From: John West of Kent, clerk To: Geoffrey atte Wode Geoffrey is to deliver seisin of all the lands and tenements which were of Thomas Eldrych in Monkton parish in the Isle of Thanet, namely 1 messuage, 130 acres of land, 2 acres of marsh and a payment of 2s, to the prior and convent of Canterbury Cathedral Priory. Given at Ickham [Kent]. Endorsed with description in late 14th cent hands. Canterbury Cathedral Archives, CCA-DCc-ChAnt/M/181

From: John West of Ickham, clerk To: the prior and convent of Canterbury Cathedral Priory John has, with the king's licence, granted the priory all the lands and tenements which were of Thomas Eldrych in Monkton parish in the Isle of Thanet, namely 1 messuage, 130 acres of land, 2 acres of marsh and a payment of 2s by a charter of feoffment dated 13 Jul 1394. He now quitclaims to the priory for the lands. Given at Monkton [Kent]. Witnesses: John Waltier; Richard Scott; Thomas Durbarr'; William Aleyn'; Richard Adryan of Monkton; Geoffrey atte Wode of Ickham; John Queck of Birchington Endorsed with description in early 14th cent hands.  Canterbury Cathedral Archives,  CCA-DCc-ChAnt/M/164

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Plaintiff: Schedule excom (office & instance); Defendant: Alice ROCKER St Alph Cant, Anth STONELAND St Alph Cant, Ann ROBINSON Boughton Blean, rel of (blank) HARVY Hythe, Mgt BYRCHE St Alph Cant, Avice TWYGDEN St Alph Cant, Godly BROADSTREETE St Alph Cant, Thomasine OLDFEELD Elham for non-appearance, Joan wife of Rich POLLIE for non-payment, Chws not producing bills:- Chris WESTE Ickham. Absolved 22 Nov., Arthur YOUNGE Stanford. Absolved 25 Nov., Nich BALDOCK Charing. Absolved 20 Nov.

ca 1763  Thomasin Measday born Stodmarsh (ref 1851 census)
 

ca 1781  Stephen West born Kent (resid Wickhambreux 1841 census)

1784 10 April  Marriage of Thomas West I and Thomasin Measday, Ickham botp

issue (baptism dates, all Ickham)
1786 12 Feb Edward
1781 16 Sep Charlotte
1788 28 Dec Thomas II
1791 2 Jan William   died before 2 April 1840
1792 21 Oct James   buried 29 Feb 1852, Littlebourne
1795 18 Jan Stephen   [? died June Qtr 1870 Bridge RD, vol 2a, page 417]
1796 24 Apr Henry
1801 3 May John
1803 17 Apr Sarah

1797 20 April    Thomas West I takes out a 21 year lease on a messuage/tenement with 4 acres of land in Ickham, from the Guardians of the Poor, Canterbury. Rent �10 10s p.a.

1805     23 November Thomas Fox, Thomas West, mortgage re lands at Ickham and Wickhambreaux (http://www.ihgs.ac.uk/_resources/_library/full-catalogue.html)

1809     22/23 February Thomas Fox, Thomas West, Henry H. Whitmarsh, conveyance re lands etc. at Ickham and Wickhambreaux (http://www.ihgs.ac.uk/_resources/_library/full-catalogue.html)

ca 1811  Stephen West born Ickham?  (resid Ickham 1841 census)

1811 8 June Thomas West II married Elizabeth Sayer, Littlebourne, Kent botp

issue (baptism dates, all Wickhambreux)
1812 19 Jann  Charlotte
1814 26 June  Mary
1816 14 April (b. Feb/March)  Thomas
1818 15 March  James
1820 8 Oct  James
1823 23 Feb William
1826 22 Jan  Henry
1829 26 April  Eliza
?1838 1 April  Elizabeth Ann bur. 11 July 1849

Father's occupation - labourer (1814-1816), miller's servant/labourer (1818-1829), fruiterer (1838)
Elizabeth Sayer born ca 1792, Adisham, Kent, daug of ? & Mary (b. ca 1772 Staple, Kent) Ref 1851 census

