KEnt is a very large and spacious County, and advanta∣giously seated, being almost wholly invironed with the Sea, except its Western parts, which borders upon Surry and Sussex: Besides the Thames, which parts it Northward from Essex, its principal Rivers are Medway, the Rother, and the Stowr. It abounds in Fruits, Corn, fat Pastures, and exceeding profitable Marshes, for the feeding of Cattle, which are bought up Lean from other Counties, and sent thither to be made Fat: It produces particularly the greatest quantity of Cherries of any County in England, &c. It is divided into 67 Hundreds containing 408 Parishes, 2 Cities, viz. Canterbury and Rochester, the former being an Archiepiscopal See, having the Primacy of all England; the latter is likewise a Bishops See: It has likewise 31 Market Towns, and 4 Rivers more than before mentioned, a∣mong which Lewisham River is famous for the large store of Fish found in it, its Stream carrying about several Mills. It sends Members to Parliament 10, viz. Canterbury 2, Maidston 2, Queenbourough 2, Rochester 2, and 2 Knights of the Shire. Besides which, 3 of the Cinque Ports being in this County, viz. Dover, Rumney and Sandwich, do each of them send two Barons up to the Parliament, called Barons of the Cinque Ports.
The history of England giving a true and impartial account of the most considerable transactions in church and state, in peace and war, during the reigns of all the kings and queens, from the coming of Julius Cæsar into Britain : with an account of all plots, conspiracies, insurrections, and rebellions ... : likewise, a relation of the wonderful prodigies ... to the year 1696 ... : together with a particular description of the rarities in the several counties of England and Wales, with exact maps of each county / by John Seller ...
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- The history of England giving a true and impartial account of the most considerable transactions in church and state, in peace and war, during the reigns of all the kings and queens, from the coming of Julius Cæsar into Britain : with an account of all plots, conspiracies, insurrections, and rebellions ... : likewise, a relation of the wonderful prodigies ... to the year 1696 ... : together with a particular description of the rarities in the several counties of England and Wales, with exact maps of each county / by John Seller ...
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- Seller, John, fl. 1658-1698.
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- 1696.
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"The history of England giving a true and impartial account of the most considerable transactions in church and state, in peace and war, during the reigns of all the kings and queens, from the coming of Julius Cæsar into Britain : with an account of all plots, conspiracies, insurrections, and rebellions ... : likewise, a relation of the wonderful prodigies ... to the year 1696 ... : together with a particular description of the rarities in the several counties of England and Wales, with exact maps of each county / by John Seller ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A59136.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 20, 2024.
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Canterbury is by some Authors said to have been Built 900 Years before the birth of our Saviour; it was given by Ethelbert the Saxon King of Kent to Austin the Monk and his Companions, and in their time the Cathedral was Founded, in which Eight Kings of Kent lie Buryed. It suf∣fered greatly by the Fury of the Danes, especially in the Reign of Ethelred, when 4200 of its Inhabitants were slain. Here King John and his Queen Isabela were Crowned; King Henry the Third and King Edward the First Married: Edward the Black Prince, Henry the Fourth, and Queen Joan, were Interred here; and the Cathedral was long famous in Superstitious times for Pilgrimages made to visit the Shrine of St. Thomas of Becket (a Popish Saint and Martyr) slain at the Altar in the Reign of Henry the Second.
Rochester, formerly called Roffchester, as Builded by one Roff, Lord thereof, is a very pleasant City; it was de∣stroyed by the Danes, and suffered much after Rebuilding by two dreadful Fires in the Reigns of King Henry the First and King Henry the Second; it has in it many fair Churches, and leading to it a curious Arched Bridge of Stone.
Maidstone a flourishing Town, situate on the Medway, for a meer Town, is reputed the handsomest, and best of Trade, in all the County.
Feversham is of great Antiquity, very pleasant and com∣modious in its situation; in it King Stephen and Queen Maud were Buried.
Dover is renowned for its Castle, said to be Built by Julius Caesar at his second Landing: Queenborough Castle was Built by Edward the Third. At Wye J. Kemp the learned Arch Bishop of Canterbury was Born. Greenwich is famous for its Park, and stately Palace; and near it is the New Hospital founded for Decayed Merchants: Horstead took its Name from Horsus one of the first Saxon Invaders.
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Tunbridge is famous for its Medicinal Waters, and the great resort to its Wells. The Seats of the Nobility are Knobl, belonging to the Earl of Dorset; Penhurst, to the Earl of Leicester; Bocton-Malberb, to the Earl of Che∣sterfield; Hoathfield and Sylom, to the Earl of Thanet; Chenvening, to the Earl of Sussex; Lingstead Lodg, to the Lord Tenham; Leeds-Castle and Grenway-Court, to the Lord Culpeper; Alington-Castle and Maidstone Place, to the Lord Astly; Bromly-House, the Bishop of Rochesters seat.