Ref NoRB/DOC/LT/022
CollectionRonald Baldwin Local History Collection
TitleWILLIAM RICHARD MOSS RAINHAM LAND DECLARATION
Date08 Apr 1878
Extent1 item
DescriptionDeclaration that since 1831 he has been in uninterrupted possession of land in Rainham Mark, that he has never paid any Land Tax, and no demand had been made to him to pay any.
At bottom of Declaration: States that this was declared at Chatham, Kent on the 8th April 1878. Signed ‘W- R- Moss’ and ‘[?]W[?]’, who is noted as being ‘A Commissioner for a documenter [?]aths in the [?]a[?]rern Coast of [?] in England –’
NotesWatermark visible across page. On “left side” the words ‘W KING’ are visible over the words ‘Alton Mill’, and on the “right side” is a coat of arms over the script style lettering of the initials ‘W K’.
On “page 1”, there are several corrections in pencil indicating a change to past tense, and a date and summary in pencil across the top of the document. There is also a correction in the original text itself, where the word ‘undisturbed’ was missed out, and consequently written over the word which would have followed it (‘possession’).
To the top left of the “front page”, the amount 1½d per Sheet.’ is typed. Beneath that is an indented stamp upon the page (roughly 3x3cm) with ‘TWO SHILLINGS SIX PENCE’ written under the image of a crown. Beneath that is stamped in black ink a circular stamp (roughly 2.5cm in diameter), reading ‘KENT’ across the top, ‘10.1.78’ across the bottom, and an image of a crown in the centre. Beneath that is a smaller, faded circular stamp (roughly 1cm in diameter), filled simply with the initials ‘SD’.
PhysicalDescriptionPaper, folded. Approx. 41x32cm, folded in half to booklet of four sides, then folded again
Access conditionsThis material is available for consultation at the University of Kent's Special Collections & Archives reading room, Templeman Library, University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NU (specialcollections@kent.ac.uk).
LevelItem
    Powered by CalmView© 2008-2026