Saltwood

Saltwood is ecclesiastically in the diocese of Canterbury, in the archdeaconry of Canterbury and in the deanery of Elham.  The church is named for St. Peter & St. Paul with registers commencing 1560.

Saltwood is a village and a parish in Elham district, Kent.  The village stands near the Ashford and Dover railway, 3/4 of a mile north of Hythe, and 1-3/4 east-south-east of Westenhanger rail station;  commands a fine view;  and has a post office under Hythe.  The parish contains also the hamlets of Saltwood Green and Pellinge, and comprises 2,600 acres.  Real property in 1860, £4,470;  of which £91 are in quarries.  Population in 1861, 643.  Houses, 129.

The manor was given to the see of Canterbury, in 1036, by the Danish jarl Halfden.

Saltwood Castle, situated close to the village, is said to have been first erected in 488, by Eseus or Oisc, king of Kent;  was restored or rebuilt, in 1080, by Hugo de Montfort;  was held, for some time, by various knights, under the archbishops;  was the rendezvous of the four knights who planned the murder of Becket;  passed afterwards to the Crown, but was restored by King John to the archbishops;  underwent enlargement and embellishment, at great cost, by Archbishop Courtenay, in the time of Richard II;  was thence a residence of the archbishops till the time of Henry VIII;  went then to the Crown in exchange for other property;  was given by Henry VIII to the Clintons;  passed afterwards through various hands, and sank into decay;  is now a spacious and magnificent ruin, including great portion of the walls, an inner gate house with two fine circular towers, a chapel, and an outer gate house converted into a farmhouse;  and with Sandling Park, a fine neighbouring brick mansion, belongs now to W. Deedes, Esq..

Brockhill House has been the seat of the Tournay family since 1498.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury.  Value £784, with a habitable glebe house.  Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury.  The church is chiefly of the time of Edward III and was recently restored.  Charities, £31.

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

Saltwood 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 Saltwood: vol. , pp.
• Currently in revision

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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