WINGHAM, (Kent) by the Stour, 3 m. S. E. from Fordwich, was the capital of the H. of its own name, and anciently bel. to
the Ch. of Canterbury, whose Archbishop Peckham founded a college here in 1282. In the R. of Henry III. the Abp. Langton
obtained a Mt. here. The manor continued in the Abps. till the R. of Henry VIII. and then was exchanged for other lands
with the crown; but in the R. of James I. was sold to the city of London, which afterwards passed with it the same way to
Sir Will. Cowper, ancestor of the present Earl Cowper, to whom it gives seat and title of Baron. After the Diss. the
estate of the above-mentioned college was granted by Edward VI. to Sir Hen. Palmer, from whom it descended to Sir Tho.
Palmer, late member for Canterbury. Here is the seat of Sir Geo. Oxenden, Bt. and a ch. sc.