TILBURY-WEST, (Essex) in which is the above-mentioned fort, was in the year 630 the see of a Bp. called Ceadda, who
converted the East-Saxons. In the time of the 3 first Edwards, this manor was held by the Tilburies family, of the crown,
in capite, as of the honor of Rayleigh. In the R. of Hen. VIII. it was held by Sir John Mordaunt. Sir Kenelm Jenoure, Bt.
held it in the R. of Cha. I. with the ferry. It went by marriage of his daughter to Sir Richard Hatton, of whom it was
purchased by Mr. John Kelloway. It yields 254 l. a year, and has a fine spring of alterative water.