SHORLAND, (Kent) by Eastchurch on the N. side of the Isle of Shepey, was anciently the seat of a family of the same name;
but afterwards came to the Cheyneys, of whom Ld. Cheyney exchanged it with Q. Eliz. and it was granted, in the R. of Ja.
I. to the E. of Pembroke's second son, Sir Philip, who was created Ld. Herbert of Shorland, and E. of Montgomery; and was
in the possession of the late James Herbert, Esq; Kt. of the shire for Oxfordshire. Sir Tho. Cheyney rebuilt the seat
here, in the R. of Hen. VIII.