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rt Earl of Leicester
ayal was first settled
vu's have made such
he most compleat
lioya Jovercign, a
J Men. It is by the
Outside of the Lion
l Feet high, & draws
.2, 90 Guns, 900 Men.
The Cambridge, a
Rate, 50 Guns. \Ve

{‘h-atliani, over Chat-
lw. River for 4 Miles.
..- burial Place of the
\’ewington, a Roman
lined ; & then came
:1 Hills, from whence
: Sea, by Sheerness,
hester.

end in Canterbury,
mur to take us for

-tor. '1e old Dur-

]l1ity:‘c€ said to have

Town & County of
' a Mayor, Recorder,
.-n, a Sword Bearer,
msides the Cathedral.

1 have seen, & Very
of Roman & Gothic
wainscoted. Behind
 Edward the Black
itioned in a Journal ;
is Nicholas VVotton,

Hen: 8. 1541. He
lg at an Altar: the
:uted, but the Head,
, is masterly beyond
other Decorations of
late.

A TOUR THROUGH KENT. I-:35‘ LA3 «fa. M
H

Aug : 3. Sunday, we spent at Church, & in walking about
Canterbury. On Honday Aug : 4. we took a Coach & 4, & went
with a very honest Clergymanl to his little Vicarage House in the
Isle of Thanet, where we went into the Dove House, killed a
Dozen Pigeons, pluckt them, spitted ’em, roasted ’em & eat them
ourselves : nor did the Vicar’s VVife save her Bacon 2 for we found
a fine Ham, out of the Middle of which we out several Slices &
broiled ’em ; took a Cup of good brown Ale, & a Glass of good

_ Florence : & thus we dined with less Grandeur, but more Freedom

than a Duke.

From the Vicarage of Monkton We went to Queax, a good
old Seat of M’. Wyatt ; a Quarter of a Mile from which, in a Walk,
is an Arbour in a Tree, from which is a. most delightfull View of the
Sea, & the Island of Shepey. On a Hill, 2 Miles from hence, near
Minster Windmill, is the most extensive Prospect of Land &
Sea I ever saw. On the South is a Prospect of Sandwich, Deal,
& the Downes: East? we see Margate, Shepey, & the Coast of
Essex : over the Downes we could see the Chalk Clifls of Calais.

“ By the By, there are no Chalk Cliff[s] at Calais, which is a
“flat, sandy Shore: the Cliffs of Boulogne are high & chalky.
“ The Altar before which Dean VVotton kneels is a Desk, or Prie-
“ Dieu : an Altar is a flat Table : this is a declined Desk with a
“ Book on it. VVl1at he says of Rochester has many Mistakes
“ in it, as also in other Places, which is too troublesome to
“ particularize. Wm. Cole. June 23. 1775. Milton near Cam-
“ bridge.”

Aug 2 5. We went to the Races on Barham Downes, about
4 Miles from Canterbury, and lost some Hours in staring at some
Hundreds of Peogle, as idle, & foolishly employed as ourselves.
In the Evening we went to the Assembly, where indeed we did not
like the Room so well as the Company, which was very good:
Lord VVinchelsea, Sir Edward Dering, Lord Romney, Sir James
Grey, Sir Tho: D’Aeth, Sir Wm. Knatchbull, cum multis aliis.
There are many French & Walloon Families in Canterbury, whose
Manufacture is Silk, about 500 Looms being employed in it there.

Aug : 6. We left Canterbury, & came, thro’ a Village called
Littlebourn, to Wingham, in which Parish is Dean-House, the
Seat of Sir George Oxendon: a good old House, & in it many

1 Peter Vallavine, LL.B., Vicar of Monkton, 1729-67 (ob.) (I-Iasted,

fol. ed. IV, 314).
"‘ An error for “ North.”

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