Archaeologia cantiana . HISTORY OE RESTORATION HOUSE, ROCHESTER. 119 Francis Gierke, afterwards Sir Francis Clerke, Kt., for Rochester in the 13th and 32nd years of KingCharles II. The exact date at which he inherited this houseis not known, but he appears to have had possession inJune 1652. In 1693* the executors of Francis Gierke (Sir Johnffranklyn of Lincolns Inn and Thos. Halsey of Gt. Gadsden)conveyed all that capitall messuage or tenement whereinSir ffrancis Clerke heretofore dwelt, and heretofore calledWhites, otherwise Crowlane, and now or late by the nameof King Streete, or ho

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Archaeologia cantiana . HISTORY OE RESTORATION HOUSE, ROCHESTER. 119 Francis Gierke, afterwards Sir Francis Clerke, Kt., for Rochester in the 13th and 32nd years of KingCharles II. The exact date at which he inherited this houseis not known, but he appears to have had possession inJune 1652. In 1693* the executors of Francis Gierke (Sir Johnffranklyn of Lincolns Inn and Thos. Halsey of Gt. Gadsden)conveyed all that capitall messuage or tenement whereinSir ffrancis Clerke heretofore dwelt, and heretofore calledWhites, otherwise Crowlane, and now or late by the nameof King Streete, or howsoever otherwise called, or whethercalled by any name or not, to Captain William Bockenhamor Bokenham of the parish of S. Margaret next the Citty ofRochester in the County of Kent, Esq. In the Church of St. Margaret is a silver-gilt flagonwhich was the gift of Wm Bokenham, Esq., andbears his arms : 1 and 4 (for Bokenham), Or, a lion ram-pant gules, on a bend azure three bezants; 2 and 3, ahand dexter. Crest: A demi-lio

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