W.ALTHAM, (Kent) 3 m. E. from Wye, has a Ch. which is annexed to that of Petham. The manor anciently bel. to the Kts.-
templars, and afterwards to those of St. John of Jerusalem. After the Diss. Q. Eliz. granted it to John Manwaring; from
whom it went by marriage of his daughter to Humph. Hamond; after whose death it went to his son, Manwaring Hamond; of whom
it was purchased by Mr. Robert Stapleton, who married his mother.