CHILHAM, (Kent) N. of Godmersham, not far from the r. Stower, is supposed to be the place where Julius Caesar incamped, in
his second expedition to Britain, and that from hence it was at first called Julham, i.e. Julius's house; and bel. the T.
there is a green barrow, called Jul-Laber, which is thought to be the grave of Laberius Dorus the tribune, who was killed
by the Britons, in the march of the Romans from that camp. Afterwards this came to be the seat of the Ks. of Kent; and it
had a castle, which Edw. II. granted, with the manor, to Ld. Badlesmere; who forfeiting it to the crown, by treason, it
was given to David Strabolgy, for his life only; after which, Edw. III. granted it to the son of the said Ld. Badlesmere;
from whose family it went, by marriage, to the Ld. Ross of Hamlake; but was again forfeited to the crown, by the treason
of his son, and there remained, till Hen. VIII. granted it to Sir Thomas Cheyney; whose son, Henry Ld. Cheyney, sold it to
Sir Tho. Kemp; by whose grand-daughter, it was transferred, in 1636, to Sir Dudley Diggs, master of the rolls, who erected
a noble building on the ruins of the castle; and in his posterity it did lately, if it does not still, remain. Here was
formerly a Mt. and a Fair is still kept here, Oct. 28.