Monumental Inscriptions in St Martin's Church, Acrise

The following is as far as possible an exact transcription of Mr L. L. Duncan's field notebook for the M.I.s in the Folkestone area where he seems have stayed during September and October 1891.  His notebook written up in his shorthand, in pencil, on the site leave something to be desired. The paper of the notebook has over time become somewhat dirty and aged but is an immensely valuable record of that date. Transcribed and typed by Christine Pantrey

In the church
317. On the South Wall of the chancel is a brass formerly on a tomb:-
Here lyeth the Bodie of Mary the wyfe of Peter HEYMAN of Sellinge in Kent Esqvier Daughter and coheir unto William TIRREL of Beches in Essex Esqvier, She had issue, Anne, Jane, Syzan and Martha. Jane had issue by John HONYWOODE of Elmested in Kent Esqvier, Katherin who made this monument. She died the 7th day of Jvne Anno Domini 1601. Beinge of the age of 76 yeares. ANTIQVA FVIT ORTA DOMO , OIA VIXIT INIVIT VIRSO PVDICA THORVM, SPONSA PVDICA POLYM.

318. Coat of arms- underneath:- HERE LYETH BVRED THE BODY OF ALEXANDER HAMON ESQ. WHO DEPARTED HIS LIFE YE 29 OF APRILL ANNO 1613.

319. There are many monuments to the PAPILLONS formerly of Acrise Place – from the end of the 17th century – with their own arms – three butterflies.
L L Duncan Acrise, 5th October 1891

Also some Monumental Inscriptions  Noted by Rev Bryan Faussett noted 1758, added 17th March 2008

Chancell.
1. On a very Neat Monument, on The North wall. [not drawn: TURNER (1.26) (Chartham) imp. (Griffin note: PAPILLON) Az. a chevn. betw. 3 butterflies arg.]. Memoriae S. Viri eximij Gulielmi Turner, Arm. Nuper de Hospitio apud Londinenses vulgò vocato Gray’s Inn. Natus fuit in Domo Carmelitarum dissolutâ juxta Cantuariam 1 Decemb. 1660. Denatus in eâdem Domo 24 Sept. 1729. Vir, Pietate erga Deum, Benevolentiâ erga Homines, Affectû erga suos, summè insignis. Juris Anglici municipalis Impendio peritus. In Causas Forenses agendo, felicitèr facundus; Clientûm fidelis Patronus: Ab Omnibus, praecipuè a suis, Maerore desideratus. Hoc Monumentum lugens posuit Anna Maria, fidessima Conjux, non immemor Conjugij sui; Filia Natu Minima Thomae PAPILLON Arm. Quae cum Marito dilectissimo vixit Annos. ML. Decemq Liberos enixa est; Quorum VII in eodem Sepulchro infra requiescunt: Supersunt reliqui vix Gulielmus, Anna Maria, et Elizabetha. Supradicta Anna Maria Uxor obijt 7 Octob. 1738. Aet. 73.

2. On a Flat Stone, under The Figure of a Woman, is a Brass Plate, with this Coat and Inscription. [Arg. a chevn. az. with 3 conquefoils or betw. 3 martlets sa. imp. Arg. 2 chevronels az. the upper with a cresct. or for diffce. a border engrailed gu.]. (Griffin note: HEYMAN and TYRELL). Here lieth The Body of Mary, the Wife of Peter Heyman of Sellinge in Kent, Esquier, Daughter and Coheire unto William TYRRELL of Beches in Essex, Esquier. She had Issue, Jane, Suzan, and Martha; Jane had Issue by John HONYWOODE of Elmstead in Kent, Esquier, Katharin, who made this Monument. She died the 7th Day of June Ano. Dni. 1601, beinge of the Age of 76 Yeres. Antiquâ fuit orta Domo; Pia vixit, inivit,/Virgo pudica, Thorum ,Sponsa pudica Polum.

3. On a Brass Plate, on Another. The Arms defaced. Here lieth the Body of Alexander HAMON Esq. who departed this Life the 22d. of Aprill 1613.

4. On Another Flat Stone. Here lie the Bodies of Thomas, Henry, Jane, Philip, Thomas, and Ralph, the Children of William TURNER Esq. and Anna Maria, his Wife, at the several Times following. Thomas died the 9th of Sept. 1690 aged 3 Months and 10 Days. Henry dyed the 3d,. of June 1694 aged 1 Year, 2 months and 20 days. Jane died the 12th of Nov. 1697 aged 3 years, 5 months and 8 days. Philip died ye 17th of September 1706 aged 8 years, 9 months 20 days. Thomas died the 17th of March 1701/2 aged 11 months and 14 days. Ralph died the 10th of September 1706 aged 3 years, 3 months, 11 days.

