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Was governed by a mayor, twelve jurats, and an indefinite number of admitted freemen, 1 town clerk two sergeants
The earliest of which there is reliable record as a chaplain is c. 1478. WILLIAM STANTON,
whose name appears in the will (3) of Thomas Sherpey, sen., of Tenterden, made "the xiij day of Januer in MCCCCLXXVIII in the feste of Seynt Hellar"
48 accused of heresy 5 Inhabitants burned for heresy
1848 3177 Inhabitants
Percival Brett the jurat served also as Mayor of Tenterden in 1609-10.
Will of William Stretton, Jurat of Tenterden, Kent http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D859803
CATLYN, George (c.1546-90), of West Malling, Kent. http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/ca...
https://archive.org/stream/kentishmonumenta00dunc/kentishmonumenta0...
- Nathaniel Tilden of Tenterden, yeoman, wife Lydia, seven children, and seven servants. Certificates from Mr. Jno. Gee. Vicar of Tenterden, 26 Feb. 1634, Jno. Austin, Mayor of Tenterden, and Fregift Stace, jurat, 4 Mar. 1634.
- Jones Austen, of Tenterden, Constance, his wife, and four children. Certificates from Mr. Jno. Gee, 1st Mar. 1634, Jno. Austin, Mayor, and Fregift Stace, jurat, 4 Mar. 1634.
- Sam. Hinkley, of Tenterden, Sarah his wife, and four children. Certificates, Mr. Jno. Gee, vicar of Tenterden, Jn. Austin, mayor, Fregift Stace, jurat, 15 Mar, 1634.
- Jno. Lewis, of Tenterden, Sarah his wife, and one child. Certificates from Jno. Gee, vicar of Tenterden, 20 Feb 1634. Jno Austin, mayor, and Fregift Stace, jurat, 1st Mar. 1634