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FAVERSHAM , a See also:market See also:town and See also:river-See also:port, member of the Cinque Port of See also:Dover, and municipal See also:- BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
borough in the Faversham See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Kent, See also:England, on a See also:creek of the Swale, 9 M. W.N.W. of See also:Canterbury on the See also:South-Eastern & See also:Chatham railway. Pop. (1901) 11,290. The See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of St See also:Mary of Charity, restored by See also:Sir G. G. See also:Scott in 1874, is of See also:Early See also:English See also:architecture, and has some remains on one of the columns of frescoes of the same See also:period, while the 14th-See also:century paintings in the See also:chancel are in better preservation. Some of the See also:brasses are very See also:fine, and there is one commemorating See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King See also:Stephen, as well as
here, of which only a See also:wall and the See also:foundations below ground remain. At Davington, See also:close to Faversham, there are remains, incorporated in a See also:residence, of the cloisters and other parts of a See also:Benedictine priory founded in 1153. Faversham has a See also:free See also:grammar school founded in 1527 and removed to its See also:present site in 1877. Faversham Creek is navigable up to the town for vessels of 200 tons. The See also:shipping See also:trade is considerable, chiefly in See also:coal, See also:timber and agricultural produce. The See also:oyster See also:fisheries are important, and are managed by a very See also:ancient gild, the See also:Company of Free Dredgermen of the See also:Hundred and See also:Manor of Faversham. See also:Brewing, brickmaking and the manufacture of See also:cement are also carried on, and there are several large See also:powder See also:mills in the vicinity. The town is governed by a See also:mayor, 4 aldermen and 12 councillors. See also:Area, 686 acres.
There was a Romano-See also:British See also:village on the site of Faversham. The town (Fauresfeld, Faveresham) owed its early importance to its situation as a port on the Swale, to the fertile countey surrounding it, and to the neighbourhood of Watling See also:Street. In 811 it was called the king's town, and a witenagemot was held here under YEthelstan. In 1o86 it was assessed as royal See also:demesne, and a market was 'held here at this date. An See also:abbey was built by Stephen in 1147, in which he and See also:Matilda were buried. They had endowed it with the manor and hundred of Faversham; this See also:- GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
- GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
- GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
- GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
- GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
- GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
- GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
- GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
- GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
- GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
- GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
- GRANT, U
- GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)
grant caused many disputes between the See also:- ABBOT (from the Hebrew ab, a father, through the Syriac abba, Lat. abbas, gen. abbatis, O.E. abbad, fr. late Lat. form abbad-em changed in 13th century under influence of the Lat. form to abbat, used alternatively till the end of the 17th century; Ger. Ab
- ABBOT, EZRA (1819-1884)
- ABBOT, GEORGE (1603-1648)
- ABBOT, ROBERT (1588?–1662?)
- ABBOT, WILLIAM (1798-1843)
abbot and men of Faversham concerning the abbot's See also:jurisdiction. Faversham was probably a member of Dover from the earliest association of the Cinque Ports, certainly as early as See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry III., who in 1252 granted among other liberties of the Cinque Ports that the barons of Faversham should plead only in Shepway See also:Court, but ten years later transferred certain pleas to the abbot's court. In this reign also the abbot appointed the mayor, but from the reign of See also:Edward I. he was elected by the freemen and then installed by the abbot. The See also:corporation was prescriptive, and a hallmote held in 1293 was attended by a mayor and twelve jurats. All the liberties of the Cinque Ports were granted to the barons of Faversham by Edward I. in 1302, and confirmed by Edward III. in 1365, and by later monarchs. The governing See also:charter till 1835 was that of Henry VIII., granted in 1545 and confirmed by Edward VI.
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