INDENTURES 1643 TO 1713. DOCUMENT 1. 1643 Feoffment of water mill at Newington-next-Hythe, with all its outbuildings, etc. by John Page to Robert Fukes, miller of Brabourne, for the sum of three score and six pounds. In 1701 endorsed:'No Livery and Seizin Endorsed in the Deed nor no Receipt for the Said Money.' Principal signatory: John Page DOCUMENT 2. 1691 Mortgage of water mill to Richard Fukes, miller at Newington-next-Hythe, by Claudius Chard, 'chirurgeon' of the town and port of Hythe for £40. Endorsed 1701. Principal signatory: Rich. Fukes. DOCUMENT 3. 1692 Exchange of lands and property between Richard Fukes of Newington-next-Hythe, miller and Thomas Cooper of Braborne, miller, Fukes receiving 'free and liberal exchange,' property i

COLLECTION OF MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE WATER MILL AT NEWINGTON-NEXT-HYTHE.

Published by 1643-1713, 1643

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Six manuscripts. 24.5 x 17.75; 26.75 x 12.5 ; 27 x 23.75; 27 x 22.75; 27 x 21.75; 24 x 17.25 inches. Vellum documents with opening decorative flourishes (one including royal arms) and four with seals attached (one detached seal). All endorsed on verso with signatures of witnesses, receipts for sums. received, summaries of contents, etc. Six legal documents, 1643-1713, relating to the water mill at Newington-next-Hythe, near Folkestone, Kent. The property included the tenement, water mill, stables, garden, yard and three acres of land. In 1643 it adjoined the lands of Sir William Brockman, knight towards the south and to the lands of Matthew Godden towards the north and to the King's street(?) towards the east. For most of this period there were only two millers, Richard Fukes, from Brabourne and Thomas Cooper, although as the documents demonstrate, a number of mortgage assignments were made on the property. The first miller, Richard Fukes, exchanged the mill for property at Sellinge and Monks Horton in 1692 (perhaps representing his retirement back to his original home area), with Thomas Cooper, also of Brabourne, who became the new miller at Newington. After Cooper's death around 1713, his widow and three sons sold the mill to John Caistor. In addition to the places mentioned above and to the adjacent parish of Cheriton. the documents refer to inhabitants of nearby Hythe (the surgeon, Claudius Chard) and the more distant Wye (Ann Heyman). Documents Two to Five were all drawn up by the Tournays, attorneys of Hythe, whose scriveners probably provided the other two documents as well. These two towns obviously had the wealthier citizens who could afford to intervene financially in this rural entreprise. The Mill House and various outbuildings survived until as late as 1987 when they were demolished as part of the Channel Tunnel construction project, the Seabrook stream being diverted underground at this point. (References, Alcock, Old Title Deeds (Philimore, 1986); Crampton, Before the Channel Tunnel (Tempus, 2001). KENT MILLS KENT - EAST KENT INDUSTRY 17TH CENTURY 18TH CENTURY RECORDS KENT. Seller Inventory # 26872

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Title: INDENTURES 1643 TO 1713. DOCUMENT 1. 1643 ...

Publisher: 1643-1713

Publication Date: 1643