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Kentish Men. The division's origins are obscure but may derive from the ethnic differences between the Jutes who settled in the east and south of the county shortly after the Roman armies' departure early in the 5th century and the Angles and Saxon who settled in the west of the county slightly later. Although of similar descent from the Germanic area of Europe to the Angles and Saxons, the Kentish Jutes regarded themselves as a separate kingdom with their own laws and customs, calling themselves Kentings, believing that they were the real Men of Kent and retaining many of their customs until quite late into the Middle Ages. They were responsible for introducing the system of inheritance known as gavelkind, whereby all descendants of a deceased person shared the property and belongings equally. In Saxon law, the eldest child inherited.
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was provided with its circuit of towered stone walls and outer ditches, becoming one of the most important of the Saxon shore forts. It was one of the last to be regularly occupied and there is evidence of a large Roman population here in the early 5th century, some of them worshipping in the early
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away. This claim was given credence by the fact that the
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who may have settled in the west of the county slightly later, or simply a divided, decentralized Jutish kingdom. Modern DNA testing suggests the people of Kent have a greater genetic affinity with each other than persons from other counties in England.
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heating and tons of ceramic roof tiles. Although the plaster painted from these walls were mostly white, plaster walls coloured with green, red and yellow panels were found in the hot sauna room on the north side of the building.
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Caesar noted that: "...by far the most civilised are those who inhabit Cantium, the whole of which is a maritime region; and their manners differ little from those of the Gauls". Pottery studies indicate the county east of the
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in the rest of England, but in Kent gavelkind meant that on death, a man's property was equally divided amongst his surviving sons, which led to land being divided into ever smaller parcels. Therefore, the
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and largely to the north of the A2 road. Much of Kent, especially the Medway area, saw post-war migration from London. This was partly because of the heavy damage and destruction sustained by London in
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challenged the Earl's purported landholdings in the county, an event which represented an important attempt by Saxon landowners to reassert their pre-Norman rights and privileges.
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skull found in Britain. It is difficult to say much about the three fragments of skull from one individual, as they are all from the rear of the skull, but
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which became a district under the new county council. The places that had been removed in 1888 were amalgamated to form the
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1047:. Those from the East are known as
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2482:History of the politics of England
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1779:. The Official HMS Victory Website
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1361:, an organisation formed in 1913.
1249:. This included locations such as
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547:to obtain William's canonisation.
483:, gavelkind was superseded by the
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2477:History of the economy of England
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2081:Knapton, Sarah (18 March 2015).
1345:, and the lower division of the
1319:Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)
1169:r quotes a 1735 glossary by the
1114:A stone monument in the town of
798:Kent Archaeological Field School
457:near Maidstone was the scene of
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2462:History of education in England
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3362:List of civil parishes in Kent
2457:Government in medieval England
1753:. DeRuyter.org. Archived from
1619:A Report on the Penenden Trial
1570:1611 map of the Lathes of Kent
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2168:Beauties of England and Wales
2101:"Man of Kent or Kentish Man?"
1801:. InfoBritain. Archived from
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1055:) and those from the West as
445:under William's half-brother
237:
76:site at the West Gravel Pit,
3520:History of England by county
3399:Parliamentary constituencies
2447:English overseas possessions
2058:10.1484/M.MMAGES-EB.4.000057
1906:The Archaeology News Network
1015:The two cities in Kent were
819:with London than with Kent.
314:during the 5th century (see
183:Commentarii de Bello Gallico
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1739:. Jarrold Publishing. 2005.
1686:. City of Rochester Society
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1082:of Roman Britain, based at
1039:Men of Kent and Kentish Men
786:Poor Law Amendment Act 1834
757:to Kent, taking goods like
374:in Kent at the time of the
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3439:Grade II* listed buildings
2274:Economy in the Middle Ages
1652:"Pilgrimage to Canterbury"
1617:W Levison (October 1912).
1423:Royal Society Open Science
883:Royal Borough of Greenwich
879:London Borough of Lewisham
859:London Government Act 1963
852:London Government Act 1899
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1636:Jessup, Frank W. (1966).
1556:English Historical Review
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1067:Iron Age and Roman Period
887:London Borough of Bromley
867:Local Government Act 1972
828:Local Government Act 1888
3434:Grade I listed buildings
2596:East Riding of Yorkshire
2513:Kingdom of Great Britain
1876:Harrison, L F C (1989).
1824:Oliver, Richard (1995).
1706:"1648: Kent & Essex"
1638:Kent History Illustrated
1296:F. F. Smith's 1929 work
1165:F. F. Smith's 1929 work
1021:Archbishop of Canterbury
911:London Borough of Bexley
467:Archbishop of Canterbury
406:were merged to form the
359:) in the spring of 597.
340:faith, and see of Saint
2176:2027/nyp.33433075909048
1343:Lathe of Sutton-at-Hone
1321:, now both part of the
871:non-metropolitan county
342:Augustine of Canterbury
86:Marine isotope stage 15
68:Recent excavations and
2318:Black Death in England
2164:Edward Wedlake Brayley
1640:. Kent County Council.
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1298:A History of Rochester
1290:
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1084:Durovernum Cantiacorum
1078:subsequently become a
963:1989 attack by the IRA
689:, ironclads including
519:'s rebellion of 1450.
479:in England. After the
408:Lathe of St. Augustine
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3279:Royal Tunbridge Wells
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3057:Boroughs or districts
2107:. BBC. Archived from
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1475:. Kent County Council
1473:Exploring Kent's Past
1351:Diocese of Canterbury
1309:are only Kentish Men.
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550:As well as numerous
268:was under attack by
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125:Hoxnian Interglacial
92:or an early form of
90:Homo heidelbergensis
3444:Scheduled monuments
3130:(cities in italics)
3045:Unitary authorities
2369:Glorious Revolution
2337:English Renaissance
2289:English unification
2259:Prehistoric Britain
2111:on 2 February 2009.
1828:. Ordnance Survey.
1712:on 20 February 2009
1436:10.1098/rsos.211904
1148:Aethelred of Mercia
1029:Bishop of Rochester
826:was created by the
428:William of Normandy
289:Early Medieval Kent
165:proto-Indo-European
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2621:Greater Manchester
2508:Kingdom of England
2467:History of English
2284:Anglo-Saxon period
2242:History of England
1927:"WW2 People's War"
1339:Lathe of Aylesford
1278:The Belisha Beacon
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475:was an example of
459:a successful trial
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2049:Leslie J. Workman
1799:"Charles Dickens"
1581:Jessup, Frank W.
1271:The Hops and Vine
1171:Rev. Samuel Pegge
1134:in the west, and
1006:Unitary Authority
939:Battle of Britain
687:ships of the line
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