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E
ESTANES Stone
OF
The Weald of Kent,
WITH AN OUTLINE OF THE
HISTORY OF THE COUNTY TO THE PRESENT TIME,
BY
ROBERT FURLEY, F.S. A.
ALSO,
A SKETCH OF THE PHYSICAL FEATURES OF THE DISTRICT,
HENRY B. MACKESON, F. G. S.
IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOL. II.-PART I.
ASHFORD:
HENRY IGGLESDEN, 94, HIGH STREET;
W. J. THOMPSON; W. MILLER.
LONDON: JOHN RUSSELL SMITH, 36, SOHO SQUARE.
1874, LS
942.23 F985 v.2, pt.1
757
II.
...
THE EARLIEST PLEA ROLLS RELATING ΤΟ "THE SEVEN
HUNDREDS," AND THE REMAINDER OF THE WEALD AND
ITS VICINITY
III.
IV.
V.
KENT DURING THE REIGN OF HENRY III.
REIGN OF HENRY III. CONTINUED. THE BARONS' WAR
TUNBRIDGE, ITS LOWY, AND CASTLE.-CITIES AND TOWNS
RESPONSIBLE FOR OFFENCES COMMITTED IN THEM.
RIVER FISHING. STORMS, &c.-DEATHOF HENRY III.
EMINENT KENTISH MEN WHO LIVED IN THIS REIGN
EDWARD I.-THE HUNDRED ROLL OF KENT
VI.
115
VII.
VIII.
THE HUNDRED ROLL OF KENT CONTINUED.-TABLE
ANCIENT AND MODERN KENTISH HUNDREDS
TRIAL BY JURY AFTER THE CONQUEST NOT AS IT IS AT
PRESENT. ORDEAL.-WAGER OF BATTEL
140
167
IX.
THE FEUDAL SYSTEM. -FRANCALMOIGNE.-MILITARY TENURES,
AND THEIR DECLINE.-SOCAGE, INCLUDING GAVELKIND.—
ANCIENT DEMESNE
X.
XI.
XII.
XIII.
XIV.
XV.
EARLY DISPUTES IN THE WEALD RESPECTING THE OWNER-
SHIP OF THE TIMBER GROWING IN THE DENES.
LITIGATION THEREON. CHANGE OF TENURE. INTRO-
DUCTION OF SEA-COAL
MEDIEVAL PRICES OF CATTLE, CORN, AND OTHER PRODUCE
IN KENT; CARRIAGE, WAGES, TAXES
EDWARD I. CONTINUED.-LEGISLATION.-TREATMENT OF THE
JEWS.-NAVAL AFFAIRS.-SACKING OF DOVER.-GILBERT
DE CLARE, EARL OF GLOUCESTER.-THE FIRST PRINCE OF
WALES AT TUNBRIDGE CASTLE.-WARS WITH SCOTLAND;
KENTISH KNIGHTS ENGAGED IN THEM.
THE CHURCH DURING THE REIGN OF EDWARD I.
EDWARD I. CONCLUDED.--THE SEVEN HUNDREDS. THE
QUO WARRANTO ROLLS.-STORMS. -THE COURSE OF
THE ROTHER CHANGED. -DEATH OF QUEEN ELEANOR.- -
LEEDS CASTLE.-ROYAL JOURNEYS THROUGH THE WEALD.
THE EARL OF ATHOL, AND HIS EXECUTION.--DEATH OF
EDWARD I....
216
229
239
EDWARD II.-HIS VISIT TO WYE.-HIS MARRIAGE. -CORO-
NATION.-EXECUTION OF HIS FAVOURITE, GAVESTON.
THE LE DESPENSERS.-THE RICH LORD BADLESMERE.-
THE AFFRAY AT LEEDS CASTLE AND ITS CONSEQUENCES 266
XVI. EDWARD II. CONTINUED. -THE SPENSERS IN THE ASCENDANT.
THE QUEEN QUITS ENGLAND.-FOLLOWED BY THE PRINCE
OF WALES.-EDWARD II. IN THE WEALD OF KENT.-
THE QUEEN RETURNS WITH A FOREIGN ARMY.-EXECU-
TION OF THE SPENSERS.-THE KING'S ABDICATION AND
MURDER
-
XVII. EDWARD II. CONCLUDED.-The KNIGHTS TEMPLARS.-
FAMINES.-KENTISH RETURN FOR MILITARY LEVIES.-
TUNBRIDGE CASTLE.--THE MURAGE AND PAVAGE OF
TUNBRIDGE.-STATE PAPERS DEPOSITED IN ITS CASTLE.
-REPAIR OF THE HUNDRED BRIDGES IN THE WEALD.
-IRON WORKS. THE CHURCH.-THE SHERIFFS AND
KNIGHTS OF THE SHIRE FOR KENT DURING THIS REIGN...
XVIII. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF RICHARD DE TUNBRIDGE AND
HIS DESCENDANTS, OWNERS OF TUNBRIDGE CASTLE;
AND BRIEF NOTICE OF SOME OF THE LEADING LAND-
OWNERS IN KENT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FOUR-
TEENTH CENTURY
XIX. THE WEALD DURING THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY. —THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF A COLONY OF FLEMISH WEAVERS.
CHANGES IN THE OWNERSHIP OF THE SOIL
XX.
XXI.
A
THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY CONTINUED.-PROTRACTED WARS
WITH FRANCE. -NAVAL ENGAGEMENTS IN THE CHANNEL.
-INJURIES INFLICTED ON THE KENTISH COAST AND
CINQUE PORTS.-JOHN II., KING OF FRANCE,
PRISONER IN ENGLAND.-EDWARD III.'s EMBARCATION
FROM SANDWICH.-DEATH OF THE BLACK PRINCE.-
DEATH OF EDWARD III. THE EARLS OF STAFFORD,
NOW OWNERS OF TUNBRIDGE CASTLE
THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY CONCLUDED.-THE REIGN OF
RICHARD II.-DEPREDATIONS ON OUR COAST.-THIS
KING'S CONFIRMATION OF THE BATTLE ABBEY CHARTERS.
-THE WAT TYLER REBELLION. FURTHER DISPUTES
RESPECTING THE WARDSHIP OF TUNBRIDGE CASTLE.-
ABDICATION OF RICHARD II.-ARCHBISHOPS DURING THE
FOURTEENTH CENTURY.-THE CHURCH.-WYCLIFFE.-
LEGISLATION
XXII. THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY.-THE REIGN OF HENRY IV.-
RICHARD II. CONFINED IN LEEDS CASTLE. THE LOL-
LARDS.-HENRY V.-HENRY VI.-CONFIRMATION OF THE
BATTLE ABBEY CHARTERS. THE MURDER OF THE
RECTOR OF CRUNDALE, AND TRIAL OF THE MURDERER.
-THE REBELLION OF JACK CADE
XXIII. THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY CONCLUDED.-RISINGS
285
290
308
321
340
349
-THE WARS OF THE ROSES.-PROCEEDINGS AT SAND-
WICH. PERKIN WARBECK.-CORNISH REBELS IN KENT.
-THE WOOLLEN AND IRON TRADES.-Dwellings,
HABITS, WAGES, RENTS, ETC.-THE CHURCH.-PUBLIC
STATUTES. SHERIFFS AND MEN OF EMINENCE IN THE
WEALD, INCLUDING WILLIAM CAXTON