Robert Peirce Cruden History of the Town of Gravesend

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Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Almost half a century has passed away, since the latest History of Gravesend was published; and the town has now attained an eminence, in respect of extent and population, which claims a more elaborate and circumstantial account of its origin and pro gress, than any that has hitherto been given. A genealogist is fain to establish for his client, the honour of an ancient descent, by showing that the founder of his family came over with the Conqueror; and topographical writers being no less apt to claim for the subject of their researches, an origin as ancient - Dooms day Book is usually appealed to, for both purposes.