PlaTITROURNE PARISH MEETING A.G.M.
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     The Annual General Meeting will take place at 


The, Bprton, Patrixbourne on Wednesday, April 21st. at



7.30 p.m. Plans for the Bridge By-Pass are: now in course 


of preparation and there will be a map available at the 


meeting         the approximate route of the by-pass 


which passes through the parish.




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                   SOMME VILLAG: NOTES






I___,_. Cornelius If one goes into the chancel of Bridge


      Jensen      Church there is a portrait on the left 


                  which is attributed to Jensen the Seven- 


teenth Century Court painter; his full name was Cornelius 


Janssen van Ceuln and his family originally came from 


Maastricht. He was born in London in 1593 and was 


baptised at the Dutch church. In 1618 he began practis- 


ing as a portrait painter in Blacfriars and subsequently 


in 1636 camp i to live in Bridge with Sir Arnold Brumes


and his family who were also partly Dutch and who came 


from Breda; from 13rioge Place he set out to paint the 


portraits of various County families; locally there


were the .iiu3h.2rs of Bridge and Din,Ls from Chiiham Castle 


and further afield the most famous are his family groups 


of the Rushouts, Lucys ark Vt;'rneys. He is remembered 


principally far two reasons, firstly for his famous


r 4-rait of Miltonthe pot ag,A 10 and secondly for his


     pence of painting on Van DAL. He w-is certainly


    emely successful in his lik-ne ses and his portraits 


'are always characterised by deep and brown shadows. On 


10th. October 1643 he left Bridge for rover and sailed 


to Flushing and he went to live in =dleburg as the 


Jivil War had broken out. In that city it is recorded 


he bec9me a memberof 'tli. Guild of St. Luke and many 



lc(7inP: citizens from The Hague came to have their 


portraits painted by him.' He died in Utrecht in 1664. 


He had married Llizabeth Beke of Colchester in 1622


and they had one son who was also a painter and an example 


of his -.-nork, a pal-trait of William III may be seen in the 


National Portrait Gallery. J,:nsGn was one of many who

brought th3ir talents from the Low Countries to 


East Kent; perhaps the- most corimon were tlyJ Dutch 


craftsmen who showed their influence on vernacular 


architc;cture and examioles of the Dutch curnivilear 


style may be seen at Patrixbourne at Bode Farm and 


Sondes House and one of the gardener' s cottages at 


the entrance to Howletts3 *Dutch bricks were often


used as at Dridg€;, Place and their size 6i"x 4" x al" 


are smaller than the English of the same period


     x 4" -sr4-





*  Quoted from History of :nglish Brickwork, publisbc


   1934.





                BEKESBOURNE CHURCH P12,Y FLYR.L,



      Please note that the date of the Bekesbourne 


Church May Payre has beer chanEed to 2.30 D.M. on 


Saturday May 8th. at Bekesbourno Village Hall.





                     BELTASBOURM RECITAL
                     1141.010


      The Recital held at St. Peter's Church


Bekesbourne on Sunday March 14th. wNas a great success. 


The noirs sang to a very full church and we are very 


grateful to the Canterbury Ladies Choir 'and their very 


abl conductor May Bartlett.



      The soloists were Cynthia Seller, Jane end revs 


and        CumberlEmd. The organist who render,d this 


lovely music was DT. J. jlegbur:r and very well done 


it certainly was.




      7e are all hoping that this choir will visit us 


-gain this -',27r, particularly Cs one or two of its 


members        in Bekesbourne.




      To thos, friends who attended from Bridge and 


elsewlier, tirInk you for coming a,wa all hope that 


you enjoyed your afternoon at St. Peter's Church.







                             S. H. Grey.












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