. The baronial halls, picturesque edifices, and ancient churches of England. Churle cometh,and so Churleston, whence Charlton—is a village inKent distant seven miles from London, and standingon the summit of a hill, which commands an extensiveview of the Thames, and the opposite shores of Essexcounty.* In the reign of Edward the Confessor, theManor was held by two brothers, Godwin and Alward ;the Conqueror bestowed it upon his half brother Odo, Bishop of Baieux ; subsequently, itcame into the possession of Robert Bloett, Bishop of Lincoln, who gave it, about the year1093, to the Prior and Monk
. The baronial halls, picturesque edifices, and ancient churches of England. Churle cometh,and so Churleston, whence Charlton—is a village inKent distant seven miles from London, and standingon the summit of a hill, which commands an extensiveview of the Thames, and the opposite shores of Essexcounty.* In the reign of Edward the Confessor, theManor was held by two brothers, Godwin and Alward ;the Conqueror bestowed it upon his half brother Odo, Bishop of Baieux ; subsequently, itcame into the possession of Robert Bloett, Bishop of Lincoln, who gave it, about the year1093, to the Prior and Monks of Bermondsey. After the suppression of that Monastery,it passed into the hands, severally, of Sir Thomas White, Anne Lady Parry, and ThomasFortescue. In 1604, it was granted by James the First to John Earl of Mar, by whomit was sold immediately afterwards to Sir James Erskine, who re-sold it, in 1607, to SirAdam Newton; his son, Sir Henry Newton, (who had taken the name of Puckering,) a great royalist who suffered much by sequestration,! alienated it in 1659, to Sir. * The prospect has been essentially abridged by the growthof surrounding trees. It is described by Evelyn as a pros-pect, doubtless, for city, river, ships, meadows, hill, woods,and all other amenities, one of the most noble in the world. t Sir Henry Newton, who took the name of Puckering, onsucceeding to the estates of his maternal uncle, espoused theroyal cause, and was at the battle of Edge-hill. On the Resto-ration he was appointed Paymaster-general of the Forces. His good housekeeping and liberality to the poor, whoscarcely ever went away unfed from his gates, gained him thegeneral love and esteem of his neighbours, and he was dis-tinguished throughout the kingdom for being a generousbenefactor to the poor cavaliers whose services were notI rewarded by King Charles the Second. Jane, the onlydaughter of Sir Henry, was attacked in Greenwich Park, onthe 26th of September, 1649, by a party of men, who conveye
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