on 1881 census living with parents
On 1891 census an errand boy living with widowed mother
On 1901 census a bricklayers labourer of Herne Bay (another Edwin aged 21 was living with them at the time of the census)
Vicar of St Martins
Will 1482. History of St Martin's Church by Canon Rutledge. Page lOO.The Will of John Hougham .Vicar is given in full.
he mentions his sisters Isabell and Margaret.He also gives legacies to Stephen Forde and Richard Larkyn. As.to real estate ,in the Parishes of Ash, St Martin,and St Paul, and in the town of Sandwich—he leaves the
parcels in St Martin1s and St Paul's to his wife absolutely--also to her the lands in Ash for her life with remainder at her death to his Grandson Solomon Hougham—but if his grandson die without heirs etc. The grandson mentioned was son of Solomon who is dead when John made his will.Page lO6 .of same.
AD 1503 Joan (Blameter)Hougham. md John Strete after the death of her 1st husband John Hougham Vicar. In her ' Will she desires to be buried in St 'Martin1s Churchyard,beside her late husband John Strete.-Her first husba-
husband was buried inside the church where a monument is erected to his memory. Her full will is given on "page l06-She does not mention any children in it,but her household and personal effects are distributed amongst friends. She had two messauge's in St Martin's,one had a crofte ,a barne and an acre and yard of land"upon the hill there" After all debts expenses etc. are paid, the rest is to be laid out for her soul. In Upper Hardres there is a stone with figures and ornaments in brass, also remains, commemorative of John Strete,
Rector who died in 1404. This is probably an ancestor of above John -Strete who md Joan Hougham ,widow. Johanne Blameter was a daughter of Guy Blaraeber and his wife Alice,she had a brother William and a sister Isabell,
She with her sister was in Chancery Proceedings against her brother just after her father's death.Her sister md Mr Sharpe. Sharp & Hougham V Carey & Swain 56/173.
Is this the Maurice who married in Brentford in 1947 (Clark or Marshall)