GODNESTON, (Kent) a manor of Sittingbourn, which bel. for many generations to the Nottinghams, till it was sold to Richard
Lovelace, of Queenhithe, London, in the R. of Henry VI. whose descendant, John Lovelace, sold it in the R. of Q. Eliz. to
Mr. Ralph Finch, of whose posterity it was purchased by Alderman Garret. 'Tis now the seat of Sir Brook Bridges, Bt.