TENHAM, (Kent) near Sheppey-Isle, 2 m. 1-half E. from Milton, was once so considerable, as to give name to the H. to have
a grant, in the R. of Henry III. of a Mt. on T. and a Fair, for 3 days, at the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. It is
particularly noted by Lambard, for its cherry-gardens and apple-orchards, it being the place, where Rich. Harris,
fruiterer to Hen. VIII. first planted cherries, pippins, and golden-renates; but its situation is reckoned unhealthy, so
that Lambard mentions this old rhime, as commen in the adjacent country, viz. " He that has not a mind to live long, " May
dwell at Murston, Tenham, or Tong." The manor was formerly given to, or rather exchanged with, the priory of Canterbury,
and after the Diss. Abp. Cranmer exchanged it with the crown; in which it rested, till K. Ja. I. granted it to Sir John
Roper, whom he also created Baron of Tenham, because he was the first who openly proclaimed him in. this Co. and in his
descendant, the present Baron, the manor continues.