Mottenden, Kent
Historical Description
Mottenden, a place in Headcorn parish, Kent, 11 miles W by N of Ashford. A Trinitarian priory was founded here in 1224 by Sir Robert de Rokesby, was notable for being the first hou&e of its kind in England, and for a miracle-play acted in its church on Trinity Sunday, and was given at the dissolution to Lord Cromwell, and after his attainder to Sir Anthony Auclier. No remains of it now exist.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Kent newspapers online:
- Kent & Sussex Courier
- Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald
- Dover Express
- Kentish Gazette
- Folkestone, Hythe, Sandgate & Cheriton Herald
- Kentish Chronicle
- Maidstone Telegraph
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitation of Kent, 1619 is available on the Heraldry page, as is also The Visitation of Kent, 1663-68.