5. Another Flat Stone, The Inscription not to be made out.

In The Body.
6. On a Neat Monument on The East Wall, on ye South Side. [not drawn: PAPILLON (as before) imp. Arg. on a pile az. 3 dexter gauntlets arg.] (Gr. note: JOLLIFFE). Near this Place are interred the Bodies of Mrs Ann Papillon late Wife of Mr Philip Papillon of London, Marchant, and eldest Daughter of William Jolliffe of Carswell in the County of Stafford Esq. Who departed this Life the 10th Day of Feb. 1692/3. And Ann, Daughter of the said Philip & Ann Papillon, who departed this Life the 2d. Day of March 1693/4. Aged 1 Year and 20 Days. Also Jane the First Child. B.21, D.25 June 1690 (B.21 = born 21st, D.25 = died 25th). David, the 2d. Child, only surviving.

7. This Church, which is very small, consists of the Chancell and Body only. In The Tower, which is very low, hangs 1 little Bell, inscribed thus: Thomas PALMAR made Mr. (Thomas Palmar made mee 1664, Edward MARKS, C.W. – Stahlschmidt, 129).

8. It is a Rectory, in the Gift of the King. It is dedicated to St. Martin. The Present Rector is ……../

9. On a Wooden Rail in the Church Yard. Here lieth Nathaniel JOHNSON of African Extraction, born in Maryland, sent young to the Proprietor Saml. HYDE Esq. who used him tenderly whilst He lived as did his Daughter the Widow of William SEYMOR Esq. She encouraged his Instruction, and Baptism, and left him a kind Legacy for Life, wch. a Consumption ended the 28th of January 1755. Sensible of his Death, he ask’d Forgiveness, and had, through Xt. great Confidence of it, for that he had pleas’d all his Masters. Learn, You, who have had more Instruction.

Names
HAMON 318, 3;  HEYMAN 317, 2;  HONYWOODE 317, 2; HYDE 7;  JOHNSON 9;  Jolliffe 6;  MARKS 7;  PALMAR 7;  PAPILLON 319, 1, 6; SEYMOR 7;  TIRREL 317;  TURNER 4;  TYRELL 2;  TYRRELL 2;

Places
Acrise
 Acrise Place 319
Beches, Essex 317, 2
Carswell, Staffordshire 6
Elmested, Kent 317, 2
Maryland, U.S.A. 9
Sellinge 317, 2
General
African Extraction 9
Churchwarden 7
Marchant 6

Tithe Apportionment for Acrise

Acrise - Maps and Tithe award schedules Acrise Tithe award schedule  70KB - signed 5th June 1839     With names of landowners, occupiers and fieldnames with acreages, and tithe payments Back to List of Kent Maps, Tithe awards/schedules For details about the advantages of membership of the Kent Archaeological Society   click here Back to Research         Back to Homepage

