lease,
'Fore a Registrar's Clerk, or a Justice of Peace;
While young ladies had fain. Single women remain,
And unwedded maids to the last " crack of doom" stick,
Ere marry, by taking a jump o'er a broomstick.

So our bride and bridegroom agreed to appear
At Holy St. Romwold's a Priory near,
Which a long while before, I can't say in what year,
Their forebears had join'd with the neighbours to rear,
And endow'd, some with bucks, some with beef, some with beer,
To comfort the friars, and make them good cheer.
Adorning the building, With carving and gliding,
And stone altars, fix'd to the chantries and fill'd in;
(Papistic in substance and form, and on this count
With Judge Herbert Jenner Fust justly at discount.
See Cambridge Societas Camdeniensis
V. Faulkner, tert prim. Januarii Mensis .
With " Judgment reversed, costs of suit, and expenses");
All raised to St. Romwold, with some reason, styled
By Duke Humphrey's confessor, " a Wonderful Child,"
For ne'er yet was Saint, except him, upon earth
Who made " his profession of faith" at his birth,
And when scarce a foot high, or six inches in girth,
Converted his " Ma," and contrived to amend a
Sad hole in the creed of his grandsire, King Penda.

Of course to the shrine. Of so young a divine
Flow'd much holy water, and some little wine,
And when any young folks did to marriage incline,
The good friars were much in request, and not one
Was more " sought unto" than the Sub-prior, Mess Jonn;
To him, there and then, Sir Alured Denne
Wrote a three-corner'd note with a small crow-quill pen
To say what he wanted, and fix " the time when,"
And, as it's well known that your people of quality
Pique themselves justly on strict punctuality,
Just as the clock struck the hour he'd named in it,
The whole bridal party rode up to the minute.

Now whether it was that some rapturous dream,
Comprehending " fat pullets and clouted cream,"
Had borne the good man, in its vision of bliss,
Far off to some happier region than this —
Or, whether his beads, 'gainst the fingers rebelling,
Took longer than usual that morning in telling;
Or whether, his conscience with knotted cord purging,
Mess John was indulging himself with a scourging,
In penance for killing some score of the fleas,
Which, infesting his hair-shirt, deprived him of ease;
Or whether a barrel of Faversham oysters,
Brought in on the evening before, to the cloisters,
Produced indigestion, Continues a question,
The particular cause is not worth a debate;
For my purpose it's clearly sufficient to state
That, whatever the reason, his rev'rence was late,
And Sir Alured Denne, Not the meekest of men,
Began banning away at a deuce of a rate.

Now here, though I do it with infinite pain,
Gentle reader, I find I must pause to explain,
That there was — what, I own, I grieve to make known —
On the worthy Knight's character one single stain,
But for which, all his friends had borne witness, I'm sure,
He had been sans reproche , as he still was sans peur .
The fact is, that many distinguish'd commanders
" Swore terribly ( teste T. Shandy) in Flanders."
Now into these parts our Knight chancing to go, countries
Named from this sad, vulgar custom, " The Low Countries,"
Though on common occasions as courteous as daring,
Had pick'd up this shocking bad habit of swearing.
And if anything vex'd him, or matters went wrong,
Was given to what low folks call " Coming it strong."
Good, bad, or indifferent then, young or old,
He'd consign them, when once in a humour to scold,
To a place where they certainly would not take cold.
— Now if there are those, and I've some in my eye,
Who'd esteem this a crime of no very deep dye,
Let them read on — they'll find their mistake by-and-by.

Near or far. Few people there are,
But have heard, read, or sung about Young Lochinvar,
How in Netherby Chapel, " at morning tide,"
The Priest and the Bridegroom stood waiting the Bride:
How they waited, " but ne'er. A Bride was there."
Still I don't find, on reading the ballad with care,
The bereaved Mr. Graham proceeded to swear,
And yet to experience so serious a blight in
One's dearest affections, is somewhat exciting.
'Tis manifest then. That Sir Alured Denne
Had far less excuse for such bad language, when
It was only the Priest not the Bride who was missing —
He had fill'd up the interval better with kissing.
And 'twas really surprising, And not very wise in
A Knight to go on so anathematising,
When the head and the front of the Clergyman's crime
Was but being a little behind as to time: —
Be that as it may. He swore so that day
At the reverend gentleman's ill-judged delay,
That not a bystander who heard what he said,
But listen'd to all his expressions with dread,
And felt all his hair stand on end on his head;
Nay, many folks there. Did not stick to declare
The phenomenon was not confined to the hair,
For the little stone Saint who sat perch'd o'er the door,
St. Romwold himself, as I told you before,
What will scarce be believed, Was plainly perceived
To shrug up his shoulders, as very much grieved,
And look down with a frown. So remarkably brown,
That all saw he'd now quite a different face on
From that he received at the hands of the mason;
Nay, many averr'd he half rose in his niche,
When Sir Alured, always in metaphor rich,
Call'd his priest an " old son of — — " some animal — which,
Is not worth the inquiry — a hint's quite enough on
The subject — for more I refer you to Buffon.