1816 Feb/March  Thomas West III born Ickham (ref 1851-61 census), bapt 14 April Wickhambreaux

1816 1st October Thomas West, Henry H. Whitmarsh & Another,  assignment re land etc at Ickham (http://www.ihgs.ac.uk/_resources/_library/full-catalogue.html)

1822 10 April  Sequestration of rectory of Ickham with chapel of Well to Thomas West and William Minter, churchwardens, void by death of Houstoune Radcliffe DD 19 April 1822. (ref Canterbuy Marriage Licenses vol 35 167b)

1840 2 April  will made by Thomas West I, "the Elder", Ickham, yeoman

• to son Thomas West - ca 2 acres (messuages, tenements etc) at Wickhambreaux, currently occupied by him, providing he pay his mother Thomasin 10 pounds per year in quarterly payments
• to son Henry West - ca 9 acres (messuages, tenements, barns, stables, buildings etc) at [illegible], currently occupied by him, providing annual payment of 20 pounds to Thomasin
• after decease of Thomasin, 450 pounds to be divided as follows -
• to daughter Sarah (wife of James Bartholomew) 200 pounds
• to son James, 250 pounds to be invested in public funds  and the income/interest to him during his lifetime, and after his death the capital to be divided among James' children and paid to them when  they reach 21 (and the interest to be paid to children before reaching 21)
• to wife Thomasin for her lifetime, messuage, tenements, premises, in Ickham, currently occupied by self and wife, plus 2 adjoining cottages etc in Ickham now occupied by Thomas Kennett and Thomas Pain[?]
• to son Stephen (after Thomasin's death), the above properties in Ickham, providing he pay his brother John 100 pounds within 6 months of Thomasin's death
• to grandchildren Mary Charlotte West & Lewis Harry West (children of late son William West) 180 pounds to be invested and annual income/interest , and when they turn 21 the capital to be split and paid to them
• to wife Thomasin, all personal estate, goods, chattels, for her lifetime, and after this in equal parts to children  Thomas, John, Stephen,  Henry, James & Sarah
• executors - Thomas Stephen & Henry
• proved 10 Sept 1842

1841 4 July   Marriage of Thomas West III & Mildred Kedwell Darby, reg. Isle ofThanet [includes Eastry], Sept Qtr vol 5, page 511

issue (baptism dates, all Ickham)
1842? William
1844  John
1845 6 July  Phoebe A.
1847 20 March  Eliza M.
1848 26 March  Walter E.
1850 27 Jan  Mary E.
1851 18 Jan  Thomas bur. 14 Sept 1851 Ickham
(Mother Mildred bur. 19 Jan 1851 Ickham)

1842 March Qtr  death of Stephen West, Bridge RD, vol 5 page 25  [Bridge Reg Dist includes Ickham & Well, Wickhambreaux]

1842 April/May/June  death of Thomas West I, Bridge RD, June Qtr, vol 5 page 27

1847  Thomas West [III] blacksmith  Ickham (Bagshaw, History, Gazetteer & Directory of Kent, Vol. II, 1847, p268)
1847  John West  beerhouse  Wickham[breaux], (Bagshaw, History, Gazetteer & Directory of Kent, Vol. II, 1847, p275)

1849 Sept Qtr  death of Elizabeth Ann West, Bridge RD vol 5 page 27

1851 19 Jan  burial of Mildred Kedwell West nee Darby, Ickham, reg. March Qtr, Bridge RD, vol 5 page??

