Faversham, Kent
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Arden of Feversham,
and to see if it links to the name
Faverche/s.
(quote, excerpts)
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History
Faversham has attracted its fair share of historians - and no wonder!
Its past has been eventful and varied; it has always been close to the
centre of the national stage; it has been keeping its own records since
the 13th century; and its rich historic fabric constitutes a source
just as informative (to those who can 'read' it) as documentary
records.
Durolevum
was the name the Romans gave to Faversham, and it's revealing:
it means 'the stronghold by the clear stream'
and though it's Latin (the language of Rome) it's derived from the
Celtic (Welsh) language which was in use in the area before they
arrived.
http://www.faversham.org/pages/standard.aspx?i_PageID=155
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Faversham
>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The parish of Faversham (Feversham)
includes an ancient sea port and market town, some 48 miles east of
London, off the London to Dover A2 road, 18 miles east north-east of
Maidstone and 9 miles west of Canterbury.
History and features
Established as a settlement before the Roman conquest, Faversham was
held in royal demesne in 811, and is further cited in a charter granted
by Kenulf, the King of Mercia.
Faversham was recorded in the Domesday Book as
Favreshant.
The town has regularly throughout its history obtained curious royal
privileges and charters.
In 1147 an abbey was established in Faversham by King Stephen, who with
his consort Matilda of Boulogne, and his son, Eustace, the Earl of
Boulogne was buried there, thus acquiring a status as one of only a few
churches outside London where an English king was interred.
Sir Thomas Culpeper was granted Faversham Abbey by Henry VIII of
England during the Dissolution of the Monasteries about 1536. The abbey
was demolished directly after the dissolution and much of its masonry
taken to Calais to reinforce that town's defences against French
interests.
In 1539, the ground upon which the abbey had stood, along with nearby
land passed to Sir Thomas Cheney, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports.
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School has been built on the abbey site
The town of Faversham is known in Kent as a harbour and market
community but is also at the centre of the county's brewing industry
- home to Shepherd Neame, a brewery, acquired from the last heir of
the Shepherd family by Percy Beale Neame in the 1840s.
Abbey Street and the centre of the town include a remarkable collection
of original medieval houses. Perhaps as remarkable is that much of it
was intended for demolition as recently as the 1960s, until the value
of the buildings, now listed, was recognised and local people began a
determined fight to restore and preserve the area.
The parish church (of St Mary of Charity), with its unusual flying
spire, is another gem, having a most unexpected interior, whose
acoustics make it an exceptional venue for musical performances.
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...the modern Arden Theatre, named after Arden of Feversham, a domestic
drama set in the town's Abbey Street. All the nearby streets feature
interesting old pubs, some exceptional Alms houses...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faversham
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Monday, 31 July, 2006
Buildings
Churches
Chronology
17th Century
Anniversaries
Chronology
The Evolution of Faversham as a Town and Port
* = approximate date.
-40* Belgic farmstead established on CREEK/COOKSDITCH promontory
(disused by 60*)
43 Roman conquest of Britain begins: building of Watling Street starts
soon afterwards. Roman settlement along- side Watling Street soon
begins at OSPRINGE.
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(my note...
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Christopher was the second child of John Marlowe, a shoemaker and
freeman of Canterbury, who had come there from Ospringe - a village
some ten miles nearer London - about eight years earlier.
His mother, who had married John in May 1561, was Katherine Arthur,
from a family in Dover, roughly fifteen miles south-east of Canterbury.
http://www2.prestel.co.uk/rey/biog.htm)
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Small town of DUROLEVUM (stronghold by the clear stream) established
nearby.
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85* Small villa built near Belgic farmstead (doubled in size 125*,
extended 175*)
225* Villa downgraded (fell into disuse 275*)
290* SS Crispin and Crispianus resident in FAVERSHAM during reign of
Carausius.
340* Mausoleum built at STONE (enlarged to become church 605*,
abandoned 1540*)
410 Britain responsible for own defence.
449 Hengest and Horsa arrive to help defend Britain against Picts.
455 Hengest founds Kingdom of Kent.
699 Wihtred, King of Kent, charter of CILLING (?=Faversham) - monastic
privileges.
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811 Name of FEFRESHAM first recorded in Royal Charter calling it "the
king's town".
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835 Danish raids start.
839 Athelstan, King of Kent, at FAVERSHAM.
930 Athelstan, King of 'England' holds witenagemot at FAVERSHAM.
940* ? Viking/Saxon boat abandoned at GRAVENEY (2000 still being
treated at Portsmouth)
944* Danegeld payments start.
