Throwley

Throwley is, ecclesiastically, in the diocese of Canterbury, in the archdeaconry of Canterbury and in the deanery of Ospringe.  The church is named for St. Michael & All Saints with registers commencing 1557.

Throwley, a parish in Faversham district, Kent;  4 miles south-south-west of Faversham rail station.  It has a post office under Faversham.  Acres, 3,180.  Real property in 1860, £3,573.  Population in 1861, 635.  Houses, 138.

The manors belong to Lord Sondes and Lord Harris.  A Benedictine priory, a cell to St. Omers in Frances, was here;  and was given to Sion abbey.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury.  Value, £300 with a habitable glebe house.  Patron, the Archbishop.  The church was restored in 1867, at a cost of £3,000.

There are a Wesleyan chapel and three almshouses.¹

¹John Marius Wilson, comp. The Imperial Gazatteer of England and Wales.  (London, England:  A. Fullerton & Co., 1870).

²Samuel Lewis, comp. 'Orby - Ormskirk', A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 479-483.

Throwley Bibliography

-- various. 'Archaeologia Cantiana'. Publisher: Kent, England: Kent Archaeological Society, various dates. Volumes 1 through 139 are available to view free on the Kent Archaeological Society website.  . [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 Throwley: vol. 11, p. 367; vol. 13, p. 187; vol. 14, pp. 358 & 249, 275, 280; vol. 49, pp. 102 & 107; vol. 102, p. 172
• notes from parish reigsters vol. 2, p. 89
• manor vol. 10, p. 126
• inventory of parish church goods, vol. 10, p. 286
• fines of lands in vol. 13, pp. 295, 318
• Orlandstone (Orlaston), William de, Knight of the Shire, vol. 21, pp. 208, 210.
• Orwaldstone, vol. 28, 31.
• Hamstreet, turnpike trust, vol. 100, pp. 349, 359, 368
• overseers accounts vol. 101, p. 335

--. 'Throwley : MIs : Medway series of monumental inscriptions', vol. 8. [Microfiche.] Published: Waterlooville, The Parish Register Transcription Society, n.d.

Cooper, Robert M., contr.. 'The Literary Guide & Companion to Southern England'. Publisher: Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 1998.

>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

Great Britain, Ordnance Office. 'Ordnance Plan of the Parishes of Warehorne, Ruckinge, Throwley and Snave, with Warchorne Ph det., Nos. 1 to 7, Throwley Ph det., Nos. 1 to 8, Snave Ph det., Nos. 1 and 2, and Kenardington Ph det., No. 2.'Publisher:  Southampton, [1872]

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

Great Britain, Public Record Office. 'Calendar of the patent rolls preserved in the Public Record Office--Edward II, Vol. 4 Great Britain. Public Record Office Great Britain - Public records - Inventories, registers, catalogs; Great Britain - History - Plantagenets, 1154-1399 - Sources; Genealogical Society of Utah d.b.a Historical Books on FamilySearch

Great Britain, Public Record Office. 'Calendar of the close rolls preserved in the Public Record Office--Edward III, Vol. 4. 1337-1339'. Publisher: Genealogical Society of Utah d.b.a Historical Books on FamilySearch

Great Britain, Public Record Office. 'Calendar of the patent rolls preserved in the Public Record Office--Edward IV, A.D. 1461-1467'. Publisher: Genealogical Society of Utah d.b.a Historical Books on FamilySearch

Great Britain, Public Record Office. 'Calendar of the close rolls preserved in the Public Record Office--Henry VI, Vol. 5. 1447-1454'. Publisher: Genealogical Society of Utah d.b.a Historical Books on FamilySearch

Great Britain, Public Record Office. 'Calendar of the patent rolls preserved in the Public Record Office--Philip and Mary, Vol. 2. 1554-1555. Publisher: Genealogical Society of Utah d.b.a Historical Books on FamilySearch

Great Britain, Public Record Office. 'Calendar of the patent rolls preserved in the Public Record Office--Philip and Mary', Vol. 3. 1555-1557. Publisher: Genealogical Society of Utah d.b.a Historical Books on FamilySearch

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

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

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

Ham Street History Society. 'Hamstreet and Throwley : a photographic history to celebrate 2000AD.' Publisher: Hamstreet, Kent: Ham Street History Society, 2000. ISBN 0953917606.

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.

Holt, Anne D.. 'History of Parliament ... 1439-1509 Wedgwood, Josiah Clement, Baron, 1872-1943. Publisher: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Genealogical Society of Utah d.b.a Historical Books on FamilySearch

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.

Mackie, S. J. 'A Descriptive and Historical Account of Folkestone and its Neighbourhood with Gleanings from the Municipal Records', P. 219. Reprinted from the "Folkestone Express". 2nd edition. Folkestone, Kent, England: Printed and Published by J. English, 1883.

Muriel, L. A.  'Throwley : M 1754-1812 : Kent registers vol. 20'. Published 2005.

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

Rickard, Gillian.  'Kent Communicants Lists 1565-1567: v.1: Appledore, Brookland, Burmarsh, Dymchurch, Ebony, Fairfield, Lympne, New Romney, Throwley, Saltwood, Stone in Oxney, Tenterden, West Wythe, Woodchurch. Publisher: --.

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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