Storm of 19 August 1763

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OBJE:_META	<metadataxml><content><line><p>Storm of 19 August 1763 Kent, England Source: LDS film #1656380 Item 2 pages 97-99 West Kent Qtr Session 16 February 1764 Note: Damage at bottom of each page. <br><br>Brief for the Storm<br><br>To the Right Honourable Robert Lord Henley Baron of Grainge in the County of Southampton <br>Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain<br><br>Wee his Majesty&rsquo;s Justices of the Peace for the County of Kent assembled at the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace of our Lord the King holden by Adjournment at Maidstone in and for the said County on Thursday the sixteenth Day of February in the fourth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth And in the year of our Lord One Thousand seven hundred and sixty four Do humbly certify to your Lordship that on Friday the nineteenth Day of August last past there happened in the parishes of Sundridge, Speldwich, Penshurst, Pembury, Tudeley, Capel, <br>Hadlow, Yalding, Hunton, Marden, Brenchley, East Peckham, West Peckham, Mereworth, East Malling, Wateringbury, Nettlesread, Teston, East Farleigh, West Farleigh, Barming, Loose, Maidstone, Boxley and Detling in the &hellip;(said County?) a most Dreadful and Violent Storm of Hail and Wind attended by &hellip;(thunder?) and lightning which passed as a Tornado and with &hellip; &hellip; &hellip;ness through the Lands and grounds &hellip; &hellip;. &hellip;. Who by reason of their &hellip; &hellip;. seek no relief for this application) of (including many others) Arthur Feverstone, John Feverstone in the parishes aforesaid as in a very short time to beat cut down strip lay waste and destroy all or the greatest part of the corn grain hops fruit and other things then standing growing and being in and upon the said Lands and grounds of the said several sufferers That the truth of the premises hath been made appear unto us in our said sessions in open Court as well upon the Oaths of almost all the said sufferers (those who did not make Oath thereof being unable to attend the said sessions by reason of their Great Age Illness or some other just cause) as also upon the Oaths of several persons who are Inhabitants within the said several parishes and who are skilfull and experienced Farmers and Husbandmen and are well acquainted with the said premises before the said Accident happened and have carefully Viewed the same and made Estimates of the Losses Occasioned thereby which are moderately computed and amount together in the whole to the sum of Twelve Thousand seven hundred Ninety eight pounds seven shillings and three half pence That all or the Greatest part of the said sufferers are tenants at rack Rents and are by their loss severally reduced to great Want and Distress All which they have brought? <br>Certify unto your Lordship To the end that your Lordship would &hellip; &hellip;. grant to them his Majesty&rsquo;s most Gracious Letters Patent and &hellip;. Great Britain to enable them to receive the contributions of &hellip; &hellip;. people throughout such part of Great Britain &hellip; &hellip;. Lordship shall think meet &ndash; Robert &hellip;. Benjamin Hatley Foote Clerk?<br><br></p></line></content></metadataxml>
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Alive Dead Death>100 Death<=100 Birth>100 Birth<=100 Roots Leaves
Given names	Surname	Sosa	Birth		Place		Death		Age	Place	Last change
Arthur Feverston Arthur Feverstone Feverston Father: John Feverstone Mother: Anne Carter				January 6, 1693	331	Brenchley, Kent, England	1	June 23, 1771	252	78	Brenchley, Kent, England	Never	M	YES	YES

Both alive Widower Widow Both dead Roots Leaves Not married Marriage>100 Marriage<=100 Divorce Multiple marriages
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