Hadlow

Hadlow is, ecclesiastically, in the diocese of Canterbury, in the archdeaconry of Canterbury and in the deanery of North Malling.  The church is named St. Mary with registers commencing 1558.

Hadlow, is a village and a parish in Tunbridge district, Kent.  The village stands on an effluent of the Medway, 1-1/2 mile north of the Medway navigation, and 4 northeast of Tunbridge rail station;  and has a post-office with telegraph and savings bank under Tunbridge, and a fair on Whit-Monday.  The parish comprises 5,856 acres.  Real property in 1860, £16,920.  Population in 1851, 2,395;  in 1861, 2,568.  Houses, 502.

The property is much subdivided.  The manor belongs to R Rodger, Esq..

A church and two mills were here at Domesday.  A castle also was erected, soon afterwards, by the Fitz-Gilberts;  and a modern edifice, in the pointed monastic style, bearing the name of Hadlow Castle, and now the seat of R. Rodger, Esq., occupies the site of the ancient castle, presents an imposing appearance, and has a tower 170 feet high, designed after the manner of Fonthill, richly decorated, and commanding an extensive view of the surrounding country.

There are hop grounds, brick fields, and breweries.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury.  Value, £789 with a habitable glebe house.  Patron, the Rev. J. J Monypenny.  The church was attached to the preceptory of Hospitallers in West Peckham;  consists of nave, aisle, and chancel, with a tower;  and contains a monument to Sir John Rivers, of the time of James I.  There are a Baptist chapel, a national school, and charities £22.

Source:  John Marius Wilson, comp.  The Imperial Gazatteer of England and Wales. (London, England: A. Fullerton & Co., 1870).

Hadlow Bibliography

-- various. 'Archaeologia Cantiana'. Publisher: Kent, England: Kent Archaeological Society, various dates.  [Note:  The following volumes can be found on archive.org:  1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (1876), 11, 12, 13 (1880), 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 32, 34, 35, vol. 1907 supplement.]

• General references to Hadlow: vol. 11, p. 310; vol. 14, pp. 228-9, 240, 327; vol. 16, pp. 50, 51; vol. 18, p. 27; vol. 20, pp. 12, 18, 29, 39, 156; vol. 21, pp. 211, 214, 298, 299; vol. 22, pp. lviii, 237, 250, 265, 268, 271, 273,274, 299, 314; vol. 23, pp. 74, 156; vol. 24, pp. 136, 137, 138; vol. 28, pp. 25; 45, 57
• in Domesday, vol. 28, p. 327; vol. 44, p. 42
• Caxton born in Causton in vol. 2, p. 232
• J. Master at vol. 15, pp. 197, 208-9, 214
• Manor vol. 10, pp. 133, 152; vol. 44, p. 42
• Registers vol. 14, p. 236
• fines relating to vol. 11, pp. 334, 337; vol. 14, p. 266
• with Grovehurst vol. 13, pp. 331-9
• Church vol. 22, p. 267; vol. 44, p. 47
• Church bells, vol. 23, p. 156

Great Britain, Public Record Office. 'Calendar of the patent rolls preserved in the Public Record Office--Edward II, Vol. 1. 1307-1313'Each volume has own index. Publisher: Genealogical Society of Utah d.b.a Historical Books on FamilySearch; http://www.familysearch.org.

Great Britain, Public Record Office. 'Inquisitions and assessments relating to feudal aids : with other analogous documents preserved in the Public Record Office, A. D. 1284-1431', Vol. 3. Publisher: Genealogical Society of Utah d.b.a Historical Books on FamilySearch; http://www.familysearch.org.

Great Britain, Exchequer. 'The book of fees commonly called testa de nevill, pt. 3'. The Book of fees contains information about the holdings of feudal tenants. Publisher: Genealogical Society of Utah d.b.a Historical Books on FamilySearch; http://www.familysearch.org.

Hall, Hubert, 1857-1944. 'The Red book of the Exchequer - Liber rubeus de Scaccario, Vol. 3'. The Red book of the Exchequer was a register intended to preserve important documents comprising charters, statutes of the realm, public acts (Placita), private deeds and ordinances, correspondence. Publisher: Genealogical Society of Utah d.b.a Historical Books on FamilySearch; http://www.familysearch.org.

Glencross, Reginald Morshead. 'Administrations in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Vol. 1. 1559-1571'. Publisher: Genealogical Society of Utah d.b.a Historical Books on FamilySearch; http://www.familysearch.org.

Hasted, Edward. 'The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent; Containing the antient and present state of it, civil and ecclesiastical; collected from public records, and other authorities: illustrated with maps, views, antiquities, etc. The second edition, improved, corrected, and continued to the present time'. 12 volumes. Publisher: Canterbury: Printed by W. Bristow, 1797-1801. URL: British History Online

Hussey, Arthur. 'Notes on the churches in the counties of Kent, Sussex, and Surrey, mentioned in Domesday book, and those of more recent date'. Publisher: London J.R. Smith,(1852).

Letters, Dr. Samantha. 'Kent', Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs in England and Wales to 1516 (2005).  URL: British History Online.

Page, William, 1861-1934, ed.. 'The Victoria history of the county of Kent'. Publisher: London: Constable (1908).  URL: British History Online

Sharp, J. E. E. S., ed.. 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward I, File 39', Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Volume 2: Edward I. Published:(1906), pp. 315-323.  URL: British History Online.

Sharp, J. E. E. S., ed.. 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Henry III, File 45', Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Volume 1: Henry III. Published:(1904), pp. 296-302.  URL: British History Online.

Location of Records

The following list of records is not intended to be exhaustive.  There are many records that are awaiting discovery in archive offices throughout Kent and England.  This list is intended only to set out those records that are available via at least two relatively easy-to-access avenues.  If you have used or discover a record that would be of benefit to other researchers, that is not on this list, please send me an email with the details of the archive - name, address and archival call number.

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