. Liber Estriae; or, Memorials of the royal ville and parish of Eastry, in the county of Kent . r following, and he figns his name for the laft time in theregifter book under the year 1660. Further on in the fame regifler is a notice of Wrakes baptilm infertedirregularly :— Aprill the 12 1635 wasThomas Wrake pifh Clarke of this pifh baptized. Both in the cafe of Wrake and in that of Kingfland there wouldappear to have been fufpicions that they had not been baptized, 1/6 MEMORIALS OF EASTRY. which occafioned both thefe entries. That concerning Kingfland beingefpecially fingular, as the facramen
. Liber Estriae; or, Memorials of the royal ville and parish of Eastry, in the county of Kent . r following, and he figns his name for the laft time in theregifter book under the year 1660. Further on in the fame regifler is a notice of Wrakes baptilm infertedirregularly :— Aprill the 12 1635 wasThomas Wrake pifh Clarke of this pifh baptized. Both in the cafe of Wrake and in that of Kingfland there wouldappear to have been fufpicions that they had not been baptized, 1/6 MEMORIALS OF EASTRY. which occafioned both thefe entries. That concerning Kingfland beingefpecially fingular, as the facrament would feem to have been performed atIckham^ not that he was brought here from another parifh for that pur-pofe. A glance at the lift of clerks will fhew that the duties of theiroffice have not been at all prejudicial to their longevity, at leastduring the laft 120 years. For lince the year 1745 up to the pre-fent time there have been only three parifh clerks! Mrs. Chriftian Goddard, of Eaftry, widow of Oliver Goddard, be-queathed by her will in 1574, a tenement and garden in Eaflry. THE clerks house. Street, to the churchwardens to hold to the ufe of the clerk of Eaftryfor ever, fo that the fame clerk for the time being do teach and inftrucfl: inlearning one of the poorefl mens children of the parifh being a man childfrom time to time for ever. Further information refpeding this houfe willbe found under The Schools and TheParochial Charities! It is nowunfortunately in a fad ftate of dilapidation, and has been held adverfelyfor many years, as againft the churchwardens, by Thomas Young, whowas once for a fliort time fchoolmafter, and who has long refufed to giveup poffefTion of the premifes. MEMORIALS OF EASTRY. 177 The Sextons. The title facrijla7i or fcxton was given to that officer of the churchwho had charge of the holy velTels, plate, veftments, relics, lamps, & duties now-a-days, as well as his refponfibilities, are fomewhat lefsthan formerly. But he ftill exe
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