It's supposed that the Knight. Himself saw the sight,
And it's likely he did, as he easily might;
For 'tis certain he paused in his wordy attack,
And, in nautical language, seem'd " taken aback."
In so much that when now. The " prime cause of the row,"
Father John, in the chapel at last made his bow,
The Bridegroom elect was so mild and subdued,
None could ever suppose he'd been noisy and rude,
Or made use of the language to which I allude.
Fair Edith herself, while the knot was a-tying,
Her bridesmaids around her, some sobbing, some sighing,
Some smiling, some blushing, half-laughing, half-crying,
Scarce made her responses in tones more complying
Than he who'd been raging and storming so recently,
All softness now, and behaving quite decently.
Many folks thought too the cold stony frown
Of the Saint up aloft from his niche looking down,
Brought the sexton and clerk each an extra half-crown,
When, the rite being over, the fees were all paid,
And the party remounting, the whole cavalcade
Prepared to ride home with no little parade

In a climate so very unsettled as ours
It's as well to be cautious and guard against showers,
For though, about One, You've a fine brilliant sun,
When your walk or your ride is but barely begun,
Yet long ere the hour-hand approaches the Two,
There is not in the whole sky one atom of blue,
But it " rains cats and dogs," and you're fairly wet through
Ere you know where to turn, what to say, or to do;
For which reason I've bought, to protect myself well, a
Good stout Taglioni and gingham umbrella
But in Edward the First's days I very much fear
Had a gay cavalier, Thought fit to appear
In any such " toggery" — then 'twas term'd " gear" —
He'd have met with a highly significant sneer,
Or a broad grin extending from ear unto ear
On the features of every soul he came near;
There was no taking refuge too then, as with us,
On a slip-sloppy day, in a cab or a ' bus;
As they rode through the woods. In their wimples and hoods,
Their only resource against sleet, hail, or rain,
Was, as Spenser describes it, to " pryck o'er the plaine;"
That is, to clap spurs on, and ride helter-skelter
In search of some building or other for shelter

Now it seems that the sky, Which had been of a dye
As bright and as blue as your lady-love's eye,
The season, in fact, being genial and dry,
Began to assume. An appearance of gloom
From the moment the Knight began fidget and fume,
Which deepen'd and deepen'd till all the horizon
Grew blacker than aught they had ever set eyes on,
And soon, from the far west the elements rumbling,
Increased and kept pace with Sir Alured's grumbling.
Bright flashes between, Blue, red, and green,
All livid and lurid began to be seen;
At length down it came — a whole deluge of rain,
A perfect Niagara, drenching the plain;
And up came the reek, And down came the shriek
Of the winds like a steam-whistle starting a train;
And the tempest began so to roar and to pour,
That the Dennes and the Ingoldsbys, starting at score,
As they did from the porch of St. Romwold's church door,
Had scarce gain'd a mile, or a mere trifle more,
Ere the whole of the crew. Were completely wet through.
They dash'd o'er the downs, and they dash'd through the vales,
They dash'd up the hills, and they dash'd down the dales,
As if elderly Nick was himself at their tails;
The Bridegroom in vain. Attempts to restrain
The Bride's frightened palfrey by seizing the rein,
When a flash and a crash. Which produced such a splash
That a Yankee had called it " an Almighty Smash,"
Came down so complete. At his own courser's feet,
That the rider, though famous for keeping his seat,
From its kickings and plungings, now under, now upper,
Slipp'd out of his demi-pique over the crupper,
And fell from the back of his terrified cob
On what bards less refined than myself term his " Nob
(To obtain a genteel rhyme's sometimes a tough job) —

Just so — for the nonce to enliven my song
With a classical simile cannot be wrong —
Just so — in such roads and in similar weather,
Tydides and Nestor were riding together,
When, so says old Homer, the king of the Sky,
The great " Cloud-compeller," his lightnings let fly,
And their horses both made such a desperate shy
At this freak of old Zeus, That at once they broke loose,
Reins, traces, bits, breechings, were all of no use;
If the Pylian Sage, without any delay,
Had not whipp'd them sharp round and away from the fray,
They'd have certainly upset his cabriolet ,
And there'd been the — a name I won't mention — to pay