Acrise Tithe award schedule  - signed 5th June 1839 Back to Acrise Maps etc The microfilm of this schedule is extremely faint and some parts are near invisible. Examination of the original paper version will take place sometime in the future to resolve those parts below, marked with question marks. Owner Occupier No. Description Cultivation Quantities Rector Remarks Sheet 1 John    Argur? Baroness   Le Clifford Joseph    Holman Thomas    Papillon Sheet 2 Thomas    Papillon John    Argur? Samuel    Preble George    Smith Norwood    Wollett Henry    Elgar 1 2 3 4 5 6 ? 6 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 7? 8 9 10 11 159 160 161 162 163 164 12 119 120 121 118 122 --- --- Green Plot Green Plot Great Meadow The Slip Little Meadow --- Grove Meadow --- The Twelve Acres Further Field House Meadow Great Field --- Garden Garden? Orchard House Meadow Front Mead Three Acres Pt of The Twelve Acres Nine Acres Ten Acres Church Ways Hog Green Broomfield Small Profit Hawthorn Meadow Beakey Meadow Horse Bank Lawn Upper ark Lower Park ?Vinterage Bottom ?Vinterage Bottom Garden Part of Barn Meadow Cottage Upper Pasture Cottage Lower Pasture Yards etc Shaw in Upper Pasture Homestead Garden Pasture Pasture Pasture Pasture Pasture Homestead Pasture Pasture Arable Arable Pasture Arable Homestead Garden Garden Pasture Pasture Pasture Pasture Arable Arable Arable Pasture Pasture Arable Arable Pasture Pasture Pasture Pasture Pasture Pasture Pasture Arable Garden Pasture Pasture Pasture Pasture Wood 0.1.27 0.0.11 0.0.12 0.0.11 1.1.16 0.0.33 0.2.37 2.3.17 0.2.32 0.1.27 3.3.11 12.2.21 10.2.29 4.3. 7 34.3.35 68.0.  2 0.2.17 0.0.29 0.1.19 1.2.13 1.2.32 3.1.12 3.1. 6 7.3. 6 9.1.13 10.1.27  7.0.36 45.3.12 0.0.29 6.0.17 4.1.14 5.2. 7 12.1. 0 10.1.16 6.0.15 12.1. 0 10.1.12 14.1.13 10.2. 0 92.1. 5 0.1. 5 2.3.34 12.1. 2 6.2.21 0.0.22  0.0.28 22.132 0.11. 6 19. 0. 0 12. 0. 0 18.10. 0 3.11. 6 Owner Occupier No. Description Cultivation Quantities Rector Remarks Thomas    Papillon Messieus?  Issac &   James     Rolfe Thomas  Wotten     Adley Stephen    Allen 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 Brake Meadow Ice House Bank Crab Stocks Old Rowen --- House Field Waste House Field Shaw Trenbury Lower Trenbury Stiff Hill East Park West Park Homestead Orchard Little Meadow Wall Meadow Hoad Corner & 20 Acres Hoad Lees Lower Lees Four Acres Ten Acres East Trenbury Pasture Pasture Pasture Pasture Homstead Arable Waste Wood Arable Arable Hops Pasture Pasture Homestead Pasture Pasture Pasture Arable Pasture Pasture Pasture Pasture Arable 1.0. 7 11.1.25 26.0. 0 20.1.33 57.3.25 0.2. 8 13.2.28 1.0.11 0.2.30 8.0. 9 13.0.12 6.2.29 21.0. 0 22.0.26 86.3.26 0.3.23 0.2.33 1.3. 5 2.1.37 41.3. 4 3.0. 4 2.2.20 4.0.31 11.1.20  4.1.27 73.0.34 9. 4. 6 20. 0. 6 19. 0. 0 Sheet 3 Thomas    Papillon Sheet 4 John    Hogben George    Court 105 106 107 108 109 26 27 28 29 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 --- Barn Field Little Field Newmans Court Ghost Park Field Garden in Park Field Upper Meadow Lower Meadow --- The Garden Hog Garden Garden Stack Plot Garden Little Plot Three Acre Horse Close Part of Barn Field Part of Nine Acres Part of Nine Acres Part of Nine Acres Farthing Lane Dean Part of Lane Dean Blacks  Eleven Acres Brooms Shaw Pit Shave Oaks Wood The Downs  Shave in the Downs Butchers Wood Close Billetts Shave in Billetts Shave in Billetts Butchers Wood Field Elgars Meadow Oast House Field Little Apple Croft Great Apple Croft New Pasture Acre Field Little Pasture Homestead Pasture Pasture Arable Arable Arable Garden Pasture Pasture Homestead Pasture Pasture Garden Garden Garden Pasture Pasture Arable Arable Arable Arable Hops Garden Arable Hops Pasture Arable Arable Wood Wood Pasture Wood Arable Arable Wod  Wood Arable Pasture Pasture Pasture Arable Pasture Arable Pasture 0.2.39 4.2.10 1.3. 4 12.0. 5 10.3.13 29.3.31 6.3.34 0.0.26 4.0. 9 4.0.34 0.3. 5 1.0.37 1. 0. 1 0.0.19 0.1. 7 0.0.26 1.2. 8 2.3.20 5.2.31 13.3.18 4.3.25 1.3. 8 2.0.14 4.2.36 14.1. 1 1.2.23 2.0. 7 11.2. 4 4.1.33 4.2.35 2.1.28 8.1.30 0.2.20 3.1.17 3.1. 1 0.1. 9 0.2.25 17.3. 1 4.0.17 4.1.13 5.3.20 7.0.35 1.3.38 1.0.20   1.1.17 153.3.32 7.14. 0 37. 8. 