LENHAM, (Kent) at the source of the Len, 9 m. from Maidstone, 40 cm. 47 mm. from London, bel. once to the abbey of
Canterbury; but was granted by Q. Eliz. to Tho. Wilford, Esq; whose son, Sir Thomas, sold it to Anth. Brown, Visc.
Montacute. Its Mt. is on Tu. and Fairs Whit M. and May 26. The late Bp. of London, in his additions to Camden, mentions a
very remarkable inscription on the tomb of Robert Thompson, Esq; in this Ch. viz. " That he was grand-child to Mary "
Honeywood, wife of Rob. Honeywood " of Charing, who at her decease " had 367 children lawfully " descended from her, viz.
16 of " her own body, 114 grand-children, " 228 in the 3d generation, and 9 in " the 4th."