Well, the Knight in a moment recover'd his seat —
Mr. Widdicombe's mode of performing that feat
At Astley's could not be more neat or complete,
— It's recorded, indeed, by an eminent pen
Of our own days, that this our great Widdicombe, then
In the heyday of life, had afforded some ten
Or twelve lessons in riding to Alured Denne, —
It is certain the Knight. Was so agile and light
That an instant sufficed him to set matters right,
Yet the Bride was by this time almost out of sight;
For her palfrey, a rare bit of blood, who could trace
Her descent from the " pure old Caucasian race,"
Sleek, slim, and bony, as Mr. Sidonia's
Fine " Arab Steed". Of the very same breed,
Which that elegant gentleman rode so genteelly
— See " Coningsby" written by " B. Disraeli" —
That palfrey, I say, From this trifling delay
Had made what at sea's call'd a " great deal of way."
" More fleet than the roe-buck" and free as the wind,
She had left the good company rather behind;
They whipp'd and they spurr'd and they after her press'd;
Still Sir Alured's steed was " by long chalks" the best
Of the party, and very soon distanced the rest;
But long ere e'en he had the fugitive near'd,
She dash'd into the wood and at once disappear'd.
It's a " fashious" affair when you're out on a ride,
— Ev'n supposing you're not in pursuit of a bride,
If you are, it's more fashious, which can't be denied, —
And you come to a place where three cross-roads divide,
Without any way-post, stuck up by the side
Of the road, to direct you and act as a guide,
With a road leading here, and a road leading there,
And a road leading no one exactly knows where.
When Sir Alured came. In pursuit of the dame
To a fork of this kind, — a three-prong'd one — small blame
To his scholarship if in selecting his way
His respect for the Classics now led him astray;
But the rule, in a work I won't stop to describe, is
In medio semper tutissimus ibis,
So the Knight being forced of the three paths to enter one,
Dash'd, with these words on his lips, down the centre one.

Up and down hill, Up and down hill,
Through brake and o'er briar he gallops on still,
Aye banning, blaspheming, and cursing his fill
At his courser because he had given him a " spill;"
Yet he did not gain ground. On the palfrey, the sound,
On the contrary, made by the hoofs of the beast
Grew fainter and fainter, — and fainter — and — ceased!
Sir Alured burst through the dingle at last,
To a sort of a clearing, and there — he stuck fast;
For his steed, though a freer one ne'er had a shoe on,
Stood fix'd as the Governor's nag in " Don Juan,"
Or much like the statue that stands, cast in copper, a
Few yards south-east of the door of the Opera,
Save that Alured's horse had not got such a big tail
While Alured wanted the cock'd hat and pig-tail.
Before him is seen
A diminutive Green
Scoop'd out from the covert — a thick leafy screen
Of wild foliage, trunks with broad branches between,
Encircle it wholly, all radiant and sheen,
For the weather at once appear'd clear and serene,
And the sky up above was a bright mazarine,
Just as though no such thing as a tempest had been;
In short, it was one of those sweet little places
In Egypt and Araby known as " oases."
There, under the shade
That was made by the glade,
The astonish'd Sir Alured sat and survey'd
A little low building of Bethersden stone,
With ivy and parasite creepers o'ergrown,
A Sacellum , or cell, In which Chronicles tell
Saints and anchorites erst were accustom'd to dwell;
A little round arch, on which, deeply indented,
The zig-zaggy pattern by Saxons invented
Was cleverly chisell'd, and well represented,
Surmounted a door, Some five feet by four,
It might have been less, or it might have been more,
In the primitive ages they made these things lower
Than we do in buildings that had but one floor.
And these Chronicles say. When an anchorite grey,
Wish'd to shut himself up and keep out of the way,
He was commonly wont in such low cells to stay,
And pray night and day on the rez de chaussee .

There, under the arch I've endeavoured to paint,
With no little surprise, And scarce trusting his eyes,
The Knight now saw standing that little Boy Saint!
The one whom before, He'd seen over the door
Of the Priory shaking his head as he swore —
With mitre, and crozier, and rochet, and stole on,
The very self-same — or at least his Eidolon!
With a voice all unlike to the infantine squeak
You'd expect, that small Saint now address'd him to speak;
In a bold manly tone, he. Began, while his stony
Cold lips breath'd an odour quite Eau de Cologne-y ,
In fact, from his christening, according to rumour, he
Beat Mr. Brummell to sticks, in perfumery.

