Volumes
One & two |
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Title
page
List of Figures, Maps and Plates
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction
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vii–vii
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Part
I – Kent Background
Chapter One –
William Lambarde, early
cartographers and the evidence for the number of parks
in
Elizabethan and Jacobean Kent
Introduction
(i) Loss of
parks before Elizabeth I's accession
(ii) William
Lambarde, the historian and topographer
(iii) William Lambarde's
list of parks
(iv) William Lambarde and
the cartographers
Conclusion
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8 - 29
8 - 11
11 - 15
15 - 20
20 - 23
23 - 27
27 - 29
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Chapter
Two – Characteristics of Kentish Deer Parks
Introduction
(i)
Distribution and location
(ii) Park
density
(iii) Park shape and
size
(iv) Longevity of
parks
Conclusion
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44 - 46
46 - 51
51 - 55
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Part
II - Park Management
Chapter Three – The Management of Parks owned by the Gentry
Introduction
(i) The
upkeep of boundaries
(ii) Deer keeping
and deer keepers
(iii) Other enterprises
in parks
(a) Cony warrens
(b) Animals at pasture
(c) Water management, fish, waterfowl and
herons
(d) Timber and wood resources
(iv) The viability of
parks
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75 - 93
93 - 119
93 - 100
100 - 105
105 - 112
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Chapter
Four – The management of Royal Parks in Kent
Introduction
(i) The keepers of
royal parks in Kent
(ii) Aspects of
management of royal parks of Greenwich and Eltham
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Chapter
Five – Disparkment and the Management of Disparked
Parks
Introduction
(i) The
definition of disparkment
(ii) The pattern
and process of disparkment in Kent, 1558-1625
(iii) The management of
disparked parks
(a) Crown parks leased out
(b) Parkland into farmland
(c) The exploitation of woodland
(iv) The longevity
of disparked parks as distinct units in the countryside
Conclusion
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142
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144 - 154
154 - 166
155 - 157
158 - 164
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Part
III – Park Owners and Park Holders
Chapter Six – Park Owners and Park Holders
Introduction
(i) The
owners of active parks in 1558
(ii) New owners of
established parks from the crown, by private transfer and the
owners of new parks
(iii) Factors influencing
retention and loss of parks
Conclusion
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Part
IV – The Social Context of Deer Parks
Chapter Seven – The Perception of Crown, Nobles and Gentry
towards parks
Introduction
(i)
Attitudes to hunting in parks
(a) Hunting in royal parks in Kent
(b) Gentry hunting in Kentish parks
(ii) Venison
on the menu and venison as gifts
(iii) The use of
parks for recreation and hospitable entertainment, apart from
hunting
(a) The royal park at Greenwich
(b) Royal visits to parks in Kent
(c) How nobility and gentry appreciated their parks
(iv) Canterbury and
Otford Great Parks – transition from keepership to ownership
Conclusion
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190 - 244
190
190 - 201
193 - 196
196 - 201
201 - 206
206 - 228
207 - 210
210 - 216
217 - 228
228 - 243
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VOLUME
TWO
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Chapter
Eight – Unlawful Activity associated with Parks
(i) Introduction
(ii) The extent of disorder
associated with parks in Kent
(iii) The legal context of unlawful
activity in parks
(iv) The nature of park violations
(a)
Low-key poaching
A: Case study – Sissinghurst park in the mid
1590s
(b)
Covert hunting for sport, usually gentlemen-led
B: Case study – Sir Alexander Culpepper
(1581-1629)
C: Case study – Penshurst Park in the early
1570s
(c) High profile, brazen parks violations
D: Case study – Penhurst Park, May 1600
(d) Poaching with a commercial or criminal
element
E: Case study –Humfrey Latter, mid 1590s/early
1600s
Conclusion
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248 – 252
252 - 259
259 - 308
261 - 262
262 - 268
269 - 276
276 - 283
283 - 289
289 - 294
294 - 299
299 - 300
300 - 308
308 - 311
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Conclusion
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Appendices
Appendix 1 Figure 1.2
Lambarde's list and 5 early maps compared
Appendix 2 Figure 1.3
Active parks in Kent, 1558-1625
Appendix 3 Figure 1.4 All
known parks in Kent
Appendix 4 Map
1.1 Map of Kent showing
all known parks
Appendix 5 Figure 5.1
Disparkment
Appendix 6 Figure 6.3 New
owners of established and new parks
Appendix 7 Figure 6.4
Crown parks in Kent
Appendix 8 Figure 7.2
Rowland Whyte's schedule of letters
Appendix 9 Figure 8.1 Deer
park Violations, 1558-1625
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320 - 325
326
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329 - 330
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Bibliography
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Park
profiles
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1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14a+b
15
16
17
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ALDINGTON
