| Hemsted [a.k.a. Hempstead, Benenden School] Benenden |
Books and other documents | |
| Published | Title, author and references |
| 1889 | The Parish of Benenden, Kent by Rev. Francis Haslewood, F.S.A. ⇒ p. 193 |
| Historical records | |||||
| 1200 to 1400 | History | Hemsted [a.k.a. Hempstead, Benenden School] | The Parish of Benenden, Kent | ||
| Hemsted, in the reign of Henry III. was possessed by Robert de Hemsted, who had adopted his surname from it. In the 7th year of Edward III., it was held by James de Echyngham, of Echingham, in Sussex, and in the reign of Richard II., was granted to William de Guldeford. In his descendants it continued fur several centuries. | |||||
| Jul 1573 | History | Hemsted [a.k.a. Hempstead, Benenden School] | The Parish of Benenden, Kent | ||
| From a study of her Progress it appears the Queen started from her Palace July 14, 1573, to Archbishop Parker at Croydon, where she remained seven days, after which she went a Progress into Kent, and was again entertained by the same prelate at Canterbury. From Croydon July 21, the Queen proceeded to Orpington, the House of Sir Perceval Hart, Knt., where she remained three days, when she went to Knolle, then her own, thence to Birlingham, or Berling, the seat of the Lords Bergavenny where she remained three days, afterwards to Sir Thomas Gresham, of Mayfield, and then to Eridge, another house of Lord Burgavenny, where she stayed six. days. Then onwards to Bedgbury, Mr. Culpepper's, for one day. Thence to Hempsted, Mr. Guilford's, for three days, thence to Rye, where the Queen remained three days, and conferred the honor of Knighthood on Thomas Guilford, Thomas Walsingham, and Alexander Culpepper, Esquires. She proceeded onward to Sissinghurst, Mr. Baker's, whom she Knighted and stayed there, three days. After this to Boughton Malherb, the seat of the Wottons, where she was two days, thence to Mr. Tufton's at Hothfield, where she was two days, and some of her courtiers were entertained at Surrenden, the mansion of the Derings. From Hothfield to Westenhanger, the Keeper whereof was Lord Buckhurst, and remained there four days. After leaving Westenhanger on August 25 she proceeded to Dover. | |||||
| 1718 to 1799 | History | Hemsted [a.k.a. Hempstead, Benenden School] | The Parish of Benenden, Kent | ||
| The last of the family of Guldeford who possessed this estate sold the same in 1718 to Admiral Sir John Norris, whose grandson, John Norris, sold it again in 1780 to Thomas Hallett Hodges, who was High Sheriff of Kent in 1786. He was succeeded by his son Thomas Law Hodges, Esq., J.P. for Kent and Sussex, and Deputy Lieutenant for the former. During the Irish Rebellion of 1798-9, Mr. Hodges served in the West Kent regiment of Militia, in which he became a Major. For many years he was Chairman of the Bench of Quarter Sessions at Maidstone. | |||||
| 1814 |  | Hemsted by Thomas Downes Wilmot Dearn | Thomas Downes Wilmot Dearn | An Historical, Topographical and Descriptive Account of the Weald of Kent | |
| 1857 | History | Hemsted [a.k.a. Hempstead, Benenden School] | The Parish of Benenden, Kent | ||
| The Estate was purchased by Lord Cranbrook, then known as Mr. Gathome Hardy, M.P. in 1857. Of the old house of the Guldefords, the only remains were some oak wainscot panels, and small portions of stone work, found in the office buildings of the house demolished for the erection of the present Mansion. The Hemsted of to-day was erected at the expense of Viscount Cranbrook. An engraving showing the North Front with Portico, window of staircase, &c., appears with a brief description in The Builder for 1862 (pp. 242, 259). The new house is built in the prevailing style of the time of James I., from the designs, and under the superintendence, of Mr. David Brandon, Architect. | |||||
| 1889 |  | Hemsted, in the time of the Guldefords, Benenden by W. Griggs, Collotyper, Peckham, S.E. | The Parish of Benenden, Kent | ||
| 1889 |  | Hemsted, in the time of the Guldefords, Benenden by W. Griggs, Collotyper, Peckham, S.E. | The Parish of Benenden, Kent | ||
| 1889 |  | Hemsted, in the time of the Guldefords, Benenden by W. Griggs, Collotyper, Peckham, S.E. | The Parish of Benenden, Kent | ||
| 1889 |  | Hemsted, in the time of the Guldefords, Benenden by W. Griggs, Collotyper, Peckham, S.E. | The Parish of Benenden, Kent | ||
| 1889 |  | Hempstead Place, the seat of Thomas Hallett Hodges, Esq., Benenden by W. Griggs, Collotyper, Peckham, S.E. | The Parish of Benenden, Kent | ||
| 1924 |  | Hemsted Park, Benenden photographed by A.A. Wenman, Post Office, Benenden | Private collection | ||
| c 1960 |  | Benenden School | Private collection | ||
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