" Sir Alured Denne!" Said the Saint, " be atten-
tive! Your ancestors, all most respectable men,
Have for some generations been vot'ries of mine;
They have bought me mould candles, and bow'd at my shrine,
They have made my monks presents of ven'son and wine,
With a right of free pasturage, too, for their swine.
And, though you, in this. Have been rather remiss,
Still I owe you a turn for the sake of " Lang Syne"
And I now come to tell you, your cursing and swearing
Have reach'd to a pitch that is really past bearing
'Twere a positive scandal. In even a Vandal,
It ne'er should be done, save with bell, book, and candle:
And though I've now learn'd, as I've always suspected,
Your own education's been somewhat neglected;
Still you're not such an uninform'd pagan, I hope,
As not to know cursing belongs to the Pope!
And his Holiness feels, very properly, jealous
Of all such encroachments by paltry lay fellows.
Now, take my advice, Saints never speak twice,
So take it at once, as I once for all give it;
Go home! you'll find there all as right as a trivet,
But mind, and remember, if once you give way
To that shocking bad habit, I'm sorry to say,
I have heard you so sadly indulge in to-day,
As sure as you're born, on the very first trip
That you make — the first oath that proceeds from your lip,
I'll soon make you rue it! — I've said it — I'll do it!
" Forewarn'd is forearm'd, " you shan't say but you knew it:
Whate'er you hold dearest or nearest your heart,
I' LL TAKE IT AWAY , if I come in a cart!
I will, on my honour! you know it's absurd
To suppose that a Saint ever forfeits his word
For a pitiful Knight, or to please any such man —
I've said it! I'll do't — if I don't, I'm a Dutchman!" —

He ceased — he was gone as he closed his harangue,
And some one inside shut the door with a bang!
Sparkling with dew, Each green herb anew
Its profusion of sweets round Sir Alured threw,
As pensive and thoughtful he slowly withdrew
(For the hoofs of his horse had got rid of their glue),
And the cud of reflection continued to chew
Till the gables of Bonnington Hall rose in view
Little reck'd he what he smelt, what he saw,
Brilliance of scenery, Fragrance of greenery,
Fail'd in impressing his mental machinery;
Many an hour had elapsed, well I ween, ere he
Fairly was able distinction to draw
'Twixt the odour of garlic and boquet du Roi

Merrily, merrily sounds the horn,
And cheerily ring the bells;
For the race is run, The goal is won,
The little lost mutton is happily found,
The Lady of Bonnington's safe and sound
In the Hall where her new Lord dwells!
Hard had they ridden, that company gay,
After fair Edith, away and away:
This had slipp'd back o'er his courser's rump,
That had gone over his ears with a plump,
But the Lady herself had stuck on like a trump,
Till her panting steed. Relax'd her speed,
And feeling, no doubt, as a gentleman feels
When he's once shown a bailiff a fair pair of heels,
Stopp'd of herself, as it's very well known
Horses will do, when they're thoroughly blown,
And thus the whole group had foregather'd again,
Just as the sunshine succeeded the rain.
Oh, now the joy, and the frolicking, rollicking
Doings indulged in by one and by all!
Gaiety seized on the most melancholic in
All the broad lands around Bonnington Hall.
All sorts of revelry, All sorts of devilry,
All play at " High Jinks" and keep up the ball.
Days, weeks, and months, it is really astonishing,
When one's so happy, how Time flies away;
Meanwhile the Bridegroom requires no admonishing,
As to what pass'd on his own wedding day;
Never since then, Had Sir Alured Denne
Let a word fall from his lip or his pen
That began with a D, or left off with an N!

Once, and once only, when put in a rage,
By a careless young rascal he'd hired as a Page,
All buttons and brass, Who, in handling a glass
Of spiced hippocras, throws. It all over his clothes,
And spoils his best pourpoint, and smartest trunk hose,
While stretching his hand out to take it and quaff it (he
'd given a rose noble a yard for the taffety),
Then, and then only, came into his head,
A very sad word that began with a Z;
But he check'd his complaint, He remember'd the Saint
In the nick — Lady Denne was beginning to faint —
That sight on his mouth acted quite as a bung,
Like Mahomet's coffin, the shocking word hung
Half-way 'twixt the root and the tip of his tongue.

Many a year. Of mirth and good cheer
Flew over their heads, to each other more dear
Every day, they were quoted by peasant and peer
As the rarest examples of love ever known,
Since the days of Le Chivaler D'Arbie and Joanne ,
Who in Bonnington chancel lie sculptured in stone.

