MAIDSTONE  , a See also:

• MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market See also:

• TOWN

town and municipal and See also:

• PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary See also:

• BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
• BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)

borough, and the See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county town of See also:

• KENT
• KENT, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• KENT, JAMES (1763-1847)
• KENT, WILLIAM (1685-1748)

Kent, See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, 41 M . E.S.E. of See also:

• LONDON

London by the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South Eastern & See also:

• CHATHAM
• CHATHAM, WILLIAM PITT

Chatham railway . Pop . (1901), 33,516; See also:

• AREA

area, 4008 acres . It lies principally on the eastern See also:

• BANK

bank of the See also:

• RIVER

river See also:

• MEDWAY

Medway, the See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

• PART

part spreading over the western slopes of a picturesque valley, which is intersected and environed by orchards and See also:

• HOP (Ger. Hopfen, Fr. houblon)

hop gardens, this being the richest agricultural See also:

• DISTRICT

district of Kent . The hop grounds See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form the so-called See also:

• MIDDLE

middle growth of Kent, and the town has the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain market in the county . See also:

• ARCHBISHOP (Lat. archiepiscopus, from Gr. apxceatorcoros)

Archbishop See also:

• BONIFACE (Bonifacius)
• BONIFACE, SAINT (680-754)

Boniface in 1260 established a See also:

• HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital here (See also:

• NEWARK
• NEWARK (NEWARK-UPON-TRENT)
• NEWARK, DAVID LESLIE, LORD (1601-1682)

Newark hospital) for poor pilgrims, the See also:

• CHAPEL

chapel of which, with modern additions, is now St See also:

• PETER
• PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
• PETER (PEDRO)
• PETER, EPISTLES OF
• PETER, ST

Peter's See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church . The See also:

• PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish church of St See also:

• MARY
• MARY (1457-1482)
• MARY (1496-1533)
• MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS

Mary, which had existed from See also:

• NORMAN
• NORMAN, SIR HENRY WYLIE (1826-1904)

Norman times, was demolished in 1395 by Archbishop See also:

• COURTENAY
• COURTENAY, RICHARD (d. 1415)
• COURTENAY, WILLIAM (c. 1342—1396)

Courtenay, who erected on the site the See also:

• PRESENT

present church of All See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince or feudal See also:

• SUPERIOR

superior, for the purpose, primarily, of See also:

• EDUCATION

education, goes back to See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early feudal times, and is parallel with the sending of boys to See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act as pages and squires to the feudal castles . The See also:

• REGULAR

regular See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment of maids of 'See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour (filles d'honneur) appears first in the royal See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court of See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France . This has usually been attributed to See also:

• ANNE (1665-1714)
• ANNE (1693-1740)

Anne of See also:

• BRITTANY

Brittany, wife of See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles VIII.; she had a See also:

• GROUP

group of unmarried girls of high See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank at her court as part of her See also:

• HOUSEHOLD, ROYAL

household, in whom she took a lively and parental See also:

• INTEREST

interest, educating them and bestowing a See also:

• DOWRY (in Anglo-Fr. dowarie, O. Fr. douaire, Med. Lat. dotaria, from Lat. dos; from root of dare, to give; in Fr. dot)

dowry upon them on their See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage . A slightly earlier instance, however, has been found . When the See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young See also:

• MARGARET
• MARGARET (1283–1290)
• MARGARET (1353-1412)
• MARGARET (1489–1541)
• MARGARET, ST (c. 1045–1093)
• MARGARET, ST (SANCTA MARGARITA)

Margaret of See also:

• AUSTRIA
• AUSTRIA, LOWER (Ger. Niederosterreich or Osterreich unter der Enns, " Austria below the river Enns ")
• AUSTRIA, UPPER (Ger. Oberosterreich or Osterreich ob der Enns, " Austria above the river Enns ")

Austria came to France on her espousal to Charles VIII., broken by his marriage to Anne of Brittany, there were in her See also:

• TRAIN (M. Eng. trayn or trayne, derived through Fr. from Late Lat. trahinare, to drag, draw, Lat. trahere, cf. trail, trace, ultimately from the same source)

train several filles d'honneur, whose names appear in the Comptes d'argenterie de la reine See also:

• MARGUERITE

Marguerite d'Autriche, from 1484–1485 and 1488-1489 (Archives de l'See also:

• EMPIRE

empire K.K .