1851 census (30 March)
 

Ickham Thomasin West  head  widow  88  annuitant  b. Stodmarsh Kent Stephen ""  son  marr  56  gardener b. Ickham Mary "" "daug"  marr  43  b. Ramsgate
Wickhambreaux Thomas West head  marr  62  victualler  b. Ickham Elizabeth ""  wife  marr  59  b. Adisham John ""  son unm  29 thatcher  b. Wickhambreux Henry ""  son  unm  24 vicutaller's son empl at home  b. Wickhambreux Mary Sayer  mother in law  marr  79  ag labourer's wife  b. Staple	Barham, Deringstone(?) John West head marr 48 grocer & baker  b. Ickham Hannah "" wife marr 45 b. "Wickham" Albert "" son unm 16 escapement maker b. Elham Georgina "" daug unm 14 scholar b. Elham Ethelbert "" son unm 12 scholar b. Elham Christianna "" daug unm 10 scholar b. Elham Clement..(?)  dau unm 8 scholar b. Elham
Littlebourn[e] James West  head  marr  58  thatcher empl ? men  b. Ickham Sarah ""  wife  marr  39  b. Kingstone Sarah "" daug unm  19 dressmaker  b. Littlebourn James "" son  unm  17  thatcher  b. Littlebourn Jane "" daug  unm  15  b. Littlebourn Elizabeth "" daug  unm  9  scholar  b. Littlebourn William "" son unm 7 scholar  b. Littlebourn Mary "" daug  unm  6 scholar  b. Littlebourn Stephen "" son unm 3 scholar  b. Littlebourn Mercy "" daug  unm 1   b. Littlebourn James buried 29 Feb 1852, Littlebourne Parish Church Sarah buried 5 Dec 1876, ""	Brookland (Kent) James Bartholomew  head  marr  47  tailor  b. Lydd Kent Sarah "" wife  marr 48  b. Ickham Edgar  "" son  unm  19  b. Brookland Charlotte "" daug  unm  17  b. Brookland Agnes "" daug  unm  15  b. Brookland John "" son  unm  13  b. Brookland Mary "" daug  unm  13   b. Brookland
Woodnesborough, Bichborough [Beachborough?] Stephen West head marr  43 miller empl 2 men  b. Ickham Mary A. "" wife marr 40  b. Littlebourne Elizabeth "" daug  5  b. Littlebourne Emma "" daug 4  b. Littlebourne Lucy "" daug 3  b. Littlebourne Stephen "" son  1 b. Woodnesborough Ann Piller(?) servant  unm  13  b. Ickham
Ickham Thomas West head widower 35 blacksmith master b. Ickham Kent William"" son unm 8 b. Eastry John"" son unm 7 Eastry Phoebe A."" daug unm 5 b. Ickham Eliza M."" daug unm 4 b. Ickham Walter E."" son unm 3 b. Ickham Thomas"" son unm 2 mos b. Ickham Mary E."" daug unm 1 b. Ickham Matilda Darby visitor unm 25 servant b. Margate  Margret Bicker servant marr 52 house servant  b. Lyminge(?) Kent	Wickhambreaux John West  head  widower  36  retailer of beer  b. Ickham Edward ""  son  unm  4  scholar  b. Wickhambreux Ann Huckstop(?)  servant  17  general servant  b. Ickham Charles Knight  lodger  unm 36  gen labr  b. Wickhambreux

1851 Sept Qtr  death of Thomas West ?, Bridge RD, vol 2a page 495

1852 June Qtr  death of Thomasin West, Bridge RD, vol 2a page 293

1852  25 July, 1 Aug, 8 Aug  marriage banns for Thomas West III & Fanny Chandler, Ickham,  reg.  Sept Quarter, Bridge RD, vol 2a page 757

1852 25 August  Thomas West III & family dep. Liverpool on the Una
 

The Chandler Family 1841 Census, Woodnesborough, Summerfield [very nr Eastry] Thomas Chandler 30 ag lab y Rebekah " 30 ag lab y Frances " 11 y Charlotte " 8 y George " 7 y Thomas " 3 y	1851 census, Woodnesboro, Summerfield Thomas Chandler head marr 42 ag lab b. Staple Rebecca"" wife marr 45 lab wife b. Beaksbourne Fanny"" daug unm daug 21 lab daug b. Staple George"" son unm 16 ag lab b. Staple Thomas"" son unm 13 ag lab b. Staple Hannah"" daug unm 8 scholar b. Woodnesboro Harriett"" daug unm 6 scholar b. Woodnesboro Thomas Chandler visitor 24 b. Eastry Kent
1861 census - nil Staple, Woodnesborough - part of Eastry RD until 1941 Melville & Co.'s Directory of Kent, 1858 (pp44-45) Staple  -  John Chandler   farmer Ash "traders" -  John Chandler George and Dragon, John Chandler market gardener, Thomas Chandler farmer, John Chandler jnr farner,  William Chandler shoemaker