Well — it happen'd at last, After certain years past,
That an embassy came to our court from afar —
From the Grand-duke of Muscovy — now called the Czar,
And the Spindleshank'd Monarch, determined to do
All the grace that he could to a nobleman, who
Had sail'd all that way from a country which few
In our England had heard of, and nobody knew,
With a hat like a muff, and a beard like a Jew,
Our arsenals, buildings, and dockyards to view,
And to say how desirous, His Prince Wladimirus,
Had long been with mutual regard to inspire us,
And how he regretted he was not much nigher us,
With other fine things, Such as Kings say to Kings
When each tries to humbug his dear Royal Brother, in
Hopes by such " gammon" to take one another in —
King Longshanks, I say, Being now on his way
Bound for France, where the rebels had kept him at bay,
Was living in clover. At this time at Dover,
I' the castle there, waiting a tide to go over.

He had summon'd, I can't tell you how many men,
Knights, nobles, and squires to the wars of Guienne,
And among these of course was Sir Alured Denne,
Who, acting like most. Of the knights in the host,
Whose residence was not too far from the coast,
Had brought his wife with him, delaying their parting,
Fond souls, till the very last moment of starting.

Of course, with such lots of lords, ladies, and knights,
In their Saracenettes , and their bright chain-mail tights,
All accustom'd to galas, grand doings, and sights,
A matter like this was at once put to rights;
'Twould have been a strange thing, If so polish'd a King,
With his Board of Green Cloth, and Lord Steward's department,
Couldn't teach an Ambassador what the word " smart" meant.
A banquet was order'd at once for a score,
Or more, of the corps that had just come on shore,
And the King, though he thought it " a bit of a bore,"
Ask'd all the elite . Of his levee to meet
The illustrious Strangers and share in the treat;
For the Boyar himself, the Queen graciously made him her
Beau for the day, from respect to Duke Wladimir
(Queer as this name may appear in the spelling,
You won't find it trouble you, Sound but the W
Like the first L in Llan, Lloyd, and Llewellyn!)

Fancy the fuss and the fidgety looks
Of Robert de Burghersh, the constables, cooks;
For of course the cuisine . Of the King and the Queen
Was behind them at London, or Windsor, or Sheen,
Or wherever the Court ere it started had been,
And it's really no jest. When a troublesome guest
Looks in at a time when you're busy and prest,
Just going to fight, or to ride, or to rest,
And expects a good lunch when you've none ready drest

The servants, no doubt, Were much put to the rout,
By this very extempore sort of set out;
But they wisely fell back upon Poor Richard's plan,
" When you can't what you would, you must do what you can!"
So they ransack'd the country, folds, pig-styes, and pens,
For the sheep and the porkers, the cocks and the hens;
'Twas said a Tom-cat of Sir Alured Denne's,
A fine tabby-gray, Disappear'd on that day,
And whatever became of him no one could say.
They brought all the food. That ever they could,
Fish, flesh, and fowl, with sea-coal and dry wood,
To his Majesty's Dapifer Eudo (or Ude),
They lighted the town up, sat ringing the bells,
And borrow'd the waiters from all the hotels.
A bright thought, moreover, came into the head
Of Dapifer Eudo, who'd some little dread,
As he said, for the thorough success of his spread.
So he said to himself, " What a thing it would be
Could I have here with me. Some one, two, or three
Of their outlandishscullions from over the sea!
It's a hundred to one if the Suite or their Chief
Understand our plum-puddings, and barons of beef:
But with five minutes' chat with their cooks or their valets
We'd soon dish up something to tickle their palates!"
With this happy conceit for improving the mess,
Pooh-poohing expense, he despatch'd an express
In a waggon and four on the instant to Deal,
Who dash'd down the hill without locking the wheel,
And, by means which I guess but decline to reveal,
Seduced from the Downs, where at anchor their vessel rode,
Lumpoff Icywitz, serf to a former Count Nesselrode,
A cook of some fame, Who invented the same
Cold pudding that still bears the family name.
This accomplish'd, the Chef's peace of mind was restor'd,
And in due time a banquet was placed on the board
" In the very best style," which implies, in a word,
" All the dainties the season" (and King) " could afford."
There were snipes, there were rails,
There were woodcocks and quails,
There were peacocks served up in their pride (that is, tails),
Fricandeau, fricassees, Ducks and green peas,
Cotelettes a l'Indienne , and chops a la Soubise
(Which last you may call " onion sauce" if you please);
There were barbecued pigs. Stuff'd with raisins and figs,
Omelettes and haricots , stews and ragoats ,
And pork griskins, which Jews still refuse and abuse
Then the wines, — round the circle how swiftly they went!
Canary, Sack, Malaga, Malvoisie, Tent;
Old Hock from the Rhine, wine remarkably fine,
Of the Charlemagne vintage of seven ninety-nine, —
Five cent'ries in bottle had made it divine!
The rich juice of Roussillon, Gascoygne, Bordeaux,
Marasquin, Curaçoa, Kirschen Wasser, Noyeau
And Gin which the company voted " No Go;"
The guests all hob-nobbing, And bowing and bobbing;
Some prefer white wine, while others more value red,
Few, a choice few, Of more orthodox goat ,
Stick to " old crusted port," among whom was Sir Alured;
Never indeed at a banquet before.
Had that gallant commander enjoy'd himself more.