8o and 81 quoted by A . Jai, Dictionnaire critique de biographie et d'histoire) . It is from the days of See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

Francis I. that the chroniques scandaleuses begin which circle See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round the maids of honour of the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French court . The maids of See also:

• CATHERINE
• CATHERINE, SAINT

Catherine de See also:

• MEDICI
• MEDICI, GIACOMO (1817-1882)

Medici, celebrated as the " flying See also:

• SQUADRON

squadron," l'escadron volant, are See also:

• FAMILIAR (through the Fr. familier, from Lat. familiaris, of or belonging to the familia, family)

familiar from the pages of See also:

• PIERRE

Pierre de 1'Estoil'e (1574-1611) and See also:

• BRANTOME
• BRANTOME, PIERRE DE BOURDEILLE, SEIGNEUR AND ABBE DE (c. 1540-1614)

Brantome . Among those whose beauty Catherine used in her See also:

• POLITICAL

political intrigues, the most famous were Isabelle de Limeuil, Mlle de See also:

• MONTMORENCY
• MONTMORENCY, ANNE
• MONTMORENCY, MATHIEU JEAN FELICITE DE

Montmorency-Fosseux, known as la belle Fosseuse, and See also:

• CHARLOTTE

Charlotte de Baune . The filles d' honneur, as an institution, were suppressed in the reign of See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis XIV., at the instigation of Mme de See also:

• MONTESPAN

Montespan—who had been one of them—and their See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place was taken by the dames de palais . In the See also:

• ENGLISH

English court, this See also:

• CUSTOM (from O. Fr. costume, costume or coustume; Low Lat. costuma, a shortened form of consuetudo)

custom of attaching " maids of honour " to the See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

queen's See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person was no doubt adopted from France . At the present See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day a queen regnant has eight maids of honour, a queen See also:

• CONSORT (Lat. consors, a companion)

consort four . They take See also:

• PRECEDENCE (from Lat. praecedere, to go before, precede)

precedence next after the daughters of barons, and where they have not by right or See also:

• COURTESY (O. Fr. curtesie, later courtoisie)

courtesy a See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of their own, they are styled " See also:

• HONOURABLE (Fr. honorable, from Lat. honorabilis, worthy of honour)

Honourable." See also:

• SAINTS, BATTLE OF THE

Saints . This See also:

• FINE

fine Perpendicular See also:

• BUILDING

building contains, besides many excellent monuments, the richly carved See also:

• SEDILIA (the plural of Lat. sedile, seat)

sedilia and the twenty-eight See also:

• OAK (O. Eng., (lc)

oak seats used by the collegiate priests .. Courtenay also founded a See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college of See also:

• SECULAR (Lat. saecularis, of or belonging to an age or generation, saeculum)

secular canons, the ruins of which are an interesting specimen of 14th-See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century See also:

• ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture . From the reign of See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John until the See also:

• REFORMATION
• REFORMATION, THE

Reformation the archbishops had a See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence here, at which See also:

• STAFFORD
• STAFFORD, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF

Stafford and Courtenay died .