1853  13/14 Feb  arrival of Thomas West III, Fanny & children at Melbourne, on Una

1854 13 July  burial of Elizabeth West [nee Sayer, wife of Thomas West II], Wickhambreaux, death reg. Sept Qtr, Bridge RD (Kent), vol 2a page 399

1855  PO Directory of Essex, Herts, Kent etc -

Thomas West, Wickhambreaux, Rose [Inn]
John West, Wickhambreaux, beer retailer
William West, Ickham, blacksmith

1855 24 Sept   Thomas West IV born Flemington [tent city at Ascot Vale?]. Parents Thomas & Fanny nee Chandler, married 1852 England. Previous issue not listed on certificate.

1858 Melville & Co Directory of Kent

Thomas West, Rose [Inn], Wickhambreaux

1861 Census
 

Wickhambreaux, "Little Rose" [inn] Thomas West  head  wid.  72  victualler  b. Ickham [1789] James West  son  unm  43  farmer b. Wickhambreux [b.1818] [see also 1871 census marr to Mary] Isabella Peirce  grand-daug  unm  15  house servant  b.  Littleh.........

1863  March Qtr  death of Thomas West II, Bridge RD (Kent), vol 2a page 402  [no will listed  Nat Prob index]

1868 May Tender of Thomas West III accepted by  the "City Council" to take down and re-erect fencing at the cattle market / abbatoir (Argus 19 May 1868)

1874  Dec Qtr  death of Thomas West ?, age 64 [born 1810], Bridge RD (Kent) vol 2a page 409  [no will listed  Nat Prob index]

1882  Thomas West III, ferryman, Maribyrnong (S & McD Dir.)
1885  ditto    + Thomas West, Eleanor St, Upper Footscray (S & McD Dir.)
1887  Thomas West, Southampton St, Up Fscy (S & McD Dir.)
1888  Thomas West, Creswick St, Up Fscy (S & McD Dir.)
1889, 1891  Thomas West Snr, Ballarat Rd, Fscy    +  Thomas West Jnr Ballarat Rd  (S & McD Dir.)

1892 10 Nov  death of Thomas West III, Footscray, Ballarat Rd, blacksmith. Parents Thomas West, gardener(?), Elizabeth Sayer. Informant Henry West son Railway Place Footscray. Buried 11 Nov 1892 Footscray Cemetery.Married 1852 Fanny Chandler, former marriage 1841 Mildred Darby

WEST. - The Friends of the late Mr. THOMAS WEST, fencer, late of Maribyrnong, are respectfully invited to follow his remains to the place of interment, Footscray Cemetery. The funeral is appointed to move from his late residence, Ballarat-road, Footscray, THIS DAY (Friday), at 3 o'clock.  (Argus 11 Nov 1892)

"In affectionate remembrance of our beloved father, Thomas West, who departed this life 10th November 1892, at Ballarat-road, Footscray, late of Maribyrnong ; born at Wickham Green, England, 1816. A colonist of 39 years. (Inserted by his sorrowing daughters A. S. M. W.)..."

 

In loving memory of Thomas West who died at Footscray, Nov. 10 1892, aged 76 years & 8 months. Also Fanny, wife of the above, who died 29 April 1913, also their son Bob, killed in the Great War, 27 September 1916.  Footscray Cemtery, Ch of Eng, Section C, 1893	Detail from aerial view of Ballarat Rd, Footscray, ca 1925-1940, showing in centre the 2 cottages built by Thomas West. State Library of Victoria H91.160/1591

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