Then came " sweets" — served in silver were tartlets and pies — in glass,
Jellies composed of punch, calves' feet, and isinglass,
Creams, and whipt-syllabubs, some hot, some cool,
Blancmange , and quince-custards, and gooseberry fool.
And now from the good taste which reigns it's confest,
In a gentleman's, that is, an Englishman's, breast,
And makes him polite to a stranger and guest,
They soon play'd the deuce With a large Charlotte Russe ,
More than one of the party despatch'd his plate twice.
With " I'm really asham'd, but — another small slice!
Your dishes from Russia are really so nice!"
Then the prime dish of all! " There was nothing so good in
The whole of the Feed". One and all were agreed,
" As the great Lumpoff Icywitz' Nesselrode pudding!"
Sir Alured Denne, who'd all day, to say sooth,
Like Iago, been " plagued with a sad raging tooth,"
Which had nevertheless interfered very little
With his — what for rhyme I'm obliged to spell — vittle,
Requested a friend. Who sat near him to send
Him a spoonful of what he heard all so commend,
And begg'd to take wine with him afterwards, grateful
Because for a spoonful he'd sent him a plateful.
Having emptied his glass — he ne'er balk'd it or spill'd it —
The gallant Knight open'd his mouth — and then fill'd it

You must really excuse me — there's nothing could bribe
Me at all to go on and attempt to describe
The fearsome look then. Of Sir Alured Denne!
— Astonishment, horror, distraction of mind,
Rage, misery, fear, and iced pudding — combined!
Lip, forehead, and cheek — how these mingle and meet —
All colours, all hues, now advance, now retreat,
Now pale as a turnip, now crimson as beet!
How he grasps his arm-chair in attempting to rise,
See his veins how they swell! mark the roll of his eyes!
Now east and now west, now north and now south,
Till at once he contrives to eject from his mouth
That vile " spoonful" — what. He has got he knows not,
He isn't quite sure if it's cold or it's hot;
At last he exclaims, as he starts from his seat,
" A SNOWBALL by — — !" what I decline to repeat, —
'Twas the name of a bad place, for mention unmeet.

Then oh, what a volley! — a great many heard
What flow'd from his lips, and 'twere really absurd
To suppose that each man was not shock'd by each word.
A great many heard, too, with mix'd fear and wonder,
The terrible crash of the terrible thunder,
That broke as if bursting the building asunder;
But very few heard, although every one might,
The short, half-stifled shriek from the chair on the right,
Where the lady of Bonnington sat by her knight;
And very few saw — some — the number was small,
In the large ogive window that lighted the hall,
A small stony Saint in a small stony pall,
With a small stony mitre, and small stony crosier,
And small stony toes that owed nought to the hosier,
Beckon stonily downward to some one below,
As Merryman says, " for to come for to go!"
While every one smelt a delicious perfume,
That seem'd to pervade every part of the room!

Fair Edith Denne, The bonne et belle then,
Never again was beheld among men!
But there was the fauteuil on which she was placed,
And there was the girdle that graced her small waist,
And there was her stomacher, brilliant with gems,
And the mantle she wore, edged with lace at the hems,
Her rich brocade gown sat upright in its place,
And her wimple was there — but where — WHERE WAS HER FACE ?
'Twas gone with her body — and nobody knows,
Nor could any one present so much as suppose
How that Lady contrived to slip out of her clothes!
But 'twas done — she was quite gone — the how and the where,
No mortal was ever yet found to declare;
Though inquiries were made, and some writers record
That Sir Alured offer'd a handsome reward.

*****

King Edward went o'er to his wars in Guienne,
Taking with him his barons, his knights, and his men.
You may look through the whole. Of that King's muster-roll,
And you won't find the name of Sir Alured Denne;
But Chronicles tell that there formerly stood
A little old chapel in Bilsington wood;
The remains to this day, Archaeologists say,
May be seen, and I'd go there and look if I could.
There long dwelt a hermit remarkably good,
Who lived all alone, And never was known
To use bed or bolster, except the cold stone!
But would groan and would moan in so piteous a tone,
A wild Irishman's heart had responded " Och hone!"
As the fashion with hermits of old was to keep skins
To wear with the wool on — most commonly sheep-skins —
He, too, like the rest, was accustom'd to do so;
His beard, as no barber came near him, too, grew so,
He bore some resemblance to Robinson Crusoe,
In Houndsditch, I'm told, you'll sometimes see a Jew so.

