STAPLEHERST, (Kent) 4 m. N. of Cranbrock, is a rectory reckoned the second best living in the Co. the perpetual advowson
being upwards of 200 l. a year. It stands in a healthy air and fruitful soil. The manor being forfeited to the crown, by
Sir Hen. Isley's engaging with Sir Tho. Wyat, Q. Mary granted it to Sir John Baker, her attorney-general; in whose family
it continued not very long ago, if it does not still.