92 page book, a re-worked from the original publication. Extracted from "The History of Maidstone". Includes three line-drawing illustrations.
Supplied as a PDF document on CD-ROM.
CONTENTS:
St Mary’s Church – The College of All Saints’
The Archiepiscopal Palace
St. Mary's Church
Goulds Chantry
Rectors of Maidstone
License for Archbishop Courtenay's Foundation
Erection of the College
Death of the Archbishop : his Place of Burial
Description of the College Buildings
Masters of the College
Wotton's Tomb
The College Dissolved
Pensions to Priests
Revenue of the College
Its Domain Lands
The Church Of All Saints
Archbishops at the Palace
Chantries
The Reformation
The Rectory vested in the Crown
Sale of the Church Plate and Vestments
The Parish Register
The Rood of Grace
Burning of Martyrs
Grant of Tithes to See of Canterbury
The Perpetual Curates
Sequestration of the Living
Thomas Wilson, the Puritan Incumbent
The Tithes of Maidstone
All Saints’ and Other Maidstone Churches
The Fabric of All Saints' Church
Its Architecture
The Organ Loft
Organs, Ancient and Modern
The Original Roof
Restoration of the Building
Destruction of the Spire
Bells and Bell Ringing
Monuments in the Church
Funeral Regulations
The Chapel of St. Faith
Ancient Chapels
Recently-erected Churches
Nonconformity in Maidstone
The Dutch Refugees
John Gifford
Prosecutions under the Conventicle Act
Ministers Ejected in 1662
The Early Baptists at Tovil and Maidstone
Simon Pine
Joseph Wright
The Old Presbyterian Congregation
George Swinnock
The Week Street Congregation
Other Dissenting Chapels
The Fraternity of Corpus Christi
Gift of the Hall in Earl Street
The Fraternity sanctioned by the Crown
Number of Brethren and Sisters at various times
Rent-roll of the Fraternity
The Annual Accounts
Chantry in All Saints' Church
Feasts on Corpus Christi Day
List of Wardens
The Fraternity Dissolved
Hall and Lands Purchased by the Town
Illustrations:
East side of St Faith’s Green
St Peter’s Chapel & Newark House
The Brotherhood Hall