6 Owner Occupier No. Description Cultivation Quantities Rector Remarks Thomas    Papillon John    Court 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 ?86 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 100 99 101 102 103 104 110 113 --- Orchard Garden Welchs Meadow Hop Garden Field Home Meadow New Land Dinshave Field Dinshave Field Shave in Dinshave Field Seven Acres Garden House & Plot Acre Meadow The Drove Barn Field The Six Acres Stiff Field Part of Stiff Field Part of Stiff Field Five Acres Lower Three Acres Upper Three Acres Shave in Three Acres The Two Acres Ridge Hill Lower Two Acres Part of Ridge Hill Part of Ridge Hill Knowl Hill Part of Knowl Hill Plot Garden Homestead Pasture Garden Pasture Arable Pasture Arable Hops Arable Wood Arable Garden Pasture Pasture Pasture Arable Arable Arable Hops Wood Arable Pasture Pasture Wood Pasture Pasture Pasture Pasture Pasture Arable Arable Pasture Garden 0.3.16 1.1.27 0.0. 6 1.0. 5 8.2.18 1.1.35 16.2.16 0.3.11 9.1.18 0.3. 5 7.3.36 0.1. 6 1.2.24 1.0.36 1.3.21 3.0.39 6.1. 7 2.0. 8 1.0.15 1.0. 0 5.0.36 3.1.19 3.2.23 0.0.39 2.0.30 20.2.13 2.2.39 5.1.36 5.3. 8 5.0.30 12.3.31 0.0.21    0.1.34 134.0.28 33.15. 0 Sheet 5 Thomas    Papillon William   Hinkley 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 --- --- Plot Forestal Cow House Meadow Lower Cow House Mdw Wood in Cow Hse Mdw Lower Shave Lower Pasture Next Lad Wood Next Rectory Further Pasture Triangle Lower Forge Wood Middle of Forge Meadow Forge Plot Homestead Garden Pasture Pasture Pasture Pasture Wood Wood Pasture Wood Wood Pasture Pasture Pasture Pasture Pasture 0.2. 3 0.0.33 0.0.33 0.2.39 1.0.36 2.1.30 0.1. 4 0.1.31 2.0. 0 0.0.37 1.0.10 2.2. 7 2.1.39 1.1.33 1.0.34  0.1.26 17.1.35 3.13. 0 Owner Occupier No. Description Cultivation Quantities Rector Remarks Thomas    Papillon Sheet 6 Thomas    Papillon 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 --- Pleasure Grounds Pleasure Grounds Drying Yard Walled Garden Garden Carpenters Yard Grove Orchard --- Vicarage Meadow Garden etc Adjoining Glebe Planta'n in adjng Glebe Shaw in adjoining Glebe Forestal Forestal Lad Wood Shave Knowl Wood Shave Knowl Wood Shave Lime Kiln Plantation Knowl Hill Caivett White Gate Plantation Newmans Plantation Crab Stocks Cow Pasture Broom Field Shave Fir Plantation Brakey Field Plantation Acrise Wood Garden Wood Homestead Pasture Pasture Pasture Garden Garden Yard Grove Garden Homestead Meadow Lodge Arable Plantation Wood Forestal Pasture Wood Wood Wood Plantation Plantation Plantation Plantation Wood Pasture Wood Plantation Plantation Wood Wood 1.0.13 2.1.27 1.1.29 0.3.33 1.0.30 1..17 0.0.35 5.0.21 2.3.15 0.1.24 15.2.15 0.0.18 4.3.18 0.1.37 0.1.36 0.2.20 0.2. 1 1.2.22 1.0.39 3.3.30 2.0.18 1.0.29 1.1.35 0.1.14 2.3. 5 13.0.10 0.2.38 0.0.33 0.1.24 27.1. 1 15.2.17 Richard  Hobbs Richard  Fitall & Stephen  Hubbard Thomas  Laws & George  Coleman Thomas  Taylor & William  Godden  Danel  Revell John    Court Jnr Henry    Gilham 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 186 187 188 189 190 191 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 139 140 Vicarage Plantation Oast House & Yard Plantation adjoining Old Garden Old Orchard Between Roads Ridge Hill Plantation Deanshare Shave Long Craft Wood Stiff Field Shave Butchers Wood Round Wood Part of Long Shave Homestead etc Garden Garden Garden Homestead Garden Newmans Meadow Garden Garden Plantation Plantation Plantation Garden Pasture Plantation Plantation Wood Wood Wood Wood Wood Wood Garden Garden Garden Garden --- Garden Pasture Garden Garden 4.0.37 0.1.14 2.0.21 0.0.22 0.1.31 3.1. 7 4.1.15 1.0. 0 12.2.39 0.2.25 11.3.18 1.3.34 0.0.13 0.1.13 0.2.20 0.2.27 0.1. 9 0.1.21 0.1.12 1.1. 0 0.0.32   0.1.30 159.2. 1 25.14. 3 Owner Occupier No. Description Cultivation Quantities Rector Remarks Sheet 7 Rev Kinnett  Champain   Bayley    (Glebe) Rev Kinnett  Champain   Bayley 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 220 221 222 Homestead Barn Field Middle Field Further Field Chalk Pit Field Chalk Field Experiment Field Parsonage Field Church Yard Part of Springfield Minnis Part of Springfield Minnis Public Roads Homestead Pasture Pasture Pasture Wod Pasture Arable Wood --- Common Common --- 0.3.28 9.2.39 6.3.26 7.3.24 0.3.37 7.0.35 2.1.34 7.1.17  0.1.34 4.3.24 18.2.24 18.0.12 36.3.36 6.1.38 9. 0. 0 Whilst every care has been taken in transcribing information from old records which in themselves are prone to error or  misinterpretation, visitors to this site need to recognise that there will be errors. 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