He lived on the roots, And the cob-nuts and fruits,
Which the kind-hearted rustics, who rarely are churls
In such matters, would send by their boys and their girls;
They'd not get him to speak, If they'd tried for a week,
But the colour would always mount up in his cheek,
And he'd look like a dragon if ever he heard
His young friends use a naughty expression or word
How long he lived, or at what time he died,
'Twere hard, after so many years, to decide;
But there's one point, on which all traditions agree,
That he did die at last, leaving no legatee,
And his linen was mark'd with an A and a D.
Alas for the glories of Bonnington Hall!
Alas for its splendour! alas for its fall!
Long years have gone by. Since the trav'ller might spy
Any decentish house in the parish at all.
For very soon after the awful event
I've related, 'twas said through all that part of Kent
That the maids of a morning, when putting the chairs
And the tables to rights, would oft pop unawares
In one of the parlours, or galleries, or stairs,
On a tall, female figure, or find her, far horrider,
Slowly o' nights promenading the corridor;
But whatever the hour, or wherever the place,
No one could ever get sight of her face!
Nor could they perceive, Any arm in her sleeve,
While her legs and her feet, too, seem'd mere " make-believe,"
For she glided along with that shadow-like motion
Which gives one the notion
Of clouds on a zephyr, or ships on the ocean;
And though of her gown they could hear the silk rustle,
They saw but that side on't ornee with the bustle.
The servants, of course, though the house they were born in,
Soon " wanted to better themselves," and gave warning,
While even the new Knight grew tired of a guest
Who would not let himself or his family rest;
So he pack'd up his all, And made a bare wall
Of each well-furnish'd room in his ancestors' Hall,
Then left the old mansion to stand or to fall,
Having previously barr'd up the windows and gates,
To avoid paying cesses and taxes and rates,
And settled on one of his other estates,
Where he built a new mansion, and call'd it Denne Hill,
And there his descendants reside, I think, still.

Poor Bonnington, empty, or left, at the most,
To the joint occupation of rooks and a Ghost,
Soon went to decay, And moulder'd away,
But whether it dropp'd down at last I can't say,
Or whether the jackdaws produced, by degrees, a
Spontaneous combustion like that one at Pisa
Some cent'ries ago, I'm sure I don't know,
But you can't find a vestige now ever so tiny,
" Perierunt ," as some one says, " etiam ruinae "

MORAL

The first maxim a couple of lines may be said in,
If you are in a passion, don't swear at a wedding!

Whenever you chance to be ask'd out to dine,
Be exceedingly cautious — don't take too much wine!
In your eating remember one principal point,
Whatever you do, have your eye on the joint!
Keep clear of side dishes, don't meddle with those
Which the servants in livery, or those in plain clothes,
Poke over your shoulders and under your nose;
Or, if you must live on the fat of the land,
And feed on fine dishes you don't understand,
Buy a good book of cookery! I've a compact one,
First-rate of the kind, just brought out by Miss Acton,
This will teach you their names, the ingredients they're made of,
And which to indulge in, and which be afraid of,
Or else, ten to one, between ice and cayenne,
You'll commit yourself some day, like Alured Denne.

" To persons about to be married," I'd say,
Don't exhibit ill-humour, at least on The Day!
And should there perchance be a trifling delay
On the part of officials, extend them your pardon,
And don't snub the parson, the clerk, or churchwarden!
To married men this — For the rest of your lives,
Think how your misconduct may act on your wives!
Don't swear then before them, lest haply they faint,
Or what sometimes occurs — run away with a Saint!???
[Source: https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:pYr5D6u0HkYJ:https://www.poetrynook.com/poem/blasphemers-warning+&cd=98&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ca] 		DE DENNE, Sir Alured (I13140)
 
2439 of Flood Lane at time of burial. DUNCAN, Archibald (I2210)
 
2440 of Gray's Inn d.s.p. DENNE, Thomas (I13622)
 
2441 of Gray's Inn, barrister at law DENNE, John (I13640)
 
2442 of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. MORNINGSTAR, Dorothy (I12031)
 
2443 of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. MORNINGSTAR, Marietta (I12033)
 
2444 of Hinxhill. SUTTON, John (I18950)
 
