Families of Kent
Canterbury, Dover, the Cinque Ports — the Garden of England, the Norman shore, and the corridor to the continent.
Families seated in Kent
- KingWhen the village crowned someone 'king' for a day — and the jest lasted six centuries.
- CooperThe cooper — cask and keg.
- GreenThe green — the common before it was a party colour.
- WhiteThe fair one.
- MasonThe operative mason.
- AdamsSon of Adam.
- ParkerThe parker.
- BaileyThe steward of the bailey — castle administration in one syllable.
- DickensSon of little Richard — London fog in print.
- CarterThe carter — wheels before engines.
- WebbThe weaver.
- PayneThe villager's joke — worn with honour now.
- BarnesBy the barn.
- WestThe west.
- ButlerThe cellarer's name — Norman household to every county.
- HarrisHarry's son — the West Country spelling.
- BakerThe baker — oven smoke in every market town.
- StevensStephen's line — southwestern -ens spelling.
- JenkinsLittle John — Welsh thumbprint on English registers.
- MillsBy the mill — wheels on every river.
- PorterThe gate — the burden — same spelling.
- SaundersAlexander's son — Cornish and Wessex thick.
- HopkinsLittle Hodge — border favourite.
- MarshallThe stable office — court rank — surname for thousands.
- SpencerThe steward — from pantry to peerage.
- HuntThe hunter — chase and warren.
- DayDavid, dairy, or daylight jest.
- ColeCoal-black or Saint Nicholas' pet form.
- CurtisThe courteous one — Norman manners joke.
- LawrenceLaurence of Rome — England's Registers repeat him.
- HaynesHainaut or hedged field — context splits.
- KnightServant of the knight — not the knight himself.
- AndrewsSon of Andrew — apostle, patron saint, common name.
Historic ties to Kent
Families with historic but not core ground here.