ALLINGTON
AYLESFORD
BEDGEBURY
BEXLEY
BIRLING (see Comford (7) below)
BIRLING – COMFORD / COMFORT
BOCKINGFOLD
BORE PLACE
BOUGHTON MALHERBE / BOCTON /
OLD PARK
BOUGHTON MALHERBE – LENHAM /
NEW PARK
BOUGHTON MALHERBE - SOUTH PARK
BOUGHTON MONCHELSEA
BOXLEY and LEA
BRASTED
BROMLEY
BROXHAM |
Parish: Aldington
Parish: Allington
Parish: Aylesford, Ditton, Burham
Parish: Goudhurst
Parish: Bexley
Parish: Birling
Parish: Birling
Parish: Yalding,
Goudhurst, Marden
Parish: Chiddingstone
Parish: Boughton Malherbe
Parish: Lenham
Parish: Boughton Malherbe
Parish: Boughton Monchelsea
Parish: Boxley, Maidstone
Parish: Brasted
Parish: Bromley
Parish: Edenbridge |
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19
20
21
22
23 24
25
26
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CANTERBURY – NEW / KING'S
/
St. AUGUSTINE's - now Old Park
CANTERBURY – OLD PARK
CANTERBURY - TRENLEY /
WICKHAMBREUX
CHILHAM
CHISLET
COBHAM
COOLING
CUDHAM
CURLSWOOD / NONINGTON /
CROWDSWOOD
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Parish: St Martin's, Fordwich
Parish: St.Martin's
Parish: Wickhambreux, Fordwich
Parish: Chilham
Parish: Chislet
Parish: Cobham
Parish: Cooling, Frindsbury
Parish: Cudham
Parish: Nonington
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27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
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DENSTROUDE
EASTWELL
EAST WICKHAM / PLUMSTEAD
ELHAM
ELTHAM – GREAT
ELTHAM – MIDDLE / LITTLE / OLD
ELTHAM – HORN
FOLKESTONE / WALTON and/or
TERLINGHAM
FORD
FRYARNE |
Parish: Blean
Parish: Eastwell, Challock
Parish: Bexley, Plumstead
Parish: Elham
Parish: Eltham
Parish: Eltham
Parish: Eltham, Lee
Parish: Folkestone
Parish: Hoath
Parish: Stelling
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38
39
40
41
42
43 44
45
46
47
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GLASSENBURY
GREAT CHART
GREENWICH
GROOMBRIDGE
HALDEN
HALSTEAD
HAMSWELL
HEMSTED / KNOLE
HENDEN / HETHERDEN
HEVER
HUNGERSHALL
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Parish: Cranbrook,
Goudhurst
Parish: Great Chart
Parish: Greenwich
Parish: Groombridge
Parish: Rolveden, Benenden
Parish: Halstead, Knockholt
Parish: probably Rotherfield, Sussex
Parish: Benenden, Cranbrook
Parish: Sundridge, Brasted,
Chiddingstone
Parish: Hever
Parish: Speldhurst
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48
49
50
51 52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65+66
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IGHTHAM / WEST PARK of WROTHAM
KEMSING
KNOLE
LANGLEY, Beckenham
LANGLEY, Maidstone
LEE
LEEDS
LULLINGSTONE
LYMINGE
LYMPNE
LYNSTED
MAIDSTONE
MEREWORTH
MERSHAM-HATCH
OTFORD – GREAT
OTFORD – LITTLE
OTFORD – NEW
OXENHOATH
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Parish: small
portion Ightham,
Wrotham
Parish: Kemsing
Parish: Sevenoaks
Parish: Beckenham
Parish: Maidstone, Langley
Parish: Lee
Parish: Leeds
Parish: Lullingstone
Parish: Lyminge
Parish: Lympne
Parish: Lynsted
Parish: Maidstone
Parish: Wateringbury
Parish: Merhsam, Smeeth
Parish: Otford
Parish: Otford
Parish: Otford
Parish: West Peckham
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67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
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PANTHURST / SEVENOAKS
PEMBURY
PENSHURST – ASHOUR / ASHOWER
PENSHURST – LEIGH / NORTH
PENSHURST / NORTHLANDS
PENSHURST - SOUTH
POSTLING
ROYDON
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Parish: Sevenoaks
Parish: Pembury
Parish: Penshurst, Bidborough, Leigh
Parish: Leigh
Parish: Penshurst, Leigh
Parish: Penshurst
Parish: Postling
Parish: East Peckham
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- 446
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76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
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SALTWOOD
SCOTNEY
SCOT'S HALL
SHURLAND / SHORELAND
SISSINGHURST
STARBOROUGH
STONEHURST
STOWTING
SUNDRIDGE
SURRENDEN
SUTTON
SUTTON VALENCE
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Parish: Saltwood
Parish: Lamberhurst, Goudhurst
Parish: Smeeth
Parish: Eastchurch
Parish: Cranbrook
Parish: mainly Lingfield, Surrey/
Edenbridge
Parish: Chiddingford, Surrey, W of
Cowden
Parish: Stowting
Parish: Sundridge
Parish: Pluckley
Parish: Chart Sutton, Boughton
Monchelsea
Parish: Sutton Valence
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87
88
89
90
91
92
93a+b
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
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THROWLEY
TONBRIDGE – CAGE
TONBRIDGE - NORTHFRITH
(3 parks in Lambarde see (90) Tonbridge –
Northfrith, Hadlow/Little Park/Larkhole Green
and (91) Tonbridge – Northfrith, Northfrith
Wood)
TONBRIDGE –
NORTHFRITH – HADLOW /
LITTLE PARK / LARKHOLE GREEN
TONBRIDGE - NORTHFRITH WOOD
TONBRIDGE – POSTERN
TONBRIDGE – SOUTHFRITH and
SOMERFIELD / SOMERHILL
TYLER HILL / ST. STEPHEN'S /
HACKINGTON
WELL HALL
WESTENHANGER
WESTENHANGER / OSTENHANGER
WESTWELL / CALEHILL
WEST WICKHAM
WROTHAM / EAST PARK OF WROTHAM
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Parish:
Throwley
Parish: Tonbridge
Parish: Tonbridge, Hadlow,
Shipbourne,
West Peckham,
Hildenborough
Parish: Hadlow
Parish: Tonbridge, Hadlow,
Shipbourne,
West Peckham,
Hildenborough
Parish: Tonbridge, Hadlow
Parish: Tonbridge
Parish: Hackington
Parish: Eltham
Parish: Stanford
Parish: Saltwood, Stanford
Parish: Little Chart
Parish: West Wickham
Parish: Wrotham
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