This Perpendicular building, with its Elizabethan See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east front, was acquired by the See also:

• CORPORATION (from Lat. corporare, to form into a body, corpus, corporis)

corporation as a memorial of Queen See also:

• VICTORIA
• VICTORIA (or VITTORIA), TOMMASSO LUDOVICO DA (C. I540-C. 1613)
• VICTORIA [ALEXANDRINA VICTORIA]

Victoria's See also:

• JUBILEE (or JUBILE), YEAR OF

Jubilee in 1887, and houses the school of See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science and See also:

• ART

art . The rectory, with the See also:

• MANOR

manor, passed into See also:

• LAY

lay hands at the Reformation; and, having been a perpetual curacy for three See also:

• HUNDRED

hundred and twenty years, the living became a vicarage in 1866 . The See also:

• GRAMMAR (from Lat. grammatica, sc. ars; Gr. ypaµ)

grammar school was founded in 1549, and endowed with the estates of the See also:

• LOCAL

local Corpus Christi fraternity, then dissolved; the See also:

• HALL
• HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
• HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
• HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
• HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
• HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
• HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
• HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
• HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
• HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
• HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
• HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
• HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
• HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
• HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
• HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
• HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
• HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)

hall in which the gild assembled remains, but the school is established in modern buildings on a new site . There are oil-See also:

• MILLS, JOHN (d. 1736)
• MILLS, ROGER QUARLES (1832– )

mills, rope, sacking and twine factories, and See also:

• CEMENT (from Lat. caementum, rough pieces of stone, a shortened form of caedimentum, from caedere, to cut)

cement, See also:

• LIME
• LIME (O. Eng. lim, Lat. limes, mud, from linere, to smear)

lime, and See also:

• BRICK (derived according to some etymologists from the Teutonic bricke, a disk or plate; but more authoritatively, through the French brique, originally a " broken piece," applied especially to bread, and so to clay, from the Teutonic brikan, to break)

brick See also:

• WORKS

works . There is a considerable carrying See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade on the Medway . A museum, with public library, was opened in 1858, in an interesting building of the early part of the 16th century . This is the headquarters of the Kent Archaeological Society, founded by the Rev . L . B . Larking in 1858 . In 1890 an art See also:

• GALLERY (through Ital. galleria, from Med. Lat. galeria, of which the origin is unknown)

gallery was added . The See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West Kent and See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General hospital, the county ophthalmic hospital, county See also:

• GAOL, or JAIL

gaol and See also:

• BARRACKS (derived through the French from the Late Lat. barra, a bar)
• BARRACKS, CAMP

barracks may be mentioned among other institutions .

From Saxon times down to 1830 condemned malefactors were executed, and all the See also:

• GREAT

great county meetings were held, on Penenden See also:

• HEATH
• HEATH, BENJAMIN (1704-1766)
• HEATH, WILLIAM (1737—1814)

Heath, a See also:

• COMMON

common situated about a mile See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-east of the town, and enclosed by the corporation as a public recreation ground . The parliamentary borough of Maidstone returns one member . The town is governed by a See also:

• MAYOR (Lat. major, greater)
• MAYOR, JOHN EYTON BICKERSTETH (1825– )

mayor, 6 aldermen and 18 councillors . There is See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence of a See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement at Maidstone . The name Maidstone (Medwegestun, Meddestane, Maydestan), probably meaning Medway Town, is presumably of Saxon origin . At the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of the Domesday Survey it belonged to the archbishop of See also:

• CANTERBURY
• CANTERBURY, CHARLES

Canterbury, and from the reign of John the archbishops had a residence there . Its position in the centre of Kent gave it an early importance; the See also:

• SHIRE

shire-See also:

• MOOT

moot was held on Penenden Heath in the 11th century, and Maidstone was an See also:

• ASSIZE

assize town in the reign of See also:

• EDWARD

Edward I . In 1537 See also:

• CRANMER, THOMAS (1489-1556)

Cranmer ex-changed the manor of Maidstone with the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king, and it was granted by Edward VI. to See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas See also:

• WYATT, JAMES (1746–1813)

Wyatt . Edward also incorporated the town by the title of the mayor, jurats and commonalty; it had formerly been governed by a portreve and 12 " brethren." This See also:

• CHARTER (Lat. charta, carta, from Gr. Xap-rns, originally for papyrus, material for writing, thence transferred to paper and from this material to the document, in O. Eng. boc, book)

charter was forfeited through Wyatt's See also:

• REBELLION

rebellion; a second charter was granted by See also:

• ELIZABETH
• ELIZABETH (1533-1603)
• ELIZABETH (1596-1662)
• ELIZABETH (1635–1650)
• ELIZABETH [ AMELIE EUGENIE ] (1837—1898)
• ELIZABETH [1lisabeth Philippine Marie Helene of France] (1764—1794)
• ELIZABETH [PAULINE ELIZABETH OTTILIE LOUISE] (1843– )
• ELIZABETH [PETROVNA] (1709-1762), EMPRESS
• ELIZABETH, SAINT (1207-1231)

Elizabeth in 1J59 and confirmed by subsequent sovereigns . A new charter constituting a governing See also:

• BODY

body of a mayor, 12 jurats and 40 common councilmen was given at the See also:

• PETITION (Lat. for " seeking " or " praying ")

petition of the inhabitants by See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George II. in 1747, and remained the governing charter until 1835 . Four fairs were granted by the charter of 1559; these are now held on the 13th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February, the 12th of May, the loth of See also:

• JUNE

June and the 17th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October . A See also:

• THURSDAY

Thursday market was granted by See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry III. to Archbishop Boniface, and a market every second Tuesday in the See also:

• MONTH
• MONTH (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Mond, Du. maand, Dan. maaned, &c., and cognate with Lat. mensis, Gr. µi7v, &c., in other branches of the Indo-Germanic family; all ultimately from the root seen in the word for the moon in nearly all those languages

month by charter of George II .

A See also:

• CORN (a common Teutonic word; cf. Lat. granum, seed, grain)
• CORN (fromm Lat. corms, horn)

corn market on Tuesday and a See also:

• CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle market on Thursday are still held . The manufacture of See also:

• LINEN

linen and woollen goods was introduced by See also:

• WALLOONS (Wallons, from a common Teut. word meaning " foreign," cf. Ger. Welsch, Du. waalsch, Eng. Welsh)

Walloons, who settled here in 1567 . This was succeeded by See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper-making, now the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry of the town . The cultivation of hops has been carried on since the 17th century . Maidstone has been associated with various incidents of general See also:

• HISTORY

history . Wat See also:

• TYLER
• TYLER, JOHN (1790—1862)
• TYLER, MOSES COIT (1835—1900)
• TYLER, WAT [or WALTER] (d. 1381)

Tyler See also:

• BROKE, or BROOKE, ARTHUR (d. 1563)
• BROKE, SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE, BART

broke into the See also:

• PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison, liberated John See also:

• BALL (in Mid. Eng. bal; the word is probably cognate with " bale," Teutonic in origin, cf. also Lat. falls, and Gr. 7raXXa)
• BALL, JOHN (1585-1640)
• BALL, JOHN (1818-1889)
• BALL, JOHN (d. 1381)
• BALL, SIR ALEXANDER JOHN, BART
• BALL, THOMAS (1819- )

Ball the See also:

• REBEL, JOHANN PETER (176o-1826)

rebel preacher, and committed various depredations . Several of the leading inhabitants joined See also:

• JACK

Jack See also:

• CADE, JOHN (d. 1450)

Cade's rising . The rising of the Kentish Royalists in 1648 collapsed at Maidstone, where on the 1st of June See also:

• FAIRFAX, EDWARD (c. 1580-1635)

Fairfax, after five See also:

• HOURS, CANONICAL

hours' obstinate fighting, captured the town at midnight . See Victoria County History, Kent; I . M . See also:

• RUSSELL (FAMILY)
• RUSSELL, ISRAEL COOK (1852- )
• RUSSELL, JOHN (1745-1806)
• RUSSELL, JOHN (d. 1494)
• RUSSELL, JOHN RUSSELL, 1ST EARL (1792-1878)
• RUSSELL, JOHN SCOTT (1808–1882)
• RUSSELL, LORD WILLIAM (1639–1683)
• RUSSELL, SIR WILLIAM HOWARD
• RUSSELL, THOMAS (1762-1788)
• RUSSELL, WILLIAM CLARK (1844– )

Russell, History of Maidstone (1881) .