WHORNES-PLACE, (Kent) to the S. W. of Rochester, in the p. of Cuckston, the manor and seat of Ld. Romney, conveyed to his
ancestor, John Marsham, by Sir Rich. Levison, great grandson to Nich. Levison of Staffordshire, who bought it of Barnwell;
to whom it was sold by the Vanes. The seat was first built by Sir William Whorne, who was Ld.-mayor of London, 1487.