. Lesnes Abbey in the parish of Erith, Kent; being the complete report of the investigations, architectural and historical, carried out by the Works Committee of the Woolwich Antiquarian Society during the years 1909-1913. bbey() and Mailing Abbey, and found the fabrics in ruins;the words used are : Ita destructa per malam diutinam custodiam quod duranteisto saeculo usque ad diem judicii creditur ea non posse reparari. In 1350 Robert, son of William Hankcrc of Wylmyngton, by his chartergave free and peaceful seizin to the Abbot and Convent in six acres andone rood in the vill of Wylmyngton in
. Lesnes Abbey in the parish of Erith, Kent; being the complete report of the investigations, architectural and historical, carried out by the Works Committee of the Woolwich Antiquarian Society during the years 1909-1913. bbey() and Mailing Abbey, and found the fabrics in ruins;the words used are : Ita destructa per malam diutinam custodiam quod duranteisto saeculo usque ad diem judicii creditur ea non posse reparari. In 1350 Robert, son of William Hankcrc of Wylmyngton, by his chartergave free and peaceful seizin to the Abbot and Convent in six acres andone rood in the vill of Wylmyngton in the place called Pet field. (•) Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III. (*) Thorpe, Rcgistrum Roffense, p. 329. (3) Calendar of Patent Rolls, 1313-1345, p. 425. («) Peckham Letters, Rolls Series, Vol. III. p. 1031. (*) State Papers. Henry VIII, Vol. IV, No. 3537. (•) St. Pauls MSS., A, box 32-10. No. 1520. () Calendar of Patent Rolls, 1313-1345, p. 547. (») Calendar of Close Rolls. 1848-1840, p. 482. (») Register Hamo of Hythe, folio 226b. (,0) Calendar of Patent Rolls, 1848-1848, p. 432. (n) Wharton, Anglia Sacra, Part I, p. 377. Bodleian Library, Kent Charters. No. 193. LESNES ABBEY. Plate V. To (act p«u THE ABBOTS LODGING FROM THE SOUTH EAST THE ABBEY 17 In the same year Abbot Gayton obtained from the Crown a free grant in mortmainof a plot of ground 20 ft. by 14 ft. in the highway to Canterbury, in the parish ofNewington (by Sittingbourne), to wit, at the cross where Robert le Bouser was killed,to build a chapel there in honour of St. Mary and Holy Cross.,(1) No record has beenfound of this murder, but the chapel later became known as Roberts Chapel, pro-bably in memory of the ) The cross mentioned was a celebrated one forpilgrims, for St. Thomas, on his last journey from London to Canterbury, rested awhilethere and administered the rite of confirmation to a number of the villagers. Subse-quently the cross became a regular stopping place for pilgrims on th
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