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Sunderland Farmhouse, Claxfield Lane (Claxfield Road, Mill Lane), Lynsted.
(Formerly “Sundries”, “Sundrise” and, possibly “Saundre’s Farm” according to Elizabeth Selby. This home was later named “Edwards”)
- also the home of Henry Eve in the 17th Century -
This is an example of a timber framed, 16th century house with a continuous jetty. This indicates that the house was built with a ceiling throughout the ground floor. This is a more advanced design than the ‘hall-house’ (ceiled at both ends, but not in the central hall) or the house with a small smoke bay open to the rafters, but otherwise ceiled. The fires were contained in chimneys from the start.
Acknowledgement: Picture reproduced, and interpretation taken, with permission, from: The House Within. Interpreting Mediaeval Houses of Kent, P S Barnwell and A T Adams, 1994. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. Crown Copyright. Drafted by Bob Baxter
Additional Research: (Nigel Heriz-Smith - February 2010): In response to a question from a family researcher (Christine Bennett) who was looking for clues to the whereabouts of her ancestors, the Goldsmith Family, we dug into Elizabeth Selby’s excellent “Teynham Manor and Hundred” in which she suggests a potential connection to Richard Saundre from the 14th Century. This helps us make sense of the handwritten entry in the 1841 census for properties along what is now Mill Lane/Claxfield Lane.
Selby tells us in 1935: [p.70] “SUNDRIES, another 15th century house on the estate [SEWARDS or LYNSTED LODGE estate], was later known as Edwards. It is a fine old house with traces of a centre hall and screens intact.
Wallenberg connects the name with Richard Saundre mentioned in a Feet of Fines of 1365.”
In describing Teynham Church [p21] she says: “THE CHANTRY: A Chantry was established in 1401; a full account of this will be found in the book on Kent Chantries recently published by Mr. Hussey
It was named “Chantry of Richard Saundre” and dedicated in honour of Holy Trinity, S. Mary, S. Nicholas and All Saints. A licence was given to Richard Colyer and Robert atte Berghe by Henry IV and the Archbishop to found this Chantry.The Chaplain was to celegrate daily at the Alter of S. Nicholas for the souls of Michael de S. Quintin, Robert at Berghe, John Roper, Richard Colyer and Richard Saundre, the founders of the Chantry, and all their benefactors, parents, ancestors and of all the parishioners there.” [Ref: At Berghe, pp.115, 116; John Roper, p.66; Colyer, 68; Saundre, 70.].
Further References to Sunderland and Jeffries on Claxfield Lane can also be found in Charles Igglesworth’s “A Saunter through Kent”
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