1016 Cnut King of England.
1042 Edward the Confessor King of England (Norman dawn).
1051* Confederation of Cinque Ports formed (FAVERSHAM founder member,
cf 1252 Charter)
1066 Norman Conquest.
1070 FAVERSHAM CHURCH granted to St Augustine's Abbey by William I.
1135 Stephen, son of sister of Henry I, King of England.
1147 FAVERSHAM ABBEY founded by King Stephen, granted Manor of
FAVERSHAM.
1151 Queen Matilda buried in FAVERSHAM ABBEY.
1153 Davington Priory founded by Fulk of Newnham.
1154 King Stephen dies, buried in FAVERSHAM ABBEY.
1189* OYSTER FISHERY COMPANY founded (traditionally).
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1234 MAISON DIEU,OSPRINGE founded as Royal Lodge etc.
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1252 First extant charter confirms privileges of BOROUGH as in time of
Edward the Confessor.
1261 Second BOROUGH Charter, oldest to mention Cinque Ports (FAVERSHAM
limb of Dover).
1301 ABBEY/BOROUGH dispute; Abbot imprisoned by Lord Warden. Lord
Warden excommunicated by Archbishop; King Edward I accuses Archbishop
of contempt.
1301 St Augustine's/BOROUGH dispute: St Augustine's sack Vicar,
monks seize body he is burying at PRESTON; Mayor and TOWNSPEOPLE set
fire to CHURCH, wound monks.
1388 Lord Warden/BOROUGH dispute: resolved in BOROUGH's favour in
1446.
1408 5th BOROUGH charter confirmed that King's officials had no right
of entry.
1475* Common warehouse (now TS HAZARD) built.
1523 (and earlier) BOROUGH nominates one of Dover's two MPs.
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1527 GRAMMAR SCHOOL founded.
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1533 Henry Hatch leaves fortune for maintenance of CREEK etc.: will
disputed, resolved 1574.
1538 Abbey dissolved (rubble shipped to Pale of Calais to strengthen
defences, 1541).
1546 Thomas Arden obtains 8th BOROUGH charter: town's autonomy
confirmed.
1550 Streets paved.
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1551 Thomas Arden (Controller of Customs) murdered - Arden of Feversham
(play 1592).
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1559 CREEK sluice built.
1560* Gunpowder industry starts at HOME WORKS.
1574 New MARKET HOUSE built (becomes 3rd Guildhall 1603)
1585 More corn shipped through CREEK to London than from any other port
(for 100 years).
1587 New GRAMMAR SCHOOL building opens.
1588 Hazard furnished to fight Spanish Armada.
1648 BOROUGH supports Protectorate.
1653 HOME WORKS expanded by Daniel Judd to increase output in first
Dutch War.
1683 More wool exported through CREEK than from any English Port.
1685* OARE GUNPOWDER WORKS founded by Huguenot immigrants (supplied
East India Company)
1688 King James II's brief imprisonment in FAVERSHAM.
1724 Smuggling rife through CREEK (Defoe).
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Maison Dieu 16 Ospringe Street Faversham Kent ME13 8TW
Founded in 1234 by Henry III, the Maison Dieu ('House of God') was a
multi-purpose mini-monastery built astride the A2 at Ospringe to serve
as Royal Lodge, pilgrims' hostel, hospital and retirement home for
Royal retainers.
Countless crowned heads, English and European, stayed here overnight on
their way to or from London and Dover.
The surviving building, with its decorated plaster ceiling and superb
crown-post roof, now houses displays illustrating the history of the
Royal Foundation, the area and a rich Roman cemetery found within a
stone's throw. It is owned by a local trust and staffed by the
Faversham Society volunteers.
http://www.information-britain.co.uk/showPlace.cfm?Place_ID=4695
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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and
Wales described Ospringe like this:
"OSPRINGE, a village, a parish, and a liberty, in Faversham district,
Kent.
The village stands adjacent to the East Kent railway, ¾ of a mile W of
Faversham r. station; and has a post-office under Faversham, and a fair
on 29 May.
The parish includes part of Favershamborough, and comprises 2, 798
acres. There are several mansions and other good residences.
A Maison-Dieu or hospital was founded here, in 1235, by Henry III.;
was held by the Knights Templars;
had a " Camera Regis" for the King's usewhen going to France by way of
Dover;
was given, at the dissolution of monasteries, to St. John's-College,
Cambridge.
Many Roman relics have been found; and are supposed, by some
antiquaries, to indicate Ospringe as the site of the Roman Durolevum.
There are gunpowder mills. A very fine view is obtained from the
railway, at its emergence from a cutting through Beacon-Hill. The
living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury. value, £389.*
Patron, St. John's College, Cambridge. The church is ancient, in good
condition.
http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/place_page.jsp?p_id=6305