OFFHAM, a parish in the hundred of LARKFIELD,
lathe of AYLESFORD, county of KENT, 3 miles (E. S. B.)
from Wrotham, containing 274 inhabitants. The Living
is- a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry and
diocese of Rochester, rated in the king's books at £ 6,
endowed with £200 private benefaction, and £200
royal bounty, and in the patronage of the Crown.
The church, dedicated to St. Michael, is principally
in the early style of English architecture, with a tower
steeple. The great Roman military -way, from the
Weald to London, crosses this parish. Jack Straw, the
rebel in the reign of Richard II., is said to have been
born at Pepingstraw. in this parish. Offham-green is
remarkable for having on it the ancient instrument of
amusement called a quintin, which the lord of the
manor is obliged to-preserve.