KENT – MANUSCRIPT ESTATE PLAN
'A Map of a Farm lying in the Parish of Lydd in the County of Kent Belonging to the Reverd. Mr Richard Monins 1774.', manuscript map by Henry Maxted & Isaac Terry, surveyor, showing field names, footpaths, acreage and ownership, including 'A large wall leading out upon the Foreland', with additional list of acreages, further amendments showing adjacent land purchased by John Monins from neighbouring landowners in ink and pencil, calligraphic title within a floral cartouche in blue, pink and green, fleur-de-lis compass rose; a pair of surveyor's dividers with 'A Scale of Perches' at foot, framed with a black ruled border and embellished with green and yellow wash, on vellum, some dust-staining and loss to edges, rubbed, cockling, 480 x 585mm., 1744; together with a later manuscript map on paper of Dunspring Farm in the manor of Clayhall, Essex (2)
Footnotes:
The Monins family can trace their roots in the county of Kent to the time of the Conquest and through several marriages, became substantial landowners. The family rose in importance and office, providing several mayors of Dover and Lieutenants of Dover Castle as well as three MP's.

The Reverend Richard Monins Easton was rector of Ringwould and Charlton in Kent, the son of Richard Monins, headmaster of King's School, Canterbury, from whom he inherited the living. He had died unmarried at the age of 36 in 1770 so our map would appear to have been commissioned at the bequest of his brother and heir, John Monins (b.1741), whose name also appears. A veteran of the American wars he retired from the army at the death of his brother and took up residence at Woodford in Essex where he had inherited property as well as the advowson of Ringwould. In 1777 he bought a property in Canterbury called the Archbishop's Palace on which he built a mansion called 'The Palace' (www.eastkenthistory.org.uk). The subject of our second map, Dunspring Farm was one of several farms comprising the manor of Clayhall in Essex which had passed into the Monins family through a distant relative, Miss Marland. The property remained in the Monins family until 1918.

Provenance: John Monins (1741-1806); thence by descent.
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