2445 of Langley, BC 2008

North Delta Senior Secondary Grad Class of 1983

David Souder -- 2008 Thought I'd update my information from 5 years ago. I can't believe it is now 25 years since we graduated. I have changed jobs, I'm now B.C. Distribuor Sales Manager for Canada Bread Food Service. We are part of the Maple Leaf Foods family. Shelley and I have been married for 16 years, my lovely daughter Nicole is 13, and my awesome son Bryan is 9. We live the Canadian dream out here in Walnut Grove. We've been in our current house for 10 years. We have been on the roller coaster ride from newlyweds to new babies to first day at school to Grade 7 graduation. I still find it odd to be "Dad" taking the boys up to 7-11 for a Slurpee. Seems like just yesterday I was the 9 year old boy in the back seat of the Ford Torino. Life is good. We travel lots in the summer, get out on our little boat as much as we can and drop the top in the old mustang to drive to the beach for ice cream. I found out in subsequent years that when I was a kid I suffered from Tourettes Syndrome which led to some pretty severe depression in my teens. Man, I wish they had Paxil back then!! I was pretty quiet and "distracted" in school....if I seemed withdrawn or unfriendly it wasn't my intention. I envied people who were so layed back and seemed so happy in school, were so involved. However...that was a long time ago and life is very very good!! I wish the same for all my fellow grads. If anyone wants to say hello please contact me

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David Souder -- 2004
After High School I worked for a few years to bank some money to attend BCIT and avoid the whole student loan thing. I graduated in 1990 from the Marketing Program, and along the way was elected President of the Student Association during my second year. It was a great experience. From there I worked for Maple Leaf Foods in sales for 5 years, brokered some food lines for a few years at Summit Marketing, and since 1998 I have been a National Account Manager for Premium Brands Food Group based in Vancouver. Please frequent White Spot and Boston Pizza, they are two of my biggest accounts! Career is going well I'm happy to say. I have traveled through most of the US and Mexico on pleasure and business. Europe continues to elude me, though. One of these years...
I met my lovely wife Shelley in 1991 when I was living on my boat in North Vancouver. After a few months I moved into her apartment in Kits, sold the boat, and that's all she wrote. We now have two fantastic kids, Nicole 9, and Bryan 5. They both look like my wife, thank God. My wife comes from a very good gene pool by the way, after two little ones she is 5 foot 7, 105 pounds, hot!!! ( she asked me to put that in). We live in a nice house in Walnut Grove, and through good luck Shelley has been home with the kids for 10 years. I still miss my boat, however. ( I always wanted to live on a boat ever since I saw "Quincy" doing it back in the 70's, but that's another story).
I had a blast at the reunion. It was an absolute success. I echo what other people have said - our class has not aged. If anyone wants to contact me, sell me something or stalk me, email me.
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David Souder -- 1983
Saying: Yeah that's my car, so what about it?
Pet Peeve: Pennies and preppies
Pet Name: Bimbo
Event: Playing frisbee on my spare.
Plans: Travel, university & buy a 2 door car.
Last Will: Refuse the cruise! Leave it to Beaver 		SOUDER, David (I11755)
 
2446 of London, merchant, and of Dane House, Kent DENNE, Henry (I13655)
 
2447 of Monrovia, California, U.S.A. MORNINGSTAR, Leroy (I12037)
 
2448 Of Mystole, Chartham, Kent. FAGG, Rev'd Sir John Bart. (I7301)
 
2449 of Nethersole. NETHERSOLE, Stephen Esq (I13636)
 
2450 of Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada.

Possible brother:
Morningstar, David Louis (Died on 25 Aug 2018)
appeared in St. Catharines Standard (St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada), 29 Aug 2018, D6

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Item Type:
Death notices
Notes:
Survivors:
Spouse(s)- Morningstar, Jackie
Children - Kanzen, Jill; Philip, Melissa; David; Jeffrey
Sibling(s)- Mokry, Dorothy; Slade, Marietta; Presto, Audrey; Leiding, Alma; Leroy; Edward

Predeceased by:
Parent(s) - Morningstar, Raymond; Morningstar, Marie

Personal Information:
He retired from General Motors in 2001 and later worked as a shuttle driver for Day Ford and later as a driver for Automotive Warehouse
Cremation
Photo
Date of Publication:
29 Aug 2018
Date Of Event:
25 Aug 2018
Last Name(s):
Morningstar
Language of Item:
English
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Contact
St. Catharines Public Library
Email special.collections@stcatharines.library.on.ca
WWW address http://www.stcatharines.library.on.ca
Agency street/mail address 54 Church St.
St. Catharines, ON L2R7K2
905-688-6103 		MORNINGSTAR, David (I12034)
 

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