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nyneteene acres and a halfe, be it more or lesse; which said two closes called Great Hacham Hill and Hacham Field doe lie and adjoyne to the south side of the said great wood, and are now in the occupacion of the said Sir John Brooke or his assignes; all that parcell of ground now or late being woodground, with the ground and soile of the same, called or knowne by the name of Kents Wood, conteyning by estimacion one and thirtie acres, be it more or lesse, now or late in the severall tenures or occupacions of Richard Clarke, Roger Bradfield, William Stubbs, and John Ewen, or some or one of them, their or some or one of their assignee or assignes; and all those two closes or parcells of meadow or pasture ground called Kents Land, or by what other name or names, the one of them conteyning by estimacion eight acres, be it more or lesse, now or late in the occupacion of the foresaid Richard Clarke, and the other, conteyning by estimacion seaven acres, be it more or lesse, now or late in the occupacion of Humfrey Hayward, and doe lie and adjoyne together at the south end or side of the said wood called Kentes Wood."

To hold unto and to the use of Garrard, Lowe, Offley, and Bond, their heirs and assigns for ever.^[1]

In the year 1665, and for a short time following, the manor was the residence of Thomas Pepys, cousin to our old friend Samuel Pepys, of gossiping memory; and on reference to the diary of the latter we find the following notices of Thomas Pepys and his Hatcham residence:—

May 12, 1665. "After dinner comes my cozen, Thomas Pepys, of Hatcham."

May 1, 1666. "At noon, my cozen Thomas Pepys did come to me, to consult about the business of his being a justice of the peace, which he is much against; and, among other reasons, tells me, as a confidant, that he is not free to exercise punishment according to the Act against Quakers and other people, for religion. Nor do he understand Latin, and so is not capable of the place as formerly, now all warrants do run in Latin. Nor he in Kent, though he be of Deptford parish, his house standing in Surrey."

June 29, 1667. "My cozen, Thomas Pepys, of Hatcham, come to see me."

May 1, 1668. "Met my cozen, Thomas Pepys, of Deptford, and took some turns with him."

From this period there will be no necessity to follow

1. Close Roll, 12 James I., part 1, n° 2.