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NOTES AND QUERIES. [iis.x.Nov.i4,i9i4.
' CONQUEST OF CANTERBURY COURT,' BY
ROGER QUARTERMAIN. Could any reader
inform me if there exists a book with the
above title, and by the author named ? If
so, could he give me a summary of it ? Did
the author take any part in the " conquest " ?
The date of publication is wanted, and also
any family history if possible.
H. W. QUARTERMAIN. 29, Smith Street, Lower Riccarton, Christchurch, N.Z.
1. ANTHONY HERENDEN of Rutland, called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn, June, Io98, Serjeant-at-Law 1623.
2. WILLIAM PHILIPS of Yorks, called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn, June, 1596, and Associate of the Bench 1620.
I should be glad to receive any available biographical information concerning the above. M. S. T.
DENE-HOLES.
(11 S. x. 249, 314.)
THE earliest recorded references to dene- holes are believed to be those of Diodorus Siculus, who, speaking of the ancient Britons, says, " They gather in their harvest by cutting off the ears of corn and storing them in subterranean repositories"; and of Pliny, who refers to the practice of sinking pits to obtain chalk for marling the land.
These pits, which are found in consider- able numbers along the banks of the Thames in Kent and Essex, have been noticed by most of the county topographers from the time of Lambarde ; but the opinion of archaeologists is still greatly divided as to their origin, and during recent years con- siderable controversy has raged round the subject.
The following bibliography, whilst not claiming to be complete, is believed to con- tain a reference to every article of any im- portance which has been published during recent years, as well as a number of references of earlier date.
Akerman (J. Y.), Discovery of Urn containing Calcined Bones at Bottom of Shaft (Proceed- ings of the Society of Antiquaries, vol. i., 1843-9, pp. 328-9).
Discovery of Roman and other Sepulchral Remains at Stone, Bucks, illus. (Archceologia, vol. xxxiv., 1852, pp. 21-32). Describes pits found at Royston, Ewell, &c., as well as at Stone.
Allcroft (A. H.), Earthwork of England, 1908,
chap. vii. Refers to deneholes at Bexley, Cray-
ford, Chislehurst, Dunstable, Chipping Norton,
and Grays. Alludes to " Chislehurst caves."
Contains considerable information about all
types of pit dwellings
Baker (Dr. E. A.), The Chislehurst Cave-Myth; a Disused Chalk-Mine (The Standard, 14 Jan., 1908).
Dene -holes: Interesting Discovery near Dartford (The Standard, 1 Jan., 1907).
A Reference in Chrestien de Troyes to thts Dene-holes (The Alhenceum, 7 March, IS April, 30 May, 1908).
Bartoli. Gli antichi sepolcri ovvero mausolei Romani et Etruschi trovati in Roma, 1768. Gives a view of a Roman sepulchre at the bottom of a shaft, with stemple holes in the sides.
Bayley (J. A. Sparvel), Some Historical Notes of Dartford and Neighbourhood, 1876, pp. 49- 51.
Beeby (W. T.), Subterranean Dwellings and the Chislehurst Caves. Pamphlet, 24 pp., Bromley, 1870.
Bell (Dr.), The Chalk Pits of Chadwell, the Ergastula of the Romans. A. paper read before the Essex Archa3ological Society in 1869.
Biddell (Edward), History and Guide to the Hang- man's Wood Deneholes, Grays, Essex, with plan, illustrations, and photographs. Pamphlet, 24 pp., Grays, 1905.
Birch (W. de G.), Cartularium Saxonicum, vol. iii., 1893, pp. 221-2. A reference to " dene pitte " occurs in a grant of land dated A.D. 958.
Blackheath, Deneholes at (The Times, January and February, 1883).
Blackheath Subsidences (The Engineer, vol. !i., 1881, pp. 83-4, 123, 195-6).
Blackheath, Report of the Committee for the Exploration of the Subsidences on (Lewishani and Blackheath Scientific Association, 1881).
British Caves on the Banks of the Thames (Build- ing News, 1 Feb., 1868).
Bucklaud (Dr.), Plastic Clay (Transactions of the Geological Society, vol. iv., 1817).
Cambrian Register, vol. iii., 1818, pp. 50 et seq . Suggests that the Essex deneholes ,are the lost gold mines of Cunobeline.
Camden (W.), Britannica, translated and enlarged by Gough, 4 vols., 1806. Refers to Deneholea at Durham, vol. iii. p. 366 ; Faversham, vol. i p. 313 ; Chadwell, vol. ii. p. 52.
Christy (Miller), The Essex Dene Holes, and How We Explored Them (The Natural History Jour~ nal, vol. viii., 1884, pp. 165-7 ; vol. ix., 1885, pp. 6-9).
On [Essex] Deneholes, illus. (The Reliquary, N.S., vol. i., 1895, pp. 65-82, 187). An account of the explorations at Hangman's Wood carried out by the Essex Field Club.
Clift (J. G. N.), Camden's Opinion of the I7.se and Purpose of Deneholes (Journal of the British Archaeological Association, N.S., vol. xiv. pp. 171-84).
A Criticism of the Hangman's Wood Dene- hole Report (Journal of the British Archaeologi- cal Association, 1908, pp. 101-29). Reprinted in pamphlet form.
Clinch (George), Prehistoric Chambers discovered at Waddon, near Croydon (Surrey Archaeo- logical Collections, vol. xvii., 1902, pp. 181-3).
