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In his 'Perambulations of Kent',Lambarde’s interests lay more with the history of the abbey of Faversham than with the town itself, but he noted its prosperity and favourable location:
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As it is verie likely that the Towne of Feversham received the chiefe nourishment of hir increase from the Religious house: So there is no doubt, but that the place was through the benefite of the water somewhat of price long time before the building of that Abbay there. For it is to be seene, that King Ethelstane helde a Parleament and enacted certeine lawes at Feversham, about sixe hundreth and forty yeeres agoe: at which time (I thinke) it was some Manor house belonging to the Prince, the rather, for that afterwarde King William the Conquerour (to whose handes at length it came) amongst other things gave the advowson of the Church to the Abbay of Saint Augustines, and the Manor it selfe to a Normane in recompence of service. (…)I reade none other thing worthy of remembraunce touching this place, Save that in the reigne of King Iohn, there brake out a great controversie betweene him and the Monkes of S. Augustines, touching the right of the Patronage of the church of Feversham. (…)This Towne is well peopled, and flourisheth in wealth at this day, notwithstanding the fall of the Abbay (…).
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